12Gadgets Release Notes
12Gadgets is getting better and better - free of course!
We hope you enjoy our easy-to-use apps and recommend them to all your friends!
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Version 9.12 (Sep 12, 2023):
+ minor enhancements and optimizations
- Black: fixed crash after wake-up under certain conditions
- Moon: fixed 'days until' text not visible in Light mode
Photos:
+ loading much faster, needs less memory!
+ sort by file name or by full path
+ show filename, number/of total (optional)
- Black: fixed crash after wake-up under certain conditions
- Moon: fixed 'days until' text not visible in Light mode
Photos:
+ loading much faster, needs less memory!
+ sort by file name or by full path
+ show filename, number/of total (optional)
Version 9.5 (Sep 5, 2023):
+ many smaller enhancements and optimizations
+ default settings revised, should be less confusing now
Time:
+ mini-calendar with 3 or 4 lines (optional)
Protect:
+ verify 7z.exe before every start
+ passwords with spaces are now processed properly
Photos:
+ encrypted zip file in Protected profile (add-on)
+ use of RAM disk for fast display!
+ handling of password and hash enhanced
(if you already have a protected profile, sorry, you'll have to create a new profile)
+ default settings revised, should be less confusing now
Time:
+ mini-calendar with 3 or 4 lines (optional)
Protect:
+ verify 7z.exe before every start
+ passwords with spaces are now processed properly
Photos:
+ encrypted zip file in Protected profile (add-on)
+ use of RAM disk for fast display!
+ handling of password and hash enhanced
(if you already have a protected profile, sorry, you'll have to create a new profile)
Version 8.24 (Aug 24, 2023):
+ smaller enhancements and bug fixing
Protect: NEW!
+ encrypt a folder to keep it from preying eyes
+ easy, one-button operation!
+ protect sensitive files with strong encryption
+ build on-top of popular 7-Zip
Clock:
+ hexadecimal date (perfect match to the binary clock...)
+ change background color
+ change round background color
Colors:
+ Kelvin slider: easily select any temperature (toggle with K)
Protect: NEW!
+ encrypt a folder to keep it from preying eyes
+ easy, one-button operation!
+ protect sensitive files with strong encryption
+ build on-top of popular 7-Zip
Clock:
+ hexadecimal date (perfect match to the binary clock...)
+ change background color
+ change round background color
Colors:
+ Kelvin slider: easily select any temperature (toggle with K)
Version 8.16 (Aug 16, 2023):
All apps:
+ app-size at startup wrong in some cases, corrected
+ square/16:9 apps too big in some cases, corrected
+ change custom background color of all apps (in Main)
Colors:
+ remember most-recent colors automatically
+ brightness slider with colors (actual rec.2020 colors, mind you,
this is not just some gradient with percentages...)
+ layout and controls straightened out
+ quarter-resolution for even faster display (add-on)
+ show app on taskbar and Alt+Tab (optional)
+ close on Esc (optional)
+ change color picker background itself
+ app-size at startup wrong in some cases, corrected
+ square/16:9 apps too big in some cases, corrected
+ change custom background color of all apps (in Main)
Colors:
+ remember most-recent colors automatically
+ brightness slider with colors (actual rec.2020 colors, mind you,
this is not just some gradient with percentages...)
+ layout and controls straightened out
+ quarter-resolution for even faster display (add-on)
+ show app on taskbar and Alt+Tab (optional)
+ close on Esc (optional)
+ change color picker background itself
Version 8.11 (Aug 11, 2023):
+ many smaller enhancements and optimizations
Moon: major update!
+ bigger picture! 1080x1080!
+ the moon color itself can be changed! (add-on)
Moon: major update!
+ bigger picture! 1080x1080!
+ the moon color itself can be changed! (add-on)
+ easy to choose colors with our Colors app
+ next full/new moon dates nice-y-fied
+ pre-loading of large picture optimized
Time:
+ time color can be changed!
+ easy to choose colors with our Colors app
Clock:
+ time zones can now be customized WITHOUT add-on!
Colors:
+ remember custom colors
+ preview optional
+ rounding error on paste, corrected
+ selection with keys more precise
Main:
+ locked window-override with ALT
+ next full/new moon dates nice-y-fied
+ pre-loading of large picture optimized
Time:
+ time color can be changed!
+ easy to choose colors with our Colors app
Clock:
+ time zones can now be customized WITHOUT add-on!
Colors:
+ remember custom colors
+ preview optional
+ rounding error on paste, corrected
+ selection with keys more precise
Main:
+ locked window-override with ALT
Version 7.25 (July 25, 2023):
+ many smaller enhancements and optimizations
Light: NEW!
+ Turn your monitor into a ring light!
+ ring with variable border-size, or full-screen
+ HDR colors, 12-bit, rec.2020 specification
+ temperature in Kelvin!
+ Kelvin integrated over the full CIE 1931 XYZ spectral power distribution
+ white point between 600 and 12000 Kelvin
+ sliders for temperature, hue, brightness, saturation
Color-of-day: NEW!
+ see time through colors!
+ like a color wheel, the color changes over time:
6 am = red
10 am = yellow
2 pm = green
6 pm = turquoise
10 pm = blue
+ and everything in between
Clock: enhanced demo mode:
+ faster or slower
+ slider to move time back and forth
+ watch how the date moves out of the way
+ see how color-of-day changes over 24 hours
Browser:
+ lock browser to prevent mouse-clicks
+ refresh every 1-480 minutes
+ clear browser history and cookies
Colors:
+ click and easily select colors outside of triangle
+ you can now also paste color values
Light: NEW!
+ Turn your monitor into a ring light!
+ ring with variable border-size, or full-screen
+ HDR colors, 12-bit, rec.2020 specification
+ temperature in Kelvin!
+ Kelvin integrated over the full CIE 1931 XYZ spectral power distribution
+ white point between 600 and 12000 Kelvin
+ sliders for temperature, hue, brightness, saturation
Color-of-day: NEW!
+ see time through colors!
+ like a color wheel, the color changes over time:
6 am = red
10 am = yellow
2 pm = green
6 pm = turquoise
10 pm = blue
+ and everything in between
Clock: enhanced demo mode:
+ faster or slower
+ slider to move time back and forth
+ watch how the date moves out of the way
+ see how color-of-day changes over 24 hours
Browser:
+ lock browser to prevent mouse-clicks
+ refresh every 1-480 minutes
+ clear browser history and cookies
Colors:
+ click and easily select colors outside of triangle
+ you can now also paste color values
Version 7.12 (July 12, 2023):
+ smaller bugs corrected
+ 2 NEW APPS!! getting close to 12...
Browser: NEW!
+ mini-browser to display a part of a webpage
+ great for weather, stocks, or changing data
+ make the page as small as possible but still show the info
+ for example weather from your favorite weather service
+ for example stocks from your favorite markets update
Calendar: NEW!
+ small, moveable calendar
+ place it anywhere on your desktop
+ scroll through months or years
Colors:
+ up arrow key didn't always work, corrected
Photos:
+ protected profile with password instead of just a PIN
+ 2 NEW APPS!! getting close to 12...
Browser: NEW!
+ mini-browser to display a part of a webpage
+ great for weather, stocks, or changing data
+ make the page as small as possible but still show the info
+ for example weather from your favorite weather service
+ for example stocks from your favorite markets update
Calendar: NEW!
+ small, moveable calendar
+ place it anywhere on your desktop
+ scroll through months or years
Colors:
+ up arrow key didn't always work, corrected
Photos:
+ protected profile with password instead of just a PIN
Version 7.1 (July 1, 2023):
Colors: NEW!
+ Color picker? THIS is a color picker!
+ 16-bit colors!
+ triangle as in "three colors"!
+ color spectrum (1 nm steps)
+ Kelvin line
+ rec.2020 and sRGB
+ CIE 1931 XYZ
+ DCI-P3/Adobe/Aces outlines
Clock: now with time zones!
+ all time zones customizable
+ optimized for waaay less CPU/GPU load!
+ more Day-Date options
+ sunrise/sunset indicators
+ solar time
+ binary clock!
Time:
+ Add a time zone as well!
Black:
+ date (optional)
+ Color picker? THIS is a color picker!
+ 16-bit colors!
+ triangle as in "three colors"!
+ color spectrum (1 nm steps)
+ Kelvin line
+ rec.2020 and sRGB
+ CIE 1931 XYZ
+ DCI-P3/Adobe/Aces outlines
Clock: now with time zones!
+ all time zones customizable
+ optimized for waaay less CPU/GPU load!
+ more Day-Date options
+ sunrise/sunset indicators
+ solar time
+ binary clock!
Time:
+ Add a time zone as well!
Black:
+ date (optional)
Version 6.10 (June 10, 2023)
Time: bigger font sizes!
+ display now scales with window size
+ show the time as large as you want!
Backup: keep ALL versions!
+ detect file changes and copy immediately
+ keep ALL versions like a time machine!
+ incremental daily backups for the smallest possible backup
Sleep: run backup before!
+ go to sleep automatically at a set time
+ run full backup before sleep!
+ option to only turn off screen
all:
+ title and mini-close button on mouse-over
+ Photos: size always 16:9 (like Time)
+ Volume: option to change the sound output
+ display now scales with window size
+ show the time as large as you want!
Backup: keep ALL versions!
+ detect file changes and copy immediately
+ keep ALL versions like a time machine!
+ incremental daily backups for the smallest possible backup
Sleep: run backup before!
+ go to sleep automatically at a set time
+ run full backup before sleep!
+ option to only turn off screen
all:
+ title and mini-close button on mouse-over
+ Photos: size always 16:9 (like Time)
+ Volume: option to change the sound output
Version 5.3
Round Clock: NEW
+ Who else's been missing a round clock?
+ smooth seconds (optional)
+ date (optional)
+ date moves out of the way of minute/hour hand!
+ 3 color schemes + accent color
+ 3 shapes: rounded/angular/pointy
+ pixel shift for burn-in protection
Black displays an analog clock as well!
Moon window is always square now (like the round clock)
bugs corrected:
+ Volume: selection of audio device corrected
+ Who else's been missing a round clock?
+ smooth seconds (optional)
+ date (optional)
+ date moves out of the way of minute/hour hand!
+ 3 color schemes + accent color
+ 3 shapes: rounded/angular/pointy
+ pixel shift for burn-in protection
Black displays an analog clock as well!
Moon window is always square now (like the round clock)
bugs corrected:
+ Volume: selection of audio device corrected
Version 5.2
Backup: NEW!
+ it works automatically
+ all your files go into a ZIP file
+ watch how it happens with clear feedback
+ you can exclude files to save time
Photos: NEW!
+ smooth slide-show
+ profiles for different folders
+ speed in seconds or beats-per-minute
Black made easier:
+ idle time counter
+ snooze +1 hour
+ reverse screens (if 2 or 3 monitors)
+ hide cursor over black screen
Time got a bit nicer:
+ Sunday in red (optional)
+ calendar with month+year on mouse-over
+ bar under sunrise/sunset times
+ separator line
+ calendar background and border optional
all:
+ 'Night' color mode - darker than dark!
+ sort main menu: put your favorite apps at the top
+ unused apps are grayed out
+ it works automatically
+ all your files go into a ZIP file
+ watch how it happens with clear feedback
+ you can exclude files to save time
Photos: NEW!
+ smooth slide-show
+ profiles for different folders
+ speed in seconds or beats-per-minute
Black made easier:
+ idle time counter
+ snooze +1 hour
+ reverse screens (if 2 or 3 monitors)
+ hide cursor over black screen
Time got a bit nicer:
+ Sunday in red (optional)
+ calendar with month+year on mouse-over
+ bar under sunrise/sunset times
+ separator line
+ calendar background and border optional
all:
+ 'Night' color mode - darker than dark!
+ sort main menu: put your favorite apps at the top
+ unused apps are grayed out
Version 5.1
Black: NEW!
+ screen-saver, important to protect your new OLED!
+ if you have 2 monitors: only 1 screen goes dark, the other is still accessible!
+ large clock visible from far away
Moon:
+ this is like a live picture of the current moon!
+ large picture updated once an hour
+ see the exact date of the next full/new moon
Time:
+ mini-calendar build in!
+ "true" local solar time
+ sunrise and sunset for your location!
+ screen-saver, important to protect your new OLED!
+ if you have 2 monitors: only 1 screen goes dark, the other is still accessible!
+ large clock visible from far away
Moon:
+ this is like a live picture of the current moon!
+ large picture updated once an hour
+ see the exact date of the next full/new moon
Time:
+ mini-calendar build in!
+ "true" local solar time
+ sunrise and sunset for your location!
Version 4.15
Moon:
+ count the days till next full/new moon
+ large picture of moon phase (from northern or southern hemisphere)
Time:
+ time and date always visible
+ small, movable window
+ UTC/DST/ST
+ customizable month/year combos
Volume:
+ quick access to your audio volume
+ just mouse-wheel over the slider!
Sleep:
+ single-click to quickly put your device into power saving
all:
+ light/dark support
+ save position of all 12Gadgets
+ count the days till next full/new moon
+ large picture of moon phase (from northern or southern hemisphere)
Time:
+ time and date always visible
+ small, movable window
+ UTC/DST/ST
+ customizable month/year combos
Volume:
+ quick access to your audio volume
+ just mouse-wheel over the slider!
Sleep:
+ single-click to quickly put your device into power saving
all:
+ light/dark support
+ save position of all 12Gadgets