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Workrave Changelog

What's new in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 12

Mar 22, 2024
  • Fix installer integrity check

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 11 (Mar 21, 2024)

  • Support status icons using the StatusNotifierItem protocol (#447)
  • Fix GNOME Shell 46 support (#532)
  • Allow compilation without Wayland support (#523)
  • Fix Wayland on KDE6 (#523)
  • Fix force X11 option (#525)
  • Prevent focus stealing on Windows when break window is closed

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 10 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • Fix issue where after installing an update, some files got removed after the first reboot.
  • Fix issue where the main window is reopened after the screen is unlocked.
  • Fix issue where the rest break window is opened below other Workrave windows.
  • Add activity monitoring for KDE on Wayland
  • Improved Wayland support on KDE (and other Wayland compositors that support the Layer Shell protocol)

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 9 (Dec 3, 2023)

  • Changes since Workrave 1.11.0-beta.7:
  • Workrave now always shows the exercises during a restbreak on the primary monitor
  • Update Brazilian Portuguese translation (#512, Paulo Haddad Martim)
  • Fix build on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.

New in Workrave 1.10.52 (Sep 25, 2023)

  • Fix GNOME 45 compatibility

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 7 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Fix download of automatic update
  • Support HTTP proxies for automatic update downloads
  • Support Unicode characters in the automatic update changelog
  • Updated Translations:
  • Created Tamil translation (#498, TamilNeram)
  • Updated Italian translation (#496, albanobattistella)

New in Workrave 1.10.51.1 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Support GNOME Shell 43 (#430 by Jeremy Bich,async from 1.11)
  • Add option to force the use of the X11 Gtk backend on Wayland
  • Support GNOME Shell 44 (#487)
  • Fix crash on Linux when not using GNOME.

New in Workrave 1.10.51 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Support GNOME Shell 43 (#430 by Jeremy Bich,async from 1.11)
  • Add option to force the use of the X11 Gtk backend on Wayland
  • Support GNOME Shell 44 (#487)
  • Fix crash on Linux when not using GNOME.

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 5 (Jan 12, 2023)

  • Added preferences for the experimental auto-update feature
  • Preliminary support for custom user defined exercises
  • Redesigned the preferences dialog
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed language selection on Windows
  • Fixed special characters in the Windows status icon menu
  • Fixed issue where sound could not be disabled (#443)
  • Fixed issue where the status window could not be disabled (#444)
  • The installer now removes files no longer required (#446)

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Beta 2 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • Updates Polish translation (#423 by ChuckMichael)
  • Update Dutch translation (#437 by WKobes)
  • Support GNOME Shell 43 (#430 by Jeremy Bicha)
  • Add option to force the use of the X11 Gtk backend on Wayland
  • Experimental auto-update feature
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix 'Lock screen' functionality from rest break window
  • Fix showing natural break window when screen is unlocked

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Alpha 3 (Aug 28, 2022)

  • Fix GNOME shell applet loading on Ubuntu Focal

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Alpha 2 (Jun 2, 2022)

  • Networking support was removed
  • Focus assist settings moved from menu to preferences
  • The menus are no longer accessible during a break (#394 by 1Jesper1)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix GNOME shell applet on GNOME 42 (#396)
  • The installer will ask for a reboot if in-use files were overwritten
  • The installer will terminate Workrave when it is running
  • The application icon is now properly displayed
  • The break warning window no longer disappears when moving aside
  • Translations:
  • Updated Simplified Chinese translation (#391 by sr093906)
  • Updated Italian translation (#403 by albanobattistella)

New in Workrave 1.10.50 (Apr 1, 2022)

  • The "Restbreak now" button in the main window no longer responds to keyboard (#368)
  • Allow installation on Windows without administrator rights.
  • Fix vertical alignment of GNOME shell applet (#356)
  • Support GNOME Shell 42 (#396)
  • Restore support for Windows Vista and up (#367)
  • The 'Backward shoulder stretch' exercises now plays a sound twice matching the description (#354)

New in Workrave 1.11.0 Alpha 1 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • Major internal code cleanup and code modernization.
  • Initial (incomplete) port to macOS using Qt6
  • The default sound theme was changed to the "Subtle" theme (#362)
  • You can now change the operation mode for a limited amount of time (#98,
  • A portable version is now available for Windows and Linux (#180)
  • Workrave now follows the XDG basedirectory specification (#192)
  • The Windows version is now 64 bit (#295)
  • Workrave can now automatically change the operation mode based on Windows Focus Assist (#255,
  • A dark UI theme is now supported on Windows (#214)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed Windows system tray menu that would not always properly open (#373)
  • Fixed vertical positioning of GNOME shell applet (#356)
  • GNOME shell applet is now compatible with GNOME up to version 42 (#342, #352, #355)
  • DPI scaling with multiple monitor has been fixed (#308, #315)
  • Fixed the description of the backward shoulder stretch exercise (#354)
  • Add version number to installer to support Microsoft's Windows Package Manager (winget) (#349, #353 by Kaleb Luedtke)
  • Translations:
  • Complete overhaul of Simplified Chinese translation (#385 by sr093906)
  • Updated Hebrew translation (#361 by Omer I.S.)
  • Updated Italian translation (#359 by albanobattistella)
  • Updated Persian translation (#358 by MSKF)
  • Updated Catalan translation (#338 by Jordi Mallach)

New in Workrave 1.10.49 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Adds support for GNOME Shell 41.
  • Inno Setup improvement.

New in Workrave 1.10.48 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Fixed GNOME Shell applet on Ubuntu 18.04 (#281)

New in Workrave 1.10.47 (Jul 27, 2021)

  • Workrave 1.10.47 has been released. This release fixes an number of bugs and add support for GNOME Shell 40.
  • Fixed a crash of the GNOME Shell applet (#281)
  • Adds support for GNOME Shell 40 (#288)
  • Fixed issue where the installer would fail when installing as system user (#291)
  • Fixed incorrect disabling of postpone/skip button (#301)
  • Warn if operation mode is not 'normal' after unlocking the screen (Windows only for now)

New in Workrave 1.10.45 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Micro breaks without a postpone button could be postponed by starting a
  • rest break while the break prompt window was visible and then clicking
  • postpone in the rest break window. The postpone button is now disabled
  • when the micro break is overdue, and the maximum number of break prompts
  • was reached.
  • A new sound theme calls 'Bells' has been added (#225, Pieter De Decker)
  • Added support for High-DPI displays in the Windows Applet.
  • The Windows applet now correctly enforces a minimum size (#252)
  • Initial support for icon themes.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed build issue with libayatana-indicator3
  • Fixed issue where Workrave would show 2 status icons on Linux (#258)
  • Fixed a deprecation warning in the Gnome Shell applet (#251)
  • The cinnamon applet is no longer bouncing up and down (#253)
  • Fixed issue where the current language was always "Unrecognized language"
  • Fixed issue where activity monitoring would stop after restarting Gnome Shell
  • Fixed issue that caused the main window to disappear (#244, 259)
  • Translation updates:
  • Updated Chinese translation (#232, wintertee)
  • Updated French translation (Darialalala)
  • Updated Dutch translation (Matthias Huijgen)
  • Fixed typo in the Italian translation (#234, albanobattistella)

New in Workrave 1.10.1 (Jun 14, 2013)

  • Fix uninstall on Windows.

New in Workrave 1.10 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Split "show 'postpone' and 'skip'" checkbox into two checkboxes.
  • Add the capability to delete all stored statistics (Ray Satiro)
  • Workrave now offers a Gnome 3 applet. Applets for both Gnome 3 classic and the Gnome shell are available.
  • Workrave now offers an application indicator (applet) in Unity.
  • Workrave now supports DBus on window. DBus can be used to control Workrave by an external program.
  • Many new translations and translation updates.
  • Bug fixes. Including:
  • On Windows, Workrave does not stay in the 'suspended' mode after resuming from hibernate/sleep.

New in Workrave 1.9.3 (Mar 25, 2011)

  • Featuring a number of improvements, new translations and the usual bug fixes.

New in Workrave 1.9.2 (Sep 1, 2010)

  • Reading mode:
  • The activity insensitive breaks have been replaced by a 'reading mode'. This mode can easily be activated from the menu.
  • Workrave can now mute all audio during breaks.
  • Workrave now properly remembers the Window hide/show notification
  • icon settings.
  • The Workrave applet is functional again on Windows 7
  • Updated tranlations:
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Catalan
  • Hungarian
  • Hebrew
  • Polish
  • Many bug fixes.

New in Workrave 1.9.1 (Jan 21, 2010)

  • Updated translations
  • new Romanian translation
  • new Estonian translation
  • Removed extra "2" character in the Hungarian translation
  • Update of Hungarian translation
  • Update of Swedish translation
  • Many bug fixes. Including:
  • Fix saving the username in the networking preferences
  • Fix KDE compilation errors
  • Fixed issue where autostart settings on Windows was not stored
  • Fixed crashes when trying to add a host in networking preferences
  • User activity is now recognized on Xorg 1.6.0
  • Fixed color in dark UI themes on Gnome.
  • Workrave no longer shows two icons on GNOME notification panel
  • Fixed tray icon tranparency
  • Fixed issue on Vista where the break window is not on top of other
  • windows
  • Improved volume control on Windows

New in Workrave 1.9.0 (Aug 29, 2008)

  • New alternate activity moniting
  • Improved 64 bit & Vista support
  • Exercises are now randomized
  • The language can now be selected in the preferences
  • The option 'Start Workrave when Windows starts' has been added to the preferences
  • Networking support can now be enabled without accepting incoming connections from other Workraves
  • A sound has been added that indicates a next step in the exercise
  • The volume can now be configured
  • All sounds can now be configured
  • A new sound theme has been added

New in Workrave 1.8.4 (Mar 7, 2007)

  • This version contains many new translations: Italian (Eraldo Girardi), Chinese (Tao Wei), Slovak (Peter Tuharsky), Greek (Prokopis Prokopidis), Turkish (Enver Altin), Japanese (Masanobu Yokota), Bulgarian (Ivan Dimov), Hungarian (Ory Mate). Furthermore, more polish on the applets was done (e.g. vertical applet support), and the usual bug fixing.