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- fWorkrave NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 13 May 2004
- Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Rob Caelers & Raymond Penners
- See the end for copying conditions.
-
- Please report Workrave bug reports. Visit our bug tracker located at:
- http://www.workrave.org
-
- * Workrave 1.6.1
-
- ** A bug was introduced in version 1.6.0 which could cause the status
- window to disappear. Version 1.6.1 is only a minor bug fix release
- that addresses this problem.
-
- * Workrave 1.6.0
-
- ** Workrave has been translated into Chinese thanks to Rex Tsai, into
- Russian thanks to Sergey Kirkinsky, and into French thanks to Thomas Basset
- and Benjamin Siband.
-
- ** The explanation of an exercise is now scrollable, if it does not
- fit onscreen.
-
- ** The Windows version now includes a taskbar applet version of the
- status window. After installation of Workrave, right click your
- taskbar and select "Workrave" from the list of toolbars.
-
- ** Timers can be configured to ignore activity.
-
- ** Bloat removal: removed the "Resets at" option from the daily limit
- panel.
-
- ** Exercises are no longer read at program startup, and are released
- from memory when not needed anymore.
-
- ** Terminology: we now use the term "micro-break" instead of "micro-pause".
-
- ** When block mode "Block all" is used, we display the break window on
- top of your current desktop background (wallpaper), instead of on a
- semi-transparent screen snapshot.
-
- ** Fixed screen locking on X11: previously only xlock was detected and
- used without passing a display parameter. Now, the proper screen
- lock command is invoked on the right display. For example, if KDE is
- detected its kdesktop_lock is executed.
-
- * High-profile bug fixes (Windows): activity monitoring when working
- in Exceed has been restored, and ZoneLab interaction problems
- (hangups) have been corrected.
-
-
- * Workrave 1.4.1
-
- ** Replaced the "Block input" setting (which was available per break)
- by a global "Block mode" setting, located in the GUI preferences. The
- available block modes are "None" (NEW: no input is blocked and break
- windows have a title bar and can be dragged), "Block input" (blocks
- input, break windows are fixed), "Block all" (NEW: blocks input and
- display).
-
- ** The Windows installer now offers the option to install Workrave
- using the standalone Dropline GTK+ runtime. For more information, see
- http://www.dropline.net/gtk/.
-
- ** Removed the "Force break after maximum preludes" option. It is now
- on by default.
-
- ** Some strings in the German translation were too long, fixed.
-
- ** Added multihead support for Windows.
-
- ** Improved suspend (to ram) support. Workrave now assumes that you
- are idle while suspended instead of assuming that no time passes.
-
- ** Improved multihead support. The status window is now automatically
- relocated when the monitor on which it is displayed is removed. It
- moved back to its original location when the monitor returns.
-
- ** Exercises navigation can now be used without causing Workrave to
- remove the break window and show the warning windows again.
-
- ** If supported by your system, the daily limit window includes a
- "Shut down" button.
-
- ** There now is a "Lock" button on the rest break, so that you can
- safely lock your display while you are taking breaks. If the daily
- limit window does not include the "Shut down" button, it includes the
- "Lock" button instead.
-
-
- * Workrave 1.4.0
-
- ** Added exercises.
-
- ** Workrave has been translated to Polish, Danish and Spanish. Many
- thanks to Mikolaj Machowski, Christian Vejlbo, and Pablo Rodriguez!
-
- ** Multihead support for X11. Workrave now shows break windows on
- all monitors.
-
- ** Workrave can now cope with changes in system time and OS features
- like suspend-to-ram.
-
- ** Previously, the end time that showed up in the stats dialog equaled
- the time at which the clock reset (typically equal to the start of the
- next working day). This lead to weird from/to times, as in: "From
- 8:46 to 9:10". Fixed.
-
- ** Added an icon to the skip/postpone buttons on break windows.
-
- ** Many laptop pointer devices "drift" over time. This used to cause
- Workrave to detect activity when there was in fact none. Fixed,
- thanks to Chung-chieh Shan.
-
- ** On Windows, Workrave now notices when Explorer crashes and will try
- to reinsert the tray icon in the new Explorer taskbar that is created
- when Explorer restarts.
-
- ** Rewrote the user input blocking mechanism on Windows. You should no
- longer experience visual quirks (like flashing windows or unexpectedly
- focusing random windows) during breaks.
-
- ** On Linux, Workrave now notices when the gnome-panel crashes and
- will reinsert the applet in the new panel.
-
- ** The content of the status window can now be configured.
-
- ** Breaks can now be disabled.
-
- * Workrave 1.2.2
-
- ** If you stopped working during a prelude just before it was about to
- disappear, the prelude would still go away because Workrave assumed
- you wanted to continue working. This behaviour has been changed now:
- if there is no activity when the count-down has reached zero, Workrave
- waits a couple of seconds to see if you are really idle. If that is
- the case, a break window appears. If not, you can continue working.
-
- ** Redesigned the preferences panel. It used to have nested tabs,
- these have been replaced with an icon shortcut bar.
-
- ** The break windows have been given a title.
-
- ** The Window version now included GTK-Wimp. This makes the visual
- appearance of Workrave blend much better into the Windows desktop
- environment (http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net).
-
- ** Beter support for Gnome session management. Workrave is now
- properly restarted by the gnome session manager.
-
- ** The applet can now be configured to show only the Workrave sheep.
- Clicking on the sheep will toggle the visibility of the main window.
-
- * Workrave 1.2.1
-
- ** Some errors in the build process have been fixed. Only a new source
- tarball is released, as this does not effect binary releases.
-
- * Workrave 1.2.0
-
- ** Johannes Rohr provided a german translation, thanks!
-
- ** Added applet support. Workrave now supports both a native Gnome
- applet, as well as a system tray applet that *should* also work on
- KDE.
-
- ** Added statistics. Workrave shows break statistics and daily usage.
- More statistics will be added later.
-
- ** A leaflet promoting Workrave is now available. Please spread it as
- far as possible. For example, distribute several copies at the
- office. (http://workrave.sourceforge.net/leaflet/)
-
- ** Last but absolutely not least: increased sheep size in the about
- window. :)
-
- * Workrave 1.0.0
-
- ** Removed the monitoring preferences. Good defaults is all you want
- here, and it was far too difficult to try and explain these settings
- to ordinary users.
-
- ** Added the daily limit break window.
-
- ** Added internationalisation support. Currently, only a Dutch translation is
- provided. We are still looking for volunteers to translate Workrave
- into other languages.
-
- ** The "Collective" has been renamed to "Network", which is far more
- meaningful to non-geek users.
-
- ** A network log window has been added. This window shows informational
- messages about the communication between different Workrave instances.
-
- * Workrave 0.3.0
-
- ** Added experimental(!) distribution support, dubbed "The
- Collective". What this means is that you can now create a network of
- Workrave instances running on several computers. All instances that
- are part of "the collective" share the same timer information, meaning
- that if one computer informs you to take a break, it is futile to flee
- to another computer as it will also tell you to take a break.
-
- ** Added sound support. You can configure the samples that are played
- through the standard sound control panel provided by Gnome and
- Windows. For office PCs that do not have a sound card, you can choose
- to play sounds through the internal PC speaker.
-
- ** The window prompting you to brake now moves earlier to the top of
- the screen so that it does not interfere too much. Furthermore, the
- window has a new and improved "evasive manouvers" algorithm.
-
- * Workrave 0.2.0
-
- ** Activity during a persisted break is no longer ignored. Instead,
- the timer is stopped whenefer the user is active.
-
- ** Microsoft Windows specific changes
-
- *** Added taskbar tray support. When the main window is closed, the
- program remains active in the tray. In the user interface preferences,
- you can select to hide the program when started.
-
- *** The main window is now opened at the position where it was during
- the last program exit.
-
- * Workrave 0.1.0
-
- ** First public release.
-
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