[boogerlad]

Hi Tihiy, I've sent you a pm some time ago. If you aren't too busy, can you please respond?

[Tihiy]

boogerlad, on 19 February 2013 - 02:26 PM, said:

Hi Tihiy, I've sent you a pm some time ago. If you aren't too busy, can you please respond?

Didn't receive PMs from you.

[Tihiy]

Version 2.0 Release Candidate
http://www.startisba...ack_setupRC.exe
NOTE: if you update from 2.0 beta, Start Apps pinned to Start menu will turn into pumpkin dummy shortcuts. You have to un-pin and pin them again. Do not downgrade to 2.0 beta.
This release is (should be) awesome. New skin and orb are the results of hard work of PainteR. Appearance screen got pretty makeover.

New:
- New Skin
- New Start Orb
- Revamped Appearance config screen
- Alternate start menu skins and high contrast themes use different flyout menu style
- Option to disable taskbar translucency works for secondary taskbars
- Option to disable StartIsBack for current user
- Option to hide Start button
- Some useful Windows settings in Advanced section
- StartIsBack is disabled in Safe Mode
Fixes:
- Start Apps folder slowing down All Programs
- Start Apps folder not refreshing after app install / remove
- Start Apps folder not displaying icons in high DPI
- Start Apps folder not displaying some apps
- Incorrect orb hover animation alpha-blending

P.S. Translators will receive translation text later.
This release is functionally complete; Some improvements under the hood are planned for 2.0 release.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 19 February 2013 - 06:02 PM

[gsilvap]

Very good job!!

One small problem:
So I opened the start menu had pinned a program called Start Apps, but after the installation of 2RC no longer have ... As I return to the Start Apps on there?

Thank you.

[ISOHaven]

Looking good. No problems right off the bat. I'll play with it more tomorrow.

[gsilvap]

gsilvap, on 19 February 2013 - 07:35 PM, said:

Very good job!!

One small problem:
So I opened the start menu had pinned a program called Start Apps, but after the installation of 2RC no longer have ... As I return to the Start Apps on there?

Thank you.

I have unistall and reinstall and it solve the problem!!!

Continue the good work!!!

[Laurence]

Hi Tihiy,

In Version 2.0 Release Candidate of StartisBack, one of the new additions you mention is: "StartIsBack is disabled in Safe Mode"

When Windows is in Safe Mode I understand why it may be a good thing to have it be automatically disabled, but still. . . can it be 'manually started' by the user if so desired? A little bit of ease and familiarity while moving around to seek a cure for what ails the PC can be a real help.

regards,
Laurence

[MagicAndre1981]

Nice improvements. But the preview of the startmenu is limited to 4 themes. If you have more installed, you can see them in the preview.

[iCEhOT]

Laurence, on 19 February 2013 - 11:12 PM, said:

Hi Tihiy,

In Version 2.0 Release Candidate of StartisBack, one of the new additions you mention is: "StartIsBack is disabled in Safe Mode"

When Windows is in Safe Mode I understand why it may be a good thing to have it be automatically disabled, but still. . . can it be 'manually started' by the user if so desired? A little bit of ease and familiarity while moving around to seek a cure for what ails the PC can be a real help.

regards,
Laurence

+1 I agree that should be an option, initially you may want any 3rd party code disabled, but also the familiarity when troubleshooting is also something that can really help...

[Tihiy]

Laurence, on 19 February 2013 - 11:12 PM, said:

When Windows is in Safe Mode I understand why it may be a good thing to have it be automatically disabled, but still. . . can it be 'manually started' by the user if so desired? A little bit of ease and familiarity while moving around to seek a cure for what ails the PC can be a real help.

There will be a way to enable SIB in Safe Mode.

Quote

Nice improvements. But the preview of the startmenu is limited to 4 themes. If you have more installed, you can see them in the preview.

That's intended so far but will be fixed.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 20 February 2013 - 04:17 AM

[ender`]

There's a weird problem with themes in high contrast mode: if "Disable Start Menu transparency" is enabled, Start Menu goes fully transparent in the non-default themes.

Also, could you include my orb images in the installer, too?

[Tihiy]

ender`, on 20 February 2013 - 02:08 AM, said:

Also, could you include my orb images in the installer, too?

I'm not sure, the color of the flag does not fit for many taskbar/window colors.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 20 February 2013 - 05:06 AM

[kilv]

Indonesian translation: Done !

[MagicAndre1981]

Tihiy, on 20 February 2013 - 01:37 AM, said:

That's intended so far but will be fixed.

ok, thanks

[ender`]

Tihiy, on 20 February 2013 - 04:59 AM, said:

I'm not sure, the color of the flag does not fit for many taskbar/window colors.

I took the colour from the charms bar (though that one does have black background, regardless of theme). Still, I think it looks fine with most themes.

[ender`]

I noticed a small cosmetic problem while translating: on the Advanced page, the "px" label is covered by the scrollbar (at least in 120DPI mode).

Also, the section labels (eg. "Configure Start menu items and behavior") are always dark blue, even in high contrast themes (makes them hard to see with black background).

Two more translation-related questions:
- is it possible to translate the control panel icon name?
- previous translation versions had some strings for the DLL, but these are missing in the most recent RU-RU.txt example file - are they not supported anymore?

[Tihiy]

Version 2.0 Release Candidate 2
http://www.startisba...ack_setupRC.exe
Since 2.0 is a big release, let's take time and polish 2.0 further. There will be 2.0RC3.

New:
- Changed Mod+Win 'Change Windows key mode' function to be less confusing. It no longer fires Start Menu / Start screen directly; to provide visual feedback, it flashes Start screen / Desktop thumbnail in bottom-left corner to reflect changed Windows key mode.
- Improved 'Activate by Web browser' experience
- New program folder highlighting in All Programs XP style
Fixed:
- Fixed Appearance styles/orbs list overflow issues
- Minor fixes

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 21 February 2013 - 03:51 PM

[ender`]

Tihiy, on 21 February 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

- Changed Mod+Win 'Change Windows key mode' function to be less confusing. It no longer fires Start Menu / Start screen directly; to provide visual feedback, it flashes Start screen / Desktop thumbnail in bottom-left corner to reflect changed Windows key mode.

This flashes on my secondary monitor for some reason.

Also, at least in RC1, the highlight colour was still orange, even in high contrast theme.

[MagicAndre1981]

Tihiy, on 21 February 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

Fixed:
- Fixed Appearance styles/orbs list overflow issues

thanks for fixing this

[Maslak66]

Polish translation: Done !