Vista Rainbar Changelog
What's new in Vista Rainbar 4.6.0.0
Dec 7, 2009- All gadgets: Updated pop-up menu to match Windows 7
- App Launcher: Added gadget configuration tool
- App Launcher: Removed mouse hover text
- App Launcher: Icons now properly aligned
- Battery: Realigned text
- Calendar: Fixed bug with Sunday calendars (negative days displayed)
- Calendar: Added RED calendar gadget
- Clock: Added RED clock
- CPU Gadget: Added 1+.ini (large CPU gadget) to match Windows 7
- Disk: Added configuration tool
- Gallery: Added "Configure" button in the Gallery windows
- Gallery: Re-arranged items in alphabetical order
- Gallery: "Get more gadgets" will now show how to add more Rainmeter skins
- Gmail: Removed Mail gadgets (POP/IMAP) 1 and 2 due to technical problems
- Gmail: 1.ini now shows email title and author
- Gmail: Realigned text and icon in 2.ini
- Media Player: Added support for both WinAmp and iTunes
- Multi-Meter: Chaned M/G to MB/GB
- Multi-Meter: Number of decimals is now zero (e.g. 511.42 MB -> 511 MB)
- Network: Now displays network usage in kB/s
- Network: Removed uptime
- Network: Shortcut now opens Network Connections
- Power: Updated shutdown method on 1.ini (Windows 7 start-menu style)
- Power: Removed 2.ini and 3.ini
- RSS: Now supports all feeds (RSS/Atom)
- RSS: Added configuration tool
- RSS: Added support for some special characters (ä, ü, å, etc.)
- RSS: Removed 2+.ini, 3+.ini, and 4+.ini
- Slideshow: Updated to match Windows 7
- Slideshow: Fixed not being able to open larger Slideshow from + button
- Slideshow: Added RED slideshow gadget
- Sticky Notes: Fixed bug that caused pages 2, 3, and 4 to not work
- Sticky Notes: Added larger version of Sticky Notes gadget to match Windows 7
- Weather: Now displays correct background color
- Wireless: Realigned text
- Wireless: Added icon to display encryption status
- Installer: Now requires installation of Rainmeter
- Installer: Removed useless fonts
- Rainmeter: Added [Metadata] section into the INI files
- Rainmeter: Removed "Meter" from all Meter names (e.g. [MeterText] -> [Text])
- Rainmeter: Now uses relative paths for shared images to reduce total size
- Rainmeter: Code optimazations to reduce skin size and system resource usage
New in Vista Rainbar 4.5.0.5 (Aug 27, 2009)
- Updated and fixed problems with the Weather gadget
- Fixed various bugs with the Recycle Bin gadget
- Multi-page Sticky Notes gadget
- Added Sticky Notes configuation tool
- Added Recycle Bin configuration tool
- Added Mail configuration tool
- Added Wireless gadget
- Added a Gmail gadget
- Added new Uptime/Power gadget skin
- Updated all configuration tools
- Updated installer
- Added launcher for Vista Rainbar to check for various things
- Added function to preserve settings when updating Vista Rainbar
- Added back button for some gadgets
- The Rainmeter platform updated from 0.14 -> 1.0
- Option to save and restore themes
- Fixed various bugs with the RSS gadget
- Plus, lots of minor (and probably a couple of major) fixes/additions that I can't recall right now
New in Vista Rainbar 4.3 (Apr 29, 2009)
- Added an installer (thanks to Legace), now installation of the sidebar is very easy
- Weather : Modified how do the sun appear (now when weather is "fair", you'll see a nice sun on the gadget)