# Notcher Changelog ## Version 1.8.1 - Open Tasks, Notes, Notcher Bridge, Apps & Widgets, and Settings with **Alt+1** through **Alt+5**. **Alt+Space** opens Music Overview. - Open or close **Quick Search** with **Alt+S**. Search Google or enter a web address, open multiple tabs, and use Back, Forward, or Refresh. **Open in browser** opens the page in your default browser and closes the Notcher frames. - Quick Search retains persistent website cookies across restarts. Pressing Enter in the address field keeps the popup open. - Untouched new notes are discarded when you leave the editor, so they do not appear as empty notes. ## Version 1.8.0 - Tasks and Notes open in a separate popup below the main Notcher frame, with a slide and fade transition. - Pin a note or drag it outside Notcher to open a resizable window that stays on top. Shift-click several pinned notes to move them together. - Add tasks with a calendar picker, 24-hour time wheels, tags, and notes. Open a task to review or edit those details. - Drag to reorder tasks and notes. Rows shift as you move the item so you can see where it will land. - Updated icons and empty-list messages in Tasks, Notes, and Notcher Bridge. ## Version 1.7 ### Notcher Bridge - Bridge now places the upload area on the left and the file list on the right, with storage usage beside the title. - Files waiting to send appear in the same list. Use **Send** on a row, **Send all files**, or **Send selected files** from the right-click menu. - Check files by clicking their rows or checkboxes. The right-click menu offers clear and download actions for individual, selected, or all files. Clearing files asks for confirmation and keeps local copies. - Bridge storage limits are **100 MB on Free** and **1 GB on Pro**, with a **50 MB limit per file**. - Improved the first-launch login check so Bridge waits for your account status before showing **Log in**. Choosing or dropping files while signed out prompts you to log in. Switching into Bridge uses the same frame animation as other views. - The **Recipient** menu opens upward, with **+ add recipient** at the top and **to my Bridge** at the bottom. **to my Bridge** is selected by default. Contacts are saved on the current device. Sending to saved contacts is coming soon. ### Tasks, reminders & notifications - Use the clock next to the new-task field to set a reminder before saving. For an existing task, right-click to set, edit, or remove its reminder. Reminders are stored on the device and appear in a one-line banner. If Notcher is open, the banner waits until it collapses. - Notification banners fit their text up to 900 px and shorten longer messages with an ellipsis. Hover over a banner to keep it visible. Choose and preview one of ten notification sounds in Settings. - The Tasks view shows the number of unfinished tasks above the list. - Notcher shows a wellness reminder about every 30 minutes of active PC use, with the elapsed active time and a suggestion to drink water, stretch, or take a break. Press **Alt+/** to preview it. ### Music, Tasks overview & Calendar - Music now includes a Tasks overview and calendar beside the existing controls. Select a date to see unfinished tasks scheduled for that day. Today also includes unfinished tasks without reminders. Click **Tasks** to open the full list. - Scroll the date strip without changing your selection, use **Back to Today** to return, or click **Calendar** to open the month picker. Select a date to slide it into focus. **Back to Today** appears when another date is selected or today scrolls out of view. Dots mark dates with scheduled tasks, and today stays red-orange even when another date is selected. - Refreshed the Previous, Play, Pause, and Next icons and kept the volume slider beside the playback controls. - **Alt+Up/Down** now behave like the Windows volume keys and repeat while held. ### Account & recovery - **Sign up** opens the BIOSPHIR website. Press **Enter** to submit the desktop login form and look for a confirmation after signing in. - **Forgot password?** sends a code by email. Enter the code in Notcher, choose and confirm a new password, then return to login. You can collapse Notcher while waiting and reopen it to continue. - Settings shows your current plan beside your email. **Upgrade** shows a coming-soon message. ### Settings & appearance - Choose **Arimo**, **Roboto**, or **Montserrat** in Settings. New defaults are **Arimo**, **Sound 3**, and a **300 ms** Hidden hover delay. **Reset to Default** now asks for confirmation. - Confirmation panels dissolve in and out. File Converter, PDF Merger, and PDF Split stay open while files are selected. Switching views or pressing **Esc** while focused asks before discarding the selection. - Refined the top corners, improved secondary-text contrast, and made clicks near the hidden notch pass through to the app underneath. - Removed view-header dividers and made view titles bold. Scrolling over a closed Settings dropdown no longer changes its value. - The Apps view includes **+ add more from apps marketplace**, which shows a coming-soon message. ### Updates & fixes - Open **Settings > About > Check for updates** to check for a newer public release and open its release page. - Fixed a Windows startup crash after installation. - Fixed a blank or stuck Bridge view when switching from File Converter, PDF Merger, or PDF Split. ## Version 1.6 ### Notcher Bridge - Added Bridge for sharing files between your devices signed into the same Notcher account. - Choose files or drag and drop them into Bridge, then select **Send**. The file list updates automatically on your other devices; download files when you need them. - Added background transfers, retry for failed sends, and cancellation for queued or active sends. - Added support for files up to 50 MB each, with a 100 MB account upload quota check and a usage indicator such as **0/100 MB (0%)**. - Added **Delete** and **Clear all files**, with confirmation before removing cloud copies. Existing local copies remain untouched. - Added **Download all files**, with folder selection and separate names for files that would otherwise overwrite an existing file. - Drag a file over closed Notcher and hold briefly to open Bridge for a quick drop. Notcher stays open during file selection and while files remain selected. - Updated the upload area, enlarged the Bridge navigation icon, refined the split-action button, and added a minimal horizontal scrollbar. - Added a delete confirmation popup aligned just below Notcher, matching its width with a small gap and a soft dissolve animation. ### Hotkeys - Added a **Hotkeys** reference in Settings. - **Alt+Space** opens Notcher and keeps it open until you press it again or click outside. - **Ctrl+N** creates a task or note from its list when you are not editing text. - While Notcher is pinned open: **Ctrl+P** opens Apps, **Ctrl+D** opens Bridge, and **Ctrl+O** opens Bridge's file picker. - When Notcher is closed or Hidden: **Alt+1**, **Alt+2**, and **Alt+3** open File Converter, PDF Merger, and PDF Split. Number shortcuts follow the Apps list order. - **Alt+Right/Left** skip tracks while music is playing; **Alt+P** plays or pauses; **Alt+M** opens the playing source and tries to select its browser tab. - **Alt+Up/Down** change Windows volume by 1% per step and repeat while held. Volume shortcuts also trigger the Windows volume popup. - Added **Use hotkeys**, enabled by default, so you can disable Notcher shortcuts when they conflict with another app. - Added **Disable hotkeys while another app is fullscreen**, enabled by default, to temporarily release global shortcuts during fullscreen use. ### Music - Added a compact volume icon and slider beside Next, while keeping Previous, Play/Pause, and Next centered. - Click the artwork or song title to open the music source, including when playback is paused. - Improved fallback artwork when a song has no cover or the browser supplies its own logo. - Added an animated playing indicator that stops when playback is paused. - Made the song progress bar thinner at rest and larger while dragging. - Added a brief Music preview after Next/Previous. It waits for the new track to be ready before starting its display time, then returns to your previous view. Click the preview to keep Music open. ### Appearance & interaction - Notcher now starts in Hidden mode with a solid black indicator. Enable **Completely invisible** in Settings if you prefer no visible indicator. - Added smoother mouse-wheel scrolling throughout Notcher, including horizontal file browsing and note editing. - Added consistent hand cursors for clickable controls. - Smoothed and shortened closing animations, removing a source of brief window flicker. - Icons and text now grow with the frame when opening from Hidden. Changes between open views keep their normal layout. - Improved tool-window sizing and shortcut navigation to prevent stuck transitions. ## Version 1.5 ### Accounts & synchronization - Added account creation, login, and logout from Settings. - Added a compact Login and Sign Up view within Settings, with account status and helpful error messages. - Added encrypted sign-in session storage to keep your account signed in between app launches. - Added manual synchronization for Tasks and Notes across devices using the same account. Open Settings, log in, and select **Synchronize** on each device to exchange changes. - Synchronization includes task completion, note content, item order, and deletions. When changes conflict, the most recently updated version is kept. - Added synchronization progress and result messages, with refreshed Tasks and Notes after a successful sync. - Local task and note features remain available without signing in. Settings and app preferences are not synchronized. ### Improvements & fixes - Replaced Yes/No settings controls with compact animated toggle switches. - Improved Settings navigation and separated the Login view from the scrolling settings list. - Improved spacing around account actions. - Moved login, sign-up, and synchronization work into the background to keep the interface responsive during those operations. - Fixed an issue with passing login details to the sign-in process. ## Version 1.4 ### Music controls - Added a Music view for controlling media playing in compatible Windows apps. - Added play/pause, previous, and next controls, with shuffle and seeking when supported by the media app. - Added track title, artist, source app, artwork, and playback progress when available. - Added fallback artwork when suitable track artwork is unavailable. ### Settings & navigation - Added navigation between Tasks, Notes, Apps, Settings, and Music. - Made Settings scrollable while keeping Save Changes available. - Added options to show remaining tasks on hover, open Music first, and open the Notch directly on hover. - Added Reset to Default to restore and save the default settings. ## Version 1.3 ### Tasks & notes - Added Notes, with multiple notes that can be opened, edited, reordered, and deleted with inline confirmation. - Completed tasks now move below incomplete tasks automatically. - Added drag-to-reorder within the incomplete and completed task groups. - Added task context-menu actions for editing, deleting, moving up, and moving down. - Added an option to hide completed tasks. ### File tools - Added an Apps view with File Converter, PDF Merger, and PDF Split tools. - Added support for selecting and reordering multiple files before conversion. - Added conversion options for supported PDF, DOCX, PNG, and JPG inputs, including PNG to ICO. - Added the option to convert files individually or combine them into one PDF. ### Desktop experience - Added an option to launch Notcher when you sign in to Windows. - Notcher stays out of the taskbar and can be restored or quit from the system tray. - Improved the active Settings indicator and navigation back to Tasks. - Added the Notcher application icon. ## Version 1.2 ### Settings & usability - Added Settings for the hide delay, hover-to-reveal delay, and task-deletion confirmation. - Added Save Changes and Back controls for applying or discarding pending settings changes. - Improved spacing around the inline Confirm Delete control. - Added a pointing-hand cursor to interactive controls. ## Version 1.1 ### Task editing & interaction - Added inline editing for existing tasks. - Added inline deletion confirmation to help prevent accidental task removal. - Reduced the hover-to-reveal delay from 2 seconds to 0.5 seconds. ## Version 1.0 ### Initial release - Introduced a desktop task list with Hidden, Closed, and Opened Notch states. - The Hidden state displays a thin strip at the top center of the screen. Hover over it for 2 seconds to reveal the Closed state. - The Closed state displays the number of incomplete tasks; the Opened state displays the task list. - Added task creation, completion tracking, deletion, and reordering controls. - Added Hide Notch to hide the Notch when it is not in use. Disable it to keep the Closed state visible.