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NegativeScreen Changelog

What's new in NegativeScreen 2.5.6357.28082

Jun 2, 2017
  • [fixed] when an instance is already running, enable its color effect instead of showing an unhelpful message about it
  • [fixed] no longer crash when trying to set a color effect while the Windows Magnifier color inversion is enabled
  • [added] a basic web api is now part of NegativeScreen! See the readme for more information
  • [added] new EnableApi configuration option, defaults to false
  • [added] new ApiListeningUri configuration option, defaults to listening on port 8990, localhost only
  • [added] new About window, available from the systray menu
  • [added] add a retro-compatible user-specific fallback location for the configuration file:
  • if the file "%AppData%/NegativeScreen/negativescreen.conf" exists, it will be used in priority.
  • if the "negativescreen.conf" file beside the executable cannot be modified, trying to edit the current configuration will result in a configuration in AppData being created.

New in NegativeScreen 2.4.5447.24425 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] force the working directory to be the one of the executable (so the .conf file is found when starting from the cli)

New in NegativeScreen 2.3 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] crash if more than one custom color effect is added without an associated hot key
  • [added] (re)added the ShowAeroWarning configuration option from the version 1.*
  • [added] check box next to the current color effect in the right click menu

New in NegativeScreen 2.2 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] avoid crash if a hot key cannot be registered
  • [added] new ActiveOnStartup configuration option

New in NegativeScreen 2.1 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] crash on Windows 8 due to inter-threads calls (this was not a problem on Windows 7)
  • [added] new MainLoopRefreshTime configuration option

New in NegativeScreen 2.0 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Major update:
  • reworked entirely
  • better performances
  • smooth transitions
  • graphic interface (minimal)
  • configuration file:
  • fine grained configuration
  • custom hotkeys
  • custom color effects

New in NegativeScreen 1.14 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] force the working directory to be the one of the executable (so the .conf file is found when starting from the cli)

New in NegativeScreen 1.13 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [added] implemented the configuration file for the version 1.*
  • [added] configuration option to disable the message warning about aero being disabled

New in NegativeScreen 1.12 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] crash on Windows 8

New in NegativeScreen 1.11 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [added] new red and negative red filters bound on F9 and F10

New in NegativeScreen 1.10 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] infinite flickering on Vista (introduced in 1.8)

New in NegativeScreen 1.9 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • [fixed] stupid bug if the Windows taskbar is vertical

New in NegativeScreen 1.8.4464.18982 (Apr 9, 2012)

  • [fixed] execution is no longer prevented if aero is disabled (previous bug corrected) however, the performances will still be horrible

New in NegativeScreen 1.7 (Apr 9, 2012)

  • [fixed] works as expected when using custom DPI settings

New in NegativeScreen 1.6.4444.32796 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] crash on X86 on launch
  • [fixed] prevent execution if aero is disabled (prevent undesirable behaviours: black screens, 100% CPU usage)

New in NegativeScreen 1.5 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] (internal) ColorMatrix implementation
  • [added] new feature: choice between 9 inversion modes

New in NegativeScreen 1.4 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] does not crash anymore on Windows Vista

New in NegativeScreen 1.3 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] multi-screen should finally work! After a lot of tests and coding, I re-thought completely the architecture
  • [knownbug] in some screen configurations, if the primary screen if smaller than the other screen, the second larger screen has a black border at its bottom. It could be a bug in the Windows API

New in NegativeScreen 1.2 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] multi-screen support (again) : bug with main screen on the right

New in NegativeScreen 1.1 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] multi-screen support
  • [fixed] when halted while paused, the application never stopped