Better Data Analysis, Myers Diffing Algorithm And UI Improvements – Enhancing ImHex
The latest update to ImHex introduces significant enhancements aimed at improving the user experience for data analysis enthusiasts and developers alike.
With the integration of Myers’ diffing algorithm, users can now enjoy a more intuitive diff view that highlights insertions, deletions, and modifications with precision.
This update also brings a plethora of UI improvements, including customizable toolbar icons, a new font picker, and an enriched Out of the Box experience, making data analysis more accessible and efficient than ever.
Additions
All main menu entries now have pretty icons
Added Myers’ diffing algorithm to the diff view
This algorithm can display insertions and removals as well as modifications
Huge thanks to the maintainer of Malcat!
Added option to customize toolbar icons
Added a much improved Out of the Box experience when first starting up ImHex
Added many new hash algorithms
This includes basic sum checksums, Snefru, Haval, various SHA versions, Keccak, RIPEMD, many CRC presets and many more
Greatly improved the data information view
Sections can now be switched on and off
Magic information now includes more than one entry if there’s multiple concatenated files
The Digram and Layered distribution graphs now perform a lot better
There’s now built-in yara rules that are being run on files to detect compilers, programming languages and more for executables
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