Software update: DisplayFusion 3.1.7

Binary Fortress Software released a new version of DisplayFusion on Tuesday. With the help of this program it is possible to manage a multimonitor setup. For example, a separate wallpaper can be set per screen and programs can be opened on a screen determined by the user. Photos can also be flickr and VladStudio be placed or retrieved from those sites and used directly as wallpaper on the desktop. More information about DisplayFusion can be found at this page are being found. The changelog of this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Changed:

• Taskbar can now be re-sized very easily by right-clicking on it and selecting “Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size”
• Now shows an optional monitor indicator when dragging a maximized window between monitors
• Rearranged the Desktop Wallpaper window and added icons to some of the dropdowns to simplify it
• Added a “Don’t stretch smaller images” option to the Desktop Wallpaper window – this option will force DisplayFusion to center images that are smaller than the monitor, instead of stretching them
• Added an option to snap window edges to other application’s windows, not just to monitor edges (disabled by default)
• The “Move to Next Monitor” and “Move to Previous Monitor” HotKey and TitleBar Buttons now use the monitors in their logical layout, not sorted by ID
• Right-clicking on the TitleBar Buttons will now show the DisplayFusion context menu
• All DisplayFusion windows now respond correctly to the Enter and Esc keys, as well as accelerator keys (Alt + key)
• HotKeys can now be set to use a single key with no modifier keys (alt, ctrl, win)
• Added a “Compatibility” tab in the DisplayFusion Settings window for managing TitleBar Button exclusions, TitleBar Button Offset (per application), Window Snapping exclusions and Wallpaper Changing exclusions – instead of managing these exclusions separately on each tab
• Added an option to allow random wallpaper changes to be paused while a specified application is running – configure this in the Compatibility tab
• Added a new Advanced Setting called “AutoUpdateBeta” for checking for new beta versions
• Added a new Advanced Setting called “TitleBarButtonsBackgroundCustom” for using a custom TitleBar Button background image
• Added a new Advanced Setting called “TaskbarsPreviewAnimation” for enabling/disabling the Taskbar thumbnail preview animations
• Added a new Advanced Setting called “TaskbarsColourTrackingRGB” for forcing the Taskbar to use a specific tracking color
• Added a new Advanced Setting called “MonitorsForceOrder” for forcing the monitors to be treated in a specific order

Fixed:

• Taskbar compatibility improvements: Winamp
• TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: Console Windows
• Taskbar is now more responsive to Windows theme color changes
• Taskbar text anti-aliasing is now much better, and text looks exactly like the Windows taskbar (Vista, Win7)
• Taskbar now supports hacked themes in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 (custom taskbar backgrounds, buttons and text effects like text glow)
• TitleBar Buttons now supports hacked themes in Vista and Windows 7 (custom titlebar button backgrounds and Windows Aero glow effects)
• When a monitor is added, removed or re-sized DisplayFusion reacts much quicker
• Changing a taskbar’s position using the taskbar context menu is now much faster
• Restarting DisplayFusion doesn’t cause the hooks to silently fail to load in rare cases (silently prevented certain features from working with no indication as to why)
• Improved full screen application detection
• Moving a window that isn’t sizable isn’t accidental re-sized in rare situations
• Fixed a problem that caused taskbar items to not be added back correctly when disabling a secondary monitor
• Better application compatibility with the Windows 7 Snipping Tool
• TitleBar Buttons no longer appear 1px too high when monitors are vertically stacked
• “Font ‘Tahoma’ does not support style ‘Underline’” error appeared sometimes when open the Flickr image search in Windows 7
• Taskbar and TitleBar exceptions now work correctly with VMware Player
• TitleBar Buttons now scale properly and don’t get blurry when font scaling is being used
• System Tray message balloon text is no longer truncated incorrectly (prevented error messages from being fully displayed)
• Taskbar buttons now respect the “MinWidth” taskbar button size hack (“HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktopWindowMetricsMinWidth”)
• Taskbar previews now show the correct window for Microsoft Excel