https://youtube.com/watch?v=4UeFP0al1IY
windows
Qt5 zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.Windows.Qt5.-.Extract.only.zip
Qt6 zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.Windows.Qt6.-.Extract.only.zip
Qt6 exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.Windows.Qt6.-.Installer.exe
macOS
Qt5 app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.macOS.Qt5.-.App.dmg
Qt6 app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.macOS.Qt6.-.App.dmg
linux
Qt5 tar.gz: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.Linux.Qt5.-.Executable.tar.gz
Qt6 tar.gz: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v501/Hydrus.Network.501.-.Linux.Qt6.-.Executable.tar.gz
I had a good week working on a mix of important bug fixes and UI quality of life.
highlighted fixes
First off, I have rewritten the guts of the popup toaster. It looks the same, but now it is more 'embedded' into the main gui window and I completely overhauled its layout system. I strongly hope that this will eliminate a variety of jank that has occured over the years, from odd activation/focus issues to weird width sizing to unusual popup locations. If you have had trouble with popup messages, let me know how things work today!
Next, due to a change behind the scenes in another library, the Windows build wouldn't boot last week and needed a hotfix. The Linux build seems to have suffered from a similar issue, so I have fixed both. If you had trouble booting v500 Linux, I am sorry--please try again today. The macOS release uses a different system and was unaffected.
I fixed a bug (and sometimes crash) when opening file selection dialogs for users running from source with PyQt6. Thank you for the reports!
I fixed a crash that was affecting many users (including myself a couple times, I now realise) when performing some options-saving events such as pausing/resuming subscriptions, repositories, or import/export folders. I was finally able to reproduce this reliably as I was putting the release together today. Thank you very much to the users for the reports here, I would not have figured it out but for what you discovered. It turns out it was the collect-by control doing it, so its ability to update itself without a client restart is disabled for now.
I fixed a bad bug in the manage ratings dialog, where any numerical ratings that started and ended on dialog ok in the 'mixed' (dark grey colour) state were not leaving them alone but resetting those files' ratings to the minimum allowed value (0 or 1 stars). This was an unusual bug, and I regret it a lot. I think it came in in recent weeks, when I rewrote how some rating states are handled internally.
The Deviant Art downloader broke last week. It seems like they locked away the API we were using. I have reset us to the original html parser, which still seems to work ok. Please check your DA subs and tell them to retry ignored, and let me know if there are any glaring problems.