Simplode Suite News

2020-12-4 - Released Version 1.1.1.93

• Fixed issue that impacted many dropdown menus throughout the application to incorrectly show their machine values instead of their human readable values.
• Since the previous update, the Steam store pages have been updated to include automated translations into all Steam supported languages.
• A recent server migration has been causing the licensing server to issue unverifiable product certificates. This issue has been resolved on the server.

Added automated translations for 12 additional languages:

• Hindi (हिंदी)
• Bengali (বাংলা)
• Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)
• Marathi (मराठी)
• Telugu (తెలుగు)
• Tamil (தமிழ்)
• Urdu (اردو)
• Javanese (Wong jawa)
• Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
• Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia)
• Tagalog (Filipino)
• Icelandic (Íslenska)

11/13/2020 - Released Version 1.1.1.36
The Freaky Friday update is here to make Simplode Suite less freaky. The changes fix issues with beta features and improve the functionality and usability of strict preset found in the welcome screen to offer the option of a higher level of predictability while still maintaining easy access to the application's features.

• Free Beta Features have been disabled by default. This is how the Free Beta Features were intended to work, so I am unsure as to why they were enabled by default in the first place.
• Fixed issue where Steam users who had registered the Free Beta Features DLC on their account would always have Free Beta Features enabled, even if the the Free Beta Features were not set to be enabled within the application.
• Added a warning confirmation prompt to the Red Cyan Desktop 3D beta feature. The feature is reported to have compatibility issues on some systems. Before trying this feature for the first time, please ensure you have saved all of your work and are prepared to restart your computer if necessary.
• Added the Ring Menu Quick Toggle Settings option, which is available in the Toggle Ring Menu flyout and is enabled by default.
  If enabled, clicking on a settings toggling action button in a ring menu will instantly toggle the setting. If disabled, it will open the flyout window where you can click again to toggle the setting.
  This setting is disabled in strict mode, making it less likely to accidentally turn on an unwanted setting.
• Added the Ring Menu Quick Activate Actions option, which is available in the Toggle Ring Menu flyout and is enabled by default.
  If enabled, clicking on an action activating button in a ring menu will instantly activate the action. If disabled, it will open the flyout window where you can click again to activate the action.
  This setting is disabled in strict mode, making it less likely to accidentally activate an unwanted action.
• Strict mode now disables Window Hover Linking. Previously Window Hover Linking would still not function in strict mode because it requires External Input be enabled to function, which Strict mode also disables.
• If External Input is disabled, attempts to enable features which require External Input will now ask if you would like to also enable External Input. This change has been made for the following features: Changing Hotkeys, Window Hover Linking, Mouse Accelerator, Mouse Wheel Accelerator, Cursor Finder, Mouse Display, Keyboard Dynamic Repeat, Keyboard Hold Next Key, Keyboard Toggle Next Toggle Key, and Focus Free Interactions.
• Fixed bug where action hotkeys would not immediately work after turning on External Input.

2020-11-4 Simplode Suite 1.1.1.1 Released!

After receiving many requests to make Simplode Suite available in other languages, especially from Chinese users who have been very supportive, I have added internationalization support. I did not originally write the code with internationalization in mind, but I have implemented a custom solution which seems to work. I am not fluent in any language besides English, so I will be relying heavily on users to report any issues.
I have added automatically generated translations for the following languages:

• Arabic (العربية) - Arabic may face a lot of issues regarding right to left text support.
  
• Bulgarian (Български)
  
• Chinese (Simplified) (简体中文)
  
• Chinese (Traditional) (繁體中文)
  
• Czech (Čeština)
  
• Danish (Dansk)
  
• Dutch (Nederlands)
  
• Finnish (Suomi)
  
• French (Français)
  
• German (Deutsch)
  
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
  
• Hungarian (Magyar)
  
• Italian (Italiano)
  
• Japanese (日本語)
  
• Korean (한국어)
  
• Norwegian (Norsk)
  
• Polish (Polski)
  
• Portuguese (Português)
  
• Romanian (Română)
  
• Russian (Русский)
  
• Spanish (Español)
  
• Swedish (Svenska)
  
• Thai (ไทย)
  
• Turkish (Türkçe)
  
• Ukrainian (Українська)
  
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
  

The translation files automatically download when selected in the Welcome Menu.
I am prepared to add more automatically translated languages in the future, but for now I want to see if there is any important feedback that may impact my automatic translation process before proceeding.
If anyone would like to offer improvements to the translation files, I will gratefully accept. The files are downloaded to "%localappdata%\Simplode Suite\translations" and probably need little explanation, as they are simple JSON formatted mappings from English to other languages, though they do include replacement variables in many cases in the format of {0}, {1}, {2}, etc.

I have also included other small feature improvements and bug fixes:

• The Toggle Ring Menu to Favorites option now works when the application first starts, and has been modified to open the favorites menu when left clicking on the Simplode button.
  
• Folders that are mirrored in the favorites menu will now ignore hidden files and folders.
  
• Reintroduced flyout locking. By default, flyout windows that have not been clicked will close automatically when clicking another window.Detailed options are available in the flyout, which you can use to determine if and when to prevent flyouts from automatically closing, which can be used to get the old behavior of leaving flyout windows open always.
  
• Added VSync option to the Red Cyan 3D feature.
  
• Added VSync option to the Equalizer Ring feature.
  
• Fixed bug with some windows not having a action button available.This had caused exceptions in some cases.
  
• Fixed an exception that would occur sometimes when closing a window too quickly after being opened.
  
• Adjusted readonly text boxes to have normal appearance.
  

10/15/2020 - Released Version 1.1.0.363

• Fixed issue with flyout windows remaining attached to the menu ring even after the menu ring moves away. This would cause flyout windows to unintuitively show and hide along with the menu ring.
• Added the ability to add an entire directory structure to the favorites ring when dropping a folder on to the ring menu. By default, further changes to the directory structure will be mirrored in the ring system. Inside the flyout window for the newly created ring is an option to toggle the automatic updates. Thanks to merfab76 for requesting this feature!
• Added additional information when executables are added to the favorites ring. The version, product name, and description are extracted from the executable and included in the description of the new menu item, which also allows this information to be indexed in the Action Search feature.
• Added an option to make the Favorites ring the default ring that is shown when using the Toggle Ring Menu feature. While you can already directly open the Favorites menu using a custom hotkey, this option will cause some of the more advanced features like the mouse button combos to open the Favorites menu.
• Toggling a menu ring with a hotkey now behaves more intuitively. If it closes the ring and there is not a previous ring to show, it will hide the ring menu. It will also cause the ring to jump to your cursor only when opening and not when closing.
• Fixed issue where the Simplode Protocol registry keys were not removed when uninstalling the Steam version of Simplode Suite.
• Fixed issue where the Weather tool will keep popping up additional windows each time you click on the flyout button.
• Fixed issue where disabling the Steam integration would not immediately end the Steam integration.
• Added a Polite mode to help new users avoid certain features that can be a bit tricky to find and disable if the user finds them annoying. Glass Apps and Cursor Finder are disabled in the Polite preset.
• Added achievements for using Glass Apps and Cursor Finder.
  

10/1/2020 - Released Version 1.1.0.265

• Improved efficiency of Glass Apps Video Auto Detection.
• Added Weather feature which can show the current weather conditions in the ring system and in the system tray.
• Added the "Fool Moon" achievement. You can obtain this achievement by setting up your location in the Weather feature and witnessing a full moon on a clear night.
• Fixed bug with borderless full screen where the target application is positioned incorrectly sometimes when using multiple monitors.
• Added new achievements for opening the Action Search with a hotkey and for toggling the Ring Menu using a mouse button combination. The default hotkey for Action Search is [Control]+[Shift]+[Tab] and the default combination for toggling the ring menu is [Middle Mouse Button]+[Right Mouse Button]. These two methods are how I (the developer) usually use the tool.
• Added Related Actions to achievements. In the flyout window for each achievement, the action related to the achievement is shown.
• Fixed license message bug in achievement flyout windows.
• Added a link to the achievements feature in the welcome screen.
• Fixed achievement display ranges in Steam and one wrong achievement image.