Desktop Ticker Change Log (Windows)

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Added branding type option - choice of splash screen when starting or ticker item.
Added support for Linux with Mono - use the same exe on Windows and Linux.
Added options to hide the scroll, minimise, and close buttons.
Colour of button icons can now be customised.
Added option for background to become transparent when application not active (Windows only).
Text filter page added to Options window - show or hide items based on words and phrases.
Add option to automatically start Desktop Ticker (Windows only).
Added function to restore from backup on the Options and Manage Feeds windows.
Added option to disable the creation of backup files.
Fixes for crashes when starting or closing the application.

Read later list - save feed items to a list to access later.
Option for ticker to stay 100% opaque when the active window.
Option to turn off shared settings, so each instance of Desktop Ticker has its own feed and settings configuration.
Option to change control & click behaviour.
Dock mode can now span multiple displays (float only, display dock edges must be aligned and have same DPI).
Ability to import and export settings.
Improvements on high DPI displays (standard hand cursor, button image size scale, larger icon images).
Improved extraction of feed URLs from HTML pages.
Backup copies of settings files automatically created.
Changes to prevent XXE attacks.
New application information window to show environment and configuration details (press F12 on help window).
Common Feed List synchronisation removed.
Menu item to enable/disable profile settings removed.

Font can now be changed.
Added support for Windows 10 virtual desktops.
Added support for TLS 1.2 servers.
Added support for HTTP compression.
Added option to show icon in the notification area.
Taskbar icon can now be completely disabled.
Corrected link URL for Atom feeds.
Atom feeds can now be set to use either updated time or published time (useful for YouTube feeds).
Ticker can be stopped from scrolling (speed 0).
Startup feed error window can be disabled, and is by default.
The feed list can now be sorted.
Feed tooltips can now be disabled.
Added delay to feed loading when PC is resuming from sleep to allow network to connect.
Clicking on a feed item with the middle button will now hide it.
Changed menu button icon.
Maximum font size increased to 96.
Yahoo stocks feed removed.
Minor bug fixes.

Items can be hidden without viewing by holding down the Control key whilst clicking.
Animated GIF images can now animate.
The ticker can now be scrolled using the mouse wheel.
Option added to show buttons allowing the ticker to jump to the next or previous feed.
Added options to indicate gain or loss on stock symbols.
Added connection timeout settings to the configuration file.
Minor bug fixes.

Added option to scroll left to right.
Added option to prevent ticker hiding behind fullscreen applications.
Added new color schemes (white, grey, blue).
Added option to automatically generate custom color scheme based on background color.
Moved show reload button option from Options window to menu.
Moved check for updates option from Options window to About window.
Fixed issue where settings would not be saved if user had no access to temp folder.
Fixed issue where text case option would not reset to default.

Added option to synchronize feed list with Windows Common Feed List (requires Internet Explorer 7 or greater).
Added support for file system feed addresses, for example file://c:\rss_feed.xml.
Added more opacity options.
Ticker window no longer stays on top of fullscreen applications.
Added an option to flash the taskbar button when a feed is updated.
Added help links to options windows.
Feed jump list now shows new and total item count for each feed.
Added glass effect to dialog windows (requires Windows Vista or greater with suitable display adapter).
Minor bug fixes.

The list of feeds and other settings can now be stored in the same location as the application file instead of the user profile, allowing transfer on removable storage such as USB memory.
Application now searches HTML web pages for feed addresses.
Summary tooltips now show last updated time.
Minor bug fixes.

Added an option to display customized stock information from Yahoo! Finance.
Increased space between items.
Added an option to turn off divider lines between items.
Added an option to dock the ticker to the top or bottom of the screen.
Added four default feeds.
Added an alternative color scheme (black).
Application now warns when adding duplicate feeds.
Application now adds "http://" to URLs added with no protocol.
Increased default ticker speed.
Feeds and Options window settings now saved immediately rather than when application is closed.
Minor bug fixes.

Right clicking on either scroll button now shows a list of all the currently displayed feeds, allowing you to jump directly to a particular feed.
Added a View button on the Manage Feeds form, to allow you to view the raw feed in a web browser.
Improved feed loading times, particularly with many feeds.
Improved feed handling to work with more sites.
Minor bug fixes.

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