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• New 7 Sticky Notes Portable Version - Run 7 Sticky Notes from your flash drive, memory card or any removable storage • New feature: ACTIVE SYNCHRONIZATION! - Synchronizes all your notes automatically every time they are changed by another 7 Sticky Notes instance. Specially designed for using 7 Sticky Notes in separate computers, with multiple users sharing the same database, (thanks for Tim for the help!) • New feature: Desktop Switcher!: - Allows quick switching between desktops - Smoothly fades in upon shortcut key press and let you cycle through all Desktops • Added Windows 7 Compatible Taskbar Button: (thanks to Zamara for the suggestion!) - Allows Windows 7 "pin to taskbar" option - Allows full 7 Sticky Notes control from Windows 7' taskbar - Allows quick switching between desktops • Optimizations: - Better handling when database is not present: created a new selection window to create a new database, or to select a database file, making it easier and more user-friendly - COMPLETE MULTIPLE MONITORS SUPPORT. Now notes are detected out of screen on multiple monitors and the configuration window position is calculated accordingly to the parent monitor - Better methods for automatic text change saving under editing and URL detection - faster and lighter (special thanks to Doug for the help!) - Improved always on top function - New version check timer changed to 60 seconds after startup - Faster configuration file read and write speed • Complete redesign for 7 Sticky Notes Options: - New advanced, user-friendly and visual navigation menu - Improved controls design, identification and pages descriptions - New "Reset configurations to Default" button for each page section - Added enable/disable active synchronization - Added enable/disable Windows' Show Desktop lock - Prevents notes from be hidden when Windows' "Show Desktop" icon is clicked or when the user presses "WIN + D" to show the desktop - Added customization to show or hide the notes when 7 Sticky Notes initializes - Added option to "Show All Desktops" when 7 Sticky Notes starts - Added new function to create the notes database automatically - Added new "Switch Desktops" keyboard shortcut combination - Added default title text customization with option to insert user-defined formatted dates, custom texts, and notes counter - New selectable configuration to "Shake Note" or not when it wakes up - Option to pick which Desktops will be shown at the Desktop Switcher - Option to completelly customize the Desktop Switcher style: font family, size, style (bold, underline or italid) and color, and screen position. - Tabbing orders reviewed and corrected - New Sounds Options: implemented a new user configurable sounds list. Each note now can have its sleep and alarm sounds associated individually to this sound list, meaning that each note can have its own sound!! - Option to switch hide/show notes using "close" button in Windows 7 taskbar - CUstomizable default "quick indent" value • New shortcut keys for notes editing: - CTRL + E enters editing mode - CTRL + N to create a new note - CTRL + S directly saves the editing note - CTRL + SHIFT + S saves all notes being currently edited in the desktop - CTRL + B shortcut for font bold - CTRL + I shortcut for font italic - CTRL + U shortcut for font underline • Added user confirmation at 7 Sticky Notes first run to enable/disable new version check • New and Improved Text Editing Options: - Paragraph left indentation customization - Paragraph right indentation customization - Paragraph hanging text indentation customization - Added "Quick Indent" buttons: increase and decrease paragraph indent - New colored font color icon - Improved automatic text style recognition • Several changes to the Setup Package for compatibility with Windows 7 Standard User accounts: (special thanks to Christopher for the testings) - Now all icons are created under common Windows folders in order to avoid problems with administrator elevation in Vista/7 - Removed auto admin elevation request at setup startup in order to allow a standard user to install the portable version - Removed user data file removal on uninstallation, to avoid admin files to be removed by mistake - Default database now is generated at run-time and not copied by the setup package • Bugs Fixed: - Fixed error found after "Show Desktop" command was called with no notes present at the desktop - Fixed unable to check text style at options window - Fixed "show title" checkbox at configuration window selected even when the note was defaultly created without the title - Corrected unable to browse network folders for the database location at the option screen - Fixed error when centralizing a new note out of the screen - TAB not being inserted in text when key pressed - Now tooltips are correctly showed at the configuration window - Fixed wrong title sizing when using large fonts - Now controls are correctly focused when notes are showed |
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• Implemented text editor for note's body text: Now all notes can have fully formatted and fully customizable texts! • Picture insert: now you can to insert pictures at the notes! • Included "strikeout" font effect for title and note body text • Included "bullets" font effect note body text • New Sleep Feature: - Enable/Disable Sleeping - Time configuration for "Sleep For" "X" seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks and months - Time configuration for "Sleep Until" Hour:Minute:Second of Month, Day, Year - Note "Wake up Shake" option - Option to trigger alarm after wake up • New Alarm Feature: - Enable/Disable Alarm - Time configuration for "Alarm In" "X" seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks and months - Time configuration for "Alarm At" Hour:Minute:Second of Month, Day, Year - Configurable recurring alarm: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Early or every "X" seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks or months • Sounds configurations for Sleep and Alarm: - Enable/Disable for Alarm and Sleep sounds - Definable Alarm sound (.mp3, .mid or .wav) - Definable Sleep sound (.mp3, .mid or .wav) - Repeat alarm and repeat sleep sounds playback options • Implemented Multiple Notes Desktops: - Group notes by categories in separate desktops - Show individual desktops/Switch between desktops - Send notes to other Desktops - Manage/Add/Remove/Rename Desktops - Default "Shown Desktop on Initialization" option • New Notes Manager: - Drag and Drop usage - Manage Sleeping, Recycled and Live Notes - Easily change notes between desktops - Wake up notes - Review/Restore/Clean Recycle Bin Notes • New feature "Send this note to back" option at note's right click menu • Added Backup and Restore functionalities • New "Make Note Always On Top" note option now available for every note • Added program option to Remove/Show 7 Sticky Notes icon in tray area • Included manual database synchronization option (thanks to Tim for the help!) • Now 7 Sticky Notes' database location can be defined by the user, with support for network folders (thanks to Tim for the help!) • New color selection implementation, more efficient and fast • Added user warning message if there are unsaved notes still under configuration when exiting 7 Sticky Notes • Improved Recycle Bin's remove functionalities for removal of single and multiple notes/groups of notes • Changed errors log file location to Windows' Application Data folder • Added cool icons for 7 Sticky Notes' Menus!! • Improved sequential shortcut keypress answer time • Automatic database backup if user chooses to overwrite the database at the Setup • Bugs Fixed: - Fixed problem of "configurations window out of visible screen area" when note is on the right part of the screen (as pointed by a few users) - Corrected "Not Found" error at the program options caused by a wrong startup icon presence detection (thanks to Michael for the help!) - Fixed wrong calculation of out of screen notes and not showed Notes Desktop when taskbar was located on the left side of the screen (special thanks to Samantha!) - Fixed drop shadows not redrawing on taskbar position change - Fixed not working selection o black color at the color selection - Fixed problem of not being possible to create a new note after user canceled a note removal confirmation - Text color not saved when close/open configuration window - Improved configuration window positioning to prevent being out of screen |
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• URL's and internet addresses now automatically identified as hyperlinks (opens site in default browser when link is clicked) • Improved fade in/out performance (speed) • Automatic Updates - Informs user when new version is available • Now all user files are installed and located in Windows's User folders (including start menu and application data folder). This ensures 7 Sticky Notes is installed only for the current user, and ensures user-files are located only in application data folder, following the correct user data storage guidelines, as is required by Windows 7. • Implemented automatic instant font change for advanced font configuration windows • New personalization options added to program's options: - User-configurable keyboard shortcut keys combinations for "New Notes", "Show/Hide Keys" and "Notes Desktop" - Enable/Disable Auto URL Recognition - Enable/Disable auto update check on startup - Enable/Disable "Start 7 Sticky Notes when Window Starts" - Enable/Disable drop shadow effects - Enable/Disable Transparency Effects - Moving notes transparency enable/disable and configurable transparency percentage - Fade-in Notes Effects Enable/Disable and fade-in time (ms) - Fade-out Notes Effects Enable/Disable and fade-out time (ms) - Default new note transparency - Default new note show/hide title - Default new note theme • Bugs Fixed: - Improved animating notes detection to prevent "show/hide" operations while notes are fading - Fixed bug with not redrawing dropshadows if Windows was configured to not "show windows contents while moving" (thanks to Willy R. from Indonesia!) - Fixed problem with wrong note identification when re-creating the configuration windows in the case one of the under configuration notes was a new note - Fixed "not saving text alignment" bug - Fixed error when double-clicking an empty Recycle Bin's notes tree - Fixed dropshadows not redrawing when screen resolution changed - Removed small mouse flickering when resizing note |
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• Note Title Font Customization for each Note: - Font Family - Font Color - Font Size - Text Alignment - Font Style: Bold, Underline, Italic • Note Body Font Customization for each Note: - Font Family - Font Color - Font Size - Text Alignment - Font Style: Bold, Underline, Italic • New Note DEFAULTS: Now it is possible to configure what font properties every New Note will have by default. These properties can be set for Note Title's and Note Body's fonts, as the following: - Font Family - Font Color - Font Size - Text Alignment - Font Style: Bold, Underline, Italic • Back database compatibility with previous version • Database overwrite protection for Install Package • Bugs Fixed: - Duplicated note order after restoring from Recycle Bin - Error handler showing double messages and not recording details on log file - Crash when activating tray menu while modal message box was present - Setup package ActiveX missing and DLLs and OCX not being properly registered |
| First Release of 7 Sticky Notes |