What's new in Desktop Fay 3.18
Apr 17, 2024
- What's new:
- The Select All Messages command has been added to the context menu of the email window.
- The positions and sizes of all windows are now saved separately for different screen resolutions and scaling.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.45.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.17.1 (Apr 7, 2024)
- Fixed a bug introduced in one of recent versions that caused lack of color highlighting of the selected event in the Events window on Windows versions earlier than Windows 11.
New in Desktop Fay 3.17 (Mar 31, 2024)
- What's new:
- Mailing lists improved: Every recipient in a mailing list now has a Recipient ID. These IDs are unique across all mailing lists. The context menu in the Mailing Lists window now has the Copy Recipient ID menu command. You can search mailing lists by Recipient ID, and the Action popup menu in the search text field now has new Remove Recipient from Any List command. (Click icon in the searh field to access the Action menu). When sending to a mailing list, you can include the %RecipientID tag in the message text, e.g. to construct an unsubscribe link.
- Sending to mailing lists improved: Now you can specify RFC 8058 one-click unsubscribe link in email account settings, Sending messages tab, Bulk sending to a mailing list section.
- Desktop Fay now detects screen resolution and/or DPI change and adjusts its position and scaling accordingly (tested on Windows 11, should work on any version of Windows starting from 8.1).
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.45.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.16.1 (Feb 1, 2024)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.45.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.16 (Jan 16, 2024)
- Improved "guessing" of email settings based on email address when setting up an email account.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.45.
New in Desktop Fay 3.15 (Dec 8, 2023)
- Minor changes and bug fixes in dialog boxes for email settings. Now they are easier to use.
- Bug fixes in reminder popup windows. They are now stay on top of other windows, and at the same time do not "steal" focus from where you are at the moment when they popup. For example if you are typing text in another application, when a reminder popups, you see it on top of that application and continue typing text in that application. Hitting Space or Enter when typing will not accidentally close the popup reminder, as it does not have focus initially.
New in Desktop Fay 3.14.3 (Nov 25, 2023)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.44.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.14.2 (Nov 15, 2023)
- Security update: When creating a new email account, Desktop Fay is trying to guess email settings based on email provider (domain name part of the user's email address). This code was created quite a long time ago, when some email providers did not support secure connections, so for those email providers Desktop Fay suggested non-secure email settings. Now this code has been re-reviewed and fixed, so that insecure settings are not suggested anymore.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.44.
New in Desktop Fay 3.14.1 (Oct 11, 2023)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.43.2;
- Disabled mouse wheel scrolling in the to: field in email message window - to prevent accidental change of recipient or mailing list.
New in Desktop Fay 3.14.1 (Oct 11, 2023)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.43.2;
- Disabled mouse wheel scrolling in the to: field in email message window - to prevent accidental change of recipient or mailing list.
New in Desktop Fay 3.14 (Sep 26, 2023)
- Security update: When sending and receiving emails using SSL/TLS encrypted connections, TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are no longer used. Now only TLS 1.2 is used.
- Added a drop-down list of font sizes to the email message window.
- Minor tweaks and bug fixes.
New in Desktop Fay 3.13.1 (Sep 11, 2023)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.43.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.13 (Aug 25, 2023)
- torage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.43.
New in Desktop Fay 3.12 (May 19, 2023)
- What's new:
- Import of mailing lists from CSV files improved;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.42.
New in Desktop Fay 3.11.1 (Mar 23, 2023)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.41.2;
- When setting up an email account in the gmail.com domain, added an error message stating that Gmail is not supported.
New in Desktop Fay 3.11 (Mar 12, 2023)
- Email | Settings... menu command added;
- When configuring an email account, added a warning that received messages will be deleted from server if Leave messages on server setting is off;
- When configuring an email account, added a warining that quota may be exceeded on email server if Leave messages on server setting is on;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.41.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.10.3 (Feb 22, 2023)
New in Desktop Fay 3.10.3 (Feb 22, 2023)
New in Desktop Fay 3.10.2 (Jan 2, 2023)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.40.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.10.1 (Nov 20, 2022)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.40.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.10 (Oct 11, 2022)
- Your assistant no longer hides her emotional state and shows it with emoji - when you chat with her.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.39.4.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.10 (Sep 6, 2022)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.39.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.9 (Jul 31, 2022)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.39.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.8 (May 8, 2022)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.38.5.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.7 (Apr 28, 2022)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.38.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.6 (Mar 27, 2022)
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.5 (Mar 13, 2022)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.38.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.4 (Feb 23, 2022)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.38.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.3 (Jan 7, 2022)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.37.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.2 (Jan 2, 2022)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.37.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.1 (Nov 29, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.37.0;
- Minor tweaks.
New in Desktop Fay 3.9.0.0 (Sep 17, 2021)
- Installer was updated. It does not install Microsoft Speech Platform anymore. Speech Platform is now installed later at runtime as needed.
- Trial limitations have changed. Now 30-day fully functional trial is available. Registration keys were changed. If you have an active license, contact developer to get new registration key.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.10 (Jun 21, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.36.0;
- Fixed a bug introduced in v3.8.3, caused to show an empty on non-descriptive error message when connection to a mail server fails;
- Installer updated. Installer now does not support Windows XP.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.9 (Apr 20, 2021)
- Maintenance release:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.35.5.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.8 (Apr 6, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.35.4.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.7 (Mar 28, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.35.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.6 (Mar 19, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.35.2;
- The app icon has changed.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.4 (Mar 14, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.35.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.3 (Mar 4, 2021)
- Maintenance release.
- Internal code refactorings and tweaks:
- Now character animations should be smoother while sending/receiving emails;
- Fixed possible app freezes on some computers with high-dpi monitors.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.2 (Jan 21, 2021)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.34.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.1 (Dec 3, 2020)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.34.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.8.0 (Nov 15, 2020)
- Address Book renamed to Contacts;
- Contacts now may be imported from comma-separated values (.csv) or vCard (.vcf) files;
- Backup/restore of all Desktop Fay data implemented in Preferences window;
- High-DPI monitors support further improved. Maximum supported display scaling increased from 250% to 300%.
New in Desktop Fay 3.7.1 (Oct 5, 2020)
- Fixed a bug, introduced in v3.7, which caused infinite loop of adding new Preferences windows if prefernces were invoked via chat command.
New in Desktop Fay 3.7 (Oct 1, 2020)
- Development release:
- High-DPI monitors support further improved. Button labels in Calculator now scale properly. Display scaling up to 250% is now supported (was up to 225%).
- Chat function improved. Now Desktop Fay can open Alarm Clock, Email, and Calculator using chat commands, like "open calculator". Web links now may be displayed in conversation, like "Learn more".
- New option added in Prefernces, Email tab - "Check for new messages when opening mail window". This option is on by default.
New in Desktop Fay 3.6 (Sep 16, 2020)
- Development release.
- High-DPI monitors support improved. Display scaling up to 225% now supported.
- Various fancy window themes removed - for better high-DPI support. Only Light and Windows themes now available.
New in Desktop Fay 3.5.5 (Aug 15, 2020)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.33.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.5.4 (Jun 19, 2020)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.32.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.5.3 (Jun 5, 2020)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.32.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.5.2 (May 26, 2020)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.32.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.5.1 (May 23, 2020)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.32.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.5 (Apr 5, 2020)
- Icons updated in menus, buttons, and dialog boxes;
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.23 (Jan 26, 2020)
- Maintenance release:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.31.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.22 (Dec 23, 2019)
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2u.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.21 (Oct 11, 2019)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.30.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.20 (Oct 6, 2019)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.30.0;
- Visual improvement: Default visual style for all windows changed from Aqua Light Slate to more light and modern Aqua Light.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.19 (Sep 15, 2019)
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2t.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.18 (Jul 13, 2019)
- Maintenance release.:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.29.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.17 (Jun 1, 2019)
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2s.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.16 (May 3, 2019)
- Maintenance release:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.28.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.15 (Mar 3, 2019)
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2r.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.14 (Feb 26, 2019)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.27.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.13 (Feb 26, 2019)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.27.1;
- Minor improvements.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.14 (Feb 26, 2019)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.27.1;
- Minor improvements.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.12 (Dec 2, 2018)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.26.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.11 (Nov 26, 2018)
- Maintenance release.:
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2q;
- UI improvement: Sky visual theme replaced by newer Sky 2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.10 (Nov 11, 2018)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.25.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.9 (Sep 30, 2018)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.25.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.8 (Sep 23, 2018)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.25.1;
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2p.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.7 (Sep 17, 2018)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.25.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.6 (Jun 10, 2018)
- Maintenance release:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.24.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.5 (Apr 12, 2018)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.23.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.4 (Apr 4, 2018)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.23.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.3 (Mar 28, 2018)
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2o.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.2 (Jan 24, 2018)
- Maintenance release
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.22.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4.1 (Dec 8, 2017)
- Maintenance release:
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2n.
New in Desktop Fay 3.4 (Dec 4, 2017)
- Updated UI with new gray icons and white tray icon;
- Hi-dpi support with ability to scale UI up to 200%;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.21.0;
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2m.
New in Desktop Fay 3.3 (Sep 10, 2017)
- Fay now blends seamlessly with any desktop background;
- Updated default style for Fay windows, now lighter and more flat;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.20.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.10 (Jun 10, 2017)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.19.3.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.9 (Jun 4, 2017)
- Bug fixes (no security fixes): OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2l;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.19.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.8 (May 23, 2017)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.19.0
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.7 (Mar 31, 2017)
- Maintenance release.
- Minor improvements to Email windows;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.18.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.6 (Feb 16, 2017)
- Maintenance release
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.17.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.5 (Jan 28, 2017)
- Maintenance release
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2k;
- Installer improved: less buttons to click. Microsoft Speech Runtime is now installed in passive mode.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.4 (Jan 9, 2017)
- Maintenance release:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.16.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.3 (Jan 5, 2017)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.16.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.2 (Jan 4, 2017)
- Maintenance release:
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.16.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2.1 (Nov 30, 2016)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.15.2.
New in Desktop Fay 3.2 (Nov 30, 2016)
- More visual styles added (see Options -> Appearance -> Style);
- Bulk send settings added in Options -> Email -> Account -> Sending messages.
New in Desktop Fay 3.1.5 (Nov 9, 2016)
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.15.1.
New in Desktop Fay 3.1.4 (Oct 27, 2016)
- Maintenance release.
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.15.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.1.1 (Sep 7, 2016)
- Maintenance release.
- Some AI code refactoring for better scalability in the future;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.14.0.
New in Desktop Fay 3.1 (Jul 1, 2016)
- Development release.
- Privacy tab added into Options;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.13.0;
- Bugfix:
- Edited event now always treated as new, a not reminded yet.
New in Desktop Fay 3.0.3 (Jun 22, 2016)
- Maintenance release.
- Security fix: OpenSSL version bumped to 1.0.2h;
- Storage engine update: SQLite version bumped to 3.12
New in Desktop Fay 3.0.2 (Apr 5, 2016)
- Context menu added to Events, Address Book, and Mailing Lists winows.
New in Desktop Fay 2.9 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Bugfix release.
- Fixed non-working click-through transparency under Windows 7 and Vista;
- Fixed disappearing buttons under Windows 7 and Vista;
- Help file reworked, and now compatible with Windows 7 and Vista;
- Menu icons and tool button glyphs changed, giving more solid look and feel.
New in Desktop Fay 2.8 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Minor bugs fixed;
- Tell-a-friend feature removed;
- Send mail window enlarged;
- Other minor interface changes.
New in Desktop Fay 2.7 (Dec 30, 2011)
New in Desktop Fay 2.6 (Dec 30, 2011)
New in Desktop Fay 2.5 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Changed windows colors; Improved look under Windows XP;
- Not change desktop color under newer Windows versions when transparency possible;
- Not popup on check mail event if there are no new messages;
- Port number setting added for POP3 and SMTP;
- SMTP password option added;
- When "Leave messages on server" option is on, Fay does not retrieve duplicate messages;
- Hide on inactivity option added;
- Ability to check mail, create new messages and manage mailing lists using menu command (on right-click);
- French language added;
- Email notifier, calculator and mailing lists manager are now free, non-expiring functions;
- Fixed problems with European characters in French, Italian and Portuguese interface.
New in Desktop Fay 2.2 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Portuguese (Brazilian) language interface added;
- New %FirstName and %LastName macrocommands for using in outgoing email messages.
New in Desktop Fay 2.1 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Italian language interface added;
- Initial setup wizard improved - it now tries to guess SMTP and POP3 server and user name based on user's email address.
New in Desktop Fay 2.0 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Fay became smaller - takes less room on the screen;
- Transparent background (under Windows 2000/XP and later);
- Background color is now Windows XP standard blue (under Windows 95/98/ME);
- Improved look, especially on LCD screens;
- Fixed Windows XP partial incompatibility (unable to end Windows XP session if Fay is running);
- Fixed problems with european characters;
- Added ability to edit mailing list entry;
- When comparing mailing lists, an option was added to copy duplicates to a new list.
- Silent reminders and alternative event animation; Reminders with custom sound.
- Fay now remembers the last type of event and uses it as the default type for a new event;
- Reminders are now listed in chronological order (not the order they were entered);
- Event message is not shown if another message is already on screen;
- Email folders (Drafts, Templates, Sent, Trash) were added in addition to the default Inbox. Provided the ability to save messages - sent, draft (work in progress), etc.
- Multiple simultaneous Send mail windows possible.
- Option to leave messages on the server;
- Initial setup wizard added on startup, with prompts to enter the required options.
- Multilanguage support (English and Russian only in this version).
New in Desktop Fay 1.2 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Help added;
- Internal implementation of Email functionality improved;
- Installer/Uninstaller improved.