News: all updates for our software and apps (page 2)

Today, a smart tweak to the “Title” tab of the Add Movies screen that will save you a lot of typing.

As you know, when you start typing in the Title box, the app always shows you a dropdown with 5 suggestions for the most popular matching movies. Tap one of these to instantly select that movie.

In this update, we added a new “Search for …” entry at the top of that dropdown, with a smart search suggestion. Basically it tries to “auto complete” what you are typing.
Tap that box to do a Title search on those words.

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In today’s Movie Connect update, a smart tweak to the “Title” tab of the Add Movies screen that will save you a lot of typing.

When you start typing in the Title box, it has always showed you a dropdown with 5 matching movie suggestions to pick from. But in today’s update, we added a new “Search for …” entry at the top of that dropdown, with a smart auto-completed search suggestion.
Click that box (or hit down arrow on your keyboard, then Enter) to do a search for that auto-completed search term.

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In today’s Game Connect update, a smart tweak to the “Title” tab of the Add Games screen that will save you a lot of typing.

When you start typing in the Title box, it has always showed you a dropdown with 5 matching game suggestions to pick from. But in today’s update, we added a new “Search for …” entry at the top of that dropdown, with a smart auto-completed search suggestion.
Click that box (or hit down arrow on your keyboard, then Enter) to do a search for that auto-completed search term.

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This is the CLZ News for July 2024, brought to you by CLZ Alwin.

TWO big updates for the Add Comics screen of the CLZ Comics mobile app this month, one a complete re-design and rename of an existing feature (Pull List tab is now called “NCBD”), the other a change that is hardly even visible, but has huge benefits (smarter barcode scanner).
And.. we’ve got another Add screen update coming up next week!

For the Connect web-based software, we’re also focussing on improvement of the Add screen, starting with 2 small Game Connect tweaks this month, but with several other Add screen improvements coming up for Game, Movie and Comic Connect next week.

Then, there’s our endeavours for the mobile apps, to try and reach a bigger audience, by replacing our “free 7-day trial” with a “100-item free mode”.
The short story is “it failed big time” 🙁 We are back to our tried and tested “free 7-day trial”. Read on below for the long story.

The CLZ Content Team has been busy too. The comic guys Rowdy, Justin and Taco got swamped with huge NCBD’s in the past few weeks, combined with a flood of SDCC exclusives (still working to get the last ones covered).
Martin and Kelvin have been focussing on the barcode coverage of our Core for Games, so adding more barcodes and the correct cover images for them. Our Core is now recognizing over 99% of game barcodes worldwide!

Finally, we are still enjoying building big Lego projects together. After building the Lego Barad-dûr tower, we also finished the Avengers Tower!
Next up, the Hulkbuster 🙂

Today’s topics:

• CLZ Core mobile apps:
  • CLZ Comics 9.4: Re-design of Pull List feature (and now called “NCBD”)
  • CLZ Comics 9.5: Improved barcode scanner, no more AUTO/EXT toggle!
  • CLZ mobile apps: back to “7-day free trial”, no more “free mode”
• Connect web-based software:
  • Game Connect: New platform picker in Add Games screen
  • Game Connect: re-design of “Unrecognized Barcode” screen
• CLZ Core updates:
  • Core for Games: “Check Covers” project, 94.4% cloud coverage!
  • Core for Movies: “Check Covers” project, 72.0% cloud coverage!
  • Core for Comics: New Comic Book Day summary
• Building the Lego Avengers Tower!
• Come join the Club CLZ forum (4,200 members now!)

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This week, mutant, sorcerer, inventor ánd warrior Forge is back with a brand new team, in X-Force, Vol. 7 #1. With a special guest appearance by fellow manic mutant and merc with a mouth Deadpool!
DC Comics brings us amazing animal antics in the furry first issue of the fur-bulously titled Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis, while in the dark corners of the comic universe we see Al Simmons go toe-to-toe with vampire leader Bludd’s new assassin in Spawn #355.

The CLZ content team – Rowdy, Justin, and Taco – has just completed the big weekly update to our Core online comic database. The latest releases, complete with cover images, artist details, and variant descriptions, are now available in your app. Scan your new comics on the Barcode tab, or check the NCBD tab to browse around all of the new releases.

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This update to Game Connect brings a noteworthy enhancement to your barcode scanning feature. With a complete redesign of the “Unrecognized Barcode” screen, you can now easily add games to your collection even if a barcode is not recognized by the Add Games screen.
Note that this Unrecognized Barcode screen not only makes your life easier, but also strengthens the CLZ Core!

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The app now has a “free 7-day trial” again.
No more 100 item “free mode” or “free trial”. We did our best to make it work, but it just didn’t. So we’re back to the old tried and tested “7-day trial” system 🙂
(Don’t worry, if you already started your free mode, it will keep working.)

The app now has a “free 7-day trial” again.
No more 100 item “free mode” or “free trial”. We did our best to make it work, but it just didn’t. So we’re back to the old tried and tested “7-day trial” system 🙂
(Don’t worry, if you already started your free mode, it will keep working.)

The app now has a “free 7-day trial” again.
No more 100 item “free mode” or “free trial”. We did our best to make it work, but it just didn’t. So we’re back to the old tried and tested “7-day trial” system 🙂
(Don’t worry, if you already started your free mode, it will keep working.)

Buckle up, comic enthusiasts! This New Comic Book Day on July 24, 2024, is bringing a smorgasbord of illustrated delights that’ll make your wallet weep and your bookshelf groan. Marvel’s serving up a double dose of snikt-tastic action with “Deadpool / Wolverine: WWIII #3“, because apparently, these two can’t get enough of each other even after starring in a blockbuster movie. Meanwhile, Captain America‘s shield is probably feeling neglected as he reaches his 11th issue, presumably fighting for truth, justice, and the American way of avoiding paper cuts.

But wait, there’s more! The Star Wars universe is expanding faster than a Hutt after an all-you-can-eat buffet, with “Star Wars: Darth Vader #48” hitting the shelves. One can only imagine Vader force-choking his way through 47 previous issues, his heavy breathing providing the perfect background music. And for those who like their comics with a side of Cowabunga, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 6 #1” is debuting with more variant covers (nearly 200!) than you can shake a bō staff at.

The CLZ content team, consisting of Rowdy, Justin, and Taco, has just completed their weekly update to our Core online comic database. This update includes the latest comic releases, complete with cover images, cover artist information, variant descriptions, and more. To access these new comics, simply open your Add Comics screen and start scanning barcodes.

For a different experience, you can also use the NCBD (New Comic Book Day) tab within the Add Comics screen. This tab provides a convenient, centralised view of all the newly released comics for this week in one place!

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Version 9.5 is here, an update with one change that is hardly even visible in the app, but with big advantages.

For v9.5, we have enhanced the camera barcode scanner to better deal with barcodes that have a 2 digit or 5 digit “extension”. (As you may know, scanning this barcode extension is essential, as that part tells the app what the issue number and variant is!)

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Updated:

• Add Album by artist/title: after adding an album, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Fixed:

• Statistics: In some cases the order under “most recent” could be wrong

Updated:

• Add Movie by title: after adding a movie, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Fixed:

• Statistics: In some cases the order under “most recent” could be wrong

Updated:

• Add Games by Title: after adding a game, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Fixed:

• Statistics: In some cases the order under “most recent” could be wrong

Updated:

• Add Albums by Artist and Title: after adding an album, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Updated:

• Add Movie by title: after adding a movie, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Updated:

• Add Games by Title: after adding a game, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Updated:

• Add Comics by Issue: after adding a comic via the “by Issue” tab, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Updated:

• Add Books by Author and Title: after adding a book, the cursor will be put back in the search box straight away so you can immediately start your next search

Fixed for iOS:

• Statistics: In some cases the order under “most recent” could be wrong

This week’s NCBD releases shows us the return of several strong leading ladies!

Sara Pezzini is back for revenge in Witchblade, Vol. 3 in a reimagining of the classic storyline. In Phoenix, Vol. 1 we see the return of Jean Grey, starring in a new galaxy-saving quest. And if that’s not all, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup Utonium are BACK in the brand new series The Powerpuff Girls. Whether you’re a fan of superhero shenanigans or mystical mysteries, this week’s comics are sure to leave you grinning like a Cheshire cat.

The CLZ content team (Rowdy, Justin, and Taco) has just finished adding and updating all the latest releases in our Core online comic database, including cover images, cover artists, variant descriptions, and more. Simply open your Add Comics screen and start scanning barcodes.

OR, use the NCBD tab in your Add Comics screen to see all new releases in one place!

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Updated:

• Add Comics: Issue tab: after adding a comic, the screen will now put the cursor in the search box straight away so you immediately start your next search

Fixed:

• Card view wouldn’t load the correct comics after adding
• Statistics: In some cases the order of “most recent comics” could be wrong

In the next few weeks, we will be revamping the Add Games screen. But instead of doing one big update with all changes, we will be working on this bit by bit, in several smaller updates.

This week, we started the project with something that has needed a redesign for quite a while, the platform picker, that is, the tool for selecting the platform to search in. Previously a simple drop-down, we made the platform picker into a nice pop-up screen now, that lets you select your own favorite platforms to be listed at the top!

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Fixed:

• Some users were not able to add comics

Updated:

• Free Mode is now called Free Trial (still works the same way)

Updated:

• Free Mode is now called Free Trial (still works the same way)