SideSlide Changelog

What's new in SideSlide 5.81

Nov 23, 2023

Improvements and fixes

New in SideSlide 5.81 Beta (Oct 3, 2023)

New in SideSlide 5.78 (Sep 18, 2023)

New in SideSlide 5.77 (Aug 18, 2023)

New in SideSlide 5.73 (Jan 12, 2023)

New in SideSlide 5.71 (Dec 21, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.70 Beta (Dec 2, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.68 Beta (Nov 24, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.66 Beta (Nov 16, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.64 Beta (Nov 5, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.62 (Nov 1, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.58 (Oct 11, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.58 Beta (Oct 8, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.57 Beta (Sep 29, 2022)

Improvements and fixes:
New! Added the ability to search within notes and reminders. Both within the note's content and title. Use the right-click menu Extra → Search Notes or press Ctrl+Shift+S to show the new Search Notes dialog and use it to find text within notes in the workspace.
New! Added the ability to horizontally space containers evenly. Select containers (three or more), right click one of them and select Arrange → Horizontal Space Evenly. This new option is particularly useful to arrange shrunken containers inside the workspace. Select multiple times to reduce or increase the space between the containers.
Added keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+C, to Copy Command, Copy URL and Copy Path (depending on the shortcut type).
Switched between F11/F7: F11 is now used to maximize the workspace while F7 refreshes all news feeds, more inline with Windows keyboard shortcuts.
Multiple fixes and small changes to the RSS search dialog and search process.
Searching within RSS news feed will no longer list RSS news feeds where the search term hasn't been found.
RSS/Note search dialog size is now kept between sessions.
Subject Tracker: The last search term from the RSS Search dialog will no longer be automatically added. It can be added manually via RSS Menu >> Subject Tracker >> Add (The RSS Menu can be accessed by clicking the topmost left button in the title-bar).
Adding a subject to the Subject Tracker is now case-insensitive.
Increased maximum article count in each RSS container from 31 to 50.
Addressed an issue that caused expanded containers to shrink back to an incorrect position after undoing/redoing containers' position and when moving multiple containers at once (using the Ctrl key).
Containers will remain selected after top/left alignment operations.
Addressed an issue where the workspace resize mouse pointers could remain invisible when the mouse pointer hovered over the workspace edges.
Addressed an issue where the title bar would not center when resizing the workspace.
Addressed an issue that could have occasionally prevented clicking/middle-clicking to open RSS headlines.
Slightly adjusted container right-click menu.
Other misc. minor fixes.

New in SideSlide 5.51 (Sep 24, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.51 (Sep 7, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.50 Beta (Sep 3, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.46 (Aug 30, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.45 Beta (Aug 25, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.33 (Jun 24, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.30 (Jun 2, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.28.1 (Mar 30, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.28 (Mar 27, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.27b Beta (Mar 16, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.26b Beta (Mar 13, 2022)

Improvements and fixes:
The size of the Keyboard Launcher has been been increased, exposing more letters while making it easier to read and navigate.
Selecting 'No' on the Windows UAC prompt when launching shortcuts that require elevation will no longer display the Shortcut Properties dialog with the 'File/Path access error' message.
Dragging text files (.txt) to create note containers by holding down [Shift]: This action is now indicated in the program's title bar, a "please wait" message appears when the .txt file is being loaded, the mouse cursor changes and the container's icon is now the default note icon rather than the file's icon.
Multiple changes to switching between different color themes: The buttons are included for each theme and the background gradient setting (on/off/light/dark) is saved in the theme file.
A much more subtle indication when the workspace is in and out of focus: Only the font changes color rather than the the title-bar background, more in line with other Windows applications.
Internal and external drag & drop operations are now clearly marked by changing the shortcut's back color. This makes the process much less error prone.
Additional themes can now be downloaded online (there is a link on the Appearance dialog) and are no longer installed by default to reduce the installation/portable file size.
Themes, colors and buttons are now listed using Proper Case.
Errors reported when failing to launch shortcuts are now shown using a simpler format.
New color themes and buttons: Material Dark, Green Ice and Windows Dark (imitating Windows 11 dark theme colors).
When dragging items from the Windows Explorer over URL shortcuts the mouse cursor now indicates that this action is unavailable.
For the sake of standard compliance, it's no longer possible to drag shortcuts in and out of containers using the right mouse button. Use the left mouse button for these kind of operations.
Addressed an issue that caused a shortcut to 'jump' to a distant location when ending a drag & drop operation from a Folder Connector container with the right mouse button.
Other misc. minor changes and fixes.
If you're using the portable version, you can overwrite the color files under SkinColors with the new ones as they now also include the extended settings, and don't forget to extract the files under SkinButtons to get the new button files.

New in SideSlide 5.22 (Feb 22, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.20b Beta (Feb 16, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.16b Beta (Feb 9, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.15 (Feb 5, 2022)

New in SideSlide 5.00 (Dec 18, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.99 Beta (Nov 24, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.94 Beta (Nov 12, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.93 (Jun 25, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.92 Beta (Jun 7, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.90 Beta (May 31, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.88 Beta (May 16, 2021)

New and Changes:
Change from v4.85b: When copying/moving files from the Windows Explorer to Folder Shortcuts in the workspace, the operation (copy/move) will be added to Explorer's undo history and can be reversed using Windows' right click context menu.
Detached Notes (Settings → Containers → Detach Notes) are now centered. This new setting makes adding new notes using the keyboard much more accessible: Undock the workspace using the Global Hotkey, create and detach a new note using Ctrl+N, type in the note and use Alt+Arrows to dock it to side.
Added visual button press indicators to the +/- buttons in the Add Reminder dialog which are also more responsive now.
Some minor cosmetic changes to the Add Reminder dialog.
- +/- buttons to add and subtract minutes/hours in the Add Reminder dialog are now working in the same way they do in the Windows Alarm app.
Add URL (Ctrl+W) will be initialized with a URL if found in the clipboard.
Add RSS News Feed list of feeds to add is now also initialized if the URL in the clipboard begins with "https://" and not just "http://".
Folder Connector functionality (previously known as "Folder Link") is disabled by default and can be enabled under Settings → Containers → Enable Folder Connector. Since the main functionality of using Folder Connector containers, moving/copying files to different folders, can be achieved using Folder Shortcuts, this functionality may be removed in the future. Let me know in email if you are still using it for other reasons, such as, listing and controlling files in an actual folders on disk.
When a shortcut has the "Prompt for Parameters" option selected, the shortcut's parameters field will be updated with the new ones entered.
Some improvements to startup speed.
About → Backup now displays the location of SideSlide_Backup.zip
Dragging to add shortcuts with Tag Start enabled to a container showing shortcuts the belong to a certain tag, that tag will no longer be added to the shortcut to prevent potential problems.
Fixes:
When showing shortcuts that belong to a specific tag within a single container (see: Select Tag Button), the tag wasn't added to pasted clipboard shortcuts in the same way it was when dragging shortcuts to the container.
Potential program crash when pasting shortcuts to containers.
Crash when the Edit Shortcut dialog loaded after a failed shortcut launch and the Global Hotkey was used.

New in SideSlide 4.85 Beta (May 5, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.80 (Apr 21, 2021)

New in SideSlide 4.79 (Jul 22, 2020)

New in SideSlide 4.70 (Jan 11, 2020)

New in SideSlide 4.50 (Dec 11, 2019)

New in SideSlide 4.44 (Nov 26, 2019)

New in SideSlide 4.4.00 (Jun 27, 2019)

New in SideSlide 4.3.60 (Feb 1, 2019)

New in SideSlide 4.3.00 (Sep 10, 2018)

New in SideSlide 4.2.90 (Aug 24, 2018)

New in SideSlide 4.2.80 (Aug 6, 2018)

New and Changes:
Added a new right-click menu to the Lock/Unlock Workspace for Editing button (top right corner of the workspace, next to the Dock button). You can now select between locking the movement of all objects in the workspace or only shortcuts.
Added setting "Start Web Search on Spacebar" under the Keyboard Navigation/Web Search section in the Settings dialog. Selecting this option will cause any input in the Keyboard Launcher that includes a space character to start a web search, as opposed to entering 's ' + search query. Omitting the space will look for workspace shortcuts instead.
When a single shortcut is selected and it's inside a container, the container's name will be shown in square brackets (in the workspace title-bar). This is useful when using the Keyboard Launcher to find shortcuts that are inside shrunken containers.
Added a new command to the shortcuts' right-click menu: "Command Prompt" below the "Open File Location" menu item. This will open the command prompt in the location of the shortcut's root folder.
Added "Keyboard Launcher" menu item to the main workspace menu to show the keyboard launcher using the mouse.
Added "What's New" link to the Container library dialog (performs the same action when leaving the search field empty and pressing enter/clicking the Go button)
RSS News Feeds Subject Tracker: When a subject is found and an headline is highlighted, the RSS News Feed container small RSS icon (the icon drawn on top of the container icon to indicate it's an RSS container) will change into green, to indicate that subjects you are tracking were found, in case the container is shrunk when refreshed.
RSS Viewer toolbar buttons are now at the top of the window and the RSS selector is the first item from the left (replacing the refresh button).
Other misc. minor changes.
Fixes:
Launching shortcuts at startup from the #STARTUP container caused the workspace to collapse to a Large docking border size when Normal or Small were selected.
The Target Path ("Start in") was ignored when adding shortcuts from the Windows Explorer (Desktop, etc) to the workspace.
RSS Subject Tracker >> Add (to add a new subject to track) and other input dialogs didn't always accept all input.

New in SideSlide 4.2.50 (Mar 14, 2018)

New in SideSlide 4.2.00 (Feb 20, 2018)

New and Changes:
Enhanced keyboard functionality:
New KB Launcher command: Quick Reminder. Enter "r " followed by a value (minute) from 0 to 99 and then the reminder text. Example: "r 10 feed Charlie" (set a 10 minute reminder).
Added the ability to, both, select shortcuts using [Shift] + [Arrow Keys] and move them across the workspace or within a container by holding down the [Ctrl] key. This new feature is especially useful to make small adjustments that are harder to do with the mouse.
Ctrl+Enter: Run the selected shortcut as administrator.
Ctrl+Number Speed Launch now also works to launch a shortcut when the Keyboard Launcher is visible.
New option under the Shortcut Properties dialog: Prompt for Parameters. Selecting this option will always prompt for parameters before launching the selected shortcut. Any parameters already selected for the shortcut will appear in the message prompt and you can also ignore them altogether.
Reminders: Added the ability to choose a custom background color for the reminder from within the Add Reminder dialog. Reminder: You can always change a reminder's colors by right-clicking it.
Adding a new RSS feed does no longer check the validity of the URL using the built-in Windows function (if it fails, it fails) so you can now, for example, add Twitter feeds using TwitRSS.me
New 'Web Search' command added to the shortcut's right-click menu to open the selected search engine and search the shortcut's name.
Faster startup speed: Removed a Windows native function that that determines if a file exists before the shortcut's icon is drawn. This should slightly improve the loading speed when most of the files in the workspace exist on the local disk. It's best to place shortcuts to network files/folders in a container and not the workspace to improve startup speed.
When using the Keyboard Launcher, shortcuts in network locations will now be displayed using a generic icon to improve speed.
Undo/Redo buffer increased to 100.
Added user's Desktop and Start Menu Programs shortcuts to new installations.
New title-bar button theme: Dots - For black background.
New 'missing shortcut' icons.
Changed default font for new installation to "Segoe UI".
Misc. minor GUI adjustments and other small changes.
Fixes:
When the screen resolution or orientation is changed, the workspace will now center and dock again.
Creating new objects from the Keyboard Launcher (a new note or a reminder) or using a hotkeys (Ctrl+T, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+R, Ctrl+P; when undocking the workspace using the Global Hotkey) could have positioned them outside the visible workspace.
Crash when deleting reminders from the reminder popup window after clearing the workspace.
Wasn't working in a few of the last versions: When a single shortcut is selected, its name will now appear in the titlebar.
Menu key/Shift+F10 now correctly shows the menu for the workspace or selected shortcuts.
The shortcut Mini-toolbar is now closed when using the arrow keys to select shortcuts.
Other misc. minor fixes.

New in SideSlide 4.1.00 (Feb 9, 2018)

New in SideSlide 4.0.23 (Jan 3, 2018)

New in SideSlide 4.0.10 (Nov 25, 2017)

New in SideSlide 4.0.01 (Oct 31, 2017)

New in SideSlide 4.0.00 Beta 3 (Oct 22, 2017)

New in SideSlide 4.0.00 Beta 2 (Oct 18, 2017)

New in SideSlide 4.0.00 Beta (Oct 11, 2017)

New and Changes:
Size of the Docking Bar: You can now select between 3 different sizes for the workspace when its docked/tucked away. The new 'Normal' size is the default for new installations and you can select between a Normal, Small and Large (The size of the workspace itself; the default size before this version). By the default, the workspace will flash a couple of times whenever it docks/hides to remind you where it is. The new Normal and Small docking border size options allow you to keep a much bigger workspace for all your work, but in a more accessible and compact way. The "Invisible border" option is only available for the Large docking bar size (Same as in previous versions).
Added the ability to start web searches directly from the Keyboard Launcher.
Undock the workspace (with the mouse or the Global Hotkey), enter "s " followed by the search query then press [enter].
Select the default search engine in the Settings dialog or define your own search URL.
Set the seconds for briefly unlocking the workspace to 10, 15 or 20.
The workspace will briefly unlock when clicking the Unlock button that shows up when trying to move objects while the workspace is locked for editing.
Multiple changes to portable installation/adding objects from relative path. It's now much easier to add objects from the same USB drive SideSlide is running from even when the drive letter changes.
When SideSlide is running from a removable drive, all shortcuts and pictures you add from the same drive will now use the relative path drive letter (@ instead of the drive letter).
Changing the target file from within Shortcut Properties will automatically convert the shortcut to a relative path.
Changing container icons when shrunk: The program will no longer ask to turn icons to a relative path when not running from a removable drive.
Removed "relative path" check-box form the Appearance dialog under Wallpaper. Any wallpaper you add from the same USB drive SideSlide is installed to will be added correctly.
Removed "Change to relative path" menu options from shortcuts and pictures as there is no longer a need to manually select this option.
New "Send To" Shortcut Menu command. This works like the Send To menu in Windows and allows you to activate selected shortcuts with specific programs. The same functionality is provided when dragging a shortcut icon on top of a shortcut label. The Send To list is based on the programs selected for Speed Launch.
System Info: Option to display free memory (in bytes and percent) and total CPU utilization in the title bar.
Hovering with the mouse over the workspace title now provides more information about various selected settings and also displays the currently selected shortcut.
Keyboard Launcher tips are now shown when the Keyboard Launcher opens up (This option can be disabled).
New menu command "Paste to Container" (Ctrl+Shift+V) to paste clipboard shortcuts into a new container.
New setting "Show Tooltips" under the Containers section in the Settings dialog to control whether tips with information about items inside the container are visible or not.
Added ability to abort Refresh All and Refresh Selected RSS news feed containers using the Esc key.
The Select Shortcut Color and Delete buttons now appear in the Shortcut Mini-Toolbar even when the workspace is locked for editing.
Added an option to enable/disable the confirmation whether to create a container with shortcuts inside or just add a shortcut to the folder when adding folders to the workspace.
Changed Tag and Note Keyboard Launcher shortcuts from "t:" to "t " and "n:" to "n " (Removed "note:" and "tag:").
Slightly faster shortcut launch.
Clicking the workspace will fold containers that have been unfolded by double-clicking the container label, and not only when the workspace docks back or expanding shrunk containers.
Container tooltip now shows the beginning of the note if visible (for shrunken and folded containers).
When clicking the Unlock button to briefly unlock the workspace for editing, the workspace won't lock back while moving objects around.
Renamed "Directory Shortcut" as "Folder Shortcut".
Shift + F10 now opens the right click menu
Tooltips color is now more consistent across the programs.
Folded containers now use gradient fill.
The "Visible Border" setting and border color is now back to the Settings dialog (it was on the Appearance dialog but it's separated from the workspace colors/theme).
The Grab Focus check box in the Settings dialog is now disabled when "Undock on Click" is selected (the workspace gets the focus when you click it).
RSS tooltip is now delayed when using the mouse and don't pop out immediately.
Converting a picture to a shortcut and vice versa no longer requires confirmation.
Converting notes to reminders and reminders to notes no longer requires confirmation.
Slightly increased the time for hovering over the shrink/expand button to expand shrunken containers for Short Delay (default setting) and Long Delay.
Slight modification of the Settings dialog to accommodate the new options plus some GUI changes.
"Add RSS News Feeds" dialog has been redesigned to make more sense.
Smoother animation for container effects with less flicker.
More consistency between different program dialog/windows.
Added drop shadow to the Speed Launch dialog.
"Double-Click to Start" shortcuts is now the default for new installations.
Changed default toolbar button images to MODERN (SkinButtonsModern) when the Skin folder is not installed (running SideSlide from a removable drive).
Removed F4 (Ignore Changes), F5 (Clear Workspace) and F6 (Defaults) keyboard shortcuts from the Settings dialog to prevent mistakes.
Removed "Keep Above Taskbar" setting. The workspace and detached containers will always be above the taskbar (when docked in the same location).
Removed horizontal line from the top of the container for a cleaner look that match with with detached containers.
Removed Unfold effect (effect when folding containers is still there).
Removed 'Bring Forward' menu option for pictures. The picture is in any case brought forward when you select it.
Removed 'Finger pointer' from most objects in the workspace except for shortcuts when not using the default option, "Double Click to Start" and for RSS headlines.
Removed Google search button from the Shortcut Properties dialog.
Removed setting: 'Large icon size'. You can manually set it in the ini under the [Large Icon Size] section.
Many other misc. changes.
Fixes:
The briefly unlock button will not longer popup when the workspace is locked and a shortcut was launched using the mouse.
When adding new URLs (Add URL dialog), the shortcut label didn't adjust when adding URLs that begin with "https://".
'Workspace locked' indication will now show when trying to select a container with the Ctrl key.
Aligning shortcuts created unnecessary space when sorting more than a few shortcuts if Arrange >> Align was selected.
Different objects (pics, containers and shortcuts) will only start moving when the mouse moves a for a few pixels within the object, more inline with the way Windows works. This is especially noticeable when using Double-Click to start shortcuts and the workspace is unlocked for editing and generally prevents accidental object movement when the workspace is unlocked.
Fixed mouse pointer inconsistency in note containers.
Selecting "Finish" when adding RSS news feeds without changing the web address from "http://" will now simply close the dialog without an error message.
Selecting "Add" in the Add URL dialog without changing the default text from "http://" will now close the dialog.
When selecting to display the time and date the title bar it continued to be displayed when a single shortcut is selected.
Tooltip didn't stay visible when hovering over flipped containers name label (containers that unfold from bottom to top).
Slowed down the mouse wheel horizontal scroll in news feed containers.
Ctrl+C when there are no shortcuts in the workspace could crash the program.
Moving pictures in the workspace would sometimes add extra blank space to the moving image.
Problem unselecting shortcuts with the left mouse button after detaching containers from the workspace.
Fixed inconsistency in detached RSS headline tooltips.
Creating notes from news feed items could place the notes outside the viewable workspace.
Note containers are no longer selected/focused when using Spacebar Flip to scroll through containers.
Scrolling through flipped notes containers didn't always work (folded note containers at the bottom of the workspace).
The 'P' button that invokes the Windows File Properties dialog now uses the text in the 'Target' field and an error message will be displayed if the call failed.
When the setting 'Undock on click" was selected, the workspace would have undock on 'mouse move' immediately after the workspace docks back when clicking to launch a shortcut.
Workspace collapsed when confirming the removal of multiple shortcuts by clicking the 'Remove' button in the shortcuts mini-toolbar.
Better handling of RSS news feeds that are initially forbidden to access (Increased the timeout until the feed is successfully processed).
Fixed multiple problems related to creating containers after the maximum number of allowed containers has been reached.
Fixed the positioning of containers inside the workspace when adding multiple containers from the online library.
Problem opening URLs of certain RSS news feeds when the URL was improperly entered in the feed XML.
Bug that could crash the program when renaming a shortcut that is on the Recent menu.
The workspace will no longer collapse when failing to start a shortcut and opening the Shortcut Properties dialog..
Shortcut mini-toolbar now only works on left mouse button click.
Converting a note to a reminder and not setting the reminder deleted the note.
Converting a note to a reminder will now keep the note's colors.
Ctrl+Tab Hotkey did not appear next to the Tags >> Flip menu item.
Detaching note on creation (Settings option) could sometimes detach an empty container without a note.
Restoring a backup of SideSlide.ini (workspace backup) without the containers sub-folder could crash the program (This bug was related to the Recent menu).
Starting a selected shortcut which fails to launch when the program just loaded opened the wrong shortcut in the Shortcut Properties dialog.
More reliable way of launching shortcuts.
Many more minor fixes.

New in SideSlide 3.9.00 (Sep 15, 2017)

New and Changes:
New menu option, "Lock Size/Position", added to the Position menu: Selecting this option will lock the workspace position and size and you will not be able to move it via the titlebar or resize it. This is especially useful when undocking the workspace with the finger while working in tablet mode.
Scroll RSS containers with your finger (on touch enabled devices) or by dragging the mouse pointer over the news feed (besides of using the mouse wheel/scrollbar).
Added a new "Darker" option when selecting a color for selected shortcuts based on the color of the shortcut's icon (from the Shortcut Mini-toolbar). There are now two options to choose from: Darker and Lighter.
The menu options: Online Tour, Check for Updates, Backup and About are not located under the new Help sub-menu (Workspace right-click menu).
Verify Shortcuts (Arrange menu command): Shortcuts with a custom existing icons are now considered to be valid. Select custom icons to shortcuts on removable media and the Verify Shortcuts command will consider these to be valid even when the media is not present.
Ctrl+C is now used to copy shortcuts to the clipboard and paste them in different containers/workspace (Ctrl+V or via the right click menu).
Changed the keyboard command for creating new containers from Ctrl+C to Ctrl+T.
Added shortcut parameters (if available) to the tooltip (when hovering over the shortcut with the mouse).
The shortcut tooltip now displays the entire path to the file, including the file's name, and no longer shows the shortcut's label.
The shortcut tooltip now shows more information in each line.
Added "/backup" command line option to backup SideSlide settings into a zip file (located in SideSlide's settings folder). Use this command to automate SideSlide backup from within a scheduled task or a 3rd party backup software. Suppress the 'backup complete' dialog by using the "/silent" command line parameter: "...SideSlide>SideSlide /backup /silent".
Launching SideSlide with the question mark ("/?") command line parameter will now show the available commands and exit the program.
Removed 'Shrink/Expand All' and 'Fold/Unfold All' Arrange menu options. Those were very old functions from before SideSlide v1 which probably aren't used by anyone anymore (I hope).
Minor adjustment to the location of the container's Fold/Unfold button.
New default toolbar buttons ("Modern").
Other misc. minor changes.
Fixes:
Detached containers disappeared when trying to attach them back to the workspace when the "Enable Fade-out" option was unselected.
Container could accidently move when using the finger to shrink/expand them while the workspace was locked for editing.
Fixed a problem that could have prevented exposing the workspace when it was docked to the bottom or the right side of the screen.
Using Ctrl+V to paste files from different containers or the workspace instead of the right-click menu option could produce undesired results.
Shortcut comment wasn't showing when hovering over the shortcut with the mouse.

New in SideSlide 3.8.00 (Feb 6, 2017)

New and Changes:
New and Improved RSS functionality:
Toggle highlighting of RSS search terms for each container ('Track Subjects').
'Recent Search Terms' is now called 'Subject Tracker' to better describe the functionality.
Both headline and content are always searched (Descriptions/Headlines checkboxes removed).
You can now track up to 20 different subjects.
Add subjects to track from the new 'Add...' menu item. RSS search terms entered in the RSS Search dialog are also be added to the Subject Tracker list.
The subject you're tracking now appears in front of the headline.
RSS Settings menu items Article Tooltip, Built-in Viewer and Load on Startup options have been removed from the Settings dialog. Toggle 'Article tooltip' and 'Built-in viewer' for each RSS container and use the "/loadrss" command line option to download all headlines on startup.
More:
Keyboard Launcher: Create quick notes by entering 'n:' or 'note:' followed by text.
You can now designate a container as a "Startup container" by naming a single container "#STARTUP" (the number sign followed by the word STARTUP in all caps). All of the shortcuts inside this container will be launched on program startup.
When launching the program (SideSlide.exe) when it's already running from the same location, the workspace will undock/collapse. You can use this functionality to show/hide SideSlide using 3rd party tools (e.g. The Microsoft Surface Pen shortcut button or a special mouse button).
You can now control the spacing between shortcuts for each container using the new container right click menu option: Arrange >> Double Line Spacing.
The Double Line Spacing option has been moved from the Settings dialog to the Arrange menu (affects spacing between workspace shortcuts).
The option to show or hide the thin border line when the workspace is collapsed has been moved from the Settings to the Appearance dialog above the border color selector.
About dialog is now centered relative to the workspace.
The Floating Toolbar has been removed (I'm not sure if anyone was using it and it wasn't really intuitive). Add new objects to the workspace using the right click menu.
Display the Speed Launch list showing all the shortcuts selected for Speed Launch (launch using 1-9) using the '/' key (forward slash). You can still show this dialog using the '?' key (question mark), but this option might be disabled in future versions.
Saving/backing-up when the workspace is unlocked for 10 seconds (to quickly reposition objects) will now lock the workspace before saving the settings file.
Shortcuts to the user name (profile), pictures and documents folders are added to the workspace on new installations.
The initial workspace position changed to the upper left part of the screen (as opposed to the center top) for new installations.
Select colors for different objects (Appearance dialog) by clicking the labels and not just the color boxes.
Settings dialog slightly reorganized.
Removed previous years (2016 and down) from the Reminder dialog 'Year' selection list.
Removed 'Faint Fadeout' from the Container effects list.
Removed Settings option: Focus on Expand/Unfold. The 'Grab Focus' option determines whether the workspace grabs focus (for keyboard input) or not when undocked. By default, the workspace will only grab the focus when you click it or use the Global Hotkey. You can use the mouse wheel to scroll through RSS news feeds without grabbing the keyboard/mouse focus.
New wallpaper (Bricks.jpg)
Multiple misc. minor changes.
Fixes:
Starting all shortcuts (by dbl-clicking the container icon, if the option was selected or from the container Shortcuts menu), wasn't working properly.
Double-Clicking a container icon (when shrunk) could have triggered 'Start all shortcuts' even when the option wasn't selected.
Using the keyboard launcher to open URLs that had the same name as a shortcut failed.
The workspace could appear to be in focus when the keyboard input was still going to another window.
RSS Search: Clicking a 'Recent Search Item' (now called 'Subject Tracker') to re-launch a search could sometimes fail.
Fixed backup link under the About dialog.
The Keyboard Launcher didn't reset back to its original state when clearing the textbox (Using Esc, backspace, etc).
Other misc. fixes.

New in SideSlide 3.7.00 (Nov 26, 2016)

New in SideSlide 3.6.00 (Mar 28, 2016)

New and Changes:
Recent Shortcuts right-click menu: The new submenu (under New in the main workspace menu) keeps track of the last shortcuts/commands that you launch and allows you to quickly relaunch them in the future. This feature is useful to quickly reopen previously running programs after you restart your computer.
The dialog that allows you to choose whether to restore the workspace or not when SideSlide wasn't properly closed (Windows crash, etc) was removed. The workspace will be automatically restored to its most recent state.
New keyboard shortcut: [F7] to maximize/restore the workspace. You can keep containers, shortcuts, pictures and notes in the maximize state and quickly access them when needed. You can also double-click the title-bar to maximize the workspace. Use Ctrl+Tab to navigate worskpace wide tags.
Quickly open all shortcuts that share the same tag via the Keyboard Launcher: Enter "tag:" or "t:" followed by the tag name. For example, add the tag "browsers" to all of the installed web browsers and enter: "t:browsers" to open all of them at once. Remember that you can also right click a shortcut and select "Tag Start", or select the "Tag Start" check-box from the Shortcut Properties dialog.
Added backup information to the About dialog.
New Reloader dialog style (Settings dialog [F3] >> Ignore Changes [F4]) with the ability to close the dialog before SideSlide restarts.
Press [Alt]+[Space] to show the Dock menu (where you can change the position of the workspace, maximize it, etc).
The message that the Global Hotkey (Win+S by default) could not be registered will no longer appear on new installations.
Other misc. minor changes.
Fixes:
Shortcut icons failed to refresh when applying new container colors via the Appearance dialog.
The ampersand symbol (&) wasn't showing in the Keyboard Launcher dialog.
The shortcut mini-toolbar remained open after deleting shortcuts when the Delete Confirmation option was unchecked.
Fixed instances wheh a Picture moved when double-clicking to open.
Fix for resizing pictures.
Other misc. minor fixes.

New in SideSlide 3.5.65 (Feb 10, 2016)

New in SideSlide 3.5.60 (Jan 6, 2015)

New and Changes:
New Speed Launch dialog: Invoke the workspace with the Global Hotkey and click 1-9 to quickly launch shortcuts. Display the Speed Launch dialog by pressing the question mark key (?) or clicking the new Speed Launch menu item from the workspace right-click menu. You can now also click and launch the shortcuts displayed in the Speed Launch dialog with the mouse.
Choose between solid or gradient workspace background fill and choose between darker or lighter gradient.
Shortcut Comment: A new field under the Shortcut Properties dialog allows you to add comments to various workspace shortcuts so that you can remember what they are meant for (the comment is visible when hovering over the shortcut icons). Thanks to Onig|Gino for the idea!
Target and Parameters fields in the Shortcut Properties dialog are now multi-lined.
Speed Launch entries can not be overwritten so that there no need to remove a Speed Launch number from a shortcut before you can assign it to a new one.
New buttons for RSS news feed containers next to the [R] (Set all as read) button: [T] Toggle article tooltip and [B] Toggle built-in viewer.
The 'Reset' button in the Shortcut Properties dialog is now located next to the shortcut style settings and clicking it won't close the dialog.
Slightly modified icons when a shortcut's icon cannot be loaded (in case deleted or on a portable drive that isn't available).
When selecting different icons to for 'folder shortcuts', the File Open dialog now opens up in the same folder (Shortcut Properties dialog >> Icon).
Refresh Icons [F5] command now appears under the container's Right Click >> Arrange menu in addition to the workspace menu.
Fixes:
When dragging shortcuts to a container when the container tag view is selected (showing only shortcuts that belong to a certain tag), the current tag wasn't always added to the new shortcuts.
Problem that prevented switching to certain tags or listing tags in a container or the workspace Tag Menu when using similar tag names.
The shortcut mini-toolbar occasionally disappeared when adding new shortcuts to the workspace or to various container by dragging them from the Windows Explorer.
Portable installation fixes.

New in SideSlide 3.5.44 (Nov 25, 2014)

New in SideSlide 3.5.40 (Jun 3, 2014)

New in SideSlide 3.5.35 (Oct 1, 2013)

New and Changes:
Nicer automatic label formatting when adding URL shortcuts to top level domains ('http://', 'www.' and '.com' are stripped from the label | New >> Web URL).
Workspace titlebar is no longer displayed using bold font, and indicates (lighter color) whether the workspace is in focus or not.
The Floating Toolbar (left click an empty space to quickly create different objects in the workspace) now appears slightly to the side of the mouse pointer and not directly below it.
Connection Proxy setting is now taken directly from Internet Explorer ('Set Proxy' under the Setting Dialog has been removed).
New 'File not found' icons
Maximizing the workspace will no longer cover the Windows Taskbar area.
New command under the Position menu: Maximize/Restore (the menu at the top right corner of workspace).
The tooltip for shortcuts and containers is no longer displayed when the workspace is not in focus (use the Grab Focus option if you want to activate the workspace using the mouse without clicking it).
Suspend Auto-Collapse setting is saved and restored when the program starts.
RSS icon is not displayed on program startup when loading RSS containers unless the 'Load on Startup' option is selected.
Pressing the [Esc] key will now firstly unselect containers and shortcuts then dock the workspace.
Misc. minor changes.
Fixes:
Number of selected shortcuts disappeared after refreshing RSS containers.
Previously selected shortcut which was no longer selected was re-selected after shrinking back containers.
Number of selected shortcuts remained visible after removing shortcuts.
Number of selected shortcuts was not shown when dragging shortcuts to containers or links from Explorer.
Impossible to create folder and note containers when using the "Draw to Create" setting.
Fixed crash when trying to resize or move an invalid picture.
Fixed a rare crash when exiting the program.
Fixed high CPU usage on some machines when starting shortcuts from detached containers while the On Top setting is disabled (thanks Garvin!).
Workspace collapsed after starting a shortcut and the Suspend Auto-Collapse option was checked.
Workspace brought back into focus after launching a shortcut when undocked or the Suspend Auto-Collapse option was checked.
Expanding a container when the Floating Toolbar was still visible could have prevented the workspace from collapsing properly.
Wrong label displayed when editing RSS search terms.
Workspace occasionally collapsed unintentionally when expanding containers.
Keyboard didn't work in the workspace when there were shortcuts selected and the On Top setting was disabled.
The Shortcut Mini-Toolbar remained visible after pressing Ctrl+U to unselect shortcuts.

New in SideSlide 3.5.30 (Sep 6, 2013)

Speed Launch: An even faster way to launch shortcuts. You can now select up to 9 shortcuts to launch using a single keystroke (1-9). Assign a number to quickly launch shortcuts from the Shortcut Properties dialog next to the shortcut label.
Spacebar Flip (Use the space-bar to scroll through and focus on shrank and folded containers): New option under the Settings dialog 'Selected'. You can now add individual containers to the Spacebar Flip order (Right click a container >> Arrange >> Spacebar Flip). This is especially useful when using the Global Hotkey to invoke the workspace and the arrow keys to select shortcuts in different containers.
A little bit more logical command order under the Container and the Detached Container right click menu: There is now a new 'View' submenu which includes options related to the way a container is displayed in the workspace (Colors, Shrink Size, Hide Toolbar and more).
Shortcut Mini-Toolbar now includes a new button Start Selected: Same as the right click menu option to start all selected shortcuts (this will ignore the Tag Start setting if it's enabled for one of the selected shortcuts).
Added the Ctrl key to the list of available Global Hotkey options. For example, you can now select Ctrl+S to invoke the workspace using the keyboard.
New option (disabled by default) under the Settings dialog, Center Mouse, will move the mouse cursor to the center of the workspace when invoked by moving the mouse to the edge the workspace is docked. This can basically save you time but needs some time to get used to. If yo use this option, make sure to remove shortcuts from the center of the workspace so the tooltip won't popup every time you undock the workspace with the mouse.
When dragging a shortcut icon and dropping it on top of another shortcut label, all selected shortcuts will be used as command line arguments. Example: Select multiple HTML files and drop them on top of a Notepad++ shortcut to open Notepad++ with the selected files.
The number of selected shortcuts is now shown in the title-bar. This is particularly useful to know that you have selected shortcuts in shrunken containers.
Container tooltip (Hovering over a container toolbar or icon) now includes the creation date in addition to the other info items when the container note is exposed.
Pressing the Esc key or the Dock Now button (top right corner of the workspace) to dock the workspace will also shrink the recently expanded container. Remember: You can always right click the container's title and select Keep Expanded.
When double-clicking to unfold folded containers, they will fold back when you drag shortcuts between containers or expand other containers. Use the Keep Expanded container right-click menu option to keep the container unfolded.
Other misc. minor changes.

New in SideSlide 3.5.18 (Aug 23, 2013)

New in SideSlide 3.5.16 (Jul 4, 2013)

New in SideSlide 3.5.15 (Apr 1, 2013)

New in SideSlide 3.5.10 (Jan 3, 2011)

New in SideSlide 3.5.00b (Dec 16, 2010)

Speed and Other Code Improvements:
Greatly improved application startup time
Shrunk and folded containers with multiple shortcuts are now expanded and unfolded much faster
It's faster than the previous version regardless, but once you expand or unfold a container for the first time, the icons are cached for the next time, so it gets even faster
Settings are now applied quicker when there are no changes to the visual aspects of the program
Multiple operations (loading, launching, etc) related to shortcuts or folder containers that are on non-existing network shares are performed much faster
Changes in the ini file structure which means it's easier for me to add new features, but also that there is no longer upgrade to versions prior to v3.00.00a (but that's ok, no one is using the old versions anymore)
Faster shortcut verification
Smoother slide-in effect on slower machines
Many more code optimizations
Multiple GUI Changes and Improvements:
Much prettier visuals when moving/resizing containers/pictures and when selecting shortcut and containers
Note: When you select containers and move a single one of them while holding down the Ctrl key, all other selected containers will be repositioned as well
Shrinking/expanding, folding/unfolding
Explode/Implode effects: Added animation to container expansion, contraction, folding and deletion. If it makes SideSlide a little bit slower on your computer (it's much smoother on Windows 7/Vista), you can disable this feature from the Settings dialog, or select from the 4 different modes and see
Container size when shrunk
Choose between 3 different sizes when containers are shrunk: Normal, Small and Tiny. Set the 'Shrink Size' of individual containers from the right click menu (Arrange >> Shrink Size) or globally from the Settings dialog. This new feature allows you to gain more space on the workspace, make it smaller in size and place containers next to each other without a space in between
Tooltips for various events now look much more modern
Numerous adjustments and changes to the shortcut tooltips, container tooltip when folded, shrunk, fully visible and tooltips when hovering over detached RSS news feed headlines
Some of the theme files and wallpaper images have been updated and new themes, wallpapers, colors and buttons added
Much more sensible shortcut/object alignment
Added the ability set custom foreground and background colors to individual note and RSS containers
Change detached containers colors using the new detached container right click menu command
The choose color dialog for various objects is now initialized with the correct color (not really sure why it wasn't like that before)
More quick colors to select from and a redesigned Select Color dialog
Notes in the workspace now have a vertical scrollbar (the same as when detached)
The Z-order (what's on top and below) is now kept for both picture and containers
The shrink/expand, tag and various object colors is now changes according to the background color and are much easier to see
Container draw mode: Select whether a container is drawn in the workspace or is automatically created using a default size (this is now the default) using the new option under the Settings dialog
Resize font of notes and RSS news feed headlines in the workspace or in detached containers with the mouse wheel (hold down the Ctrl key)
Set detached notes font size using the new right click menu command
Set workspace and detached RSS news feeds headline font size using the new right click menu command
Set the opacity level of the workspace when transparent using the new option from the Settings dialog
Set detached containers transparency using the new right click menu option. The opacity level is determined by setting in the Settings dialog
Gradient effect adjustments
Added indication when the container includes a note, but the note is hidden
The indication is a square around the note button (at the right of the container toolbar)
Settings/Appearance and the Shortcut Properties dialogs have been reorganized
Added shadows to various application windows/effects
There is now a thin border line between the container toolbar and the container itself (where the shortcuts are)
The general font selected from the appearance dialog is now set for notes and not just news feeds and shortcuts
Container name label is shown using a smaller font
The Note button in the container toolbar is now slightly bigger
The shortcut mini-toolbar (quickly apply different style setting to selected shortcut) is now always accessible from any location
Shortcut icons are hidden when moving/dragging a shortcut by its label (shortcuts align according to the shortcut label)
Selected containers are now surrounded with a wider, more visible, border
Shortcut columns are now non-symmetrical (the distance between each column is dependent on the longest shortcut in that column)
Added an option to increase the line spacing between shortcuts when they are automatically arranged in columns (selecting shortcuts and dragging one of them by the label)
Many more GUI enhancements
Keyboard Navigation:
Keyboard Launcher
The Keyboard Launcher allows you to start any shortcut in the workspace with any custom parameters
open websites and easily open directories by navigating the directory tree
Quickly browse through directories
When using the keyboard to open folders (entering the folder name or drive letter and a backslash), you can use the down arrow key to quickly access all subfolders, the right arrow key to go to the next level in the directory tree and the left arrow key to go one level back
Launch shortcuts with custom parameters using the keyboard
Enter the shortcut name, press the Right arrow key or Tab (to add a space) and jump to the end of the name, then enter any additional parameters required by the program (this overrides any parameters specified in the Shortcut Properties dialog). Example: Add a new shortcut to c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, type in "cmd" + + "/c dir /s"
Added an option to show the Keyboard Launcher immediately when undocking the workspace using the global hotkey
Tip: You can immediately browse through directories by pressing the backslash (\) key
There is now a dynamic info line underneath the shortcut/folder/URL that also provides indication when using the keyboard to browse through folders
Better search results
Arrow keys navigation: You can now select, launch and delete shortcuts using the arrow keys
Better keyboard support for detached containers
Alt+F4 to close and delete the container, Alt+A to attach it back to the workspace, Alt+Left, Alt+Right, Alt+Up and Alt+Down arrow keys to dock
Pictures:
Picture Slideshow
Pictures are now slideshow 'view ports'. Every picture you add to the workspace can be turned into a slideshow that displays files from the same folder as the picture you add (up to 250 pictures, and JPG only at this time). The slideshow will advance automatically every time you undock the workspace (this setting can be adjusted)
Picture Previews
When the mouse hovers over a picture file shortcut, a preview of the image will be shown. You can also pin the picture shown in the preview to the workspace. Disable the previews from the Settings dialog
Picture comments
You can now add comments to pictures from the picture right-click menu. The comment is visible when the mouse pointer hovers over a picture
Pictures from a relative path
Load pictures from a relative path using the new picture right-click menu option 'Change to relative path'
Convert to shortcut
Added an option to convert pictures into shortcuts to the picture files. This is useful if you want to use the new Picture Preview option rather than having the pictures shown in the workspace
Drag pictures directly from the Windows Explorer into containers by dragging and dropping a picture file (jpg, bmp or gif) while holding down the Shift key
Add picture directly into containers using the New >> Picture container right click menu command
Added an Open command to the new picture slideshow right click menu
Removing pictures from the workspace requires confirmation if Delete Confirmation is selected
RSS News Feeds:
Instead of the 'Clear recent list' command in the main RSS menu, you can now select Edit and delete individual search terms
Remember that the search can be used to track certain subjects since whenever your refresh a news feed and a search term is found, the headline will be emphasized
Headline highlight
When a headline is highlighted (one of the search terms was found in the title or description), the headline will remain emphasized even after clicking it to read or going over the news items with the mouse or keyboard
RSS Search is now using ieframe.dll (IE web component) with much easier to see search results that are dynamically emphasized-as-you-type
RSS Search works with detached RSS containers and not only news feeds in the workspace
You can now use the left and right arrow keys to scroll news feed containers when the headline is longer than the container width
News feed containers include notes like normal containers. Keep a note for each news feed
The container toolbar can now be hidden for RSS containers as well as for shortcut/note containers (Right click Hide Toolbar menu option)
The RSS refresh button inside RSS containers is now located in the same place the container Tag selection button in shortcut containers is
When refreshing a single feed, its name now appears in the title bar
Reset RSS icon command now works for multiple selected RSS news feed containers
Changes to the way RSS headlines are emphasized
Clicking the RSS refresh button (the second button from the left in the RSS container toolbar) in a single RSS container, will refresh all selected RSS news feed containers (in the same way the Refresh menu command works)
Ctrl + Enter and Ctrl + Click will open the article on the website even when using the built in viewer
Removed RSS containers headline right click menu option Create Note and Detach (you can still create notes from headlines and the notes will detach if the Detach Notes option is selected from the Settings dialog)
The built-in viewer can now be loaded (F12) without refreshing a news feed first
Increased support for multiple RSS encodings (news feeds in languages other than English)
Minor changes to the RSS viewer buttons layout
Other New Features:
Highly improved workspace-wide tag view mode
You can now flip through workspace wide tags using Ctrl+Tab. To exit tag view, flip through the existing tags, press Ctrl+F5 or click the button at the top of the workspace that displays the current tag. In addition to that, the option to show the tag asterisk symbol that appeared when hovering over a shortcut icon is now deprecated
Bug report
You can now report bugs directly from within SideSlide and help making the next versions better. The bug report dialog is accessible from the workspace right click menu and will also appear when the program was not properly closed. The reporting is anonymous, but if you include your email it'll be much better so that we can work on the problem together
Spacebar Flip
A new option under the Settings dialog allows you to decide which type of containers (notes & reminders, RSS news feeds or all) are exposed when using the spacebar to flip through the containers in the workspace
Start in folder', 'Run' and 'Administrator' properties for shortcuts
The Shortcut Properties dialog now has two additional fields and one new checkbox that allow you to set the starting folder for each shortcut, initial window state (normal, maximized or minimized) and run the program as administrator. For 'Start in folder', as with the Path and Icon parameters, you can also use a relative path by entering the @ symbol instead of the drive letter (e.g. @:\somefolder\)
Containers are now recoverable if there is a system or program crash
In addition to that, you can also use the 'Ignore changes' command from the Settings dialog to ignore all changes to the workspace AND containers and restore the last saved session
Keep above the task bar
A new option under the Settings dialog allows you to keep SideSlide above the Windows taskbar. Select this option if you want to activate the workspace or detached containers using the mouse and place them in the same location as the taskbar. You can always undock and hide the workspace using the keyboard, regardless of its location
New button in detached containers toolbar allows you to quickly create new notes with the same color (in the same way it works in Windows Sticky Notes)
Click icon to expand
The new setting (enabled by default) allows you to select that containers will expand whenever you click the container icon (when shrunk)
Convert to reminder/note
Turn notes into reminders and reminders into notes using the new right-click menu command
Switch
Switch the position of two containers using the new 'Switch' menu command under the container Arrange right click menu
Grab focus
A new option under the Settings dialog allows you to make the workspace grab the focus whenever it's undocked. This setting is useful when you are using the mouse to undock the workspace (as opposed to the global hotkey) but launching shortcuts with the keyboard
A list of all detached containers now appears in SideSlide's system-tray menu allowing you to easily undock and focus on detached containers
Automatically detach new notes
A new option under the Settings dialog allows you to automatically detach note containers as soon as you add them to the workspace
Workspace and detached containers are kept on top of other windows by default when collapsed, but you can now disable this setting from the Settings dialog
You can still access the workspace with the keyboard even when it's not on top of other windows, and focus on detached containers from the system-tray menu
New On Top menu option for detached containers determines if the detached container is kept on top of other windows or not (when undocked, and only enabled if the global 'on top' setting is)
Keep containers expanded (when set to auto expand and shrink on mouse over) using the new container right click menu command 'Keep Expanded'
This new menu command changes the previous behavior when containers remained expanded when you click the Shrink/Expand button once to expand another to shrink and once more to expand (confused yet?)
Wallpaper from a relative path
If you are using SideSlide from a USB drive, you can now check the new option under Settings >> Appearance to load the wallpaper from the same drive SideSlide is installed to
Added an option to show or hide the workspace in the Windows taskbar
Container online library now supports full text search and not just search by tags
Added option to check for new beta releases of SideSlide (this is enabled in beta version releases, such as this one)
Rename detached containers using the new right click menu command
Added an option to open the Windows Explorer properties page for a shortcut from the Shortcut Properties dialog
Added a new menu command for SideSlide shortcuts that allows you to create Windows shortcuts (.lnk or .url) to the files, URLs or system commands, and place them on the Windows Desktop
When dragging Windows shortcuts (.lnk, .url) from the Windows Desktop to the workspace or to different containers, the Windows shortcuts will be moved to the recycle bin and SideSlide shortcuts will be created instead (you can disable this from the Settings dialog)
Misc. Changes:
Removed confirmation when setting colors to multiple containers. The number of selected containers now appears inside the color dialog
Containers will no longer automatically shrink once you select shortcuts or click inside the container
This allows you to sort shortcuts more easily. The container will shrink back once you click the workspace or expand another container
There is now a maximum of 50 containers in the workspace. You can manually change this setting in the .ini file
Added indication when adding containers from the online library to the workspace
Pictures are now hidden when switching between tags in workspace wide and container tag views
Windows Menu keyboard button now works and displays the proper workspace, container or shortcut menu
Containers are now added to the workspace from the online library using the default size
The size chosen for the container is set when the container is detached
You can now drag shortcuts with the right mouse button. This is particularly useful when dragging files from folder containers to the Windows Explorer
Added an option to suppress the startup (splash) dialog. Start SideSlide with '/nosplash' as the command line argument. Start SideSlide with /? for other command line options (more will be added in future releases)
Installation now includes a portable option to install SideSlide directly to an external drive
Detached containers now follow the same undock settings as the workspace (the default is a short delay before the container undocks as long as the mouse stays in the same place)
Undock on Click, Transparency and Fade Out options for new detached containers are initialized based on the same values selected for the workspace
Added keyboard shortcuts to the common tasks under the Settings dialog (F3-F6). E.g. press F3 twice to open the settings folder
The note font size menu command is only visible when the container note is visible
Pressing F2 allows you to rename containers when there are no shortcuts selected (when a shortcut is selected, the Shortcut Properties dialog is displayed)
When adding a shortcut to a new container the container icon will be initialized from that file in the same way it works when dragging shortcuts to new containers
When removing or dragging out of the container the last shortcut, the container icon will reset to the default icon
Dbl-clicking an icon will start the shortcut
Right clicking a shortcut icon will show the shortcut menu (the same as when right clicking the name label)
Shortcuts are now selected and the shortcut mini-toolbar is shown when new shortcuts are added using the right click menu
You can now switch shortcut locations (dragging a shortcut icon over another shortcut icon) even if the shortcuts are located in different containers or the workspace
When dragging shortcut icons on top of other shortcuts, a tooltip is shown that indicates that the shortcut will be launched with the one that is being dragged over it as a command line argument
When dragging a shortcut icon over another shortcut icon, a tooltip is shown that indicates that the shortcuts will switch places
Workspace background image is now disabled when choosing colors from the color list under the Appearance dialog
Detached containers are no longer on top by default when the container is floating
Dragging shortcuts/pictures over note containers, or adding items using the right click menu, will hide the note allowing you to place the shortcuts inside
Shortcuts selected inside containers are now unselected when shrinking or folding containers
The workspace now undocks when attaching detached containers
The workspace will exit tag view when loading the Settings/Appearance or Container Library dialogs
When clicking the workspace, the first click will unselect shortcuts and the second click will unselect containers
Mouse pointer is unchanged when it's over the shrink/expand button and containers are set to auto-expand
Click to Expand but Auto Shrink option deprecated. You can keep containers expanded using the new right click menu option Keep Expanded, or click inside the container to keep it open until clicking the workspace or expanding another container
The ability to delete items from the workspace with the Delete key while using the keyboard to launch shortcuts has been disabled (you can still delete shortcuts from the workspace using the keyboard, by using the arrow keys to navigate to the shortcut you want to remove)
Dragging shortcuts to containers when the container is only showing shortcuts that belong to a certain tag, will add the tag to the shortcut without confirmation
Default maximum shortcut length is now longer
Detached container fade-out effect is initialized based on the special effect value selected for the workspace, but is no longer connected to it (in other words, you can disable special effects in the workspace but enable them in detached containers)
Fixes:
Pasting files from the Windows Explorer didn't place the files in a proper location inside the container when the container was shrunk or folded
Shrinking a folded container could have positioned the container incorrectly
Selecting all shortcuts (Ctrl+A) affected container shortcuts even when the container was shrunk or folded
The workspace collapsed when hovering over the floating toolbar outside of the workspace area
Objects could have 'jumped' to different locations when using the menu to add items to the workspace
Problem with scheduling reminders for certain days of the month
Objects/detached containers tabs could have moved on click when clicking to select/open quickly
Dragging pictures to containers and moving them inside the workspace wasn’t working properly
Resizing the workspace is no longer possible to do from the sides the workspace is docked to
The program could have crashed when moving SideSlide between computers and the selected font doesn't exist on the target computer
Window update lock is now enforced when sorting shortcuts and changing container colors
Drag and drop shortcut icon over its own name label will now move the shortcut to the new location
Shortcuts could have sporadically move when the mouse button was clicked, but the click wasn't initiated when the mouse pointer was over the shortcut
Shortcut tooltip extension is now limited
Auto dock and undock didn't work properly when mouse was over SideSlide child windows
Font and size selections were saved even when clicking Cancel in the appearance dialog
The shortcut mini toolbar remained hidden when selecting and unselecting shortcuts using Ctrl+Mouse down
Dragging a selected shortcut by its icon and dropping it in the same container didn't re-arrange selected shortcuts
Container gradient effect was incorrectly initialized on certain events
Changing the global font didn't render shortcuts properly without restarting SideSlide
Workspace collapsed when loading another program dialog (library, settings, etc) after showing the floating toolbar without closing it first
Docking the workspace and detached containers to the left side of the screen didn't place the window properly
Objects can no longer be positioned above the workspace and containers’ title bars
Shortcuts could be dragged and dropped behind the title bar
The wrong shortcut could have appeared in the Shortcut Properties dialog when there is an error launching a shortcut and it takes time for Windows to return the error (for example, inaccessible network shares)
Changing fonts from the Appearance dialog made hidden shortcuts inside containers visible again (when showing shortcuts based on tag using the container tag selection button)
Selecting shortcuts by clicking while the Ctrl button is down could have shown the shortcut mini-toolbar in the wrong location
Tab key didn't work in container notes
Failure to position pictures properly when one picture is missing
The floating toolbar appeared when drawing new containers in the workspace
When adding a new system command, the new command shortcut remained visible even if the operation was canceled
Right click menu didn't always show up when right clicking the Shrink/Expand button
Could not display location of shortcut to drives in tooltips
Arranging shortcuts in columns could have placed the last shortcut in the selected shortcuts group beyond the container width
Containers not always shrunk back or folded when dragging shortcuts out of the container and over different containers in the workspace
Pictures could have still be moved and resized even when the workspace is locked for editing
Containers didn't shrink when moving the mouse pointer over a picture or a different container name label
Shortcut and container unselection (Unselect All) were connected under certain circumstances
Underline wasn't removed when the mouse leaves the quick tool links under the Settings/Appearance dialog
When pasting files from the Windows Explorer to different containers, the shortcut font size was not initialized properly
Not all application dialogs unloaded when pressing the Esc key
RSS search functionality stopped working after deleting RSS containers
Loading the RSS viewer from the RSS menu could have crashed the program if there were no populated news feeds
Changing the global font didn't work in real time for RSS news feed containers
Could not resize RSS containers when the container size set to minimum and the news feed was populated
The RSS 'last update' time indicator was made visible inside shrunken RSS containers on startup
When refreshing selected RSS news feed containers, the number that is displayed in the title bar also included non RSS containers
Loading news feed on startup displayed the wrong number of feeds when some RSS news feeds are detached from the workspace
Opening a feed item in the built in viewer could have crashed the program if a news feed was previously deleted in the same session
Problem with feed items without URLs to the articles
Some fixes to the RSS Search functionality
Container right click menu is now disabled when news feeds are being refreshed
Detached notes and RSS containers colors didn't change when selecting new colors from the Appearance dialog
Using the Tag Start menu option to launch shortcuts from detached containers didn't work
Could not delete detached containers when the delete confirmation option was not selected
Dragging a detached container to a different screen corner when the container tab is showing, could have kept the tab in the same location
Detaching containers when only certain shortcuts are visible (when viewing shortcuts that share a tag) made all shortcuts visible again in the detached container
Detached containers could have stayed detached under certain circumstances right after attaching them back to the workspace
Attaching detached containers from the menu could have failed under certain scenarios
Dbl-clicking to unfold a container and then detaching it, made it visible again in the workspace
Bug when attaching containers back after shrinking a folded container and then detaching it from the workspace
Menu item Hide on Click was visible on detached note containers
Shortcut underlines remained visible even when the mouse pointer was moved out of the detached containers
Bug when deleting multiple tags at the same time from the Edit Tags dialog
Bug when switching to tag view when there are no containers in the workspace
Saving the workspace while in tag view mode made hidden containers visible again
Tag view indicator button didn't change colors when changing colors from the Appearance dialog
Clearing the workspace while in tag view mode didn't work correctly
Starting multiple shortcuts with Tag Start, didn't show the error message if one of the shortcuts was missing
Expanded containers were made visible again when switching to tag view (Ctrl+Tab) even when the container had no shortcuts that belong to the current tag
Note remained visible when flipping through workspace tags and the note container included shortcuts with the current tag
Using the menu to create new shortcuts inside containers when a container tag was selected did not add the tag to the new item
Clicking the Tag button on shrunken containers could have changed the container position when the container shrinks back
Problems flipping through different tags that share the same keywords
Keyboard navigation dialog was missing after clearing the workspace
The workspace collapsed and then undocked again when using the mouse to undock and the keyboard to launch a shortcut
Using the keyboard to launch shortcuts could have loaded the wrong shortcut when the shortcut name included the exact search string plus extra letters
Pressing the down arrow to scroll through workspace shortcuts (Keyboard Navigator) skipped some shortcuts and didn't obey the order
Keyboard navigation/folders could have stopped working after deleting RSS containers
Can now look for and launch using the keyboard shortcuts that have the same name (just select the right one from the list after entering the shortcut name)
Ctrl+A is enabled under the keyboard navigation dialog to select the entire text
Right click popup menu could have covered the selected shortcut
Hidden directories were invisible when using the keyboard to navigate the directory tree
Hidden directories and files were not added to folder containers (When refreshing the folder)
The first shortcut dragged from Windows or a folder containers could sometimes remained unaligned
Could fail on certain occasions when moving files between folder containers
Refreshing folder containers when the path is the drive root didn't add the correct shortcut for the drive itself on Win XP
Failed to save colors/themes when the name contained illegal file characters
Setup containers (demo containers) could sometime point to missing shrink icons

New in SideSlide 3.0.03 (Sep 27, 2010)

NEW: Added the ability to set the container note font size (see 'Note font size' under the container right click menu).
NEW: New option 'Confirm Open with...': Set whether or not a confirmation is required when starting shortcuts with others as command line arguments (drag a shortcut icon on top of another shortcut label).
CHANGE: New About/Splash screen.
CHANGE: Shortcut tooltip now includes shortcut tags and Tag Start indication.
CHANGE: Can now drag shortcut icons and drop them on top of other shortcut labels to use as command line arguments even when the workspace is locked for editing.
CHANGE: Same menu options for shortcuts and containers when the workspace is locked for editing (you still need to unlock the workspace if you want to rearrange objects).
CHANGE: Removed confirmation for container alignments.
CHANGE: The tag asterisk symbol that was visible when the mouse is on top of a shortcut icon is no longer visible by default (use the settings dialog to toggle).
CHANGE: Detached shortcuts container now hides when you dbl-click an empty area inside the container.
CHANGE: When using the right-click menu option Start Selected, the shortcut will not be launched with the Tag Start option even if it is selected for that particular shortcut.
CHANGE: Some adjustments to mouse sensitivity.
FIX: Launching a shortcut that is set to Tag Start from a detached container crashed the program.
FIX: The shortcut properties dialog was shown for the wrong shortcut when launching multiple shortcuts at once when there was an error opening one of the shortcuts.
FIX: Wrong shortcut selected in the properties dialog when launching a non-existing shortcut from detached containers.
FIX: Problem which prevented the workspace from collapsing when pressing the Esc key.
FIX: Workspace did not collapse when launching shortcuts with other as command line arguments (drag and drop shortcut icon on top of another shortcut label).
FIX: Right click menu items that are not applicable for command line shortcuts are now hidden.
FIX: Launching shortcuts with others as command line argument is now disabled when dragging shortcut icons on top of command line shortcuts.
FIX: Choosing container icon didn't work for multiple selected containers.
FIX: Entering an RSS container name with the keyboard did not expand shrunken RSS containers.
FIX: Appearance tab: Color theme didn't change when using the keyboard.
FIX: Problem extracting correct name when adding shortcuts to computer disk drives.
FIX: Some problems with the keyboard navigation functionality.
FIX: Wrong tooltip for command line shortcuts in detached containers.
Other misc. minor changes and fixes.

New in SideSlide 3.0.00 Beta 5 (Sep 10, 2010)

New in SideSlide 3.0.00 Beta 3 (Aug 18, 2008)

New in SideSlide 3.0.00 Beta 2 (Aug 4, 2008)

New in SideSlide 3.0.00 Beta (Jul 31, 2008)

New in SideSlide 2.4.09b (Jun 17, 2008)

New in SideSlide 2.4.00b (Apr 18, 2008)

New in SideSlide 2.3.00b (Mar 10, 2008)

NEW: Detach containers from the workspace: You can now reclaim even more space by creating extra workspaces from various containers. Detached containers act in the same way the main workspace window does and can be docked and hidden to any edge of the screen. See the manual for more information.
NEW: Added a menu option to start all shortcuts that share a tag with the selected one (this is very useful to start related shortcuts that are spread across the workspace, as opposed to launch groups that are used to launch all shortcuts inside a single container).
NEW: You can now move or copy files with greater flexibility out of folder link containers to other folder link containers or to the Windows Explorer by dragging the shortcut's icon. See the manual for more.
NEW: Use mouse wheel to resize selected shortcuts.
NEW: Added mouse wheel horizontal scroll feature for RSS containers (Vista only).
NEW: Added a menu option to the shortcut right-click menu to start all selected shortcuts.
NEW: Menu option: Attach All under the Arrange menu to attach all detached containers back to the workspace.
NEW: Menu option: Drag to Detach under the Settings >> Containers menu that allows you to drag containers out of the workspace in order to detach them.
NEW: Menu option: Hotkey reveals detached containers under the Settings >> Global Settings menu.
NEW: Menu option: Wide border: Detached Containers under the Settings >> Dock menu.
NEW: Menu option: Create a note from a feed item by right clicking it. You can also create a note and automatically detach it from the workspace.
NEW: Menu option: Settings >> Containers - Click to expand but auto shrink (see the manual for more).
NEW: Added an option to fold back unfolded RSS containers when unfolded using Dbl-Click (the same as you can do with shrunken RSS containers).
CHANGE: New reminder bitmaps and some other GUI changes.
CHANGE: Some misc. changes to the Folder Link feature.
CHANGE: Folded containers will fold back when shortcuts are dragged to different containers or back to the workspace.
Many other changes and bug fixes.

New in SideSlide 2.2.07b (Feb 25, 2008)

New in SideSlide 2.2.02b (Dec 12, 2007)

New in SideSlide 2.2.00b (Oct 29, 2007)

New in SideSlide 2.1.04b (Aug 1, 2007)

New in SideSlide 2.1.00b (Apr 19, 2007)

NEW: RSS Containers: Code completely reworked and the news feed containers are shown (and are accessible) in a much more standard way.
NEW: RSS viewer: IE frame is used to display news articles. View news articles using the correct format including images, etc.
NEW: Folded containers 'flip' (the toolbar buttons relocate to the bottom of the container) in case the container will not be fully visible when unfolded (the same as with shrunken containers).
NEW: RSS items tool tips: The item description shows up immediately (on mouse over) in a new translucent tool tip box.
NEW: News feeds: Added support for additional formats.
NEW: When the RSS items are NOT set to load on startup, you can now press the 'Click to download headlines' item in addition to the Refresh button.
NEW: Added Refresh RSS button to the RSS Viewer dialog.
NEW: Automatically expanded RSS containers: Dbl-click an empty place inside the RSS container to shrink it back (in addition to the 'right click to shrink back' option).
NEW: RSS Viewer: Current visible item number and the total number of items are shown.
NEW: RSS: Right click or click a headline to open it directly on the website even when using the RSS Viewer.
NEW: Added a menu option to check for a new version.
NEW: New program icon, system tray icon and symbol.
NEW: New splash/about screen.
CHANGE: RSS: When selecting the Refresh All (F11) menu command, the name and number of the current feed is displayed, as well as the total number of feeds.
CHANGE: Container toolbar buttons respond to left click only.
CHANGE: RSS Viewer window status is saved (checked options, location and size).
CHANGE: RSS: When the Load on startup option is selected, the loading status for each RSS container appears in the splash screen.
FIX: Problem introduced in the previous version: Locked pictures were not 'relocked' on startup.
FIX: Problem introduced in the previous version: Notes could be lost upon program startup
FIX: Some fixes to the dock back function after launching shortcuts, etc.
FIX: When shrinking back RSS containers with right mouse button, there is a now a half a second delay before the container can be re-expanded.
Many other misc. changes and fixes.

New in SideSlide 2.0.01b R2 (Apr 10, 2007)

New in SideSlide 1.7.00b (Mar 30, 2007)

New in SideSlide 1.1.01b (Aug 13, 2006)

New in SideSlide 1.0.30a (Jul 29, 2006)

NEW: Keep the layout of selected objects (shortcuts, reminders and pictures) when dragging a single item and holding the key down.
NEW: Sort selected shortcuts Ascending/Descending (A to Z and Z to A).
NEW: 'Add New' toolbar available when clicking an empty place on the workspace. Use the toolbar to quickly add new objects.
NEW: 4 different color reminder pop-up windows and reminder labels.
NEW: Connecting line indicator when moving shortcuts.
NEW: Menu option to ignore all changes and revert back to the previously saved workspace.
NEW: Drag and drop text. You can use this option to quickly save web snippets when dragging text from your web browser to the docked window.
NEW: New add/subtract 10 minutes buttons on the Add Reminder window.
NEW: Added edit command when the reminder pop-up window is shown - Allows you to quickly reschedule the reminder.
NEW: Menu command 'Clear Reminders' to the settings menu.
NEW: New color themes available under the Display Properties window.
CHANGE: Smaller reminder labels.
CHANGE: Verdana is now the default font used for all objects.
CHANGE: Reminder tooltip also shows the date and time.
CHANGE: Multiple reminders are displayed in separate reminder pop-up windows.
CHANGE: Reminder pop-up windows will not steal the focus and can be switched to using Alt Tab.
CHANGE: Reminder delete confirmation is affected by the global 'Delete Confirmation' setting.
CHANGE: Menu command "Start All Shortcuts" will not be visible when the container is empty.
CHANGE: Reminder pop-up window default button is now 'Snooze'.
CHANGE: Menu order and names.
CHANGE: Will only save the workspace on exit and when manually triggered via the new 'Save Workspace' menu option (F8).
CHANGE: Shortcut mini-toolbar is movable and will remain in place after choosing a command.
CHANGE: Added default 'shrink' icon to new containers.
CHANGE: Shortcut mini toolbar colors are shown using the default container colors instead of the workspace (or container) background foreground colors.
CHANGE: Removed 'http' from the Add URL dialog - 'http' will be shown, selected, in the text box.
CHANGE: Different object alignment: when an object is moved beyond the workspace right border; the entire object will be shown. This allows alignment of shortcuts to the right using the key.
CHANGE: Shortcuts dragged & dropped from the Windows Explorer are sorted alphabetically.
CHANGE: Installation now includes a 'Create a shortcut in the Startup group' option to start SideSlide with Windows.
FIX: Did not save and reloaded multi-line reminders.
FIX: Shortcuts will no longer 'flicker' on selection.
FIX: Many misc. fixes and changes when using the containers 'Capture' (nested containers) setting.
FIX: System tray menu remained visible when a command was not selected.
MANY other misc. graphic changes, bug fixes and so forth...

New in SideSlide 1.0.15a (Jul 19, 2006)

New in SideSlide 1.0.11a (Jul 17, 2006)

New in SideSlide 1.0.8a (Jul 9, 2006)