1. **EXIF-based Rotation Handling**: Introduces image orientation correction using EXIF metadata by parsing orientation tags and applying corresponding image transformations (e.g., flip, rotate). This improves accuracy for displaying and analyzing images with embedded rotation data.
2. **New Dependencies and Parsing Logic**: Adds `nom-exif`, `iso6709parse`, and related dependencies for reading EXIF metadata, and implements robust parsing logic using `MediaParser`, `ExifIter`, and orientation matching for clean integration.
3. **Expanded `common_image.rs` Logic**: Refactors image loading in `get_dynamic_image_from_path` to automatically apply EXIF-based orientation corrections, adding new helper methods (`get_rotation_from_exif`) and an `ExifOrientation` enum to encapsulate the rotation logic clearly and maintainably.
4. **Versioning and Compatibility Updates**: Updates minimum Rust version to 1.80.0 across all packages and workflows, ensuring compatibility with newly introduced crates and language features.
5. **Internal Versioning Sync**: Increments `CACHE_IMAGE_VERSION` to ensure cache invalidation reflects new image processing logic, preventing mismatches due to transformed image data.
6. **Dependency Management and Cargo.toml Additions**: Adds new crate dependencies to `Cargo.toml` files where necessary (`czkawka_core`, `Cargo.lock`) and aligns versions to reflect new EXIF parsing functionality.
7. **GUI State Initialization Adjustment**: Modifies GUI default tab state from `SimilarImages` to `DuplicateFiles`—likely for improved UX or alignment with application focus.