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Topic: «
Beta 2 of Actual Window Manager 6.3 and Actual Multiple Monitors 3.0
, Advanced mouse features, improved slideshow, improved snapping » on forum:
Beta Testing
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Alex Fadeyev
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Posted:
10/21/2010 12:20:29
Greetings!
I'm glad to inform you that our
Beta Testing section
has been updated:
beta 2
of
Actual Window Manager 6.3
and
Actual Multiple Monitors 3.0
are available there for downloading and testing.
These beta versions introduce a lot of usability improvements and bugfixes (see below).
[Oct-22-2010 13:05]
Update!
The hotfix update #1 for both betas has been released. It fixes the problems with the mouse wheel and minimization on secondary monitors. If you downloaded beta 2 before this update and encountered the mentioned problems - please, re-download beta 2.
[Oct-27-2010 10:45]
Update!
The hotfix update #2 for both betas has been released. It fixes the problems with pinning 64-bit applications on secondary taskbars, with the classic/Aero snap in
Office 2007/2010
windows and with clicks on standard window parts in
Office 2007/2010
windows. I recommend you to download and install this update (simply re-download beta 2) if you have any of these problems.
[Nov-01-2010 13:01]
Update!
The hotfix update #3 for both betas has been released. It fixes the look of Jump Lists on secondary taskbars and adds the option to replace the system taskbar with Actual Tools one. If you would like to fix the Jump Lists look or check the taskbar replacement feature - please, download and install this update (simply re-download beta 2).
Scroll Inactive Windows with the Mouse Wheel
We received several requests for this feature not long ago and decided it would be a good addition to other usability enhancement features provided by
Actual Tools
:
After activating this feature, you will be able to scroll the contents of inactive windows without the need to activate them.
This may be useful, for example, when you write a document in a text editor and need to refer to some other document (either text, graphic or web page): with this feature you can use the keyboard to type a text in the text editor and the mouse to scroll the other document - without a single mouse click or
Alt-Tab
press!
Switch the Mouse Pointer between Monitors via Hotkeys
This is one more usability enhancement for multi-monitor users:
Using these new hotkeys, you can put the mouse pointer to next/previous monitor (
Win-`/Win-Shift-`
by default, accordingly) or place it in the center of the primary monitor (
Ctrl-Alt-P
by default) in a single click.
Note
You can alter the hotkey combinations in the
Hotkeys panel
as well.
Lock the Mouse in Several Windows
The
Lock Mouse feature
, being added
as experimental
, becomes more and more popular as it finds more applications. To make its use more comfortable, now we store the
"mouse locked"
state per window. This means you can press the Lock Mouse hotkey in one window, switch to another, then return to the first window - and the mouse pointer will be locked within it automatically!
Also, in case you have an application which is reasonable to have the mouse locked within all the time - we add the ability to lock the mouse there automatically at startup. Just
create the specific settings
for that application and enable there the
Lock mouse
item as shown below:
Combine Classic and Aero Snap
Actually, there was no strict reason to make the
classic snapping
and the
Aero Snap emulator
mutually exclusive - it had been done
rather of precaution than of necessity
. But since that time we got no reports about any problems or conflicts; on the contrary, we received some requests to make these two modes of window snapping available at once - so they are:
I believe the picture is obvious.
Just one note: you can temporarily suspend both snap modes while dragging a window by pressing and holding the
Ctrl
key; releasing the key resumes them back.
Set the Slideshow per Monitor
This version introduces the advanced multi-monitor slideshow support: now it's possible to specify the slideshow mode on a per monitor basis, i.e. you can choose which monitors should run the slideshow and which should display a static picture or a clean background. The
Background panel
has been redesigned accordingly to reflect this ability in a natural way:
Also, this panel now support the drag-n-drop of picture files/folders while filling the slideshow playlist or specifying a static picture.
Customize the Preview Thumbnails
On some weak machines or in case of low graphic resources (as in the Remote Access mode) the modern look of preview thumbnails - with semi-transparency, smooth animated transitions, etc. - may cause the annoying delays in the workflow. To prevent this, now you can customize the look-and-feel of preview thumbnails on secondary taskbars:
Bugfixes
title buttons are now compatible with
MS Office 2010 64-bit edition
;
title buttons do not
disappear on some custom display configurations
after moving a window to secondary monitor;
the width of buttons pinned on secondary taskbars is
calculated correct
;
preview thumbnails do not
appear below windows
;
there are no more
phantom buttons of
Google Chrome
in secondary taskbars;
Miranda IM 0.9
contact list window
closes correct when clicking its Close button
.
Happy testing!
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