Version history for WhatPulse
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Changes for v2.1.1 - v2.4.1
- NEW Geek Window: Add realtime keys, clicks, download and upload per second variables called "Rates".
- NEW Add support for Windows 8.1, Windows 2012R2 and OS X Yosemite (10.10).
- NEW OS X: Client is now signed with a proper certificate (Gatekeeper likes us now).
- IMPROVED The Facebook login experience has been greatly enhanced.
- IMPROVED The Qt framework has been upgraded to Qt5 (from Qt4) and we've sent it to the gym. The Windows is now only 22MB (42% smaller) and the Mac client is now 34MB (45% smaller)
- IMPROVED Reduce memory usage greatly on some computers where it used much memory.
- IMPROVED Database size: Delete mouse points older than 3 months from the heat map to save space and memory usage (option to keep them). This reduces the size of an average database with 80% and improves client performance.
- IMPROVED Improved communication flow to prevent wrong tokens when internet connectivity is unreliable.
- FIXED Windows: Fixed some cases where 'zombie' client processes can happen (client was running but not showing).
- FIXED Fix issues where client does not start on Windows startup in some cases.
- FIXED Fix Geek Window transparency glitch when saving new layout and make modifying Geek Window layout more smooth.
- FIXED OS X: Fix recognition of AMD processors on Hackintosh computers.
- FIXED Replace fact variables with 'no data' when there's no data instead of showing the variables names themselves
Changes for v2.0.4 - v2.1.1
- New!
- Per application keyboard/mouse statistics
- WinPcap 4.1.3 for Windows 8 support
- The login procedure has been simplified to be a breeze. You can add computers from the wizard and it auto detects your computer name.
- New updater for automatic updates to make updating easier
- An option to run WhatPulse as Administrator (Windows), to catch input from elevated applications
- Fixed!
- Database backups. This fixes startup crashes and data loss
- Random client crashes
- Client not counting input stats after hibernations
- Linux crash when pf_ring (network) was not available
- Windows lag every 5 minutes
- Tons of other little things!
- Improved!
- Network monitoring performance (less CPU)
- Time period selector for per country network stats
- Windows XP support (input and network stats)
- Require SSL libraries on Linux, otherwise account settings cannot be saved
- Linux: Set up network capabilities automatically instead of having to do it manually
- Log to 'app.log' inside the settings directory so you can see what's going on
- Tons of other little things!
Changes for v2.0.1 - v2.0.4
- [Enhancement] Add an option to disable automated pulse notifications
- [Enhancement] Blink tray icon on keyboard or mouse option (plus an option to disable that)
- [Enhancement] Launch Geek Window on startup when it was open upon closing the client
- [Enhancement] Update statistics every second when Geek Window is open
- [Enhancement] Don't show tray notifications when a full screen application is running
- [Enhancement] Add the ability to auto detect the system proxy server
- [Enhancement] Add total account overview (totals + ranks) to account tab
- [Enhancement] Only use database file every 5 minutes, cache everything else. This brings disk I/O usage to a near standstill.
- [Enhancement] Make scheduled backups of databases and fall back on backups if main database file gets corrupted
- [Fix] Improve accuracy of measuring both uptime and bandwidth
- [Fix] Count bandwidth from and to a proxy server in unpulsed stats (was excluded in previous clients)
- [Fix] Show more accurate network usage on interface overview
- [Fix] Don't check for updates or internet IP when "Work Offline" is enabled
- [Fix] The 'Year' option in the keyboard + mouse heat map was not the last 12 months, but the current year
- [Fix] Extra precautions for double pulsing
- [Windows - Enhancement] Don't show a icon in the taskbar for the Geek Window
- [Windows - Enhancement] Improve input (keys/clicks) hooks for full screen or heavy load applications (games)
- [Windows - Enhancement] Count unknown (media) keys.
- [Windows - Fix] The client crashed when certain applications were running
- [OSX - Enhancement] Replace the black menu icon with a more fitting one.
- [OSX - Enhancement] Optimize detection of network interfaces (2500% quicker)
- [OSX - Enhancement] Optimize detection of running processes (120% quicker)
- [OSX - Fix] Detect when computer goes into sleep mode and release lock on bpf device(s). This will make sure OSX won't need to create extra bpf devices, which in turn will make the client ask you for your password to reset permissions on these new files.
- [Linux - Enhancement] Multiple CPU optimizations for better performance
- [Linux - Enhancement] Optimize application bandwidth measuring (less CPU)
- [Linux - Fix] Some network interfaces were not detected if certain system files did not exist
