Klipfolio Dashboard Release Notes
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.4
Updated March 22, 2010
New Features
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Improved skins to support the new charting options.
- Various crash fixes.
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.3
Updated January 14, 2010
New Features
- Support for Excel 2007 worksheets with the .xlsx extension.
- Pie chart support using the new XML parameter, <chart>.
- A new XML parameter <find> to have the Find field opened by default when the Klip is loaded.
- Seven new colours that can be used for bar graphs (indicator: bar) using the XML parameter <assets>.
- In addition to type: image, the height property can be used with type: text and type: number.
- Additional support for type: text and type: number in the CSS property layout: card.
- New APIs:
- Now you can import and export OPML in the RSS Feed Viewer Klip (v5.4.0) from its Customize Klip window.
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Using type: link in a drilldown opens the URL.
- Improved handling of URLs with spaces when opened from a Klip in Firefox.
- Card layout respects hidden: true for itemcols.
- Improved skins to better display optional refline, refband and period for sparklines.
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.2
Updated July 20, 2009
New Features
- Support for an Excel worksheet (.xls) as the Klip's data source. (See API documentation and Cookbook Article.)
- Drag & drop support for adding Klips directly to the UI of Klipfolio Dashboard.
- Automatic removal of the "Open Link" menu options for items with no link attribute.
- Send to Friend option in Klipfolio Dashboard that allows Klip users to send individual item data to an email address.
- A new CSS attribute, format: "nolocaltime", for type: date.
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Improved title bar display for drilldown Klips.
- General stability improvements.
- SQL queries resulting in empty response XML (such as UPDATE queries) no longer cause a syntax error in Engines.ODBC.
- Column header no longer truncated when using <columns truncate="false"> for type: image.
- Better handling of Daylight Saving Time for type: date.
- Klipfolio Dashboard upgrade utility window no longer displayed when klipfolio.com is down.
- Correct handling of the CSS property maxwidth with indicator: bar.
- indicator: bar's background ("well") no longer stretched over multiple lines.
- Minimized Klipfolio Dashboard restored when adding a new Klip file to the myklips folder.
- Asset images displayed when using the placement property.
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.1
Updated May 25, 2009
New Features
- CSS properties and values:
- hint has been replaced by format
- type: date now supports strings in data source
- Introduced a new type, graph
- Introduced new format values that are used with type: graph: "area", "endpoints", "highpoints", "in", "lowpoints", "period", "points", "refband", "refline", "sparkline", and "strong"
- Introduced new format values that are used with type: number: "prefix" and "suffix"
- Introduced a new format value that is used with type: date: "in()" (date input format can now be specified)
- Added new and updated values for showresult
- Introduced a new property, collabel
- layout: card now supports type: number as well as an image. The numbers are displayed 3-lines tall.
- XML parameters:
- Introduced a new <sort> option, sequence
- Introduced a new <wrap> option, lines
- A new property, url, has been added to the API object Text to allow a URL to be displayed in an Action Window
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Improved stability
- Improved CSV/TSV parser:
- quotes within quoted strings using Excel / VB style "" to escape quotes
- now handling commas, newlines, and tabs within quoted strings
- an 8 fold increase in performance
- 16x16 Klip icons are no longer stretched to 19x19
- Toolbar no longer reverts back to the original layout upon restart
- Scrolling a page in Klips with one-line items no longer skips an item
- Remove All Items retains column visibility customization
- Skins have been updated to support type: graph
- Copy All now copies type: date
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0.1
Updated February 26, 2009
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Fixed shared data pool memory leak.
- Fixed issues with rounding decimals.
- Improved stability.
- Klips are added to an empty sidebar in the expected location and size.
- Fixed height of an empty topbar.
- Updated Klip template.
- Local file path for content source is handled properly
- Klips using ODBC (advanced feature) now display a warning icon
- Klipfolio Dashboard can now be installed in and launched from directories with ANSI characters in their names.
New Features
- For Klipfolio Personal Dashboard, icon and warning screen for advanced features have been updated.
- Engines.Data object has been added to the Klipfolio Dashboard API document. This object replaces the Engines.KlipFolio object.
- Klipfolio Dashboard API document has been updated with a new function, applyStyle(), has been added to the Engines.Data object.
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0
Updated December 10, 2008
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- See the list of bug fixes and other improvements for Beta builds below.
New Features
- New logo, skin, and icons.
- See the list of new features for Beta builds below.
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0 Beta F
Updated September 29, 2008
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- URL box in Feed Viewer Klip's Customize window is updated when clicking on list of feeds
- Short toolbar displays the Refresh button instead of the logo
- Screenshot of Klipfolio Dashboard 5 in the Tell A Friend email reflects the new toolbar
New Features
- Drilldown Klips can now use item actions
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0 Beta E
Updated August 22, 2008
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Toolbar buttons are clickable while Klips are refreshing
- Context menu is available in sidebar modes
- Menu is available in 1-grid wide sidebars
- Upgrading from v4 to v5 possible without exiting v4
- Liquid klips will now only reorganize after toolbar resizing by user is finished
- Fixed crash when rendering assets in Klips with no items
- Better "Run as" installation support
- Click-escape support for toolbar buttons
- General fixes to drilldown
- Minor changes were made to column headers
New Features
- User Tour under Help
- Items.onClick global handler for clicks now gets clicked cell's style as second parameter
- Holding Shift key and clicking Refresh button in the Debug Window clears 304 timestamps
- Multilevel link support in drilldown
- TSV parsing
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0 Beta D
Updated July 16, 2008
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Fixed crash when moving a Klip over a Klip with automatic scroll
- Alerts no longer displayed for read items
- Undo Layout now respects hidden/unhidden Klips
- Old items in dashboard Klips using <autoremove> and <purge> are removed
- Action Windows are displayed over Klipfolio Dashboard in Always On Top mode
- Updated toolbar and menus
- Find field is now persistent across sessions
- New Klip icon overlays have been added:
- Speech Bubble - Klip has output trace statements, but with no script error. With Developer Mode turned on, click on the speech bubble to open the Klip's debug window and see the trace.
- Spider/Insect - Klip encountered a script error. With Developer Mode turned on, click the spider to open the Klip's debug window and see the error.
- Silver "E" - Klipfolio Dashboard features are being used in Klipfolio Personal Dashboard.
- Caution Triangle - Klip is using a feature that would require a Klip signature, and you are in Developer Mode.
- Caution Circle - Klip is using a feature that would require a Klip signature.
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0 Beta C
Updated June 6, 2008
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- Added full support for ClearType fonts
- Added ClearType checkbox to Display tab in Options
- http://www.thexblog.de/?feed=atom can now be loaded
- Win taskbar on right: minimized apps are no longer repositioned when restored
- Win taskbar on right: minimized WMP is no longer restored
- Cookies are no longer truncated in some cases
- Feed Viewer: fixed chronological sorting order
- Klipfolio Dashboard in sidebar mode now minimizes when double-clicking on the main toolbar
- Thunderbird with MinimizeToTray add-on is no longer restored when exiting Klipfolio Dashboard
- Ability to copy items with date, number and enum
- Massively improved performance of XML parser when dealing with whitespace-free XML
- Date types now support ordinals (1st 2nd 3rd, etc) in output formatting strings
- When sorting by pubdate, creation date is used when no pubdate exists (helps feedviewer with multiple feeds)
- Action windows now size content correctly (specifically text areas and list controls)
- Added a new Debug Window system
- Added evaluate and trace functionality to Klip debugging
- Extremely large numbers no longer render incorrectly
- Formula bar no longer goes missing under some circumstances when drilling down
- Drilldown Klips now use single click instead of double click to drill down
- Column headers can be forced not to truncate by Klip authors (<columns tuncate="false"> in <settings>)
- Added greyscale PNG support at bit depths 1, 2, 4, and 8 (yay xkcd!) also 8bit with alpha
- Klipfolio Dashboard no longer pauses UI when deleting more than one Klip when recycle bin is very full
- Enumerations in Klip items sourced from sparse data (blank cells) now sort, store, and process properly
- Added support for NTLM / Kerberos HTTP authentication
- Basic, Digest, Negotiate, and NTLM authentication over SSL now work properly
- Added <autodrilldown>deep</autodrilldown> to automatically start Klips using drilldown with sparse data at the deepest possible level
- Improved stability in many areas
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0 Beta B
Updated May 22, 2008
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
- 'Options' tab is displayed without visual corruption under 'Alerts...' menu shortcut
- 'Layout' menu option for systray icon is removed when Klipfolio Dashboard is minimized
- 'Copy Image' can now copy and paste image into Lotus Notes and MS Word
- Column width is calculated using indicators
- Fixed Win+K (minimize/restore) bug
- Zoom offset resets to original location every time
- Custom Weather Klip no longer duplicates the "Current" item (v4.0.1)
- Results bar no longer appears in the middle of content when content is multi-line
- Klipfolio Dashboard minimizes / comes to front / restores properly from system tray
- Results.getData () now pre-computes values if rendering has not yet taken place
- Divide by zero in formulae now result in +/- infinity instead of zero
- Items hidden by Klip script are no longer made visible by drilldown
- Fixed crash when loading old preferences configured for skins which don't exist when skins folder is empty
- Tooltip behaviour now more consistent
- CSV files with leading newlines now load properly
- Switching on developer mode when Klips use action windows now works properly
- onUpgrade now resets filter / drilldown state (prevents invalid filters)
- Klips with only one item (especially frame Klips) now never show scrollbars
- Results bar no longer flickers on and off when Klips are 4 grids tall with few items
- Blocked scripts will now unblock correctly if developer mode was no on when Klipfolio Dashboard started
Klipfolio Dashboard 5.0 Beta A
Updated May 14, 2008
New Features for Users
- Better integration with Windows Vista
- Klip columns, with headers and sorting
- Formula bars for item totals when using columns
- Drill Down Klips for exploring data
- Klip zooming can be turned on/off
- Undo and Redo most layout changes
- Search for text in any item in almost any Klip
- Klip item formatting: Card Layout
- "Reset Klip" available to non-developers
- Drag and drop for a URL/path into a Klip
- Drag and drop RSS urls onto Klipfolio Dashboard to create a new Feed Viewer Klip
- Drag and drop RSS urls onto Feed Viewer Klips to add them
- New alerts snooze, with snooze on/off
- Data sharing between signed and encrypted Klips
- Klip titlebar controls now fade in on mouseover
- Improved context menus
- Added control to adjust length of time popups onscreen
- Smoother scrolling animations
- Item filtering (for some Klips)
- Shortcut to Alerts tab of Customize Klip window
New Features for Developers
- Create custom Item & Klip Commands ("Actions")
- Create custom Klip-specific Dialogs ("Action Windows")
- Klips can specify a Codepage property on a http request
- New tags <autoremove> and <purge> supported
- New values for <refresh> tag supported (manual, never)
- Added type: number and type: date to support number and date data
- Added graphical indicators that display based on comparisons with numeric column data
- Specify default sort order
- New style additions: hiding columns, enumeration of text fields and more
- New developer tools menu
- Formulas
- Bar graphs support for numeric column data
- Sugar CRM support (Klipfolio Dashboard only)
- SOAP support
- Item drill down
- Built-in CSV parsing
- Turn on Developer Mode in the Options window
- Buttons in Customize Klip dialogs can now appear side by side
- Adjusting HTTP timeout setting
- Specify a lifetime for download images to prevent re-fetching
- SHA 256 hashing
- Available bypass of quotation marks in XML attributes
- System to prevent accidental operation of a Klips with advanced script
- Custom pop-up alert items
- Shortcut to add a new, blank template Klip
- New Content block for storing data
Bug fixes and Other Improvements
- Fixed a cache problem where Klips don't find Klip upgrades
- Adjusted transparency of Klip ghosts
- Changed direction of background gradients when Klips in sidebar
- Fixed toolbar resizing problems
- Tweaked toolbar alignment and position
- Fixed bugs related to expanding or collapsing toolbar
- Klipfolio Dashboard no longer goes to background when deleting klip
- During startup, all alerts appear at the same time, after refresh
- Klipfolio Dashboard will now adapt to resolution or screen orientation changes
- JPG bug is resolved allowing webcams to work with Klipfolio Dashboard
- Full-screen games and applications now compatible with Klipfolio Dashboard in a sidebar
- Relative paths in HTTP Location redirects now properly follow host
- Truncated Klip titles now render dropshadow correctly at truncation
- Search field now respects stale state for rendering
- Hidden toolbars are no longer drop targets for Klips
- Application upgrade now upgrades Klips found locally if bundle contains newer versions
- Only one Klip can be zoomed at a time
Klipfolio Dashboard 4.0
Updated March 19, 2007
4.0.1
- Klipfolio Dashboard now saves Klip layouts for sidebar, top/bottom bar and floating configurations across sessions
- Position and state of expanded Klips now saved across sessions
- Fixed problem where autoscrolling would stop part-way through an item
- Added "Remove Read" to Klip and multi-Klip context menus
- Improved drop target logic when moving a Klip from one group to another
- Rendering problems with search Klips fixed
- Fixed rendering problems when refreshing no-titlebar Klips
- Fixed rendering problem when reloading no-titlebar Klip showed title on top of content
- Klipfolio Dashboard can now start with Windows minimized properly
- Bottom left corner resize works again
- Cache manager removes images if items delete
- Popup alerts now trigger if Item.alerting is set to true
- Liquid Klips apply gravity on startup if need be (due to new Klips manually added while Klipfolio Dashboard not running)
- New CSS property (truncate: true / false)
- Preferences.xml : <focus> property in tooltip to cause app to focus if tooltip is shown
- Items cells are now closer together and moved left to fit more data in smaller views
- CPU and memory monitor updated to improve usability when small
- Fixed crash related to images being destroyed before download completed
- Border on expanded Klip now larger and more visible
- Klips no longer "re-liquify" when Klips reload or upgrade
- Fixed state problems when moving a "click-locked" sidebar
- Klipfolio Dashboard now has default search field colour values
- If no cache directory exists, one is now created
4.0.0
- Added search field capability to Klips
- Klips added to a full sidebar now shrink to fit
- Fixed a case where tooltips for popups might bring Klipfolio Dashboard to front
- Fixed a bug that would cause an image at the bottom of a Klip to be cut off
- Added Vista support
Beta C
- Auto-hiding sidebar can now be temporarily 'locked' by double-clicking sidebar background
- Klips no longer turn black when turning on transparency
- Tour window now appears on first run
- Changed wording in Klip / Klipfolio Dashboard context menus
- Fixed flicker problems visible in Klips with images
- Fixed crash related to images that appear in tooltips only
- Zooming a Klip now clears alert animation
- Klip and sidebar layouts save more agressively
- Layouts get saved on exit due to Windows restart/log off
- Tahoma now reflected as default font in font list
- Unhidden Klips now appear at bottom right of group, as if freshly added
- Added Klips now appear in last group user manipulated
- Dropshadows removed from expanded Klips, fixing host of performance & lockup issues
- Fixed a bug where Klipfolio Dashboard was reserving space even though it was minimized, after log in to Windows
- Moving taskbar will no longer 'reset' last saved layout for a specific mode
- Moving groups from sidebar to topbar and back will no longer cause Klips to go off-grid
- Unhidden Klips no longer appear onscreen even if Klipfolio Dashboard is minimized
- Multiple auto-hidden sidebars now work better when they intersect
- Auto-hidden sidebar opens automatically when a klip is added to it, or unhidden
- Fixed a bug where klips would appear offscreen when added to auto-hidden sidebar
- Expanded Klips now stay on top when Klipfolio Dashboard moved
- Fixed a bug where Klips in an auto-hidden bottom bar were going off grid across sessions
- NOTE TO VISTA USERS:
Thanks to a discovery made by forum user dazzle you can run Klipfolio Dashboard fine in Vista if you use XP SP2 Compatibility mode.
(to turn this on, right click on your Klipfolio Dashboard shortcut or .exe, choose "Properties", and switch to the "Compatibility" tab)
Beta B
- Added auto-hide, always-on-top and normal window layering modes to all sidebars and strips
- Layouts now saved for floating, strip and sidebar modes within session
- Added support for mixed modes along screen edges for multiple groups
- Moved always on top from a global setting in Options to a per-group setting
- Added visibility modes to layout submenu
- Minimize menu item, system tray icon and Win+K shortcut now minimizes all Klips, sidebars and strips
- It's now easier to enter floating mode gesturally
- Klips can now be collapsed by clicking on ghosts
- FeedViewer Klip now added to group that invoked it
- Fixed lockup when transitioning between visibility modes quickly
- Fixed bug when transitioning from opaque to transparent
- Removed options screen from installer
- Fixed issue where expanded Klips not staying on top
- Fixed issue where upgrading Klip can cause crash
- Fixed bugs relating to moving sidebars and strips that 'steal' desktop space
- Fixed a crash when destroying first group toolbar
- Made it easier to enter a sidebar mode gesturally when overshooting target
- Fixed a bug causing crashes when switching languages
- Ghosts now resize with sidebars and strips
- Ghosts now minimize along with other Klips
- Fixed a bug where some Klips would not automatically scroll to the top when new items received
- Fixed issues where Klips would zoom even when cursor was not in zoom region
- Klip menus can now be invoked in empty in-Klip regions
- Fixed issue where resizing sidebar/strips would change origin for other sidebars/strips
- Klips no longer 'bumping' offscreen (so easily)
- Newly added Klips no longer take on display settings of last-added Klip
Beta A
- Added ability to turn Klip group into sidebar (left/right)
- Added ability to turn Klip group into strips (top/bottom)
- Expanded Klips now move independently of grid until collapsed
- Sidebars and strips can be made very small (approx. 30 pixels)
- Klips dynamically adapt to fit width of sidebars / strips
- Multiple sidebars and strips can be onscreen at the same time
- Sidebars and strips can be created gesturally by dragging a floating group to a screen edge
- Floating groups can be created by dragging a sidebar or strip away from screen edge
- Groups of Klips can be created gesturally by dragging a Klip away from others
- Klips can be moved between groups
- Layouts of Klips controlled by "Liquid Klip" system
- Drop borders appear on Klip edges highlighting where moved Klip will go
- "Ghost" Klips are shown where resized or moved Klips will go
- Pausing while moving or resizing a Klip will cause Klips to make room if necessary
- More of toolbars are now skinnable
- New, more intuitive context menus for toolbars, Klips, items and system tray
- Previous versions of Klipfolio Dashboard are backed up on upgrade
- Added capability to send an item to a friend (through email)
- Added capability to tell a friend about Klipfolio Dashboard (through email)
- Collapsed Klips can be any dimensions
- Expanded Klips gain a border color to indicate that they're expanded
- Zoomed Klips have a pulsing border to indicate their transient nature
- Expanded, moving or resizing Klips have drop shadows
- New "Frame" Klips that display images at full Klip dimensions
- Frame styles include cropping capabilities (new 'fit' CSS property)
- New system monitor Klips (CPU, Memory, WiFi)
- Access to WMI through script for developers to create other system monitoring Klips
- Firefox users now have "open in new window" and "open in new tab"
- New timers allow Klips to respond to repeated timer ticks
- New default skin/visual look
- Build 5895-2 Fixed crash relating to removing items in Klips
- Build 5895-2 Added ability to turn off ClearType in Preferences.xml
- Build 5895-2 Added script command to clear cache for specific Klip
- Build 5895-2 Sped up Klip expansion and zooming
- Build 5895-2 Setting for "Always in Foreground" now saved across sessions
- Build 5895-2 Updated slideshow Klip to reduce memory consumption
- Build 5895-2 Added Battery Monitor Klip
Klipfolio Dashboard 3.1
Updated September 21, 2006
- Added background image downloading
- Improved image cache management
- Zoom rate and delay can now be tweaked in Preferences.xml
- Added a "settings" directory for Klip-specific prefs and data storage
- 2.6/3.0 Preferences.xml backed up on upgrade to a "backups" directory
- Fixed a bug where tooltips would get stuck on-screen
- Fixed a bug where item tooltips might appear while cursor not over a visible item
- Corrected a problem where items would get cut off while adjusting font size
- Added context menus to pop-up alerts
- Fixed a bug preventing scroll button from being double clicked
- Clicking an item in the POP3 Email Klip now launches default email client
- KlipFolio.version returns Klipfolio Dashboard version number
- Deleting multiple Klips at one time is now faster
- Fixed a crash relating to feeds being enabled and disabled by script
- Fixed a bug where a Klip can stay open with a zoom border that shouldn't be there
- Fixed a bug where tooltips might fail to appear for pop-up alerts
- Fixed issues where a new or modified Klip would appear without Klipfolio Dashboard
- Added Items.banner to allow developers to manipulate Klip Setup banners
- Fixed a problem where the wrong tooltip may appear after a Klip zooms near screen edge
- Fixed a bug where preferences would not update to new version if found during a normal install
- Fixed a rather embarrassing bug causing hidden Klips to show every time Klipfolio Dashboard restarted
- Fixed a bug where feedviewer custom icons would revert back to newspaper
- Fixed a bug where images from one Klip would show up in another Klip
- Fixed a bug where if Klipfolio Dashboard was using an authenticating automatic proxy and the first connection (triggering the authentication dialog) was from a Klip using HTTP authentication, the dialog would be populated with the Klip's connection's username
- Build 5890-22 Improved performance
- Build 5890-22 Fixed several image loading-related crash bugs
- Build 5890-22 First time tour can now continue past 2nd panel
- Build 5890-22 Tooltips no longer get stuck underneath Klips when interacting with Klips
- Build 5890-22 Latest version of Opera (9.01) now detected in browsers list
- Build 5890-22 'Copy all items' now has correctly placed dividers between items
- Build 5890-22 Now supports 8 bit palette-indexed bitmaps as images
- Build 5890-22 Fixed broken images caused by non-url data in image cells from initial parse before onCreate/onUpdate processed the data
- Build 5890-22 Klipfolio Dashboard will now move back on screen if display resolution or orientation changes while Klipfolio Dashboard is running (was only on startup before)
- Build 5890-23 Tooltips were updating position but not content between some items
- Build 5890-23 First time tour shows as a black box (even if not invoked) when in 256 colour mode
- Build 5890-24 Tooltip performance improved (significantly less
flicker when bumping at screen edge).
- Build 5890-24 Deleting an item with the context menu no longer
resets the scroll position of a Klip.
- Build 5890-24 Images that update regularly (such as webcams and
stock charts) now follow HTTP and cache expiry rules properly.
- Build 5890-24 In-Klip alert animations now only stop when a user
interacts with that Klip or one of its pop-up alerts.
- Build 5890-24 Start minimized at login now works properly.
- Build 5890-24 Deleting an item using the context menu of its pop-up
no longer leaves a blank pop-up window behind.
- Build 5890-24 Using Item.setData to change an image cell's URL
now changes the image displayed properly.
- Build 5890-25 Fixed a problem where Klips with images that change frequently (for example, webcams and stock trackers) were failing to retrieve updated image files
- Build 5890-25 Klips will now download images as soon as possible, rather than wait for tooltips to be displayed
- Build 5890-25 Fixed an issue where Klipfolio Dashboard was waiting for 304 / 204 data even if never sent by server
- Build 5890-25 Improved background image downloading performance
Klipfolio Dashboard 3.0 Final (and Beta D)
Updated May 2, 2006
- Icons added to Klip upgrade dialogs
- Pop-up alerts perform better and with less flicker
- Fixed a bug where pop-ups were not appearing if taskbar anywhere but along bottom edge
- Beta D will upgrade Klipfolio Dashboard 2.6 users
- Beta D will translate 2.6 preferences into 3.0 preferences.
- Installer creates a backup directory copntaining user's 2.6 files.
- Installer gives users with 2.6 and 3.0 choice of upgrading either one
- Reloading a Klip (keeping prefs) now keeps display prefs
- Installer no longer moves around screen when taskbar on side
- Some unsigned scripts now bring up warning messages
- API: Fixed but where callback to Items.onDelete always returned -1
- Added support for new codepages (Polish, Russian, etc.)
- Improved upgrade from 2.6
- Fixed various bugs in Feed Viewer
- Lang file addition switches interface automatically
- Fixed issue where Klipfolio Dashboard would not run on post-XP Windows
- Corrected issue where Klipfolio Dashboard would restore when another window is closed
- Reduced sensitivity of clicks for tablet users
Klipfolio Dashboard 3.0 Beta C
Updated May 2, 2006
New Features for Users
- Capability to move Klip title bars to the side of the Klip, like in version 2.6
- Wrap can be turned off on a per-Klip basis
- Autoscroll can be set on a per-Klip basis
- Scrollbars can be turned off on a per-Klip basis
- When a Klip is manually refreshed, a refresh status area will appear
- New uninstaller with better dialogs and progress indicator
- Support for non-western unicode characters in Klips and Klip setup
- New shortcut to minimize and restore Klipfolio Dashboard (Win+K) configurable in preferences.xml
- New control to force Klipfolio Dashboard to repect offline state in dialup environments
- New system tray icon
- New system tray icon alert animation
- Wrapping items are better truncated, with ellipses on the third line if over three lines
- Tooltips now sized more appropriately for images contained within
- Open pop-ups will now disappear when Klipfolio Dashboard is minimized
- Fixed a problem using HTTPS through a proxy
- Exitting Klipfolio Dashboard is now faster if running many Klips
- One-line Klips automatically don't wrap
- Improved transparency for Klips
- Clicking "Hidden Alerts" bar now dismisses 4 alerts at once
- Fixed some issue with adding and switching between skins
- New "Add Feed" item in toolbar and system tray menus
- New Klip contextual menu layouts
- Multiple Klip Setup windows can now be open concurrently
- Fixed a problem where pop-ups would appear on wrong part of screen
- Fixed a problem where hidden, zoomed Klips can get stuck to the desktop
- Collapse and expand buttons displayed longer while resizing Klips
- Application now has a microsoft digital signature
New Features for Users
- Programatically define status area messages
- Reloaded Klips maintain their dimensions
- Fixed a problem with definition lists and commas
- Changed the default user agent string (can be overidden by script or preferences.xml)
- Fixed height and wrap issues when using multi-line height images
- XML parser now processes periods in element names
- Fixed a problem with items duplicating on refresh
- Default stylesheet now picks up on 'summary' and 'content:encoded'
- Engines.KlipFood.getScratch() now returns closing tags
- Fixed a bug in parsing content: cdata with stylesheets
- Fixed a bug with Using Setup.removeTab() causing instability
- Engines.KlipFood.stylesheet = "@import klip;"; now loads default stylesheet if no styles are in Klip fileC-style multiline comments are now supported in CSS
- Reload with preferences will now keep alert settings
Klipfolio Dashboard 3.0 Beta B
Updated August 18, 2005
New Features for Users
- Pop-ups from the same Klip have matching pop-up columns
- Tooltips now have a maximium height (adjustable)
- Contents of tooltips are resized or truncated to fit maximum tooltip dimensions
- Installer supports multiple users on one computer, with different Klips and settings for each
- KlipFolio.exe is now in Program Files, Klips and user-specific files in Documents and Settings
- New no-titlebar mode for 1-grid tall Klips
- Klips can now be put in a vertical format, with the icon above the status area
- Pop-ups are now smaller by default (adjustable)
- Dismiss items / delete items now clears alerts
- Expanding Klips now attempt to stay on one monitor in multi-monitor setups
- Tooltips now attempt to stay on one monitor in multi-monitor setups
- Autoscroll for all Klips (adjustable)
- Removed Klip name from contextual menu, moved Klip Setup to the top of the menu
- Reduced startup time for Klipfolio Dashboard
- Selecting a sound in the alert sounds drop-down plays the sound
- More bundled alert sounds
- Removed Klip name from contextual menus, moved Klip Setup to top item
- Significantly reduced physical and virtual memory usage
- Publication date now displayed in tooltips
- Zooming or hovering over an item in an alerting Klip clears the alert for that Klip
- Images in cache now load much faster
- Closing the Hidden Alerts bar now prevents more alerts from immediately appearing
- Changed item and keyword alerts now work like 2.6
- Alert-type dropdowns in Klip setup now disabled if no alert trigger selected
- Adding skins now dynamically switches Klipfolio Dashboard to new skin
- New Feed Viewer Klip automatically grabs URLs from clipboard
- Klips that used to zoom offscreen (because they're huge) now shrink to fit
- Zooming is now smoother
New Variables in preferences.xml
- Length of time a pop-up is displayed
- How many pop-ups can be displayed at one time
- Pop-up width
- Tooltip default width
- Tooltip height limit (% of screen height)
- Maximum tooltip image dimensions
- Tooltip fade on / off and fade rate
- Tooltip display and delay rates
- Autoscroll speed and delay
New Features for Klip Developers
- Items can now be created as hidden by default using CSS
- Checkbox.value now returns the text associated with the checkbox
- Advanced CSS matching for parsing incoming XML element
- Status area now settable using strings
- Reloading a Klip no longer sends Klipfolio Dashboard to the background
- Expanded PNG support (4-bit and 8-bit palette indexed with TRNS data)
- Klipfolio Dashboard now supports GZIP compression in HTTP requests (configurable)
- Klips can be reloaded and maintain their preferences (available when Klipfolio Dashboard is in Developer mode)
- Added definition list to item's <style>, which enables developer to reserve space for cells even if empty
- Colons added automatically to labels in tooltips based on language pack
- Checkboxes in radio button style
- Script can grab a URL from the clipboard if that is all the clipboard contains
- Using spacebar to change state in list control now generates events
- Many many many bug fixes.
Bug Fixes & Other Improvements
- CustomWeather Klip can no longer have multiple "Currently" items
- Fixed repaint issue when Klipfolio Dashboard is visible while logging in to Windows
- Columns now resize when items are hidden
- Pressing and holding scroll buttons will now continuously scroll
- Scroll-wheeling up now same speed as scroll-wheeling down
- Fixed issues where images in a Klip might disappear from the cache
- Fixed a script issue with partially-downloaded image files
- Scrollbars automatically adjust when items removed from Klip
- Atom items no longer duplicate on refreshes
- Changing language files no longer messes up About tab layout
- Fixed problem with definition list not creating entry for element if it appears at end of list
- Improved Klipfolio Dashboard's handling of GDI objects
- Sped up Klipfolio Dashboard's startup time
- Improved Klip zooming and resizing performance
- Fixed problem where item properties aren't being updated
- Fixed a crash with specific images (Comic Klip Crash)
- Hiding a Klip while popup visible no longer locks pop-up
- Fixed issue where collapsing a bumped Klip can cause an extra click
- Corrected issue where certain skins left corruption within Klip window
- Klipfolio Dashboard will now send If_Modified_Since to trigger 304 Not Modified response (sorry!)
- Clicking on the Klip icon or status area is less problematic
- Fixed a case where negative number might be displayed in status area
- Disabled state for audio dropdown in Klip Setup now works
- Fixed an issue where columns being cut off on first load (right-edge)
- Selected skin now appears in skin dropdown across sessions
- Tooltips with missing images no longer display empty space
- Badly formatted RSS feeds with HTML now better rendered in tooltips
- Characters in tooltip pubdates no longer cut off
- Klips that are expanded or collapsed near screen edges don't flicker now
- Fixed an issue when removing active skin from Klipfolio Dashboard
- Fixed an issue when all skins are removed from Klipfolio Dashboard
- Removed the (problematic) default global hotkey (now optional - still Windows Key + K)
- Upgrades will not install new Klips
- Fixed a bug where the scroll wheel can lock a zoomed Klip in zoomed state
- Fixed an issue where alert-type settings were being lost across sessions
- Fixed a problem where Klips looked blank after item auto-removal
Klipfolio Dashboard 3.0 Beta A
Updated June 1, 2005
New Features for Users
- Images (with alpha transparency) in Klips.
- Columns in Klips that resize and hide automatically to best fit content.
- Larger Klip icons (with alpha transparency).
- Klip titlebars with Klip title, menu button and collapse/expand buttons.
- Double-click expand/collapse shortcuts.
- Easier resizing and moving of Klips.
- Item text can wrap up to three lines.
- No more side scrolling.
- Tooltips can contain images and formatting.
- Tooltips have new skins and fade in.
- Tooltips display the date an item was acquired.
- New pop-up alerts (from the system tray) on a per-Klip basis.
- Configurable audio alerts on a per-Klip basis.
- Shiny new toolbar, partly skinnable, hue-shiftable and resizable.
- New menu drop-down in toolbar and buttons to expand and collapse it.
- Skins and Language packs can be added with one click.
- Significantly reduced memory consumption (less than 5MB for a typical configuration)
- New skins with new tags and compressed with images as a single local file.
- Multi-user support through localized installation.
- Images, columns, skins, and text all scale with the font adjustment.
- Uninstaller shortcut in Klipfolio Dashboard folder.
- Link to KlipFarm and Klipfolio Dashboard folder in Start Menu.
- New 'Rename' item in 'Manage Klip' menu
- Deleted Klips go to the Recycle Bin
New Features for Klip Developers
- PNG support with alpha transparency.
- Clean bicubic spline interpolation for image scaling (adjustable too).
- CSS syntax with Klip-specific properties to define columns and attributes.
- Automatic parsing of structued XML documents.
- Image caching system with support for last modified dates, ETags, expires headers, and Cache-Control to reduce server load.
- New callbacks for parsing XML.
- Structured columns in Klip items with control over cell priority.
- Better performance and handling of script.
- Many many many bug fixes.
Klipfolio Dashboard 2.6
Updated August 20, 2004
New Features for Users
- Support for a new generation of Klips that go way beyond simply showing headlines, weather, stocks, auctions and more... Klips can now be built to use powerful TCP/IP protocols such as POP3 and Jabber!
- New mini-Toolbar mode ("Collapse Toolbar" on main context menu)
- Now move the toolbar without moving Klips by using the "alt" key
- Developer sub-menu in Klips menu
- View Source command in developer mode (configurable to any editor / viewer using the <viewsource> setting in preferences.xml)
- Command line parameter "/NOINSTALL" allows Klipfolio Dashboard to run without being installed (assumes working directory contains myklips, etc.)
- Auto Arrange Klips context menu item for Toolbar, System Tray Icon and Klips list to arrange your Klips automatically
- All items now trigger tooltips (with or without notes)
- Firefox, Neoplanet and MyIE2 now appear in the broswer dropdown
- Tooltips for Klip icons and item count can now have newlines
- Items will now be automatically removed from Klips more appropriately
- "Delete All Items" now in toolbar menu to clear all Klips in one step.
- Banners in Klip Setup windows are now links to content sources
- Improved overall performance and stability.
New Features for Klip Providers
- Vastly improved API documentation (now with examples)
- New robust security model prevents Klips from manipulating files and TCP connections without a valid digital signature outside of developer mode.
- New support for arbitrary HTTP protocols (such as WebDAV)
- New support for TCP connectivity (Engines.TCP)
- New helper functions for working with MIME encoded data (Engines.MIME)
- New support for working with local and UNC accessible files (Engines.File)
- Dynamic prefs are now always stored in <