Binary Fortress Software

I am very happy to announce the release of DisplayFusion 3.1.5! This new version is jam-packed with changes, including some overdue cosmetic improvements and important bug fixes. After 1 month of development and endless testing by myself and the DisplayFusion community, it is finally ready for everyone to enjoy. Quite a bit has changed, but here are some of the highlights in this release:

• Added a “Middle-clicking a taskbar item opens a new application instance” setting for the multi-monitor taskbars (same feature as in Windows 7)
• Taskbar thumbnail previews now use the Windows 7 style slide/morph effect, instead of fading in/out (affects all versions of Windows)
• Taskbar now supports Aero rendering in Windows Vista
• Taskbars are no longer hidden by the “Aero Peek” feature in Windows 7
• Taskbar thumbnail previews now look correct when Windows font scaling is used
• Taskbar compatibility improvements: Visual Basic 6, ImgBurn, NewsLeecher, LexisNexis NoteMap, NuSphere PhpED, WinSCP
• TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: Skype, iTunes, Google Chrome, VMware Player, Console windows, PuTTY
• Mouse Hook compatibility improvements: SRWare Iron
• HotKeys and TitleBar Buttons can now position console-style windows correctly (command prompt, Putty… etc)
• The TitleBar Buttons feature now correctly detects the background/foreground images in Windows 7 and Windows Vista “classic/standard” mode
• Taskbar thumbnail preview tooltip no longer covers the first taskbar items when the taskbar is vertical
• Failed wallpaper updates don’t show duplicate tray notifications anymore (results in less duplicate tray notifications)

This is just a taste of all the things that have been added and improved in this release. If you are interested in checking out everything that has changed, I invite you to look at the full DisplayFusion Change Log. If you haven’t updated to this new version yet, I would encourage you to update today to take advantage of all the improvements.

I am very happy to announce the release of DisplayFusion 3.1.3! This new version takes care of a number of small bugs, as well as some long-standing issues. I would like to thank everyone who submitted bug reports through the DisplayFusion Online Support page, the support email address and even Twitter. Without everyone’s feedback it would have taken much longer to troubleshoot and fix these issues. Here are some of the highlights for this release:

• Added a “Use transitions when changing wallpaper (Windows 7 only)” setting
• Taskbar now works correctly in Windows 2000 in all situations
• Windows no longer redraw incorrectly after being moved with the middle-click mouse move in rare situations (Chrome 4 dev, for example)
• Taskbar shouldn’t show twice on each monitor in rare situations anymore
• Taskbar Buttons now correctly scale when font-scaling is used
• TitleBar Buttons now correctly scale when font-scaling is used
• Wallpaper changes no longer cause the desktop/applications to flicker/redraw
• Fixed an issue that caused the hooks to not be reloaded in certain situations after a full-screen application closed
• TitleBar Buttons no longer appear over-top of dialog windows in some situations

If you would like to see all of the issues that have been fixed in this release, please check out the complete DisplayFusion Change Log. I would encourage all DisplayFusion supporters to update to this new version today to take advantage of all fixes and new features!

I am very happy to announce the release of ASP.NET ViewState Helper 1.4! The 2 main changes in this release are Internet Explorer x64 compatibility and Firefox compatibility. ASP.NET ViewState Helper will now show an Internet Explorer or Firefox icon beside each item, depending on which browser the page is loaded in. Both browsers support all the features of previous ASP.NET ViewState Helper versions (like chunked ViewState, frames, iframes… etc). If you would like to see a complete list of changes, you can view them in the ASP.NET ViewState Helper Change Log. You can download the new version on ASP.NET ViewState Helper download page.

I am very happy to announce the release of DisplayFusion 3.1! This release brings a bucket-full of bug fixes, as well as some exciting new features. The most exciting new feature is the addition of optional TitleBar Buttons for all Free and Pro users. These TitleBar Buttons can be used to perform the same action as the built-in or customized HotKeys. This way, you can perform the HotKey’s actions with just a click of the mouse. The TitleBar Buttons look just like native Window’s buttons. Here is an example of what they look like in Windows 7:

Window TitleBar Buttons

Here are some of the other highlights in this release:

• Added a “Show images in alphabetical order” option for the local random image changer
• Wallpaper changes now fade from image to image in Windows 7
• Added a “Taskbar Position” menu item to the right-click Taskbar context menu for manually setting the position
• Improved fullscreen app/game detection
• Faster taskbar button & text updating
• Taskbar is much less CPU/memory intensive when updating buttons
• Taskbar corruption issues have been reduced/eliminated
• MDI child windows now snap correctly in their parent’s frame (ex: Excel 2003/2007)
• Error with FIPS no longer occurs: “This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.”

If you would like to see all of the changes in this release, just check out the complete DisplayFusion Change Log. I would like to send out a special Thank You to everyone who helped test this release! It was a long beta test, with 15 betas tested over 2 months, but everyone stuck with it and helped to shape DisplayFusion into what you see today. I would encourage everyone to update to this new version as soon as possible to take advantage of all the new features and fixes. Thanks everyone!

Last year, I posted about the web browser market share that I see on my web site. I thought it would be interesting to post a followup, 1 year later. As you can see from the chart below, Firefox has gained 2% while Internet Explorer has lost 2%. For some reason, Google Chrome doesn’t even appear above 1%. I guess it’s still too new. Opera lost 0.5% while Safari gained 0.5%. The “other” browsers still makeup the remaining 1%. As always, take these stats with a grain of salt – they only represent the traffic on my website, not the internet in general.

I am very happy to announce the release of FileSeek 1.8.3! This new release adds the ability to filter search results by the Last Modified Date, as well as including a number of important bug fixes. One other important change is the default action when double-clicking a search result item. It now performs the default Windows “Open” command, not the “Open with Other Application” command. Here are some highlights from this release:

• Added an option to filter results by the last modified date
• Filename matches now have a different icon than the file content matches
• Double-clicking a result will now perform the default “Open”, not “Open with Other Application”
• Sorting by the “Date Modified” column now works correctly
• Sorting by the “Line Number” column is now much faster
• Folder name matches now use the “Include” search pattern, as well as the “Query” text

You can see the full list of changes in the FileSeek Change Log. I would encourage everyone using FileSeek to update today. If you have auto-update enabled in FileSeek you will be prompted to update automatically. For everyone else, just visit the FileSeek download page and get up-to-date today!

I’d like to take a minute to welcome Andrew McTeer to the Binary Fortress Software team. Andrew has signed on to provide part-time help in the forums and support email. The surprising popularity of DisplayFusion, iTunes Sync (and many other applications) has caused a bit of a backlog in the Support Forum. With Andrew’s help, he should be able to clear out the backlog, and keep it up-to-date. I’ve known Andrew for many years, and have worked with him in the past. He’s an excellent developer, and has a wealth of technical knowledge. So, if you see Andrew snooping around in the forum, don’t be afraid to say hello!

I am very happy to announce the release of FileSeek 1.8.1! A few issues made it into the 1.8 release, so this release is a minor release to take care of those things. These issues have been around since version 1.5, when the filename matching was added. Here are the things that are fixed/changed in this release:

• Folder name matches are now displayed similar to filename matches (matched folder name in the “File” column, with the base path in the “Path” column
• Folder name matches will only occur in the last part of the path, not the complete path (reduces false-positives)
• Folder names aren’t incorrectly matched when the Query box is left blank
• File and Folder name matches both now use the “Regular expression query” setting

As always, you can view the complete change log if you would like all the details. If you have auto-update enabled you will be notified the next time you start FileSeek, otherwise just head over to the FileSeek page and download it today!