DisplayFusion Change Log

v3.1.8 ~ In Development…

Changed: Added a “Check for Beta Updates” option in the Settings window, on the Options tab
Changed: Added an “Automatically select the best image” option in the “Edit TitleBar Button” window
Changed: Added an “Image” column to the TitleBar Button tab in the Settings window to show the selected button image’s filename
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “TitleBar Button Vertical Offset” for forcing the TitleBar Buttons position up/down
Fixed: Taskbar compatibility improvements: Stardock DeskScapes, Stardock WindowBlinds
Fixed: TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: Stardock DeskScapes, Stardock WindowBlinds
Fixed: Taskbar buttons no longer show double ampersands
Fixed: Taskbar performance improvements (reduced update latency, less blocks)
Fixed: Taskbar buttons for windows with a title text length of 0 are now displayed correctly

v3.1.7 ~ January 26, 2010

Changed: Taskbar can now be re-sized very easily by right-clicking on it and selecting “Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size”
Changed: Now shows an optional monitor indicator when dragging a maximized window between monitors
Changed: Rearranged the Desktop Wallpaper window and added icons to some of the dropdowns to simplify it
Changed: Added a “Don’t stretch smaller images” option to the Desktop Wallpaper window – this option will force DisplayFusion to centre images that are smaller than the monitor, instead of stretching them
Changed: Added an option to snap window edges to other application’s windows, not just to monitor edges (disabled by default)
Changed: The “Move to Next Monitor” and “Move to Previous Monitor” HotKey and TitleBar Buttons now use the monitors in their logical layout, not sorted by ID
Changed: Right-clicking on the TitleBar Buttons will now show the DisplayFusion context menu
Changed: All DisplayFusion windows now respond correctly to the Enter and Esc keys, as well as accelerator keys (Alt + key)
Changed: HotKeys can now be set to use a single key with no modifier keys (alt, ctrl, win)
Changed: Added a “Compatibility” tab in the DisplayFusion Settings window for managing TitleBar Button exclusions, TitleBar Button Offset (per application), Window Snapping exclusions and Wallpaper Changing exclusions – instead of managing these exclusions separately on each tab
Changed: Added an option to allow random wallpaper changes to be paused while a specified application is running – configure this in the Compatibility tab
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “AutoUpdateBeta” for checking for new beta versions
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “TitleBarButtonsBackgroundCustom” for using a custom TitleBar Button background image
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “TaskbarsPreviewAnimation” for enabling/disabling the Taskbar thumbnail preview animations
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “TaskbarsColourTrackingRGB” for forcing the Taskbar to use a specific tracking colour
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “MonitorsForceOrder” for forcing the monitors to be treated in a specific order
Fixed: Taskbar compatibility improvements: Winamp
Fixed: TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: Console Windows
Fixed: Taskbar is now more responsive to Windows theme colour changes
Fixed: Taskbar text anti-aliasing is now much better, and text looks exactly like the Windows taskbar (Vista, Win7)
Fixed: Taskbar now supports hacked themes in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 (custom taskbar backgrounds, buttons and text effects like text glow)
Fixed: TitleBar Buttons now supports hacked themes in Vista and Windows 7 (custom titlebar button backgrounds and Windows Aero glow effects)
Fixed: When a monitor is added, removed or re-sized DisplayFusion reacts much quicker
Fixed: Changing a taskbar’s position using the taskbar context menu is now much faster
Fixed: Restarting DisplayFusion doesn’t cause the hooks to silently fail to load in rare cases (silently prevented certain features from working with no indication as to why)
Fixed: Improved full-screen application detection
Fixed: Moving a window that isn’t sizable isn’t accidental re-sized in rare situations
Fixed: Fixed a problem that caused taskbar items to not be added back correctly when disabling a secondary monitor
Fixed: Better application compatibility with the Windows 7 Snipping Tool
Fixed: TitleBar Buttons no longer appear 1px too high when monitors are vertically stacked
Fixed: “Font ‘Tahoma’ does not support style ‘Underline’” error appeared sometimes when open the Flickr image search in Windows 7
Fixed: Taskbar and TitleBar exceptions now work correctly with VMware Player
Fixed: TitleBar Buttons now scale properly and don’t get blurry when font scaling is being used
Fixed: System Tray message balloon text is no longer truncated incorrectly (prevented error messages from being fully displayed)
Fixed: Taskbar buttons now respect the “MinWidth” taskbar button size hack (“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\MinWidth”)
Fixed: Taskbar previews now show the correct window for Microsoft Excel

v3.1.6 ~ December 6th, 2009

Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “Wallpaper Startup Change Delay” for manually adjusting the amount of the time DisplayFusion will wait after start-up before trying to change the wallpaper
Changed: Added a new Advanced Setting called “TitleBar Button Horizontal Offset” for manually controlling the location of the TitleBar Buttons
Changed: Each DisplayFusion window now has a “Help” button that links to the online documentation for that window
Changed: When DisplayFusion is run for the first time it shows a balloon notification to show new users where the DisplayFusion icon is located
Changed: Added a button on the TitleBar Buttons tab in the Settings window to reset the TitleBar Buttons back to the defaults
Changed: No longer using any global low-level mouse hooks, only application level hooks – this results in much less mouse stuttering
Changed: Now checks for application updates once per day, in addition to checking on startup when the “Auto-update” setting is enabled
Fixed: “Move to Next/Previous Monitor” HotKeys no longer put Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8 into full screen mode
Fixed: Taskbar compatibility improvements: Microsoft PowerPoint 2003/2007
Fixed: TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: BPFTP, Windows Media Player, Adobe PhotoShop
Fixed: Better debug logging for failed wallpaper image loading
Fixed: Taskbars should no longer be duplicated/stacked in rare situations
Fixed: Taskbars should no longer appear away from the bottom of the monitor (when it should be locked to the bottom)
Fixed: Lower CPU usage when polling for monitor changes
Fixed: Lower CPU usage when using the TitleBar Buttons
Fixed: Settings window now looks and functions correctly when Windows font scaling is in use
Fixed: Flickr image search no longer locks up when opening the window in rare situations
Fixed: The “Add File” and “Add Folder” wallpaper buttons now correctly remember the last used folder location
Fixed: Default TitleBar Button wasn’t being created on the first run
Fixed: Full compatibility with Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 1
Fixed: Text should no longer appear vertical in the Settings window in rare situations
Fixed: HotKeys can no longer manipulate the Start Menu when focused
Fixed: Taskbar items now update instantly when being dragged between monitors, not just when the mouse button is released
Fixed: Settings window would sometimes lock up when removing the license key when using more than 1 TitleBar Button
Fixed: Taskbar button hover colour in Windows 7 is now correct when the button is flashing (notification)
Fixed: Taskbar button hover colour is now closer to the Windows 7 taskbar button hover colours

v3.1.5 ~ October 14, 2009

Changed: Added a “Middle-clicking a taskbar item opens a new application instance” setting for the multi-monitor taskbars (same feature as in Windows 7)
Changed: Added a “Wallpaper Settings” button to the main Wallpaper window, for easier access to the global wallpaper settings
Changed: Taskbar thumbnail previews now use the Windows 7 style slide/morph effect, instead of fading in/out (affects all versions of Windows)
Changed: Taskbar now supports Aero rendering in Windows Vista
Changed: Languages are now loaded when selected, not while DisplayFusion is loaded (this should help any translators who want to make changes without closing DisplayFusion – just select a different language then select yours again)
Fixed: Taskbars are no longer hidden by the “Aero Peek” feature in Windows 7
Fixed: Taskbars now load even when standard Windows (Segoe, Arial… etc) fonts are corrupt
Fixed: Taskbar thumbnail previews are no longer transparent where they shouldn’t be
Fixed: Taskbar thumbnail previews now look correct when Windows font scaling is used
Fixed: Taskbar thumbnail preview tooltips no longer show double ampersands incorrectly (&&)
Fixed: Taskbar compatibility improvements: Visual Basic 6, ImgBurn, NewsLeecher, LexisNexis NoteMap, NuSphere PhpED, WinSCP
Fixed: TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: Skype, iTunes, Google Chrome, VMware Player, Console windows, PuTTY
Fixed: Mouse Hook compatibility improvements: SRWare Iron
Fixed: HotKeys and TitleBar Buttons can now position console-style windows correctly (command prompt, Putty… etc)
Fixed: Better DisplayFusion taskbar compatibility with Delphi applications
Fixed: If you assign all HotKeys to TitleBar Buttons, it now shows the correct warning when trying to add another TitleBar Button
Fixed: The TitleBar Buttons feature now correctly detects the background/foreground images in Windows 7 and Windows Vista “classic/standard” mode
Fixed: Taskbar thumbnail preview tooltip no longer covers the first taskbar items when the taskbar is vertical
Fixed: Failed wallpaper updates don’t show duplicate tray notifications anymore (results in less duplicate tray notifications)
Fixed: Middle-clicking the desktop in Windows 7 no longer causes the desktop icons to temporarily disappear
Fixed: Tab order and keyboard shortcut issues in a few places
Fixed: Tooltips in the Wallpaper window no longer flicker
Fixed: Taskbars will start-up correctly when a full-screen application is detected (previously it would wait until the full-screen application was closed or no longer full-screen)
Fixed: Blank grey window that appears and covers other windows should no longer appear

v3.1.4 ~ September 17, 2009

Fixed: Windows 7 taskbar item colour is now correct in non-Aero mode
Fixed: Window movement is now correct when a docked window is present (like Pidgin, or the Google Desktop Toolbar)

v3.1.3 ~ September 16, 2009

Changed: Added “Use transitions when changing wallpaper (Windows 7 only)” setting
Changed: Manually applying a wallpaper eliminates the 45 second start-up delay
Changed: Checks for an existing running copy of DisplayFusion more gracefully now (less pop-ups)
Fixed: Taskbar now works correctly in Windows 2000 in all situations
Fixed: Taskbar now works correctly with “HiDownload”
Fixed: Windows no longer redraw incorrectly after being moved with the middle-click mouse move in rare situations (Chrome 4, for example)
Fixed: Taskbar shouldn’t show twice on each monitor in rare situations anymore
Fixed: Taskbar Buttons now correctly scale when font-scaling is used
Fixed: TitleBar Buttons now correctly scale when font-scaling is used
Fixed: Wallpaper changes no longer cause the desktop/applications to flicker/redraw
Fixed: Fixed an issue that caused the hooks to not be reloaded in certain situations after a full-screen application closed
Fixed: TitleBar Buttons no longer appear over-top of dialog windows in some situations

v3.1.2 ~ September 3, 2009

Changed: Settings window now opens faster
Changed: Added more items to the Troubleshooting tab for easier debugging
Fixed: Wallpaper updates now work correctly in Windows XP
Fixed: TitleBar Buttons now select the correct default background image on the first run

v3.1.1 ~ September 1, 2009

Fixed: TitleBar Buttons now work correctly in the Free version (no more incorrect limits)
Fixed: MediaMonkey application (skinned) is now detected properly on the taskbar
Fixed: “DisplayFusionHookx86.exe – Entry Point Not Found” error is fixed in Windows XP Pro x64
Fixed: Hook DLL changes for better compatibility

v3.1.0 ~ August 31, 2009

Changed: Added a “TitleBar Buttons” feature that (optionally) adds management buttons to each window’s titlebar that can provide the same functionality as the HotKeys
Changed: Added a “Show images in alphabetical order” option for the local random image changer
Changed: Now generates a JPEG file for the wallpaper, instead of a BMP file in Windows Vista and Windows 7
Changed: Tray icon now responds to a single-click to open the Wallpaper window in Windows 7
Changed: Wallpaper changes now fade from image to image in Windows 7
Changed: Added a “Taskbar Position” menu item to the right-click Taskbar context menu for manually setting the position
Changed: Added a “Show taskbar in front of full screen applications when they lose focus” setting for the DisplayFusion taskbars
Changed: Added a “Taskbar items show icons and text” setting for the DisplayFusion taskbars
Changed: Added a “Highlighted Taskbar Buttons Blink” setting in the Advanced Settings
Changed: Added a “Generated Wallpaper Folder Override” setting in the Advanced Settings to control the generated wallpaper’s location
Changed: Added a new HotKey to toggle the Multi-Monitor Taskbar
Changed: Doesn’t show messageboxes anymore when the random image changer fails, it just shows a notification icon bubble in the system tray
Fixed: Taskbar items in Windows 7 are now sized correctly when “hide labels” and “small icons” are both enabled
Fixed: Improved fullscreen app/game detection
Fixed: Setting to unload system hooks when a fullscreen app/game is detected (default is enabled – this will fix all game mouse lag issues)
Fixed: Faster taskbar button & text updating
Fixed: Taskbar is much less CPU/memory intensive when updating buttons
Fixed: Taskbar corruption issues have been reduced/eliminated in most cases
Fixed: MDI child windows now snap correctly in their parent’s frame (ex: Excel 2003/2007)
Fixed: Drag/drop taskbar buttons didn’t redraw correctly in some situations
Fixed: Custom colours in the Wallpaper background colour picker are now saved between loads
Fixed: Taskbar wouldn’t stay on top in some situations
Fixed: Taskbar button text was blurry in some situations
Fixed: Monitor ID’s were incorrect in some situations
Fixed: Dragging an item to a hidden taskbar now restores it correctly
Fixed: Better fullscreen application detection where the application spans all the monitors, or there are more than 2 fullscreen applications
Fixed: Error with FIPS no longer occurs: “This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.”

v3.0.6 ~ June 1, 2009

Fixed: Taskbar button rendering in Windows XP Classic Mode displayed a few pixels too low
Fixed: Unfocused windows would sometimes not respond to their minimize button being clicked
Fixed: Window snapping now works correctly all the time in Vista x64
Fixed: System hook performance improvements
Fixed: Better Winamp compatibility
Fixed: Taskbar buttons with & in the text would show up incorrectly

v3.0.5 ~ May 30, 2009

Changed: Added an “Open Task Manager” to the DisplayFusion context menu
Changed: Added the “All taskbars show relevant windows” in Windows 7
Changed: Taskbars now use Aero rendering in Windows 7
Changed: Added a “Advanced DisplayFusion Settings” link on the Troubleshooting tab
Changed: Added a bunch of new advanced settings
Changed: Taskbar window thumbnail previews now use the windows themes and look more native
Changed: Taskbar items now blink/flash when they need attention (ex: instant messaging windows)
Changed: Significant performance improvements (reduced CPU usage, reduced response time… etc)
Fixed: Grouped windows taskbar items are properly removed, and the grouped count decreases correctly
Fixed: DisplayFusion is now able to manage elevated windows (regedit… etc) properly on the DisplayFusion taskbar
Fixed: Taskbar button width now takes monitor DPI (font scaling) into consideration
Fixed: Taskbars should no longer deadlock the application (in rare situations)
Fixed: If the TaskbarsHeightOverride property is used, the DisplayFusion taskbars will no longer remove/re-add themselves when the Windows taskbar changes sizes
Fixed: The TaskbarsHeightOverride property now works in Windows 7 as well

v3.0.4 ~ May 8, 2009

Changed: Added taskbar window previews (hover over taskbar items for a thumbnail window preview)
Changed: Added drag/drop taskbar button sorting (on DisplayFusion taskbars only)
Changed: Taskbars are no longer removed/re-added when closing the Settings window
Changed: Dragging over a DisplayFusion taskbar item now restores that window so you can drag/drop in it
Changed: Added an option to disable the “Do you wish to apply these settings?” wallpaper prompt
Fixed: Better fullscreen application detection (for sending the taskbar behind the fullscreen window)
Fixed: Taskbar icons were lower quality in certain situations
Fixed: Clicking on a focused taskbar item didn’t always minimize it in Windows 7
Fixed: Taskbar performance improvements (shorter load time, less CPU usage when polling… etc)
Fixed: Monitor order was sometimes different than Windows and affected window movement hotkeys
Fixed: Full Microsoft Excel 2002/2003/2007 taskbar compatibility in all operating systems
Fixed: Taskbar items would sometimes appear when they shouldn’t, if the DisplayFusion taskbar was on the primary screen
Fixed: Better application compatibility with “EditPad Pro”
Fixed: Wallpaper would be tiled incorrectly when high DPI settings are in use in Vista/Win7

v3.0.3 ~ April 12, 2009

Changed: Significantly better Windows 7 and Windows 2000 support
Changed: Added the taskbar option “DisplayFusion shows relevant windows” for Windows 7 and Windows 2000
Changed: Removed “Windows 7 support is experimental” notice
Changed: Applying the wallpaper settings manually (in the Wallpaper window) now turns off the image freezing
Changed: New default HotKey: “Move window to previous monitor” (Ctrl + Win + W)
Changed: New default HotKey: “Move window to previous monitor and size proportionally” (Ctrl + Win + E)
Changed: New default HotKey: “Move window to previous monitor and maximize” (Ctrl + Win + D)
Changed: You can now see the currently used wallpaper images in “Settings > Troubleshooting”
Fixed: Windows 7 taskbar is now rendered correctly
Fixed: HotKeys sometimes get reset on reboot with Windows Vista/Windows 7
Fixed: Fixed the “font Arial does not support style ‘regular’” error in the Wallpaper and Settings windows
Fixed: Taskbar didn’t redraw properly in certain situations
Fixed: Some maximized windows didn’t move then maximize properly with the middle-click mouse shortcut (ex: Outlook 2007)
Fixed: Taskbar application compatibility with the “MySQL GUI Tools”
Fixed: Taskbar items wouldn’t be restored if the taskbar was disabled in certain situations
Fixed: Disabling the taskbar with the system tray menu wouldn’t save the setting properly in certain situations
Fixed: The installer now remembers the previous installation folder, instead of always defaulting to “Program Files\DisplayFusion”
Fixed: Better application compatibility with Google Chrome and Apple Safari 4
Fixed: Better application compatibility with Delphi applications (TOAD for Oracle, PSpad, FlashFXP… etc)
Fixed: Taskbar didn’t fade in properly when moused-over in certain situations
Fixed: Vladstudio keycode wasn’t authenticated properly in certain situations
Fixed: Improved CPU usage (lower when multi-monitor taskbar is enabled)
Fixed: Log size is much smaller now (doesn’t log thread creation anymore)
Fixed: Log now includes “HotKey Reset” events (either because of messed up registry settings or clicking the “Reset All HotKeys” button
Fixed: License key validation errors. If you receive an “invalid license key” when you upgrade, just head here and have your license key resent to you: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/licensehelp/

v3.0.2 ~ March 21, 2009

Changed: Taskbars now support auto-hiding
Changed: Added a “Taskbar Opacity” option, to make the DisplayFusion Taskbar translucent
Changed: Wallpaper checker/changer is now delayed 30 seconds from application startup, to allow the system to fully start before trying to change anything
Changed: Huge improvement in response time for taskbar item updating (new windows, closed windows, focused windows… etc)
Changed: Wallpaper timer maximum value has been increased from 1,440 minutes (1 day) to 10,080 minutes (7 days)
Fixed: Better window management compatibility with Google Chrome and Apple Safari 4 (doesn’t move browser to the next monitor when middle-clicking a tab at the top of the window)
Fixed: Taskbar button theme rendering and button height issues with certain custom themes
Fixed: Taskbar compatibility with Game Maker 7
Fixed: Window snapping is fixed when the taskbar is at the top or left-side
Fixed: Window movement hotkeys and mouse shortcuts now work correctly when the taskbar is at the top or left-side
Fixed: Silent installations now work correctly
Fixed: Resolved some lockups when coming out of standby or screensaver
Fixed: Now displays dates using the local culture formatting
Fixed: Installer would sometimes use English, even if another language was selected

v3.0.1 ~ March 7, 2009

Changed: Updated and overhauled Spanish language file
Changed: Added an option: “Rotate wallpaper images automatically using JPEG EXIF information”
Changed: Added a registry key to force a specific taskbar height: “HKCU\Software\Binary Fortress Software\DisplayFusion\TaskbarHeightOverride”
Changed: Now works with PNG transparency and alpha values properly, blending with the background colour where required
Fixed: Added window management compatibility with “AQT Query Tool” application
Fixed: If the taskbar position/size can’t be read just ignore, don’t try to re-add the taskbars
Fixed: Sometimes a restored window would go off the top of the monitor after being moved with a hotkey/mouse drag
Fixed: Sometimes a restored window’s position would be too big for the monitor after being moved with a hotkey/mouse drag
Fixed: Window movement is now faster, and isn’t slowed down by window animations (hotkeys, window dragging, caption bar middle-clicking… etc)
Fixed: Taskbar button tooltips no longer move with the mouse (now more consistent with default Windows behaviour)
Fixed: Better taskbar compatibility with Microsoft Excel (not perfect, but much better)
Fixed: Better taskbar compatibility with TOAD SQL management software
Fixed: Paint.NET can now be dragged when maximized, or middle-clicked to move to the next monitor
Fixed: Taskbar button text was 1px too low in Windows classic mode
Fixed: Taskbar button “indent” no longer lags with certain applications
Fixed: Taskbar would appear half-way up the screen when changing resolutions (or when changing a monitor’s orientation)
Fixed: Sometimes a grey bar would appear on the top and left of scaled wallpaper images
Fixed: Installer sometimes failed to correctly detect whether DisplayFusion was currently running
Fixed: Silent installation now works correctly