The Windows Taskbar
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Key Highlights & Fixes

• Hover Responsiveness: Fixed hover lag and sticky button states during Focus Mode animations.

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• OS Support: Added experimental support for macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia.

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• Memory Leaks & Performance: Fixed severe memory leaks and CPU hitches related to window tracking and clipboard thumbnail generation.

Key Highlights & Fixes

• Display Background Dimmer: Added a new toggle to optionally dim the wallpaper on secondary/inactive displays when they have no windows, preventing bright wallpapers from causing glare.
• Multi-Display Focus Mode: Completely fixed multi-monitor Focus Mode bugs where dimming panels would display at the wrong coordinates (e.g., midway down external displays) or fail to correctly trigger on hover.
• Codebase Cleanup: Fixed deprecated property warnings and modernized dictionary initializers.

Key Highlights & Fixes

• Settings UI: Restructured "Surface Tint Density" to be grouped correctly under "Liquid Tint Hue", matching the visual style of "Tint Brightness" with a dark background fill.
• Focus Mode: Corrected the icon shading for the Search and Trash buttons to match dimmed buttons.
• Focus Mode: The dim tint now applies instantly upon resizing the AeroBar window.
• Focus Mode: Disabled the "bevel" edge effect on both the top and bottom bars while in focus mode.
• Focus Mode: Fixed a flickering issue that occurred when hovering over pinned apps.

Note for old v8.0/older users: This update stabilizes performance loops and UX rendering efficiency.

Key Highlights & Fixes

• Daemon Optimization: Eliminated severe CPU usage and UI hitches (saving ~500ms per tick) by caching Space IPC calls and eagerly short-circuiting invisible phantom windows.
• Memory Leaks: Plugged continuous memory leaks caused by undocumented CGS WindowServer APIs returning +1 unmanaged CF types.

Note for old v8.0/older users: This update stabilizes performance loops and UX rendering efficiency.

Key Highlights & Fixes

• Performance: Resolved a critical layout/rendering loop that caused massive 40% CPU overhead whenever the Start Menu or Cmd+Tab panels were open. The glass masking is now fully processed by native AppKit CoreAnimation layers.
• Responsiveness: Re-architected AX accessibility hit-testing to run completely off the main thread, fixing frequent 5-second UI lockups when clicking zoom and window control buttons.
• Stability: Fixed a layout crash (Invalid frame dimension) that occurred during the initial display of the Cmd+Tab panel.

Note for old v8.0/older users: This update stabilizes our trackpad gestures and window positioning framework.

Key Highlights & Fixes

• Trackpad Gestures Redesign: Replaced the 4-finger swipe up/left/right gesture cycling with 3-finger swipes, completely freeing up 4-finger trackpad gestures for native macOS features (like Mission Control or spaces).
• No Update Interruptions: The update checker will no longer interrupt you with popups while any connected display is in true fullscreen mode or if the active app window is maximized.
• Window Positioning & Repositioning Fix: Resolved a layout coordinate bug that caused window tabs and previews to reposition app windows slightly downward when switching or pulling cross-display.
• Customization Button Hover Fix: Fixed the customization button interaction bounds so tapping its surrounding hover area triggers the customization panel correctly.
• App Icon Corner Squircle: Adjusted the pinned app icon corner mask to match native macOS squircle/rounded icon design constraints.
• Hover Jitter Lock: Silenced physical trackpad cursor drift from interfering with the active 3-finger swipe gesture cycle highlights.

Note for old v8.0/older users: This update is marked as a full release to trigger updates automatically via the legacy check-for-updates system.

Key Highlights

• Cmd+Tab & Gesture Switching Fixes: Solved issues when using 3–4 finger swipe gestures to switch back to the last active window. Window preview hovers now correctly follow the custom Window Preview Size settings without clipping.
• Liquid Design macOS Aesthetics: Introducing beautiful, native AppKit glass vibrancy with custom light/dark mode-split accent colors, customizable selection intensity, and a 0.5pt specular bevel highlight.
• Stability & Performance: Resolved background issues that caused window switching lag and memory leaks, ensuring a responsive and resource-friendly experience.
• Window Workspace Fixes: Resolved the fullscreen Space flicker and VLC fullscreen window rendering compatibility bugs.

Full Change List

User Interface & Aesthetics

• Added selection highlight color intensity slider.
• Added Active Tab Dimmer for inactive states.
• Fixed icon padding, welcome screen gaps, and EULA layout on boot.

System & Battery Optimizations

• Moved window tracking updates to dynamic background threads.
• Added battery drain warning for heavy CPU background loops.
• Improved overall idle CPU utilization (targeting 0% idle).

Stability & Reliability

• Added Clipboard History delete confirmation.
• Fixed Context Menu freeze issues.
• Upgraded license and trial handling logic.

Baseline Features

• Liquid Glass Taskbar: Blurs and tints desktop wallpapers dynamically.
• Start Orb & Menu: Interactive start launcher with application browser and Spotlight search integration.
• Live Window Tab Strip: One-click app switching showing window titles and app icons natively.
• Multi-Display Integration: Independent taskbar layout across all secondary monitors.