History of TaskSwitchXP

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Version 2.0 build 11 (August 8, 2006)

• New interface languages (30+ now)
• Issue with a virus false positive in NSIS installer was fixed
• Some issues with multi-monitor support were fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed

Version 2.0 build 10 (May 20, 2006)

• TaskSwitchXP now can work on multiple desktops
• Sticky Alt+Tab+Tab works like as normal Alt+Tab
• Corrections and updates in language files
• Some issues with WindowBlinds themes were fixed
• Small issue with window enumeration was fixed
• One more small issue with task switching was fixed

Version 2.0 build 9 (February 4, 2006)

• New interface languages (+5 new)
• Improved animation for minimizing to tray
• Second press of the sticky hotkey works now like as Enter
• Bug with MSN Messenger conversation window was fixed
• Bug with switching to multiple windows was fixed
• Bug of installer with unsupported language was fixed
• Bug with MS Office Outlook message icon was fixed
• Some issues with text colors were fixed
• Some minor bugs were fixed

Version 2.0 build 8 (August 25, 2005)

• New interface languages
• Google Sidebar now is visible on the preview
• Some issues with task switching (in v2.07) were fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed

Version 2.0 build 7 (July 27, 2005)

• New interface languages
• Small bug with focus was fixed
• Small bug with fast Alt+Tab was fixed
• Some cosmetical fixes in installer

Version 2.0 build 6 (July 18, 2005)

• Considerable preview speed improvement!
• New interface languages (+17!)
• Ability to add minimized to tray windows to the end of Alt-Tab list
• Some new shortcut keys (preferences, sticky, etc)
• Some new command line parameters
• Some new secret/test features .. ;)
• One more small issue with minimizing to tray was fixed
• One more small issue with colors was fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed

Version 2.0 build 5 (April 12, 2005)

• First official 2.0 release: new homepage, new features and languages!
• First German translation (by Markus Schuster aka eVo)!
• First Russian translation!
• Multilingual user interface!!!
• New help docs were added
• Default preview mode for multiple monitors was fixed
• Small bug with restricted user accounts was fixed
• Small bug with default colors were fixed
• Small bug with minimizing to tray was fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed

Version 2.0 beta 4 (February 25, 2005)

• TaskSwitchXP now restores tray icons after Explorer crashes
• Middle-click on blank area marks item as multiple selected
• Some bugs with tray icon actions were fixed
• Some bugs with window enumeration were fixed
• Memory leak with rounded selection style was fixed
• Some stability and performance fixes

Version 2.0 beta 3 (February 14, 2005)

• List multiple selections
• Context menus
• New window and task management commands
• List sorting by title and filename
• 5 new interface schemes
• Configurable info pane formats
• Configurable info pane and list fonts
• New list selection style
• Menus for minimized to system tray apps
• New option "Keep TaskSwitchXP tray icons from WinXP auto-hide feature"
• New option "Show on active monitor"
• New option "Exclude all layered windows from preview" (troubleshooting)
• "Sticky" mode for alt-tab
• Fade out animation
• Some new shortcut keys
• Some default settings were changed
• Bugs with window enumeration were fixed
• Some bugs with long exe paths were fixed
• Some bugs with hot-tracking selection were fixed
• Bug with Alt+Win+[Shift]+Tab was fixed
• Bug with minimized MSN Messenger Conversation window was fixed
• Some small bugs with minimizing to tray were fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed
• Some stability and performance fixes

Version 1.1 alpha 2 (January 19, 2005)

• New improved tray menu with quick preferences
• TaskSwitchXP now detects Ms PowerToy TaskSwitcher running
• Minimizing windows to system tray
• Desktop wallpaper caching
• Old v1.0 style of preview image (without desktop background)
• Fade in animation
• Cursor hand for hot-tracked item
• Task closing and killing
• Some new shortcut keys
• Some default settings were changed
• Some bugs with Instance Switcher were fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed
• Some stability and performance fixes

Version 1.1 alpha 1 (December 14, 2004)

• New configurator interface
• Advanced settings
• TaskSwitchXP exclusions
• Info pane settings
• Instance switcher
• Low level AltTab hooking
• Configurable hotkeys
• Extended task information (middle-click on the preview image or press F1)
• New "Window" preview style
• Option "Don't create exclusion region for window preview" was removed
• Bug with multiple instances of configurator was fixed
• Bug with service messages was fixed
• Some small bugs were fixed
• Some stability and performance fixes

Version 1.1 alpha 0 (November 8, 2004)

• TaskSwitchXP draw modes (+ PowerToy TaskSwitcher style)
• Vertical window titles list and small icons list
• Configurable list sizes, selection style and colors
• Preview of all application windows
• Preview images caching
• Preview live update
• "Desktop" preview mode
• Configurable generation delay, size and position of preview image
• Multiple monitors support
• System tray icon

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