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WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 8 (4.3.2895)
November 18, 2022
π New Features
- Add an uptime chart with the hourly uptime of the last 8 days.
- Change the "Favorite reboot days" dot chart into a pie chart that's easier to read.
π Bug Fixes
- Fix detection the right horizontal scroll direction (left or right) on certain systems.
ποΈ Removed
- In line with the Premium features and messaging, per-application input and uptime history is now limited to 1 week. The time selection will mention to upgrade to a Premium account when trying to use the extended history.
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 7 (4.3.2879)
November 15, 2022
π Bug Fixes
- Fix a crash when toggling between network per-application time windows and apps are removed from the list.
- Prevent from reaching the help and feedback tabs when using the arrow keys to navigate the tabs.
π Improvements
- Upgrade npcap to 1.71 and don't try to upgrade npcap when there's a newer version installed.
- Set the application uptime view to 'today' by default.
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 6 (4.3.2869)
November 9, 2022
π New Features
- Add mouse scrolls and distance to the website communications.
Note that they won't be visible on the website yet, that will come when 4.4 becomes general available. Please update either way, I need the incoming data and it'll give you a head start on having scrolls and distance online. Γ°ΕΈΛβ°
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 5 (4.3.2850)
November 4, 2022
π New Features
- Add navigation links to the feedback form and help center for easy access.
π Improvements
- Improve Geek Window position tracking with multiple monitors.
- Make it easier to change the Geek Window font size.
π Bug Fixes
- Input and Network applications could show less stats then recorded when applications have multiple different folders from where it runs. An example is Discord.
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 4 (4.3.2836)
October 31, 2022
π New Features
- Linux support for mouse scrolls and distance
- MacOS 13 (Ventura) support
π Improvements
- Throttle mouse scroll counts with a maximum of 4 per second. This will make the stat feel more accurate.
π Bug Fixes
- Sometimes the client would not start on Windows with a non-administrator account and when 'Run as Administrator' was enabled.
- Fix remembering the Geek Window position between sessions.
- The installer now checks whether the Visual Studio Redistributable (the popup when installing or updating WhatPulse) is installed and if so, don't attempt to install it again.
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 3.2 (4.3.2814)
October 26, 2022
π Bug Fixes
- Another mouse distance fix for specific Windows versions
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 3.1 (4.3.2813)
October 25, 2022
π Bug Fixes
- Fixed mouse distances sometimes not showing, or showing ridongculous high numbers.
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 3 (4.3.2812)
October 25, 2022
π New Features
- Added per-application support for mouse scrolls and distance
- Added support for mouse scrolls and distance on the Input History table page
π Notes
- Reset application names that were named "Γ½ï»¯" on beta 1
π Bug Fixes
- Fix application icons on macOS that are displayed on the per-application pages
- Run on lower than Windows 10, without giving the error prompt about not finding GetDpiForSystem. Mouse distance depends on this, meaning mouse distance only works on Windows 10 or above.
π Improvements
- Minor interface tweaks (i.e., unpulsed clicks are back on the overview, the toggle element has been reworked, things like that)
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta 2 (4.3.2801)
October 19, 2022
π New Features
- Upload the computer profile (specs, hardware) after pulsing if the website doesn't have a profile. Speeds up the computer profile visibility.
- Add a setting to toggle between imperial and metric mouse distances
π Improvements
- Don't shuffle tabs when saving the settings, making the page jump.
- Make the 'More Details' link white and use better table row colors in dark mode
- Remove an extra click when logging in and restoring client settings. Less clicks is more!
π Bug Fixes
- Fix the percentage calculation of the mouse button with low numbers. Sometimes the middle button showed 1% with 0 clicks.
- Fix application name discovery on non-English Windows systems
WhatPulse 4.4 Beta (4.3.2784)
October 13, 2022
π New Features
- Support for mouse distance and scrolls!
- Mouse distance is tracked in inches and translated into your native measurements (metric or imperial)
- Scrolls are counted for all directions: up, down, left, and right
- Redesigned the mouse details page to fit the new metrics
- Support for Windows and macOS first
- Add support for hourly mouse coordinate exports
- Add a startup parameter to get the current client version:
- For example: .\WhatPulse.exe --version
π Improvements
- Redesigned the tray menu colors to match the rest of the client
- Update process streamlines:
- Make it completely automatic (removed the 'do you want to quit' message)
- Fix starting the client again after the update completes
- Modernize the software framework
- Move Windows client to use 64bit only
- Upgrade Qt from v5 to v6
- This might not mean much to you, but this prepares the client for the future, making it faster and easier to develop.
π Bug Fixes
- Fix mouse coordinate exports. In some cases the results were 0x0 instead of the resolution coordinates (i.e., 1021x879)
- Linux: fix detecting touchpad gestures as (many) clicks in some scenarios
π Improvements
- Fix navigation menu icon size when system scaling is more than 150%