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Announcing Zoom Player v11

Hi Everyone,

It's been nearly 8 months since Zoom Player v10 has been release and these 8 months have been all about making Zoom Player even more polished and user friendly.

To begin with, the media library has undergone a major face-lift with the new Thumbnail view mode, which is now the new default (but can be disabled, see below).

A lot of work went into ensuring the media scraping code (grabbing screenshots and meta-data from media in the background) is smooth and stable, especially when dealing with incomplete or corrupted media files.

The new interface is simple, flexible, sophisticated and optimized to run smoothly on even lower end 7" windows tablets.

I have re-written the media library documentation to introduce the new thumbnail view feature and it includes new quick usage guide screenshots to illustrate how the thumbnail view interface is used as well as a few usability tricks to help make the user experience more enjoyable.

Beyond that, Zoom Player can start up up to 40% faster, The default skins (Onyx & Alba) now features mouse-hover animation to draw the eye's attention for an improved user experience and you can now switch background images for customizable fullscreen navigation interfaces without leaving fullscreen navigation.

What's more, the new thumbnail view interface is the starting point for v12 which will include an API to add 3rd party media scraping plug-ins as well as a default plug-in for The Movie Database to automate online scraping of additional meta-data and movie posters.

Please leave feedback, especially with regards to the new media library thumbnail view mode.

Check out the complete change list for v11:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew.shtml