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Changelog

Changes in Pannellum 2.2.0

New Features:

  • An API has been added instead of just a standalone viewer; the API should be considered experimental at this point and may be subject to change
  • The PosePitchDegrees and PoseRollDegrees XMP tags are now supported (used by the Ricoh Theta S)
  • Optional fade animation for transitioning between scenes using the sceneFadeDuration parameter
  • New autoRotateStopDelay parameter that allows the panorama to be rotate for a specific period of time before stopping
  • Hot spot debug parameter to assist with positioning hot spots (hotSpotDebug)
  • Parameter to disable keyboard zooming (keyboardZoom)

Improvements:

  • Much better equirectangular video support using Video.js
  • High-DPI support
  • Unified configuration files; tour configuration files can now be used directly with the config parameter
  • Page title is now set to the panorama title in the standalone viewer
  • Aspect ratio of preview image is now maintained
  • Fullscreen button is now only shown if fullscreen is allowed
  • Pointer Events are now supported for touch controls in IE / Edge
  • Performance improvements
  • CSS 3D renderer now works with cubemaps
  • CSS 3D renderer now works in IE 10/11
  • Configuration files are now loaded asynchronously (synchronous request are deprecated by most browsers)
  • Improved keyboard zooming speed
  • Added checks to avoid browser NPOT cubemap bugs
  • Better path handling
  • Informative error is shown when Pannellum is opend from local filesystem instead of a web server

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed zoom out jerkiness in Chrome
  • Fixed inertia-related jumping
  • Fixed CSS 3D renderer edge flickering issue
  • Fixed CSS 3D renderer hot spot display bug
  • Fixed a number of Safari-related bugs
  • Fixed bug with autoloaded tours
  • Fixed bug where hot spot tooltips were sometimes obscured
  • Fixed CSS 3D renderer fullscreen bug
  • Fixed vOffset bug
  • Fixed image hot spots bug
  • Fixed zoom bug related to small multires panoramas

Backwards-Incompatible Configuration Parameter Changes:

  • The sign of hot spot yaw positions has been flipped to match the rest of Pannellum's yaw values
  • The tour parameter is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release; tour JSON configuration files can be used with the config parameter
  • Undocumented URL configuration parameters can no longer be used
  • The header parameter can no longer be used; use the API instead

Other:

  • Extra row of pixels no longer needed in multires fallback images
  • Added JSDoc documentation

Changes in Pannellum 2.1.1

Bugfixes:

  • Force subpixel rendering for hot spots

Changes in Pannellum 2.1.0

New Features:

  • Ability to limit pitch, yaw, and hfov extents
  • Can set starting pitch and yaw in scene linked to by hotspot
  • Pinch to zoom
  • Zoom and fullscreen controls can be hidden
  • "Inertia"
  • Option to begin auto rotating after a period of user inactivity
  • Use Photo Sphere XMP metadata for configuration
  • Preliminary equirectangular video support (no controls)

Improvements:

  • Loading progress bar is displayed for equirectangular panoramas
  • Error message for image being to large for a device is now much more descriptive
  • Zoom level choosing for multiresolution panoramas is improved
  • Documentation of configuration parameters was added
  • Python 2.7 support for multiresolution tile generator script

Bugfixes:

  • Fix bug where preview images wasn't always loaded for cubic panoramas
  • Hot spots are now displayed behind controls
  • Fix bug with multiresolution panoramas when basePath isn't defined
  • Error message displayed for IE 9

Backwards-Incompatible Configuration Parameter Changes:

  • voffset changed to vOffset
  • autorotate changed to autoRotate
  • autoload changed to autoLoad
  • autoLoad value changed from 'yes' to true

Other:

  • Popout mode, for browsers that do not support the fullscreen API, has been removed

Changes in Pannellum 2.0.1

Bugfixes:

  • Fix keyboard controls in Safari

Changes in Pannellum 2.0

New Features:

  • New rendering backend
  • Multiresolution panoramas
  • Partial panoramas
  • Cubic panoramas
  • CSS 3D fallback renderer for multiresolution panoramas
  • JSON configuration files
  • Hot spots and tours
  • Compass headings

Improvements:

  • More configuration options
  • New theme
  • Performance improvements
  • CORS support

Bugfixes:

  • Numerous

Changes in Pannellum 1.2

New Features:

  • Added keyboard panning controls
  • Added support for a fallback URL if WebGL is not supported

Improvements:

  • Clarified load button text
  • Switched from raster to vector icons

Bugfixes:

  • Added workaround for WebKit fullscreen regression