QuickView v3.1.0 - The Global Vision Update

Author: justnullname

CHANGELOG.md

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 All notable changes to QuickView will be documented in this file.
 
 
+## [3.1.0] - The Global Vision Update
+**Release Date**: 2026-01-18
+
+### ✨ New Features
+- **Localization**: Added support for 6 key languages: Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Japanese, Russian, German, and Spanish.
+- **Resources**: Added proper Application Icon and Version Info resources.
+
+### 🛠 Refactoring & Improvements
+- **Rotation Engine**: Complete rewrite of the rotation logic using Direct2D transforms, fixing multiple state-desync bugs.
+- **UI Cleanliness**: Removed redundant filename OSD display; users should rely on the Info Panel.
+- **Zoom Architecture**: Unified zoom and rotation coordinate systems.
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+- **Critical Stability**: Fixed application hang (Use-After-Free) when clicking "Reset All Settings".
+- **File Associations**: Fixed registry logic to ensure QuickView appears correctly in "Open With" menu.
+- **Rotation**: Fixed issue where images would get stuck in a rotated state or double-rotate.
+- **Rendering**: Fixed pan jitter and OSD positioning in non-English locales.
+
+---
+
 ## [3.0.4] - The Quantum Flow Update
 **Release Date**: 2026-01-16
 

RELEASE_NOTES.md

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-# QuickView v3.0.4 - The Quantum Flow Update
-**Release Date**: 2026-01-16
+# QuickView v3.1.0 - The Global Vision Update
+**Release Date**: 2026-01-18
 
-### ⚡ Core Architecture: "Quantum Flow"
-- **Unified Scheduling & Decoding (Quantum Flow)**: Introduced a "Fast/Slow Dual-Channel" architecture (`FastLane` + `HeavyLanePool`) that isolates instant interactions from heavy decoding tasks.
-- **N+1 Hot-Spare Architecture**: Implemented a "Capped N+1" threading model where standby threads are kept warm for immediate response, maximizing CPU throughput without over-subscription.
-- **Deep Cancellation**: Granular "On-Demand" cancellation logic allowed for heavy formats (JXL/RAW/WebP), ensuring stale tasks (e.g., during rapid scrolling) are instantly terminated to save power.
-- **Direct D2D Passthrough**: Established a "Zero-Copy" pipeline where decoded `RawImageFrame` buffers are uploaded directly to GPU memory, bypassing GDI/GDI+ entirely.
+### 🌍 Internationalization
+- **Global Language Support**: QuickView now speaks your language! Added native support for **Simplified Chinese**, **Traditional Chinese**, **Japanese**, **Russian**, **German**, and **Spanish**.
+- **Auto-Detection**: Interface language automatically adapts to your system locale.
 
-### 🎨 Visual & Rendering Refactor
-- **DirectComposition (Game-Grade Rendering)**: Completely abandoned the legacy SwapChain/GDI model in favor of a `DirectComposition` Visual tree.
-    - **Visual Ping-Pong**: Implemented a double-buffered Visual architecture for tear-free, artifact-free crossfades.
-    - **IDCompositionScaleTransform**: Hardware-accelerated high-precision zooming and panning.
-- **Native SVG Engine**: Replaced `nanosvg` with **Direct2D Native SVG** rendering.
-    - **Capabilities**: Supports complex SVG filters, gradients, and CSS transparency.
-    - **2-Stage Lossless Scaling**: Vector-based re-rasterization during deep zoom for infinite sharpness.
-    - *(Requirement: Windows 10 Creators Update 1703 or later)*.
-
-### 💾 Memory & Resource Management
-- **Arena Dynamic Allocation**: Switched to a **TripleArena** strategy using Polymorphic Memory Resources (PMR). Memory is pre-allocated and recycled (Bucket Strategy) to eliminate heap fragmentation.
-- **Smart Directional Prefetch**:
-    - **Auto-Tuning**: Automatically selects `Eco`, `Balanced`, or `Performance` prefetch strategies based on detected system RAM.
-    - **Manual Override**: Full user control over cache behavior.
-    - **Smart Skip**: Prevents "OOM" in Eco mode by intelligently skipping tasks that exceed the cache budget.
-
-### 🧩 Infrastructure & Metadata
-- **Metadata Architecture Refactor**: Decoupled "Fast Header Peeking" (for instant layout) from "Async Rich Metadata" parsing (Exif/IPTC/XMP), solving UI blocking issues.
-- **Debug HUD**: Added a real-time "Matrix" overlay (`F12`) visualizing the topology of the cache, worker lane status, and frame timings.
+### 🔄 Precision Rotation & Imaging
+- **Next-Gen Rotation Engine**: Completely rewrote the rotation and flipping algorithms using Direct2D for mathematical precision.
+- **Stability Fixes**: Resolved critical bugs where images would get "stuck" or double-rotate during rapid operations.
+- **Ghost-Free Logic**: Eliminated pan jitter and visual artifacts during orientation changes.
 
+### ✨ UX Refinements
+- **Cleaner OSD**: Removed the redundant filename overlay when switching images. The Info Panel now serves as the single source of truth, reducing visual clutter.
+- **Robust Settings**: Fixed a critical hang when resetting settings (Use-After-Free bug) and improved visual feedback.
+- **System Integration**: Restored and fixed File Association registration for reliable "Open With" functionality.