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Übersicht Changelog

What's new in Übersicht 1.6.82

Dec 28, 2023
  • Fixes an issue where widgets were not correctly fitting to the screen on macOS Sonoma.

New in Übersicht 1.6.77 (Nov 6, 2023)

  • Fixes an issue where widgets were not appearing in the menu on macOS Sonoma.
  • Security improvements.

New in Übersicht 1.6.72 (Apr 18, 2022)

  • Fixed support for Apple silicon.

New in Übersicht 1.6.69 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Fixed debug console to show for background as well as foreground widgets.
  • Improved compatibility with macOS Big Sur.
  • Support for Apple Silicon.

New in Übersicht 1.6.68 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Fixed debug console to show for background as well as foreground widgets.
  • Improved compatibility with macOS Big Sur.

New in Übersicht 1.6.66 (Oct 22, 2020)

  • Fixes widgets when interaction is disabled. They are always in the background in this case.

New in Übersicht 1.6.65 (Oct 22, 2020)

  • Background widgets: You can now choose whether your widgets stay behind desktop items, or stay in front of desktop items and are clickable.

New in Übersicht 1.5.64 (Sep 28, 2020)

  • Updated React to version 16.13.
  • Security updates and fixes.

New in Übersicht 1.5.63 (Sep 17, 2020)

  • Widgets are visible when using 'Show Desktop' again.

New in Übersicht 1.5.62 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • Finally: Widgets are always clickable 👆!
  • Supports the upcoming macOS Big Sur.

New in Übersicht 1.4.61 (Jan 6, 2020)

  • Fixed permissions for macOS Catalina.
  • Upgraded Sparkle.

New in Übersicht 1.4.60 (Sep 10, 2019)

  • Upgrades and bug fixes.
  • Ships with Node 10.

New in Übersicht 1.4.58 (May 30, 2019)

  • Allows widgets to ask for permission when accessing resources on Mojave.

New in Übersicht 1.4.57 (May 20, 2019)

  • New: global CSS. Add a file called main.css to you widgets folder to apply global style and layout.
  • Improved handling of network connection errors.
  • Improved security.

New in Übersicht 1.3.56 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue where widget commands would often fail with network connection errors
  • Adds important security fixes

New in Übersicht 1.3.55 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Widgets are now written in React! Check out the documentation for the new widget syntax. The old widget syntax is still supported, but might be deprecated in the future
  • Better error handling with source maps

New in Übersicht 1.2.53 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • Fixes crash on macOS High Sierra.
  • Fixes multiline string issues for plain js widgets.

New in Übersicht 1.2.51 (Oct 9, 2017)

  • Fixes issues when switching users.
  • Improves compatability with macOS High Sierra.

New in Übersicht 1.2.48 (Jun 12, 2017)

  • Bash env can now be toggled via preferences.

New in Übersicht 1.2.47 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Disables bash env for console commands again. It has been causing issues for some people. This feature will probably be released with an option in the future.

New in Übersicht 1.2.46 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Adds a proxy server for making direct Ajax requests.
  • Scripting support: individual widgets can be refreshed and reloaded now.
  • Widget commands now respect your bash env.

New in Übersicht 1.1.45 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Fixes issues with Übersicht not showing when computer wakes from sleep.
  • There is a new 'hide' option for widgets.
  • Adds scripting support.

New in Übersicht 1.1.45 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Fixes issues with Übersicht not showing when computer wakes from sleep.
  • There is a new 'hide' option for widgets.
  • Adds scripting support.

New in Übersicht 1.0.44 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Fixes issues with Übersicht not showing in some cases.
  • The fix for avoiding clashes with apps such as Path Finder Desktop is now available as an option called Compatibilty Mode. It has the drawback that Übersicht won't show in some cases, such as restarting the Dock or adding a new space.

New in Übersicht 1.0.43 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Compatibility with macOS Sierra.
  • Internal widget API is usable from withing a command function.
  • Fixed clashes with other apps, such as Path Finder Desktop.

New in Übersicht 1.0.42 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Upgraded to WKWebView which should bring performance and stability improvements.
  • Fixed localstorage. It now persists when the app is restarted.
  • OS X 10.10 or later is required for this version.

New in Übersicht 0.9.40 (May 26, 2016)

  • Adds workaround for widgets relying on process.argv[0], like the weather widget.
  • Some widgets that rely on @ (this) inside style definitions are still breaking.
  • It used to work in the past, but is actually invalid syntax, so it is hard to support moving forward. However, usually you can just fix the widget by removing the @.

New in Übersicht 0.9.39 (May 25, 2016)

  • Module support for CoffeScript widgets, using NodeJS' require().
  • Commands can be functions instead of just strings.
  • Files inside directories called /src /lib or /node_modules are not treated as widgets anymore.

New in Übersicht 0.8.36 (Mar 3, 2016)

  • refreshFrequency: false works again.

New in Übersicht 0.8.35 (Mar 2, 2016)

  • Widgets show again when screens are mirrored.
  • Fixed issue were widgets could appear duplicated.
  • window.jQuery is available again (was acidentally removed).
  • Tightened sercurity by only listen to requests from your local machine.

New in Übersicht 0.8.30 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Added support for multiple screens.
  • Added option to open widgets in a text editor from the status bar menu.
  • Deprecated makeBgSlice in favor of CSS -webkit-backdrop-filter.

New in Übersicht 0.7.25 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • Fixed a vulnerability in the updater by delivering all updates over https.

New in Übersicht 0.7.24 (Feb 4, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Widgets now actually refresh when your Mac wakes from sleep.

New in Übersicht 0.7.23 (Jan 14, 2016)

  • Refresh frequencies can be provided as strings, like '1s', '3h', '5m' etc.
  • Fixed bug that resulted in widgets running multiple times after calling refresh.

New in Übersicht 0.7 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • Interaction shortcut is back:
  • Instead of widgets being always clickable, this version reverts to using an interaction keyboard shortcut. The shortcut can be configured in Preferences and needs to held down before you can interact with widgets.

New in Übersicht 0.6.20 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug where ctrl-clicking on the Desktop would break.

New in Übersicht 0.6 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Widgets are clickable by default. No more shortcut key needed.
  • Menu bar icon does not hog space after closing Übersicht anymore.
  • Ensuring that scroll-bars don't appear when widgets overflow the desktop.
  • Other small fixes and improvements.

New in Übersicht 0.5 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Added basic HTML5 Geolocation API(see README). Special thanks to Chris Kalafarski for providing the initial implementation.
  • Command results are not buffered anymore, so commands can return an arbitrarily large results without causing an error.

New in Übersicht 0.4.15 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • Small fix for using iframes in widgets (was broken after 0.4 release)

New in Übersicht 0.4 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • More powerful widget api for writing advanced widgets (see README: https://github.com/felixhageloh/uebersicht#readme).
  • Fixed potential crash.

New in Übersicht 0.3.13 (Oct 27, 2014)

  • Improved performance when widgets folder contains many files/directories
  • Stability improvements.

New in Übersicht 0.3.12 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • Added option for different interaction shortcut keys.

New in Übersicht 0.2 (Jul 4, 2014)

  • Added screen control.
  • Improvements to error reporting to aid you in writing your own widgets.