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Desktop APM Changelog

What's new in Desktop APM 1.17

Feb 9, 2017
  • Fixed a bug where Desktop APM copied data from one day to the next when left on past midnight with no activity
  • Fixed a bug where viewing the graph around december 25th to january 5th would sometimes show data from the wrong year

New in Desktop APM 1.16 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • Added Timeline graphs - clicking an application shows an extensive graph of APM by minutes
  • Combine multiple graphs by holding control / shift keys and selecting Timeline applications
  • Export daily statistics by clicking on the Main Menu and selecting Export
  • Fixed a bug where Desktop APM would run faster after the computer had woken up from sleep, sometimes generating inaccurate statistics
  • Fixed a bug where a Timeline search could result in incorrect data on the top line
  • Fixed a bug where Timeline delete did not work for the top line

New in Desktop APM 1.15 (Jun 27, 2015)

  • Added words per minute, total keypresses, total mouse clicks and total time for each day
  • Live APM can be displayed at the top of Desktop APM by clicking a button on the top left
  • Hotspots now display the total number of clicks at each spot by hovering the mouse over the spot
  • Statistics such as time inactive or most inactive can be hidden by right-clicking on statistics in the main window
  • Fixed bugs involving dual monitors that caused Desktop APM's window to incorrectly size and sometimes prevented full screen applications from having focus
  • Fixed a bug where Timeline's search input box would become misaligned when adjusting the Timeline window vertically

New in Desktop APM 1.14 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Search has been implemented for Timeline
  • Timeline now sums the time spent on selected & searched items
  • Timeline now averages APM on selected & searched items
  • Timeline's APM & Mins columns are now sorted by highest to lowest when column title is clicked
  • Added Timeline rule type: Rename & Exception, allowing renaming of exceptions
  • Custom sound fx now support .ogg format
  • Fixed a bug where clicking on the Desktop APM taskbar icon always showed window instead of toggling between minimise and maximise

New in Desktop APM 1.13 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • Interface has been redesigned and is fully now resizable
  • Timeline can be filtered by minimum active time, minimum inactive time and minimum APM
  • Timeline font size can now be increased, decreased or set to automatic
  • Provided detailed documentation under Main Menu -> About
  • Sun animation can now be changed to the Moon, Earth or None by right-clicking on the icon
  • Fixed a bug in Timeline whereby an application's start time plus minutes-in-use sometimes exceeded the start time of the next application
  • Fixed a bug where clicking Graph Bar -> More Info sometimes highlighted the incorrect item

New in Desktop APM 1.12 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug where clicking the tray icon would sometimes not bring the window to the front

New in Desktop APM 1.11 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • Load times have been reduced significantly
  • Advertising has been removed to encourage free users to continue enjoying Desktop APM
  • Voice alerts can now be selected with the choice between male, female or custom sounds
  • Total active time for weeks, months and years are now shown on the graph mouse-over
  • Compression reduces the amount of hard-drive space your APM data takes up
  • Application Tracker data can now be exported to a tab-delimited text file
  • Inactive time is now recorded in App Tracker as '- inactive -'

New in Desktop APM 1.10 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • Graph information can now be deleted with Right-Click & Delete
  • Application Tracker data can now be copied to the clipboard with Control-C or Right-Click & Copy
  • All items can now be selected in Application Tracker by pressing Control-A
  • Fixed a bug where Most Inactive Time could be incorrectly reset when exceeding 1 hour
  • Fixed a bug where the Application Tracker window could undock if the title bar was clicked but not repositioned

New in Desktop APM 1.09 (May 19, 2014)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where dragging the Desktop APM window around when App Tracker was open caused the cursor to stay as a 4-pointed-arrow until the mouse overlapped a button

New in Desktop APM 1.08 (May 19, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Redesigned Desktop APM's user interface for increased readability
  • Provided icons for tooltips
  • Provided a smart grid for easy interpretation of Dekstop APM's graph
  • Provided docking for Application Tracker
  • Provided Total Inactive time for each day
  • Selecting Live APM while browsing previous reports now forces the date back to today
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the graph would briefly flash between light and dark colours in the minutes view
  • Fixed a bug where the graph would switch back and forth between light and dark colours while browsing through days
  • Fixed a bug where Live APM had a 1 second delay
  • Fixed a bug where uninstalling Desktop APM Pro and installing a new version caused the program to forget the product key
  • Fixed a bug where application names weren't listed in the graph until the program was in use for 15 minutes or more
  • Fixed a bug where Application Tracker sometimes showed minutes as a decimal values
  • Fixed a bug where Applications would sometimes be added to App Tracker before the minimum focus time has been reached

New in Desktop APM 1.07 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Achieving a target now places a tick above the relevant graph bar
  • Installer now has a checkbox to run the program after installation
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where application names weren't listed in the graph until the program was in use for 15 minutes or more
  • Fixed a bug where application names listed in the graph would sometimes wrongly display an application that was in use many hours ago
  • Fixed a bug where targets weren't showing on the live apm graph
  • Fixed a bug where clicking the date forward button rapidly could result in browsing to tomorrow's date
  • Fixed a bug in Application Tracker where toggling between applications caused the Time column to display when the application resumed focus, while the Mins column starts counting when the program first had focus, which occasionally resulted in the Time column contradicting the Mins column
  • Fixed a bug where the Start Time of the day occasionally didn't save and would instead display as a question mark
  • Fixed a bug where Desktop APM would launch on Windows start-up if the program was uninstalled while running

New in Desktop APM 1.06 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Implemented an option to adjust the minimum focus time required for an application to appear in App Tracker
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where switching between 1 digit dates and 2 digit dates would cause the date text to briefly misalign

New in Desktop APM 1.05 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Implemented a close button in the top right corner of the tutorial
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where Desktop APM Pro users would sometimes see ads
  • Fixed a bug where decimal hours would display when hovering the mouse over the top APM bar
  • Fixed a bug where Application Tracker would flicker every second when displaying a large amount of data
  • Fixed a bug where calendar sometimes wouldn't bold dates after using the View Today button
  • Fixed a bug where tool-tips and graph mouseovers would display on top of the tutorial
  • Fixed a bug where the sun animation would go the wrong way after using the View Today button

New in Desktop APM 1.04 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Implemented a mouse-hover that provides Active Time and Start Time / Finish Time
  • Minutes graph now shows the current hour in the text below
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where calendar didn't bold dates correctly
  • Fixed a bug where deleting APM data didn't delete calendar data
  • Fixed a bug where clicking on a graph button would sometimes select the wrong button
  • Fixed a bug where the data optimiser didn't backup APM files before optimisation

New in Desktop APM 1.03 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Implemented data optimiser that reduces start-up times and load times by up to 4x
  • Optimised how Desktop APM stores application names for reduced load times
  • Calendar now loads from its own specially created file, greatly improving month browsing speeds
  • Increased text-size under the graph for live apm and hours/minutes to improve readability
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where Desktop APM was sometimes not saving all data the first time it was run
  • Fixed a bug where App Tracker could become stuck off-screen when reducing screen resolution or removing dual monitors
  • Fixed a bug in the tutorial where clicking in the wrong spot could show the upgrade menu
  • Fixed a bug where the sun animation goes the wrong way the first time you browse a report
  • Fixed a bug where a white box briefly appeared at the bottom-right on startup
  • Fixed a bug in calendar where today's date was sometimes not bolded when browsing months

New in Desktop APM 1.02 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the Desktop APM window would scale incorrectly after screen resolution change

New in Desktop APM 1.01 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Simplified the tutorial and provided more detailed descriptions for each tutorial item