🌟 New Features & UI Redesign
- Decluttered Download & Settings tabs: Completely redesigned the Download and Settings interfaces with cleaner card layouts, streamlined controls, and organized categories to eliminate clutter.
- Favorite Mode: Download your favorited posts directly from your logged-in account, with automatic page scanning and custom filter support.
- Franchise-First sorting: Character folder organization now consistently groups series first with character subfolders inside (e.g. KonoSuba/Aqua).
- Exact file extension filtering: Easily filter specific file types with quick-selection chips (Images, Videos, Audio, Archives) or specify exact extensions without accidental partial matches.
- Hardware-encrypted credentials vault: Session cookies and sensitive login tokens are now securely encrypted using Windows hardware-backed protection.
🛠️ Fixes
- Freeze on cancel fixed: Cancelling large downloads with tens of thousands of queued files now stops immediately without freezing or locking up the app.
- Download controls & Cancel button restored: Fixed an issue where the download state would remain stuck or the Cancel button would vanish after stopping a previous download session.
- Thumbnail fallback fixed (#19): Low-resolution thumbnails will no longer download over full-resolution media. Original files are always downloaded first, and thumbnails are only used as an optional fallback.
- Automatic low-res replacement: If a thumbnail was previously downloaded when full media was unavailable, the app will now automatically replace it with the high-resolution version.
- Page range blank maximum fixed: Leaving the end page blank in the download bar now correctly downloads all pages from your start page to the end of the creator's posts.
- Default file extension filters cleaned: Cleaned up default extension settings so fresh installations download all file types without accidentally filtering anything out.
- Character folder hierarchy corrected: Resolved an issue where characters would appear as standalone folders instead of being properly nested under their respective series (e.g. Konosuba/Aqua).
I hope you enjoy using Pawchive Downloader! If you run into any issues, notice unexpected behavior, or have ideas for improvements, please don't hesitate to open a bug report. Your feedback helps me make the app better with every update.