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Digital Clock Changelog

What's new in Digital Clock 4.7.8+ Testing

Sep 22, 2020
  • Plugins: countdown_timer: option to hide when it is not active

New in Digital Clock 4.7.8 (Aug 29, 2020)

  • Features:
  • autostart for multiple instances (Windows portable version only)
  • option to completely hide clock on mouse hover
  • Core:
  • Qt 5.12.9 for all supported platforms
  • added few workarounds for Wayland-based Linux systems
  • change updater User-Agent to latest Firefox ESR release
  • GUI:
  • added Chinese (China) (zh-CN) translation
  • fixed few translation typo
  • updated palette icon engine
  • added donation link into About dialog
  • keep inactive clock window behind all other windows
  • fixed issue with light fonts selection
  • Plugins:
  • countdown_timer: double-click on the countdown timer restarts it
  • countdown_timer: added "Auto-restart countdown" option
  • countdown_timer: chime when countdown finishes
  • countdown_timer: don't set focus to existing message box button
  • countdown_timer: pause timer on click on it
  • countdown_timer: hotkeys support

New in Digital Clock 4.7.7 (May 26, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Become almost transparent on mouse hover
  • Core:
  • Qt 5.12.8 for all supported platforms
  • Drop autostart flag after app path change
  • Don't save state on each clock position change, do it only when it is required
  • Restore clock position after screen resolution change
  • Handle secondary screen removal (nothing has changed related to adding)
  • GUI:
  • Use slightly different tray icons on different platforms
  • Fixed invisible tray icon on KDE when system Qt is used
  • Change tray icon depending on Windows 10 system theme
  • Fixed strange behavior on some Linux systems when right alignment is used
  • Updated external links in About dialog
  • Updated copyright year
  • Added another workaround for "stay on on top" on Windows
  • Show previews for custom time formats as tooltips
  • Plugins:
  • Added random position plugin
  • Timetracker: do not reset progress on app settings change
  • Date: show previews for custom date formats as tooltips
  • Date: added 2 more custom formats

New in Digital Clock 4.7.6+ Testing (Apr 15, 2020)

  • core: Qt 5.12.8 for all supported platforms
  • gui: show previews for custom time formats as tooltips
  • plugins: date: show previews for custom date formats as tooltips
  • plugins: date: added 2 more custom formats
  • plugins: random_position: keep clock fully visible on screen

New in Digital Clock 4.7.6 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Core:
  • Qt 5.12.7 for all supported platforms
  • OpenSSL 1.1 on Windows
  • Plugins:
  • alarm: m3u playlists support
  • countdown_timer: added ability to show remaining days

New in Digital Clock 4.7.5 (May 1, 2019)

  • This is pure maintenance release, just to bring newer Qt version. Upgrade is recommended for all users, especially for macOS users.
  • Some reported bugs are still not fixed, sorry. Some of them is not trivial or require additional investigations. So please wait new release.
  • 32-bit builds are no longer provided (both for Linux and Windows), but Windows portable version remains 32-bit. If you still want/need in something else - build it by yourself. But it is very likely that with next minor release (i.e. 4.8.0), portable version also become 64-bit since Qt 5.12 will not provide 32-bit builds anymore (according to currently available beta releases).

New in Digital Clock 4.7.4 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • Features:
  • Windows: keep clock window visible after Win+D (show desktop)
  • Core:
  • Qt 5.11.2 for Windows and Linux
  • Qt development branch for macOS
  • Linux build compiled with GCC 6 on Debian, used OpenSSL 1.1
  • MacOS build compiled with Xcode 10.1 (SDK 10.14)
  • MacOS: cleanup Info.plist
  • Added another workaround for "always on top" problem on Windows
  • Fixed unstable crash on clock move
  • Fixed bug with position saving when "show clock in fullscreen mode" is disabled
  • GUI:
  • Slightly decreased tray icon size
  • Added Portugal (pt-PT) translation, thanks to Rui
  • Configurable snap to edge threshold (see Experimental tab)
  • Configurable window refresh interval (see Experimental tab)
  • Installer:
  • Windows: added shortcut to documentation
  • MacOS: created pretty dmg

New in Digital Clock 4.7.3 (Jul 1, 2018)

  • Features:
  • move clock on click on it (doesn't work if "transparent for mouse" is enabled)
  • Core:
  • Qt 5.9.6 for Linux and macOS
  • Qt 5.11.1 for Windows
  • Linux build compiled with GCC 7
  • macOS build compiled with Xcode 9.4
  • GUI:
  • Linux display clock on current workspace instead of first
  • multiline time format support
  • Plugins:
  • added very simple timetracker plugin
  • General:
  • Linux slightly decreased package size

New in Digital Clock 4.7.2 (Mar 17, 2018)

  • Features:
  • Linux: KDE integration (use system Qt instead of shipped if possible)
  • Core:
  • allow to change "show on all workspaces" option on runtime
  • fixed config loading in portable version
  • fixed out of range position detection/handling
  • prevent out of range position on startup
  • GUI:
  • Linux: fixed notifications in GNOME
  • don't display "Show/Hide" menu item by default
  • fixed "invisible" tray icons on Win10
  • fixed quick positioning on multimonitor systems
  • General:
  • added "Known issues" article to wiki

New in Digital Clock 4.7.0 (Jan 13, 2018)

  • Features:
  • "quick positioning" menu with 9 predefined positions
  • show clock on each monitor
  • Core:
  • significant changes to plugins API and plugins engine in general
  • better error handling in plugin engine
  • Qt 5.10.0 for Windows
  • GUI:
  • save clock visibility (Show/Hide menu item state) between restarts
  • fixed saved position loading (it was loaded incorrectly in some cases)
  • display clock window border during clock configuration
  • allow item selection in plugins list
  • better HiDPI support for Linux systems
  • Plugins:
  • don't keep plugins in memory after unload
  • fixed incorrect color of currently used color indicator
  • customized "talking clock" plugin icon
  • General:
  • linux: fixed launch on modern systems
  • linux: deploy Qt runtime into separated folder

New in Digital Clock 4.5.7 (Sep 21, 2017)

  • Features:
  • snap to edges
  • Core:
  • re-written skin draw engine, a lot of improvements
  • don't overwrite config if nothing changed
  • improved settings loading
  • used custom parser for time format, resolves issues with 12h format without AM/PM indicator
  • correctly handle locale-dependent system time format
  • a lot of small bugfixes in plugin core
  • improved macOS support
  • GUI:
  • disabled resize for some plugin settings dialogs
  • added "Help to translate" link to About dialog
  • added "surprise" to About dialog (triple click the logo several times)
  • changed links color in about dialog
  • added AM/PM indicator for Flipclock HD skin
  • added new skin: "Numeric Dotted"
  • Plugins:
  • schedule: added ability to change notification type
  • schedule: fixed task text editing
  • added basic countdown timer plugin
  • plugins API was extended
  • General:
  • transifex.com integration, now you can help to translate my clock
  • updated mini-wiki, added translation instructions

New in Digital Clock 4.5.6 (Aug 6, 2017)

  • Core:
  • Qt 5.9.1 for Windows (including portable version)
  • fixed unstable crash on exit
  • change window resize logic, CPU load must be decreased even more
  • fixed rare bug in updater
  • GUI:
  • fixed ugly blinking on repaint when some skins are used
  • correctly handle dark menu bar mode on macOS
  • icons color depend on system palette (especially notable on Linux systems with dark themes)
  • Plugins:
  • alarm: remember last used sound path
  • alarm: allow multiselect
  • significantly improved 'autoresize' feature
  • General:
  • fixed autostart issues on some Linux systems
  • changed SettingsDialog logic

New in Digital Clock 4.5.5 (Apr 29, 2017)

  • Features:
  • always keep visible on display (prevent out of range position)
  • Core:
  • small changes in updater
  • added basic logging (linux/mac only)
  • GUI:
  • sort plugins by name
  • decreased spacing on HiDPI display on Windows
  • Plugins:
  • horizontal layout support
  • quick_note: dropped edit button
  • alarm: fixed "disable all" icon color
  • alarm: fixed alarms sorting
  • alarm: fixed unstable crash
  • alarm: changed icon color
  • alarm: show notifications on error
  • alarm: global hotkey to stop alarm
  • ip_address: fixed unstable crash
  • ip_address: fixed external IP getting
  • General:
  • fixed launch issues on some linux systems
  • fixed autostart on some linux systems

New in Digital Clock 4.5.5 Testing (Mar 20, 2017)

  • plugins: horizontal layout support
  • plugins: quick_note: dropped edit button
  • plugins: alarm: fixed "disable all" icon color
  • gui: sort plugins by name
  • core: small changes in updater

New in Digital Clock 4.5.4 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • Features:
  • autodetect fullscreen apps on Windows
  • change clock time zone
  • Core:
  • separated timer for plugins
  • GUI:
  • decreased spacing in few dialogs
  • added tab with experimental features
  • restore clock position after screen resolution change
  • Plugins:
  • new alarm plugin with multiple alarms support
  • chime: quiet time feature
  • alignment support for plugins which have widgets
  • ip_addres: ability to choose what addresses will be displayed

New in Digital Clock 4.5.3 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Core:
  • Qt 5.8.0 for Windows installer version
  • added option to enable/disable state export
  • changed few default settings values
  • GUI:
  • dropped 'fullscreen windows detect' and 'visible on all workspaces' features
  • bring clock window to front when setting dialog is opened
  • added 'enable show/hide menu item' option
  • small cleanup in settings dialog

New in Digital Clock 4.5.2 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Core:
  • Qt 5.7.1 for Windows (installer only)
  • GUI:
  • change cursor to "hand" if "clock URL" option is enabled
  • prevent appearing above fullscreen windows (Windows only)
  • even better HiDPI displays support
  • Plugins:
  • chime: converted default sounds from mp4 to mp3
  • added talking_clock plugin (Windows portable doesn't support it)

New in Digital Clock 4.5.1 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Core:
  • fixed multiple monitors issues
  • improved out of range position handling
  • simplified/improved locale detection, prevent wrong choice or partial translation
  • GUI:
  • better support for italic fonts, now they look very good, no extra space
  • improved Retina displays support
  • fixed bug with custom flashing separator (not ':') when font is used
  • Plugins:
  • dropped 'move_clock' plugin, it is broken, no fix is planned
  • 'custom_signal' renamed to 'chime' and improved
  • dropped 'hour_signal', 'tower_clock_signal', 'quarter_hour_signal'. they can be replaced with 'chime'. their sound are included in 'chime' as default.
  • 'quick_note': flat edit button on mac
  • fixed minor gui bugs
  • General:
  • introducing mini-wiki

New in Digital Clock 4.5.0 (Sep 26, 2016)

  • Core:
  • slightly changed default settings
  • fixed plugin settings import
  • added 'plugin_core' library as a part of plugins engine
  • GUI:
  • decreased spacing
  • fixed small menu icons in Windows on Retina display
  • updated 2 skins
  • added 3 new skins!
  • Plugins:
  • added 'custom_signal' plugin
  • fixed tray icon after unloading 'tray_color' plugin
  • rewritten 'date', 'ip_address', 'quick_note' plugins
  • fixed/improved 'calculate font size' plugins feature
  • centered plugin widgets under clock
  • custom color support for widget plugins ('date', 'quick_note', etc.)
  • Installer:
  • improved upgrade: removed ugly blinking terminals
  • close app before upgrade/uninstall

New in Digital Clock 4.4.6+ Testing (Sep 16, 2016)

  • updated 9/10/2016:
  • core: slightly changed default settings
  • core: fixed plugin settings import
  • plugins: custom color support for widget plugins ('date', 'quick_note', etc.)
  • plugins: fixed tray icon after unloading 'tray_color' plugin
  • updated 9/4/2016:
  • plugins: rewritten 'date', 'ip_address', 'quick_note' plugins
  • plugins: fixed/improved 'calculate font size' plugins feature
  • plugins: centered plugin widgets under clock
  • core: add 'plugin_core' library as a part of plugins engine
  • gui: decreased spacing
  • added 8/6/2016:
  • gui: updated 2 skins
  • gui: added 3 new skins!

New in Digital Clock 4.4.6 (Aug 4, 2016)

  • During upgrade you may see 2 terminal windows which appears for few moments. This is temporary solution to done upgrade from any old version. They will be removed in some newer build.

New in Digital Clock 4.4.5 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Core:
  • local files/programs can be opened using 'clock URL' feature
  • compiled with GCC 5.3.1 [linux only]
  • Features:
  • show/hide clock
  • windows portable version
  • GUI:
  • replaced app icon
  • added default export/import filename
  • Plugins:
  • 'spectrum clock' now works with colorize effect too
  • added 'ip address' plugin
  • added plugin for chiming on every quarter of an hour
  • Installer:
  • significantly decreased installed size

New in Digital Clock 4.4.4 (May 24, 2016)

  • Core:
  • updater: small bugfixes
  • Features:
  • background color support
  • quick URL on clock
  • GUI:
  • decreased empty space (especially if background is used)
  • updated links in about dialog
  • Plugins:
  • quick note: edit on click
  • quick note: hide edit button (pencil)
  • added "tower clock hour signal" plugin
  • Installer:
  • install VC Redist if neededpgrade support)
  • export/import settings (u

New in Digital Clock 4.4.3 (May 24, 2016)

  • Core:
  • improved time format switching
  • improved settings cancel (revert to previous state)
  • reimplemented export/import settings
  • fixed some bugs with default settings loading
  • improved skin and plugin system initialization
  • fixed plugin settings loading
  • updated win user-agent strings
  • fixed/improved autostart feature
  • compiled with Qt 5.6.0
  • Features:
  • added runtime (not currently applied) settings export
  • GUI:
  • "italic dots" for "electronic italic" skin
  • used russian for ukrainian locale
  • added 5 flowers textures
  • added link to changelog to about dialog
  • added link to 'how create skin' article to about dialog
  • added some workaround to support always on top including taskbar [win only]
  • fixed Settings dialog lost focus after applying some options
  • fixed AM/PM support on not US systems
  • Plugins:
  • fixed "quick note" plugin configuration
  • used russian for ukrainian locale
  • improved/fixed plugin options export/import
  • SDK:
  • removed CenteredDialog
  • update documentation

New in Digital Clock 4.4.2 (Feb 4, 2016)

  • Core:
  • Qt 5.5.1 on Win/Linux
  • Qt 5.6.0 on Mac
  • platform specific user-agent string in updater
  • Features:
  • right align support
  • GUI:
  • redesigned about dialog
  • fixed space between digits on Mac
  • fixed colorize effect on Retina Mac
  • added tooltip for space between digits slider
  • added check for updates button to settings dialog
  • Installer:
  • fixed/improved deployment on Mac
  • changed windows installer creator tool: used WiX

New in Digital Clock 4.4.1+ Testing (Dec 3, 2015)

  • core: built with Qt 5.5.1 (Windows/Linux)
  • feature: right align support

New in Digital Clock 4.4.1 (Sep 4, 2015)

  • Core:
  • build with Qt 5.5.0
  • Windows 10 ready!
  • improved updater
  • Features:
  • colorize effect
  • GUI:
  • redesigned settings dialog
  • fixed some localization issues
  • Plugins:
  • added new metadata fields
  • 'quick note': added quick edit button
  • SDK:
  • added new setting options
  • updated documentation
  • simplified plugins api: most of all methods are optional

New in Digital Clock 4.4.0 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Core:
  • build with Qt 5.4.1
  • updater: fixed build time detect
  • updater: fixed autoupdate option
  • plugin settings export/import
  • fixed some localization issues
  • improved linux build script to produce source tarball
  • Features:
  • autostart option for any supported platform
  • GUI:
  • added build date to about dialog
  • redesigned about dialog
  • plugins:
  • improved 'schedule' plugin
  • SDK:
  • updated plugin interface
  • updated plugin settings class
  • updated documentation

New in Digital Clock 4.3.6+ (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Core:
  • build with Qt 5.4.0
  • updated copyright string in file info
  • GUI:
  • changed GCC version display format
  • origami skin: added AM/PM
  • plugins:
  • 'date': J option in format
  • 'date': added new predefined formats
  • 'date': redesigned settings dialog
  • 'power off': added message before power off
  • 'any zoom': fixed load bug
  • Installer:
  • 'Launch Digital Clock' is checked by default
  • SDK:
  • added new class to 'clock_common'
  • updated documentation

New in Digital Clock 4.3.5+ Beta (Dec 23, 2014)

  • build with Qt 5.4.0
  • date plugin:
  • J option in format
  • added new predefined formats
  • redesigned settings dialog
  • installer: 'Launch Digital Clock' is checked by default

New in Digital Clock 4.3.4 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • Core:
  • build with Qt 5.3.1
  • removed VC Redist 2013 dependency for portable version
  • GUI:
  • fixed 'Restore defaults' button size
  • plugins:
  • fixed 'every hour signal' on Windows
  • fixed autoresize logic in 'date' plugin
  • fixed crash on try to configure not loaded 'date' plugin
  • updated 'win on top' plugin
  • Features:
  • date' plugin: added week number support

New in Digital Clock 4.3.3 (Jun 20, 2014)

  • Core:
  • fixed search paths restore after cancel
  • fixed settings import
  • improved path management: scan recently added paths on runtime
  • GUI:
  • Retina displays support
  • SDK:
  • updated plugin interface
  • updated documentation
  • updated plugin example

New in Digital Clock 4.3.2 (May 27, 2014)

  • Core:
  • build with Qt 5.3.0
  • if skin is not loaded load default skin
  • Features:
  • skins/plugins search path management
  • one click restore default settings
  • Plugins:
  • added "moving clock" plugin

New in Digital Clock 4.3.1 (May 5, 2014)

  • Core:
  • changed all plugins to use new interfaces
  • improved plugin engine: plugins can 'listen' settings changes from each other
  • fixed issue with plugin unload on app exit
  • Plugins:
  • date: fixed issues with custom font using
  • reimplemented 'quick_note' plugin
  • tray color: 'spectum tray' feature (enable 'Spectrum clock' plugin to see this)
  • enabled 'Always on top for any window' plugin for MinGW builds
  • SDK:
  • removed 'Init()' from old interfaces
  • updated SDK
  • updated plugin example

New in Digital Clock 4.3.0 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Core:
  • code refactored, a lot of little issues are fixed
  • plugin system updated: added new plugin interfaces
  • improved updater: check for daily builds (for BETA releases)
  • reorganized/renamed some option keys
  • improved Linux support
  • Features:
  • export/import clock settings (without plugin settings)
  • GUI:
  • added new built-in skin
  • Plugins:
  • date: fixed bug with font autoresize on clock startup
  • SDK:
  • added new header with new plugin interfaces
  • updated documentation
  • Wiki:
  • added 'How to create skin' article

New in Digital Clock 4.2.6 (Jan 9, 2014)

  • Core:
  • memory usage optimization
  • code optimization
  • fixed bug in updater: infinity reconnect after connection error
  • GUI:
  • fixed issue with system UI language autodetect on some systems
  • added plugin names/description translation
  • added icons to about plugin dialog
  • updated about dialog (version info format)
  • Plugins:
  • added "auto power off" plugin (windows only)
  • added "quick note" plugin
  • added "date" plugin
  • added "any window on top" plugin (MSVC build only)
  • SDK:
  • namespaces for plugins
  • improved plugin example
  • updated documentation

New in Digital Clock 4.2.5 (Dec 23, 2013)

  • Core:
  • added update checker
  • build with Qt 5.2.0
  • improved plugin system
  • Installer:
  • reverted online VC Redist installation
  • GUI:
  • added special Christmas/New Year skin
  • added plugins translations
  • Plugins:
  • fixed bug in "alarm" plugin
  • changed "schedule" plugin type to "clock"
  • SDK:
  • improved plugin example

New in Digital Clock 4.2.4 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Core:
  • simplified skin and plugin interfaces
  • new plugin info system
  • fixed bug with plugins unload on clock exit
  • GUI:
  • redesigned plugins page
  • setting dialog saves last geometry (size + position)
  • system time format used without seconds by default
  • changed about icon
  • Plugins:
  • alarm: added play button
  • alarm: can change volume
  • alarm: use system time format
  • added "schedule" plugin
  • settings dialog now is modal
  • installer:
  • VC Redist is not downloaded from internet anymore, it already included in
  • installer
  • removed 'Setup type (typical/custom/complete)' dialog
  • SDK:
  • added documentation
  • added plugin example

New in Digital Clock 4.2.3 (Nov 6, 2013)

  • Core:
  • removed display AM/PM option (any time format feature support this)
  • made skin draw engine common usage library (for clock and plugins, SDK available)
  • added clock SDK (plugin SDK + skin draw engine SDK)
  • Features:
  • added enable/disable skin customization
  • any time format support
  • double click on tray icon calls settings dialog
  • GUI:
  • fixed bug with some copies of Setting and About dialogs
  • fixed bug with displaying vectors skins without AM/PM support
  • added some skins
  • "stay on top" enabled by default
  • Plugins:
  • fixed bug with settings load in tray color plugin
  • added "any zoom" plugin
  • Installer:
  • feature-based installer (app, skins, textures can be installed separately)
  • save previous clock settings (will work only for 4.2.3+, 4.2.2-4.2.3 upgrade is not supported)

New in Digital Clock 4.2.2 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Core:
  • improved skin draw engine
  • made skin draw engine more safe
  • build with Qt 5.1.1
  • Features:
  • added 'display AM/PM' option
  • fixed installer to make upgrades possible
  • GUI:
  • redesign settings dialog
  • removed "About Qt" menu item
  • customized about dialog
  • dialog windows are displayed at screen center
  • Plugins:
  • removed AM/PM plugin
  • "Alarm" plugin can play streams
  • Fixed bug: crash on "Alarm" plugin unload when it plays signal
  • Aadded "Tray color" plugin

New in Digital Clock 4.2.1 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • added text mode (clock can use any font instead of skin)
  • added Display AP/PM plugin

New in Digital Clock 4.2.0 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • added plugin system
  • added 4 plugins: Alarm, Every hour signal, Any color clock, Variable translucency