MenuEverywhere Changelog

What's new in MenuEverywhere 1.9.9

Jun 16, 2012
  • [CODE SIGNED] MenuEverywhere is now fully compatible and code signed to work with the forthcoming Mountain Lion 10.8.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.8 (Mar 21, 2012)

  • Screen top menubar on primary display if secondary is disconnected.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.7 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • Minor cosmetic enhancements.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.65 (Oct 17, 2011)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.49 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Windows being pushed down to bottom of screen with certain non-adjacent monitor arrangements.
  • Workarounds for more apps that do not strictly adhere to Accessibility API guidelines.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.47 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • Lion (10.7): Dashboard no longer slides out when window menu bar is active.
  • Lion (10.7): Screen top menubar is now hidden on secondary/non-primary monitors when app is fullscreened.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.44 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • [NEW] Fading horizontal window menu bar when nearing actual menu bar is now optional (off by default)
  • [FIX] Broken permissions courtesy of SL's ACL bug fixed.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.43 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • Screen top menu bar.
  • Window top menu bar was not dismissed when reaching top edge of primary screen.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.42 (Aug 4, 2011)

  • [FIX] No window menu bars or pop up menu appeared when only one display is connected. This is now fixed.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.41 (Aug 2, 2011)

  • Failure to launch under certain conditions in Lion fixed.
  • Failure to update menus and menu window positions in Lion under certain conditions fixed.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.4 (Aug 1, 2011)

  • Stray menu bar on Finder desktop.
  • Screen top menu bar window resize and repositioning.
  • Preferences enhanced slightly.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.3 (Jul 30, 2011)

  • Lion 10.7 initial startup issue.
  • Window menu buttons/bars ignore full screen windows on Lion.
  • Minor improvements to preferences (changes effected instantly).

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9.1 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • [FIX] Unnecessary recalcs under certain conditions.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.9 (Jul 14, 2011)

  • NOTE: If your are updating from 1.8.6 installation, after installing this update you will have to open preferences and reset your mouse button if you're using the mouse button pop up function.
  • [NEW] Tested and works with 10.7 Lion
  • [NEW] Built-in help in preferences
  • [IMPROVED] Screen menu bar now appears on ALL secondary displays and not just the one with the focused window
  • [IMPROVED] Enhanced preferences
  • [FIX] Fading window menu bar in certain instances
  • [FIX] Minor fixes

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.98 (Jun 20, 2011)

  • [IMPROVED] Minor optimizations.
  • [FIX] Incorrect fading and positioning in some instances.
  • [FIX] Incorrect behavior with some window management apps.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.9 (Jun 18, 2011)

  • NOTE: After installing this update you will have to open preferences and reset your mouse button if you're using the mouse button pop up function.
  • [NEW] Fades window menubar when window is moved or re-sized. No more laggy window follow.
  • [FIX] Mouse button pop up works properly with all types of mouse and trackball devices.
  • [FIX] Photoshop window push down bug.
  • [FIX] Workaround for Thunderbird's broken Accessibility API implementation. Should work better with Thunderbird.
  • [IMPROVED] Zen-like, zero-polling. Uses 0% CPU time when idle.
  • [IMPROVED] More efficient processor usage when it does its thing.
  • [IMPROVED] Steam has a bug that prevents window from being repositioned which can cause a nasty cycling from the original position and back. It is now ignored until this issue gets resolved by Valve.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.6 (May 23, 2011)

  • [FIX] Workaround for Firefox's broken Accessibility API implementation. Should now work better with Firefox.
  • [FIX] Issue with MPlayerX and misplaced screentop menu bar.
  • [FIX] Minor bug fixes.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.5.9.4 (May 14, 2011)

  • [FIX] In some rare instances, start on login sometimes caused multiple entries.
  • [FIX] Preferences response lag. This is now fixed.
  • [FIX] Sparkle framework issue on case sensitive volumes. This is now fixed.
  • [CHANGE] 30 -> 14 day trial, in line with my other apps. Do not update to this version if you would like to utilize the full 30-day trial of the previous version.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.5.9.1 (May 12, 2011)

  • [Improvement] Default 'Elegant' buttons' lack of response bug fixed.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.5 (Apr 4, 2011)

  • [FIX] Window menu now updates correctly
  • [FIX] Adding apps to ignore using open requester

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.3 (Mar 19, 2011)

  • [FIX] Out-dated menu items for History and Bookmarks in web browser apps
  • [FIX] Services menu now works as expected, showing only applicable services
  • [FIX] Message submenu in View menu in Mail app

New in MenuEverywhere 1.8.1 (Mar 7, 2011)

  • [NEW] Half hot zone option for screen-top menu bar auto-hide.
  • [FIX] Crashes with some apps that do not comply with Apple's Accessibility guidelines. This is now fixed.
  • [FIX] Update relaunch.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.9 (Feb 27, 2011)

  • [NEW] Add apps to ignore using Preferences dialog (+ button)
  • [IMPROVED] Window-top and Screen-top menubar display speed and behavior has been drastically improved, with smooth menuing of apps as if using the actual menubar itself
  • [FIX] Light CPU footprint. Virtually 0% CPU usage at idle and no more excessive CPU usage when using window-top and screen-top menubars

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.7 (Jan 30, 2011)

  • [FIX] Window-top menu bar in Finder's File menu.
  • [FIX] Improved menu populating reliability with large/slow applications on launch, including Firefox.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.6.5 (Jan 24, 2011)

  • [IMPROVED] Preferences for window menu bar.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.6.4 (Jan 19, 2011)

  • FIX] Screen-top showing on primary screen on startup.
  • [FIX] Screen-top showing on primary screen when disconnecting secondary monitor.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.6.3 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • [IMPROVEMENT] Minor cosmetic changes to preferences.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.6.2 (Jan 13, 2011)

  • [FIX] Screen-top menu bar would incorrectly extend to primary monitor in some configurations.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.7.6 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • Fix - [CRITICAL FIX] Window-top menu bar on primary screen didn't show on some setups since last update.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.6.5 (Jan 6, 2011)

  • [FIX] Incorrect sudden resizing and repositioning of windows on secondary screens with screen-top menu bar enabled.
  • [FIX] Dragging using window-top menubar could cause window to get stuck in lower part of screen.
  • [FIX] No more flicker problem on secondary screens when screen-top menu bar clashes with window-top menu bar underneath, since window-top menu bar is now automatically hidden when it is near the screen-top menu bar.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.6.1 (Jan 4, 2011)

  • Improve window-top bar dragging performance

New in MenuEverywhere 1.6 (Jan 2, 2011)

  • Focused window can be dragged using MenuEverywhere's window-top menubar.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.5.5 (Dec 30, 2010)

  • Minor improvements to Preferences window

New in MenuEverywhere 1.5.4 (Dec 27, 2010)

  • No more duplicate menu items in Finder.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.5.2 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • Enhancement:
  • Speed improvements, especially with Finder
  • Bug Fix:
  • Fixed issue with screen top menu bar becoming unresponsive after using a single button menu

New in MenuEverywhere 1.4.8 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • When using an always visible screentop menubar, the focused window will be automatically pushed below the menubar and will be resized (if it exceeds screen's height)

New in MenuEverywhere 1.4.2 (Nov 17, 2010)

  • Drawing bug which caused error logs and sluggishness. This is now fixed.
  • This will bring back the reponsiveness and reliability that you expect of MenuEverywhere.
  • Thanks for your patience during this bug fix.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.4 (Nov 14, 2010)

  • [IMPROVED] Preferences optimizations
  • [FIX] Erratic startup behavior in some instances of screen-top menubar has now been fixed

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.7.7 (Nov 8, 2010)

  • Bug Fix - In some instances, screen-top menubar appeared incorrectly on single-monitor setups.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.7.6 (Nov 7, 2010)

  • [IMPROVED] Screen-top menubar has gradient similar to window-attached menubar
  • [FIX] In some instances, screen-top menubar used to hide when mousing over primary screen even with auto-hide off

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.7.5 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Improvement - Screen-top menubar auto slide out active area is now smaller to prevent unwanted unhide.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.7.4 (Nov 2, 2010)

  • Minor cosmetic fixes.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.7.3 (Nov 1, 2010)

  • [NEW] Screen-top menubar on all non-primary screens. May be hidden automatically.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6.8 (Oct 21, 2010)

  • [FIX] Sparkle update engine was not relaunching MenuEverywhere after update since version 1.3.6.6. This is now fixed.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6.7 (Oct 20, 2010)

  • [IMPROVED] Single Menu button now shows menu on mouse-down; does not wait for mouse-up
  • [FIX] Single Menu button properly aligned against traffic light buttons (used to be off by 1 pixel)

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6.6 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • [IMPROVED] Minor cosmetic changes

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6.5 (Oct 13, 2010)

  • [FIX] Single menu button was cut off by a hairline when Super Large button size was selected

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6.4 (Oct 12, 2010)

  • Speedier horizontal menubar.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6.3 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • [FIX] Fixed incorrect resize in some instances when horizontal menubar was used and application’s window was moved offscreen from primary monitor.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.6 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • [IMPROVED] Two additional font sizes for button titles (Extra Large and Super Large)
  • [IMPROVED] Two additional font sizes for menu items (Extra Large and Super Large)

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.5.1 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • [IMPROVED] Speed improvements.
  • [FIX] Resizing for maximized windows on screens offset against primary screen is fixed.

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.5 (Sep 28, 2010)

  • [FIX] Auto update check time interval order
  • [FIX] Hotkey field was not disabled in preferences when hotkey option was unchecked

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.4 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • [NEW] Preferences can be shown again by double-clicking on MenuEverywhere app icon whilst it is running
  • [NEW] Option to unregister license
  • [FIX] Startup on Login option did not migrate correctly from previous versions’ preference settings

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.3 (Sep 21, 2010)

  • [NEW] Automatic update check option
  • [FIX] Horizontal menubar sometimes did not get populated when launching apps from dock

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.2 (Sep 17, 2010)

  • [FIX] Menu label field editing
  • [FIX] Eliminated possible crash if only hot key option is active
  • [FIX] Window resize on primary screen

New in MenuEverywhere 1.3.1 (Sep 14, 2010)

  • [NEW] Gradient background for horizontal menubar
  • [NEW] App window automatically resized and positioned to accommodate horizontal menubar above window. Plays nice with window management utilities that maximize windows, etc. This is only in effect when the fade out option is not selected
  • [NEW] Two font sizes for menu items: Small and Regular.
  • [IMPROVED] Raised white shadow added to fonts, similar to actual menubar
  • [IMPROVED] App menu title is bold
  • [IMPROVED] Cleaned up preferences layout. Respective preference options disabled for unchecked access methods
  • [IMPROVED] Smart ignore is now standard and not an option
  • [IMPROVED] Button style options revamped: four standard options to select from, as well as two font sizes for button labels: Small and Regular.
  • [IMPROVED] Smoother dynamic resizing of horizontal menubar
  • [FIX] Persistence of menubar when fade option is selected
  • [FIX] Clicking issue when using borderless buttons

New in MenuEverywhere 1.1.1 (Aug 27, 2010)

  • [FIX] Persistence of Menu button after window is closed
  • [FIX] Menu button appearing above drop-down menus and other screen items

New in MenuEverywhere 1.1 (Aug 25, 2010)

  • [NEW] Custom app/window ignore preferences
  • [FIX] Hot key does not pass through to app
  • [IMPROVED] Smart ignore feature now ignores more non-essential windows automatically

New in MenuEverywhere 1.0.9 (Aug 19, 2010)

  • Menu button appears faster
  • Minor bug fix
  • Cosmetic change to preferences

New in MenuEverywhere 1.0.8 (Aug 14, 2010)

  • Hotkey or button can be turned off
  • Option to not show button on primary screen
  • Button style preferences
  • Smarter ignore of non-essential windows, such as QuickLook and Path Finder rename
  • Minor bug fixed for hotkey menu separator

New in MenuEverywhere 1.0.4 (Aug 10, 2010)

  • Option to always keep button visible.
  • Works with maximized windows. Menu button goes to right of zoom button.
  • Option to always have Menu button to the right of zoom button.