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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Warner_Young on 2024-02-12 18:58:18 »

Did Cerious ever give out information on how their plugins work? Or reverse engineer the plugins. I'm wondering if it's possible for someone dedicated enough to write a plugin to read HEIC files, for example.

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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Warner_Young on 2024-02-10 14:33:28 »

Thanks, Daan, for all the years of helping all of us.

I'm still hoping, but when I emailed them a few months ago, I didn't get a response at all. The previous year, I at least got a reply of "we're still here".

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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Daan van Rooijen on 2024-02-10 01:38:01 »

Hi Warner, no, I don't know why development seems to have come to a standstill. I worded it like that because programming in general requires focus and inspiration (among other things).

Yes, support for popular new formats like HEIC en WEBP (and new camera raw formats) would be great to have.

The combination of database, file manager and image editor (plus metadata editing, batch editing, slideshows, printing, catalogs, etc) is still rare... there are alternatives, but to my knowledge none that do all of these things.

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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Warner_Young on 2024-02-09 23:14:54 »

Daan, do you know for a fact that that is the problem? I mean that Phil has lost focus and inspiration?

I wish he could resume work, too. The next best thing I've found is digiKam, which is fidgety and has UI issues and other things. But it does handle HEIC files, which is one thing I really needed.

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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Daan van Rooijen on 2024-02-07 15:25:56 »

Thanks for the kind words.

I still hope that one day, Phillip will find the focus and inspiration again to continue work on ThumbsPlus.

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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Gary on 2024-01-30 12:35:07 »

Daan,

I want to thank you for all of the help you have provided over the years.

I still have v2.1 (c1993) and v3.1 diskettes, so I am a long time user.  There is no other image manager that comes close to ThumbsPlus (XnViewMP is close, but no cigar).  I use v7 to manage video files and v10 to manage image files.  It is sad that no one has taken over the application and continued its development.  I guess it is true that all good things come to an end?

Kindest regards,
Gary

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General Discussion / Re: I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Daan van Rooijen on 2024-01-28 16:42:05 »

Yes, I share those sentiments.. ThumbsPlus has been my go-to software for 90% of my image editing and cataloging needs since 1995, and I've worked with their team (and many, many mutual customers) for 25+ years, when my now defunct little software company represented Cerious in the Netherlands and Belgium. I'll keep on monitoring and managing this forum though, in hopes -however faint- of a miraculous uprising.

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General Discussion / I'm so disappointed that ThumbsPlus (Cerious) seems to be gone

« Last post by Connie on 2024-01-28 16:06:46 »

This is just an "I'm sad" post.  I started using TP in one of the earliest (ca. early 1997) versions.  Every once in a while, I check in here to see if Cerious has risen from the ashes....but....no joy.  27 years.  Sigh.  [sniffle]

We didn't even get a chance to say, "Goodbye."  It was nice knowing you folks. 

Regs, Connie

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General Discussion / Re: Is ThumbsPlus still in business?

« Last post by Gary on 2024-01-20 23:51:52 »

Back in 2017, I paid $60.00 for a perpetual license over and above what I paid for version 10.  And crickets.  What angers me is we are stuck with the last update to version 10 that is riddled with bugs and nothing of the promised version 11.  I hope the folks at Cerious are well, but they sure went out on a very sour note.

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General Discussion / Re: Is ThumbsPlus still in business?

« Last post by JoeVA63 on 2024-01-10 16:46:33 »

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't have a Facebook account, and it looks like Facebook would be useless considering the last post was on December 20, 2018.  It's as if they just disappeared off the face of the earth and none of the email accounts I have sent emails to are replying at all.  This is very suspicious and I used to respect them for their prompt replies to emails, etc.  Now, nothing at all.