WindowTabs Version 580
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.
- Fixed issue with hitting the three tab limit on licensed versions of WindowTabs.
- Added a cancel button to the “Feedback” form.
WindowTabs Version 570
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.
- Fixed an issue which caused settings to not be saved on x64 Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Fixed a bug where you are prompted to restart WindowTabs after viewing advanced settings, even if you have not made changes to the settings.
- WindowTabs is now installed to your user data directory instead of Program Files.
- Added version info to the WindowTabsSetup.exe file.
- Added the WindowTabs version to the WT notify icon tooltip.
- Removed the license.txt and desktopstate.dat, save that data to settings.dat.
WindowTabs Version 540
- WindowTabs sends an error report if the WindowTabs dll fails to unload, this will help me eliminate some of the errors caused by locked dll’s when upgrading
- WindowTabs sends a ping to Google Analytics when it starts, this will help me track the number of successfully completed installs.
- Added a feedback form, right click on a tab and click “feedback”.
- Changed the AutoHide setting back to false by default.
- Save the location of the settings form.
- Made the settings form a tool window.
- Fixed an issue which prevented tabbing between items in the settings form.
- Minimizing a window now minimizes the whole group instead of removing the window from the group (this was an issue when you turned the Hide in taskbar setting off).
For next week
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.
WindowTabs Version 510
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!
- Added the “Hide taskbar buttons for tabbed windows” option
- Made auto hide turned on by default for new installs
- Made the option to add tabs to CMD windows on by default and removed the check box, if you want to remove tabs from CMD windows, just use the standard filtering mechanism
For next week
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.
WindowTabs Version 490
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.
- Added a version check to the installer for the WindowTabs32.dll. This should make it much less likely that upgrades will fail due to the WindowTabs32.dll being in use.
- Fixed a bug where tabs appear “behind” windows sometimes. This often happend on top level windows like Task Manager.
- Fixed a random crash bug that was introduced in build 465 (sorry!)
- Fixed a bug where a two tabs could appear for the same window if you drag the window out of a tab group quickly.
- Fixed a minor issue where windows would be shuffled around in zorder when WindowTabs starts.
- Fixed a very rare crash issue when restoring a window.
For next week
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!
WindowTabs Version 465
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.
- Added a right click context menu for accessing WindowTabs settings.
- Fixed a bug where hidden tabs would reappear incorrectly when your mouse moved over another window.
- Disabled DWM transition animations so that you don’t see as much “flicker” when switching tabs and so that tabs don’t appear before the window when you restore a window from minimize.
- Reduced the delay when hiding tabs on a maximized window.
- Fixed a crash on Windows 2000.
WindowTabs Version 450
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.
- Fixed the diagnostics report, it was not working at all in previous builds.
- Fixed an issue where “close all tabs” dialoge box would fall behind other windows when closing IE8. This also affected text editors which promt when you close with unsaved text.
- Fixed a very rare crash which happens if a window closes while the trial splash screen is showing.
- Fixed an issue where IE8 would display artifacts and not properly redraw.
- Fixed a rendering issue where Chrome would not draw its tabs on Windows 7.
- The drag thumbnail now dissapears before showing the window which looks nicer.
WindowTabs Version 430
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.
- Windows Live Messenger works (again) on Vista / Windows 7
- Restarting windows tabs after changing settings no longer causes random crashing
- Whitespace is now correctly removed from your filtering settings, this was causing the filter to not recognize some process names
- You can now drag files, text – anything – over a tab and the tab will activate, take a look
WindowTabs Version 420
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
- Automatically hide tabs on maximized windows so they don’t cover the caption bar (in Chrome for example), take a look
- Fixed an issue where apps like VS .NET and Windows Live Messenger stayed on top of other apps
- Fixed an issue where the tabs would disappear on maximized VS.NET windows
- Removed the keyboard shortcut to hide tabs on a window – auto hide makes this unnecessary
- Fix a bug where closing a Word document in a group of multiple documents would leave tabs floating in space
- Fixed an issue where tabs were not being hidden after you close an Outlook window
- The “latest version” checker wasn’t working quite right, now it is
- Fixed an issue where Outlook would dissapear if you closed an email window in a group
WindowTabs Version 380
This version includes several important stability improvements and better support for filtering:
- Fixed a crash while dragging and dropping
- Fixed a crash while coming back from Suspend
- Fixed a crash while idle
- Windows are now restored correctly when WindowTabs is closed
- Capitalization no longer counts when adding processes to the filter list
- You can now filter executables which have spaces in their name
- Command windows now come to the front when the caption is clicked
- Fixed an issue where tabs were not disappearing when you minimize Windows Messenger
WindowTabs Version 350
Lot’s of performance and compatibility issues fixed plus support for CMD / PowerShell windows and better support for Windows Live Messenger:
- Added support for tabs on CMD / PowerShell windows
- Tabs are now positioned correctly on Windows Live Messenger windows instead of floating above them (on XP)
- Fixed several crash issues
- Fixed an issue where the tabs would disappear briefly when moving them on a maximized window
- Fixed a bug where the first drag operation after starting WindowTabs was sluggish
- Fixed a bug where rapidly resizing windows was slow
- Fixed an issue where PowerPoint windows would disappear
- Fixed an issue where windows would disappear after closing WindowTabs
- The settings page no longer causes random hangs
- Fixed an issue where tabs were not visible for Excel 2003
- Fixed an issue where windows would change location and loose focus randomly