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Wox Changelog

What's new in Wox 1.4.1196 Pre-release

May 25, 2020
  • fix more uwp load
  • performance improvement for starup
  • performance improvement for first search
  • up to 100 times speedup for query and program/win32/uwp index
  • this will be the last prerelease before stable release.

New in Wox 1.4.1129 Pre-release (May 20, 2020)

  • fix more uwp icon load
  • fix control panel items load
  • performance improvement and memory leak fix for pinyin
  • this will be the last prerelease before stable release.

New in Wox 1.4.1115 Pre-release (May 19, 2020)

  • bug fix and performance improvement.
  • this will be the last prerelease before stable release.

New in Wox 1.3.1073 Pre-release (May 18, 2020)

  • Huge query performance improvement
  • Query cancellation for program plugin and everything plugin
  • Fine grained cache for fuzzy match and pinyin

New in Wox 1.3.1064 Pre-release (May 17, 2020)

  • Performance improvement for icon load.
  • Fix icon load for control panel plugin.
  • Fix windows 7 and windows 8 support.
  • Fix portable mode support.

New in Wox 1.3.1039 Pre-release (May 15, 2020)

  • Fix image load permission issue
  • Use everything native hight light data, which require everything version > 1.4.1

New in Wox 1.3.1036 Pre-release (May 14, 2020)

  • fix auto startup
  • fix image cache calculation
  • fix websearch plugin
  • fix plugin action keyword
  • fix icon in for program list in control panel
  • fix error report
  • use everything native hight light data, which require everything version > 1.4.1

New in Wox 1.3.1012 Pre-release (May 13, 2020)

  • fix ui block by using smart image cache and default image.
  • add two new theme "System Dark" and "System Light", which will change blue color according to system settings.

New in Wox 1.3.996 Pre-release (Apr 30, 2020)

  • ui rendering logic rewrite, less cpu usage and more responsive for result list.
  • auto crash report using raygun.
  • first search after startup won't block

New in Wox 1.3.981 Pre-release (Apr 29, 2020)

  • Various bug fixed. including theme compatibility and setting page display.
  • Include a full installer, which include everything and python.
  • Program plugin bug fix, can index all uwp and lnk program without exception now.

New in Wox 1.3.881 Pre-release (Apr 24, 2020)

  • Various bug fix.
  • Performance improvement, fast typing won't cause blocking, unresponsive or high (>60%) cpu usage.
  • Ability to opt-in auto update for prerelease

New in Wox 1.3.792 Pre-release (Apr 22, 2020)

  • MS ClearType enabled
  • Better result highlight
  • Enable portable mode by making a directory named UserData along with Wox.exe

New in Wox 1.3.578 Pre-release (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Portable mode
  • Drastically improved search experience
  • Auto-complete text suggestion
  • Highlighting of how results are matched during query search
  • Search all subfolders and files
  • Option to always run CMD or Powershell as administrator
  • Run CMD, Powershell and programs as a different user
  • Open web search result as a tab or a new window
  • Manage what programs should be loaded
  • Reload/update plugin data

New in Wox 1.3.578 Pre-release (Dec 22, 2018)

  • New feature:
  • Added a setting to hide/remove tray icon (3dac6fd)
  • Added HiDPI UWP icon support (#1515)
  • Fix:
  • Skip calucation of pinyin socre for very long string, reducing memory usage. (7fe01f0)
  • Respect the font setting (#2186)
  • Skip broken folder when re-index (#2004)
  • Rewrite the ImageLoader, now image related actions should be more stable. (#1836)
  • More languages support:
  • Added Norwegian BokmÃ¥l (#2184)
  • Added Italian (#2143)
  • Added Portuguese (Brazil) (#2119)
  • Added Serbian (#2029)
  • Updated Janpanese (#1982)

New in Wox 1.3.524 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • website has been changed to wox.one

New in Wox 1.3.475 (Jan 8, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed folder unauthorized exception (PR #1282, 808523b, PR #1780)
  • Indexing now continues after unauthorized exceptions (#1779, PR #1780)
  • Prevents ActionKeyword from being empty
  • Empty cache files no longer crash Wox (#1394, PR #1776)
  • Changes:
  • ReportWindow exception formatting reverted to a simple ToString as it is more informative for AggregateExceptions and the like (PR #1778)
  • Calculator plugin: YAMP switched to Mages (PR #1628)
  • New features:
  • Added context menu to non C# plugins #1366

New in Wox 1.3.424 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • fix update issue #1320 and System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException #1266
  • the theme website has been updated, delete your old theme file if you still have theme file issue #880

New in Wox 1.3.357 (Feb 24, 2017)

  • Fix win7 exception #1251
  • UWP support #198
  • faster startup / query
  • fix null reference #783
  • fix web search settings
  • fix blur in settings #875 #1190

New in Wox 1.3.67 (May 23, 2016)

  • bug fixes
  • shell plugin support windows run commands: e.g. pictures, shell:Fonts

New in Wox 1.3.30 (May 20, 2016)

  • option to disable auto updates
  • bug fixes

New in Wox 1.3.0 (May 9, 2016)

  • installer + auto udpate!
  • no more blocking when typing, much faster
  • all data will be stored in %APPDATA%
  • new icons, file associated icons

New in Wox 1.2.900 (May 5, 2016)

  • use existing installed everything
  • use existing installed python
  • add python directory to %PATH% or set it use Settings UI)
  • some plugins may not compatible with py3, ask the author to update their plugin
  • py3 will be used to develop plugins, so UNICODE problems should be fixed
  • fix can't save settings bug
  • new icons
  • add file associated icons (e.g. if you search .sln files, vs icon will be displayed)
  • much smaller! 18mb -> 1.8MB

New in Wox 1.2.882 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • all data moved to %APPDATA% (installed plugins, settings, cache)
  • fixed bug cause installed plugins not working