A new version of WindowTabs is available for download.
* reduced CPU and memory utilization, increased responsiveness
* added the “WindowTabs Manager” for choosing which applications are tabbed – now it’s possible to add tabs to only certain applications and leave all others un-tabbed.
* add an MSI Installer option for download, adds a shortcut and makes upgrading easier
* converted WindowTabsSettings.bin to a human readable text format WindowTabsSettings.txt
A new version of WindowTabs is available for download.
* added the ability to rename tabs
* improved tab text rendering quality (using ClearCase to render text)
* switched to a Year.Month.Day.Revision format for version numbers in the “Version” window.
* added an icon to the WindowTabs.exe
* fixed a bug which can cause the drag animation to “hang” on screen after dropping a window.
I have made a new release of WindowTabs, checkout the download page for installation instructions (it’s just a single exe). I’ve also updated the features page to describe some of the newer features (taskbar integration, tab customization).
In addition to the new release, I have setup a uservoice forum for WindowTabs. I am pretty excited to start collecting feedback here.
For product updates and other news, I will be posting to this blog and also to the new WindowTabs twitter account.
This release includes integration with the Windows 7 taskbar / preview. This is an important new feature and I think it will make WindowTabs much more useful on Windows 7. Here is a video which demonstrates how the Windows 7 Taskbar reflects your tabbed groups, allowing you to quickly preview and select a tabbed window.
Also in this version, you can use “CTRL + W” to show or hide tabs for a window or window group. Note that this beta version expires December 1st.
Get the latest beta from download section and let me know what you think.
I wanted to get this fix out as soon as it was ready because its a pretty annoying bug. This release fixes an issue where Microsoft Outlook windows would not close – or they would close and then immediately reopen. This would happen, for example, after you sent an email. Get the fix from the download page.
Hello Friends!
I’m making great progress on the new WindowTabs. This release is way better than the previous one – if you’re following the beta, its well worth the time to upgrade!
If you dragged tabs into a maximized window, you would end up with a window that was “frozen” in the maximized position until you giggled it around. This is fixed and there should be no problem with maximized windows now aside from a little ugly flicker which I will get to down the road.
Minimized windows were getting pulled out of the group – no fun. Now, minimized windows stay in your tab group which means you can go through and minimize the whole group if you want (i’ll probably add a shortcut for that by right clicking on a tab)
I’m constantly looking for ways to reduce the footprint in terms of both memory and CPU. In this release, I filtered out a bunch of noisy, wasteful messages from the Windows OS – for you this means less CPU usage especially when you are launching new windows .
As usual, get the latest beta from download section and please let me know if you run into any problems!
Fixed: Closed Outlook windows reappear when WindowTabs is shutdown.
Fixed: Tab groups do not come to the top when activated from the taskbar.
Fixed: PuTTY windows are not correctly resized within a tab group (thanks Oliver!)
Fixed: When WindowTabs starts, minimized windows do not get tabs
Fixed: Newly opened Microsoft Office Communicator chat windows do not get tabs
Fixed: Tabs are positioned incorrectly in high DPI mode on Windows 7
Changed: Removed diagnostics page. To submit diagnostics, use “Feedback” and check “include diagnostics”
Fix a bug in 625 which causes WindowTabs to exit when you access the settings menu from the tray icon.
This version includes some minor improvements and internal changes in preparation for larger feature enhancements which are planned for release next week.
There was a bug in 570 which caused WindowTabs to not validate your license key (if you have one) until you open the “License” page on the settings window. This means that even though you have a license, you would still hit the three tab limit. This version fixes that.
There has been a long standing issue where settings are not saved for some users on 64-bit Windows Vista / Windows 7 due to the fact that WT was saving to the local Program Files directory.
In an effort to fix this, WindowTabs is now installed to your Local User Data directory instead of Program Files – this is the same way Google Chrome and all “ClickOnce” .NET applications are installed.
Also, I will be moving to a more manageable release cycle (2-4 week) which will give me time to tackle bigger features between releases.
My goal for next week is to provide an “upgrade” button in the app which will download the latest version, do the upgrade and restart in one click.
Now you can choose to show only the active tab in the taskbar (the default behavior) or you can choose to show all windows in the Taskbar. This is a pretty significant feature that still needs some more work. I am really excited about improving the taskbar integration over the next few weeks and I would appreciate feedback on this so please give it a try!
Next week I am going to focus on the user experience around updating. I’m not happy with the update process right now and with a weekly release cycle, updates need to be painless.
This isn’t the most exciting release I have ever made but its still an important one. I fixed several crash issues and a nasty issue where you could get duplicate tabs if you drag a tab out of a group fast enough. Also, if you have been running into problems upgrading due to “WindowTabs32.dll” being in use, this new version should help going forward, the installer will now only try and replace WindowTabs32.dll if the version of that dll has changed.
Next week, I want to provide an option which keeps windows in the taskbar. This would allow you to switch between windows using tabs or the taskbar. The lack of this feature has been a deal breaker for many people so I am eager to get this in there!
This release includes some look and feel improvements and (finally!) adds a simple context menu to access the settings by right clicking on a tab. I’ll be adding a lot more to the context menu over the next few weeks.
This weeks release is a bunch of little bug fixes with some rendering issues and some problems with message boxes getting lost. Also, after a long hiatus, the diagnostics report is working again.
This weeks release gets Windows Live Messenger working again on Vista / Win7, thanks to Oli for the heads up! Also, I added a much requested feature, the ability to activate tabs while dragging – especially useful for moving files between explorer windows.
It’s a long time since the last release but this version makes up for it with one major new feature (auto hiding) and a bunch of important bug fixes for Outlook, Visual Studio and Microsoft Word users