Version history for Pokki

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Changes for v0.266.1.155 - v0.266.1.172

• What's Fixed
• Multiple crashes of Pokki on Pokki startup
• Pokki menu
• Incorrect Russian translations
• Missing icons for Acronis True Image 2014
• Microsoft Management Console apps missing from search
• Favorited folders fail to open
• Dragging a file or folder onto the menu rendered the menu unusable

Changes for v0.266.0.377 - v0.266.1.155

• What's New
• •Pokki menu ◦New Pokki taskbar icon option: Home (default)
• ◦Localized in 12 languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
• ◦Rename menu favorites: Right clicking on the favorite and select "Rename favorite"
• ◦Unification of Pokki apps and native Windows apps in menu favorites: all apps can be renamed and removed
• ◦New All Apps layout: Apps are intelligently pushed to the top and top level directories are expanded
• ◦​Incorporation of the Windows desktop color into the menu interface, or select from several color options
• ◦Last selected tab is remembered between menu opens
• ◦Improved app search
• •Pokki apps ◦Pokki apps asks for permission before showing notifications
• •Pokki app store ◦Renaming of Pokki App Store to PC App Store, with a new icon
• ◦Support for traditional desktop apps (eg. Skype)
• •Taskbar ◦Scaling of Pokki's taskbar icon with various taskbar sizes and display resolutions
• ◦Simplification of Pokki tools menu
• ◦Pokki apps are placed right to left when Pokki menu is positioned on the right side of the taskbar
• •Windows 8 and 8.1 features ◦Improved Windows 8.1 support
• ◦Removal of the following Windows 8 Start screen features: bottom left corner navigation goes to desktop, Windows key opens Pokki menu on the desktop
• What's Fixed
• •Impact to computer start-up time
• •Incompatibility with Windows Store apps using JPEG icons
• •Incorrect app icon background color on some Windows Store apps
• •Incorrect inclusion of Hibernate option in power menu
• •Incompatibility with certain file and app names containing unicode characters

Changes for v0.263.13.319 - v0.265.14.331

• •Improved Windows 8.1 support
• •New Pokki taskbar icon option: Home
• •Renaming of Pokki App Store to PC App Store, with a new icon
• •Localized in 12 languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
• •Rename menu favorites: Right clicking on the favorite and select "Rename favorite"
• •Unification of Pokki apps and native Windows apps in menu favorites: all apps can be renamed and removed
• •New All Apps layout: Apps are intelligently pushed to the top and top level directories are expanded
• •Pokki apps are not automatically opened after installation from the menu
• •​Incorporation of the Windows desktop color into the menu interface
• •Scaling of Pokki's taskbar icon with various taskbar sizes and display resolutions
• •Last selected tab is remembered between menu opens
• •Removal of the following Windows 8 Start screen features: bottom left corner navigation goes to desktop, Windows key opens Pokki menu on the desktop
• •Pokki apps asks for permission before showing notifications
• For developers •Support for native Windows applications (please contact us for details) ◦Apps can be listed in/downloaded from the App Store and recommendation spots
• What's Fixed
• •Incompatibility with Windows Store apps using JPEG icons
• •Incorrect inclusion of Hibernate option in power menu
• •Incompatibility with certain file and app names containing unicode characters

Changes for [May 29, 2013] - v0.263.13.319

• What's Fixed
• •Pokki acorn not appearing in the taskbar
• •Pokki acorn in the taskbar appearing grey and not responding to mouse clicks
• •Appearance of pop-up dialog asking "Do you want the Pokki toolbar on your taskbar?"
• •Error message related to "LaunchDeskband"

Changes for [March 13, 2013] - [March 15, 2013]

• •Possible freeze of Windows Explorer that impacted Windows 8 users, using the Pokki Menu as a start menu with the boot to desktop option, after log-in.

Changes for [Feb 28, 2013] - [March 13, 2013]

• What's New
• •Performance improvements to Pokki menu and taskbar
• •Improved unicode support for non-ASCII-based standard character encodings
• •Performance improvements when accessing the Pokki services
• •Improved support for an auto-hidden taskbar
• What's Fixed
• •Pokki menu may not appear when Pokki acorn clicked in the taskbar
• •Pokki menu was incorrectly positioned relative to the taskbar
• •Control panel items (specifically 64-bit) were not listed in the Control Panel section of the Pokki menu
• •Pokki apps not appearing in the taskbar when open or pinned to taskbar
• •Files and folders were not removable from the favorites panel in the Pokki menu
• •Apps were not removable from the recently used panel in the Pokki menu
• •Removing an item from the favorites panel in the Pokki menu wasn't reflected in All Apps/Programs and Control Panel sections

Changes for [Jan 16, 2013] - [Jan 26, 2013]

• What's New
• This release includes a number of additions to the Pokki menu:
• Improved popular apps with the ability to rotate through the entire list
• Improved icon used by favorited folders
• What's Fixed
• This release includes a number of fixes to the Pokki menu:
• Menu not appearing when clicking on Pokki acorn in the taskbar
• Incorrect placement of menu after display resolution change
• Incorrect placement of menu when using Windows 8 snap view
• Missing hibernate power option

Changes for [Nov 26, 2012] - [Jan 16, 2013]

• This release includes a number of additions to the Pokki menu:
• Introduction of a light theme to the Pokki menu and notifications
• This becomes the default theme for new installs.
• Existing users remain on the dark theme, however are introduced to the new theme through an update message within the menu.
• Users can switch between both themes from the settings panel.
• Moved notifications panel to a drop-down menu
• Accessible from the notifications button to the right of the search box.
• Ability to customize the shortcuts listed in the sidebar of the menu (eg. Computer, Pictures, etc)
• Users can pick which shortcuts are included in the sidebar through the settings panel.
• Option to change the Pokki acorn in the taskbar to the Windows logo
• Can be enabled/disabled from the settings panel.
• Improved recently used apps/programs listing in sidebar
• Can be enabled/disabled from the settings panel.
• Maximum number of items listed is defined by how many special shortcuts are enabled (previously was a set limit).
• Improved clarity of button which opens the Windows Start Screen with new icon
• Improved discoverability of Pokki configurable features
• Settings are accessible from the menu interface (previously only by right clicking the acorn). This should help discoverability of it, especially on non-Windows 8.
• Also added the option to jump to support and provide feedback.
• Improved app/program search
• Search is quicker.
• Results are more accurate (ie. the item you’re really searching for is returned at the top of the results).
• Increased search scope to include shortcuts to executables.
• All apps/programs panel now includes all shortcuts
• Previously only executable shortcuts were included. Now includes everything from the traditional “All Programs” list.
• Improved readability of all items in the menu
• Sidebar is wider, so the recently used programs are not truncated as often.
• The names under the favorite apps are given more space, and double lines.
• Entire menu is taller, and not as wide.
• Increased grid size for favorites.
• Improved truncation of item’s names in favorites panel.
• Layout change for popular apps.
• Ability to add a file or folder from the desktop to the favorites panel
• Right click on any file or folder in Explorer and select “Add to Pokki Menu” and the item will appear in the Pokki favorites section of the menu.
• What's Fixed
• This release includes a number of fixes to the Pokki menu:
• All apps/programs and control panel items sporadically disappear from the menu
• Occasional inability to remove files and folders from favorites panel
• Duplicate entries displayed in all apps/programs
• Pokki acorn incorrectly renders when taskbar has multiple rows
• Improved Pokki app small icon quality
• Support for favorited items which are moved from their original location
• Bottom part of button that opens the Windows Start Screen was not clickable after checking for updates

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