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The latest updates and changes to FluentFlyout

Minor Update

Update 2.11.2 - Quality-of-Life & Bug Fixes

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  • ↕️ Vertical Taskbar Widgets — Added support for vertical taskbar layouts! If you prefer your taskbar on the left or right side of your screen (Windows Insiders builds recently started testing this out), the taskbar widgets will now automatically adapt.
  • 🔉 Fixed default audio device logic — the Taskbar Visualizer and Volume Flyout will now update again if you change your default output device.
  • Fixed a Media Flyout layout issue where an empty space would appear if the player info setting was disabled.
  • Optimized startup times by removing unnecessary initializations on boot.
  • Fixed log files not updating after v2.11.1
  • Other bug fixes and changes

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@D4NA-DANA, @notaarryan, @unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub

Minor Update

Update 2.11.1 - Volume Flyout Bug Fixes

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  • Fixed Volume Flyout placement and expansion issues when flyouts are set at a top position
  • Fixed Volume Flyout appearing in Alt+Tab as a window

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@unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub

Major Update

Update 2.11 - New Volume Flyout!

The new volume flyout The volume flyout's expanded volume mixer

Left: Volume Flyout, Right: Expanded Volume Mixer

This update introduces a major new feature we are super excited about: the highly requested Volume Flyout! We've also added a highly requested option to hide the pause icon overlay, and squashed a bug with Acrylic window backgrounds. 🎉 Thanks to everyone for your continued support and feedback <3

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New features & settings:

  • 🔊 New Volume Flyout (Preview) — Introducing the brand-new Volume Flyout feature! It features a clean, modern design and also includes an expanded volume mixer so you can control individual app volumes directly from the flyout. Turning on this setting will disable Windows 11's native volume flyout!
  • 👁️ Hide Pause Icon Overlay — Added a new Taskbar Widget setting that gives you the ability to hide the pause icon overlay over the album art for a more unobstructed experience.

More updates:

  • Updated how media player icons are cached, significantly improving Media Flyout's performance and smoothness!
  • Fixed an issue where flyouts with Acrylic backgrounds were not updating properly when the Windows system theme changed. It should now seamlessly adapt!
  • Updated under-the-hood dependencies to their latest versions for improved performance and stability.
  • The media flyout now more accurately detects that your mouse is hovering over it, preventing it from hiding when you don't want it to
  • Other bug fixes and changes

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❤️ Code Contributors

@The-Doggo, @unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub

Minor Update

Update 2.10.1 - Bug Fixes

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  • Temporarily reverted automatically saving settings on quitting FluentFlyout because it caused too many issues. For now, settings automatically save when you close the settings window.
  • Fixed the lock keys flyout from being draggable
  • Hopefully fixed "View logs" button opening the Documents folder instead of the logs folder on GitHub release builds.
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.10.0...v2.10.1

Security Update

To enhance security and build trust with our users, we’ll now upload the exact packages generated by GitHub Actions CI and share their SHA-256 hashes. This ensures that the GitHub Release downloads match perfectly with the source code in our repository.

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@unchihugo on GitHub

Major Update

Update 2.10 - Lock Keys Animations & More!

GIF of the animated Lock Keys Flyout indicators

This update introduces some exciting new features: Lock Keys flyout has improved animations, you can now autohide the Taskbar Widget if media is paused, and the Visualizer is much more efficient! 🎉 Thanks to everyone for your continued support and feedback <3

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New features & settings:

  • 🔓 New, Smooth Animations for the Lock Keys flyout — The lock keys indicators are now subtly animated, giving a much smoother experience when toggling lock keys! This is enabled by default and can be disabled in Settings > Lock Keys Flyout.
  • 🎵 Improved Visualizer — Optimized the audio visualizer experience: rounded corners look better especially with smaller bars, and processing is ~2.2x faster (expect less CPU usage)!
  • ⏸️ Autohide Taskbar Widget — Added a new option to automatically hide the Taskbar Widget whenever your media is paused in Settings > Taskbar Widget.

Other updates:

  • Simplified Taskbar Widget options by hiding "Click to Open Media Flyout" and "Close Flyout on Second Click", and setting them always on. I understand that a lot of users might find the settings overwhelming, and these changes make navigating just a bit less cluttered.
  • Fixed an issue where settings sometimes get reset to default if users shut down the computer before saving fully finishes, leading to corrupt save files. The new system creates backups of previous saves to load from.
  • Fixed incorrect lock states for the Lock Keys flyout if they were pressed rapidly: the indicators should be way more accurate now!
  • Removed "Experimental" from the Next Up Flyout section
  • Updated developers and translators list in About
  • Other bug fixes and changes

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❤️ Code Contributors

@Hikaru11747, @unchihugo, @weblate, @zen1337th on GitHub

Minor Update

Update 2.9.2 - Hotfix Update 2

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  • Fixed flyouts not appearing or displaying behind other windows unless you click/focus on the taskbar for some users — this update should fix it for sure this time. Sorry for the inconvenience! (And thanks to @syswalker for helping me test the fix)
  • Fixed taskbar visualizer not resuming after locking PC and audio device changing (and improved visualizer error logging)
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.9.1...v2.9.2

❤️ Code Contributors

@3rm-z, @unchihugo on GitHub

Minor Update

Update 2.9.1 - Hotfix Update

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  • Attempt to fix flyouts not appearing when you'd expect them to appear for some users. I'm sorry for all the users affected by this issue!
  • Attempt to fix flyouts showing behind currently active windows for some users.
  • The "Click to open Media Flyout when media is Present" option in Settings > Taskbar Widget will now show the media flyout regardless of whether the Media Flyout is enabled or not.
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.9.0...v2.9.1

❤️ Code Contributors

@mak7im01, @unchihugo on GitHub

Major Update

Update 2.9 - Logo Refresh, Use Album as Accent Color & More!

old and new logo compared

This update introduces lots of new features, like matching UI elements to the album cover colors! We also have a new, refreshed icon for FluentFlyout! (read more here) 🎉 Thanks to everyone for your continued support and feedback <3

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New settings:

  • 🎨 Use Album as Accent Color — Added a new option to use the dominant color of the current album art as the accent color for certain UI elements like the Taskbar Visualizer and the Media Flyout's play/pause button, in Settings > System.
  • 🖥️ Lock Keys Target Monitor Selection — Added options to choose which monitor to display the Lock Keys flyout on; including options to show it on the monitor with the mouse cursor or active window, in Settings > Lock Keys Flyout.
  • 🖱️ Visualizer Click Action — Added an option in Settings > Taskbar Visualizer to directly open the Visualizer settings page when clicking the Taskbar Visualizer.
  • ⚙️ Advanced Settings & Legacy Taskbar Positioning — Added a new Settings > System > Advanced Settings page and introduced a setting to use legacy taskbar width calculation. This allows for better compatibility when using taskbar mods like WindHawk or Start11.

Other updates:

  • Updated FluentFlyout icon in settings, tray and throughout the app to use the new, refreshed icon.
  • Improved the reliability of media flyout triggers by updating how it detects media/volume key presses. This fixes issues where the Media Flyout wouldn't pop up for media keys on some machines.
  • Optimized and improved media flyout and taskbar widget performance by optimizing thumbnail updates.
  • Updated taskbar widget theming to accurately match the Windows system theme instead of the app theme to prevent mismatched theming issues.
  • Premium labels are now colored with the Windows accent color.
  • Fixed a bug where the Taskbar Visualizer would freeze after changing audio input/output devices if the device wasn't properly initialized by Windows
  • Fixed an issue where settings were lost after shutting down or safely quitting the app by ensuring settings are saved during the cleanup process
  • Updated the app and README with the new FluentFlyout logo and branding
  • Added Russian translation to the FluentFlyout README
  • Updated the contributors list in Settings > About and ordered the translator list alphabetically
  • Updated translations of 11 languages (thanks to @3mr9 @FenrirXVII @TranMC @Self4215 @junior0liveira @xsm2 @naturbrilian @D4NA-DANA @mak7im01 @MiguelC221 @Benoit-V @hartelex @oski165 ❤️)
  • Other bug fixes and changes

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❤️ Code Contributors

@Hikaru11747, @mak7im01, @unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub

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