История релизов MaxTo

2014.11.1

• Bug Keyboard shortcut Windows+Enter conflicts with Narrator.
• Bug UAC elevation prompt popped up on startup when running as standard user. Asked nicely to be a little bit quieter.
• Bug License check returns ambigious message when license had expired.
• Bug Changes to license code would not stick. Superglue applied.
• Bug Changes to keyboard shortcuts would not stick either. Superglue bottle emptied.
• Bug Keyboard shortcuts for editing regions open wrong regions. A stern talking was given, and it promised to behave itself in the future.
• Bug Fix crashing bug in update mechanism

2014.11

The '"We're sorry it took us so long"-release.

• Feature Runs elevated, no windows are outside our reach now. (This is huge!)

• Feature New translations for:

• Portuguese

• Greek

• German

• Arabic

• Improvement Completely restructured internally; 32-bit and 64-bit is now treated identically internally, hopefully more stable.

• Improvement Updated to require .NET Framework 4.5, Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013.

• Bug Saving options with modifier key in some languages crashes. If the modifier key name was translated differently in two specific places within a language, selecting that modifier key would result in a crash when clicking OK.

• Bug Shows correct error message when license server is unreachable.

• Bug Can no longer open Options window twice simultaneously.

• Bug Issue with Windows 7 (and 8) features not persisting across reboots.

• Feature Self-test that tells you which parts of MaxTo is misbehaving

• Bug Adobe Reader XI (Acrobat reader) behaved strangely.

2011.10.1

• Bug Auto-detection for Visual C++ 2011 SP1 redistributable (x64 and x86) was broken.

2011.10

• Feature More translations

• Japanese

• Chinese Simplified

• Portugese (89% complete)

• Improvement Compatibility shims can now disable window snapping for certain window classes.

• Bug Unable to permanently disable window transparency.

• Bug Installation error saying “a newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable has been detected”.

• Bug Windows no longer snap to maximized window edges (which are a few pixels outside the monitor boundary, but hidden by Windows).

• Bug Compatibility shims now don’t annoy you as much. The message will only be shown once per application window.

• Bug Minor leak of user objects that could cause crashes on some very restricted systems.

• Bug Spotify windows snap to their own shadow, so the window grows when moving.

• Bug Very rare crash when splitting regions (1 reported case).

• Bug Very rare crash if 64-bit subprocess crashes or is stopped (1 reported case).

• Bug Very rare crash if registry key for setting MaxTo to start with Windows does not exist (1 reported case).

• Bug Very rare crash if window snapping is turned off for all edge types (1 reported case).

2011.3

• Feature Transparent windows when moving and sizing. Windows become transparent when you drag them around, or resize them, so you can easily see what is behind them.

• Feature Enable or disable built-in Windows 7 features, such as:

• Vertical snap

• Dragging of maximized windows

• Snap (docking windows to left, right or top screen edge)

• Configurable thresholds for these settings

• Feature Translations to different languages are now possible. Translations included in this release:

• English (d’oh)

• French

• Italian

• Norwegian

• Russian

• Spanish

• Improvement Improved compatibility shim system:

• Target specific windows or whole processes.

• Disable subclassing for incompatible programs

• Ignore program completely.

• Improvement Nicer “Highlight regions”

• Bug Disables edge snapping and drag-and-maximize for MediaMonkey-windows, because of bugs in MediaMonkey that causes it to crash when subclassed.

• Bug Fixes issue with minimize-in-region for windows that don’t trigger CBT minimize event (e.g. Firefox).

• Bug Changes to hotkeys are now saved even if Windows is restarted or the user logs off.

• Bug Focus was sometimes incorrectly stolen from certain windows, e.g. Excel’s find dialog.

• Bug Focus mode fade-in animation sometimes runs twice.

• Bug Crashing bug in Options.

• Bug No longer launches IE as Administrator at end of install.

• Bug Fixes crashing bug when user has limited access to specific parts of the registry.

• Bug Fixes bug in console resizing that didn’t take into account adding and removing the scroll bars.

2010.12

• Feature Windows snap to other windows, monitor edges and regions. Disabled by default.
• Feature Can now resize console windows to their maximum size that will fit within a region (but will not exactly match regions if you are not extremely lucky).
• Improvement If you choose to not download an update, you will not be notified again unless an even newer update is available.
• Improvement Updates are no longer automatically downloaded. You will have to download them after you’ve been notified.
• Improvement Focus mode can be toggled from the notification area popup menu.
• Bug Region configuration now loads properly after a reinstall.
• Bug Focus mode hangs on low-color RDP connections.
• Bug Supposedly hidden windows no longer flashes for an instant when MaxTo is starting.
• Bug Focus mode will not trigger automatically over a 8-bit color Remote Desktop Connection.
• Bug Changing the regions now disables focus mode.

2010.11

• Bug WinAMP maximizes properly through a new compatibility mode.
• Bug Exiting the 64-bit subprocess is done more gracefully, with less opportunity for it to hang.
• Bug Faster reaction when monitor working area changes (e.g. a toolbar or monitor is added).
• Bug Better granularity for pushing updates (we can choose not to automatically update for point-releases).
• Bug Fixes crash on loading certain corrupt configurations.
• Bug Allows license codes with extra padding (spaces before or after).

2010.09.1

• Bug Fixes license validation bug (if your license doesn’t validate, update).
• Bug Fixes bug where Load and Save profiles doesn’t work.

2010.09

• Feature Focus mode. Focus completely on one window, tuning all the other windows out.
• Feature Minimize in region. Holding down the modifier key while minimizing a window will minimize all windows in that region.
• Feature Drag’n‘maximize with previews. Dragging a window while holding the modifier key will maximize to the region where you drop it. MaxTo will also show you where the window will be maximized while you are dragging.
• Improvement Double-clicking a profile in “Load profile” now loads the profile
• Improvement Limits minimum region size to the smallest window size allowed by Windows.
• Improvement More detailed crash reports if something goes wrong (mostly for our benefit).
• Improvement MSI-based installer
• Bug Fixes bugs with some very common applications (including Opera 10.50, Office 2007 and Photoshop CS4) where some windows wouldn’t display while MaxTo was running.
• Bug Fixes a range of very rare crashing bugs reported through the crash reporter.
• Bug Fixes bug with WinSCP that would cause crash
• Bug 64-bit windows now maximize normally on non-divided monitors

2009.09

• Improvement Dragging a maximized window now restores the window’s original size.
• Improvement Quickly bring background windows to the foreground in the region you are in using shortcut keys. Default is Alt+Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown.
• Improvement You can now delete the profiles you have created yourself.
• Improvement Ignore.xml, that allows you to define window classes that MaxTo should not move when moving using the shortcut keys.
• Bug Fixes bug where registration information has to be reentered on upgrades.
• Bug Fixes bug where regions on primary monitor were disabled on first boot when starting with Windows.
• Bug Fixes rare crashing bug related to loading of configuration.
• Bug MaxTo shortcut keys can no longer “maximize” the taskbar or sidebar gadgets.
• Bug Fixes bug where “Fit all windows” might move windows that really shouldn’t be moved.