DesktopLyrics 1.3.6 - Changelog

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.6:

December 7th, 2011

· IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.6.
Since defining HotKeys makes these key-combinations unusable in all other apps:
· HotKey controls have been changed to require at least the Command-key (⌘) to be used
· Added a lengthy explanation that chosen key-combinations stop working in all other apps
· Fixed a problem where no lyrics would be displayed on Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion"
· Fixed compatibility with other desktop-displaying apps like EarthDesk on 10.7 "Lion"
· Fixed behavior on Mac OS X 10.6, lyrics would be displayed above folders on the Desktop

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.5:

August 30th, 2011

· Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" (makes the page-choose-buttons work)
· IMPORTANT: please have a look at our new game CoreBreach to support CoreCode and help cover DesktopLyrics development costs so it can stay free

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.4:

June 30th, 2011

· Fix the placement of the page-choose-buttons when not displaying the song-info
· Expanded the FAQ
· Provided hidden option to disable font anti-aliasing: defaults write org.corecode.DesktopLyrics disableAntiAliasing 'YES'

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.3:

February 28th, 2011

· Improved stability
· Option to configure the lyrics line-spacing
· Fix the placement of the page-choose-buttons for narrow lyric window configurations
· Fix the height of the gap between the lyrics header and the actual lyrics for large font sizes
· Improved localizations

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.2:

October 21st, 2010

· Increase maximum lyrics font size from 30 to 100
· Fixed donation option not to send users to the german paypal website
· Fixed automatic update-check which would not work automatically in some cases
· DesktopLyrics code is now signed with a digital certificate
· Fixed a problem where automatic updates would result in a broken installation, necessitating a re-download

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.1:

September 2nd, 2010

· Fix a problem with the automatic page-turning not turning beyond page two
· Handle case when DesktopLyrics is launched from its disk image
· Handle case when DesktopLyrics is moved while active

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.3.0:

July 27th, 2010

· Hide / Show the lyrics or turn over the lyrics pages with customizable "hot key" combinations
· Option to customize the song-info-header
· Option to automatically turn the pages of multi-page lyrics
· Fixed problem that the help menu would not appear
· Live updating of the preference setting of the indenting from the screen edges
· Provide facility for more extensive localization
· Removed broken option to change the current lyrics page with the arrow keys (hotkey functionality replaces this)

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.2.1:

January 4th, 2010

· Fix a bug where DesktopLyrics would display a dash when iTunes is not running
· Improved stability
· Added link to "Get Lyrical"
· DesktopLyrics automatically restarts itself when turning off visibility in the Dock

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.2.0:

September 18th, 2009

· IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.5.
· IMPORTANT: Do not directly upgrade from a release older than 1.0.2, or your preferences won't be taken over.
· Completely reimplemented the communication with iTunes based on the "ScriptingBridge" for improved performance and reliability.
· Added 64-bit support (on Intel), but by defaults starts in 32-bit mode. To change this use the "Get Info" panel in the Finder on SMARTReporter.
· Added option to change the current lyrics page with the arrow keys (when DesktopLyrics is the front application).
· Added the specified text shadow to the page index text as well.
· Fixed the CrashReport sending facility to only send "real" crashes.

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.1.1:

February 24th, 2009

· IMPORTANT: Users of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" have to update manually to this release since the update check has been disabled on this platform already.
· Fixed multiple issues where the page-choose-buttons would be positioned incorrectly, possibly obscuring the lyrics display.
· Fixed possible crash.
· Fixed the update-check, which would still check for updates even if disabled (sorry!).
· Fonts unsuitable for lyrics display are filtered-out.
· Restrict font minimum and maximum size to 3 - 30 to prevent problems.

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.1:

December 28th, 2008

· IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.4.
· IMPORTANT: Users of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" have to update manually to this release since the update check has been disabled on this platform already
Added minimum font size:
· Minimum font size prevents lyrics from becoming unreadable small
· Lyrics not fitting in the destination area with the minimum size are are displayed on multiple "pages"
· The currently viewed lyrics page can be toggled with small buttons embedded in the lyrics display
· Fixed the "Start on login" feature on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" through a new Leopard-specific implementation (again)
· Fixed hyperlink to "Harmonic" in the ReadMe (again)
· Hide the dummy lyrics iTunes sends for OGG-files ("(null)")

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.0.6:

August 21st, 2008

· Disable the update-check on Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 as those won't be supported in future releases
· To automatically update to future releases you must first update to this version
· Updated "Sparkle" (the Framework used for Version Checking and Automatic Updates), to fix possible crashes
· Fixed a problem where DesktopLyrics might display the lyrics of the previous song because iTunes was busy while being asked for lyrics
· Fixed a problem where DesktopLyrics would still display lyrics after iTunes was quitted when not using the option "Hide lyrics when iTunes is paused"
· Added French translation (thanks to Pierre Rudloff)

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.0.5:

February 28th, 2008

· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Fixed crash-on-launch on 10.3.x and 10.4.x
· Fixed possible crash while sending CrashReports

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.0.4:

February 22nd, 2008

· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: REALLY fixed the crashes on 10.3.x this time.

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.0.2.1:

February 7th, 2008

· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Disabled the new Leopard-specific "Start on login" as it seems to crash

What's new in DesktopLyrics 1.0.1:

October 4th, 2007

· Updated all hyperlinks in the application and the documentation because of the move to a new hosting for website & e-mail
· Added German translation (Thanks to Thomas Meyer)
· Added a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions - with answers ;-), separated the History into a file and expanded the ReadMe
· Fixed icon which was wrong at small sizes
· Fixed file permissions which could cause DesktopLyrics to fail/crash for unprivileged users
· Fixed hyperlink to "Harmonic" in the ReadMe
· Refined defaults for better first-use experience