What's new in ModernMix 1.22
Aug 18, 2015
- ModernMix may now be uninstalled after updating from Windows 8 to Windows 10.
New in ModernMix 1.21 (Apr 22, 2015)
- Fixed user reported issue where Windows would not come to the foreground upon click.
New in ModernMix 1.2 (Aug 7, 2014)
- Added new SAS activation and trial code
New in ModernMix 1.15 (May 1, 2014)
- Includes changes from the previous Beta versions
New in ModernMix 1.14 Beta 2 (Apr 18, 2014)
- Fixes issues on Windows 8.1 Update where taskbar items were being left behind for some users
New in ModernMix 1.14 Beta (Apr 9, 2014)
- Added option to suppress overlay when running full-screen Modern apps
- Added support for windowed apps to continue to play sound on x86 (was already present on x64)
- Performance optimizations and fixes for Windows 8.1 Update [April 2014]
- Please note that taskbar items that were pinned prior to Windows 8.1 Update 1 will need to be recreated after the ModernMix upgrade install finshes (needs a reboot to complete)
New in ModernMix 1.12 (Jan 4, 2014)
- Performance optimizations and fixes for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 RTM
New in ModernMix 1.11 Beta (Jan 4, 2014)
- Updates and fixes, particularly for Windows 8.1 RTM
New in ModernMix 1.10 (Aug 22, 2013)
- Adds support for the Windows 8.1 Preview
New in ModernMix 1.09 (Aug 20, 2013)
- Adds support for the Windows 8.1 Preview
New in ModernMix 1.05 (Apr 25, 2013)
- Adds background sound support for apps which do not explicitly support it (like Netflix).
- Right click or double-click on the item in the per app section to configure.
- App settings page lists all installed Modern apps.
- New right click option to force fullscreen always
- Create shortcut to app on desktop from within the config UI now force creates the icon (as you may use it before an app has been run)
- On first-run of the app, a dialog reminds you about the top right corner overlay.
- Fix for drag to close on a fullscreen app ignoring the return to Windows 8 menu setting
- Fixed naming of some apps in the list that had yet to be run (they got truncated in error)
- Fix for Netflix playback when the windows is inactive on a secondary display
- Tweak to code to detect if the launch is from the Windows 8 menu or elsewhere (some reports it sometimes remembered the Win8 menu launch even after launching something else from a pinned item / Start8 menu)
- App settings menu now has options to force background sound On / Off. Note that if the app already supports background sound (say YouTube), the off setting has no effect.
New in ModernMix 1.0a (Apr 25, 2013)
- Additional optimizations and localization support
- Improved touch response on Surface Pro devices
New in ModernMix 0.98 Beta (Mar 20, 2013)
- You can now launch Modern apps from the app settings page (right click on app and pick from menu)
- Winkey + arrows now works in windowed apps
- Double click on the system icon in the titlebar now correctly closes the app
- Thumbnail previews now show correctly on fullscreen Modern apps
- IE windows no longer paint partially incorrectly when inactive
- Hide overlay until mouseover is now touch compatible
- Right click spellcheck window now shows correctly in mail
- Word Twist + few other apps now happy when opening initially in a window
- Fixed issue with settings page closing in Lunar phases app
- Fullscreen windowed mode apps (shift + overlay button) now have the overlay working correctly
- Minimized Modern apps no longer open up when you close other apps
New in ModernMix 0.96 Beta (Mar 15, 2013)
- Improved usability for control overlay graphics
- Added button to access the Charms bar from overlay graphic
- Added option to create desktop shortcuts from the right-click or configuration menu
- Closed applications no longer show on the Winkey + Tab switcher
- Assorted improvements and bug fixes
- New Advanced UI tab
- Additional options
- Hide overlay when windowed
- Ctrl + max button now goes fullscreen
- Make overlay invisible unless mouseovered
- Control over when you should return to the Windows 8 menu
- Settings to limit size
- Improved touch handling on Surface Pro
- Option to keep closed apps in the Windows 8 left hand list (defaults to off)
- On a multi mon system, you can pick an app for the lock screen when the settings app is in a window
- Mail app should show notifications (if enabled) and show mail on the live tile IF the
- mail app is minimized or you are in another fullscreen Modern app
- Opening a normal app over a Modern app should not cause the Modern app to take focus
- Minimized Modern app should not appear when closing the last non-Modern app