DesktopLyrics History:

1.3.1 (2 Sep 2010):

• Fix a problem with the automatic page-turning not turning beyond page two

• Handle case when DesktopLyrics is launched from its disk image

• Handle case when DesktopLyrics is moved while active

1.3.0 (24 Jul 2010):

• Hide / Show the lyrics or turn over the lyrics pages with customizable "hot key" combinations

• Option to customize the song-info-header

• Option to automatically turn the pages of multi-page lyrics

• Option to sign up for beta-testing to help development

• Fixed problem that the help menu would not appear

• Live updating of the preference setting of the indenting from the screen edges

• Provide facility for more extensive localization

• Removed broken option to change the current lyrics page with the arrow keys (hotkey functionality replaces this)

1.2.1 (2 Jan 2010):

• Fix a bug where DesktopLyrics would display a dash when iTunes is not running

• Improved stability

• Added link to "Get Lyrical"

• DesktopLyrics automatically restarts itself when turning off visibility in the Dock

1.2.0 (17 Sep 2009):

• IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.5.

• IMPORTANT: Do not directly upgrade from a release older than 1.0.2, or your preferences won't be taken over

• Completely reimplemented the communication with iTunes based on the "ScriptingBridge" for improved performance and reliability

• Added 64-bit support (on Intel), but by defaults starts in 32-bit mode. To change this use the "Get Info" panel in the Finder on SMARTReporter

• Added option to change the current lyrics page with the arrow keys (when DesktopLyrics is the front application)

• Added the specified text shadow to the page index text as well

• Fixed the CrashReport sending facility to only send "real" crashes

1.1.1 (23 Feb 2009):

• IMPORTANT: Users of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" have to update manually to this release since the update check has been disabled on this platform already

• Fixed multiple issues where the page-choose-buttons would be positioned incorrectly, possibly obscuring the lyrics display

• Fixed possible crash

• Fixed the update-check, which would still check for updates even if disabled (sorry!)

• Fonts unsuitable for lyrics display are filtered-out

• Restrict font minimum and maximum size to 3 - 30 to prevent problems

1.1.0 (28 Dec 2008):

• IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.4.

• IMPORTANT: Users of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" have to update manually to this release since the update check has been disabled on this platform already

• Added minimum font size:

• Minimum font size prevents lyrics from becoming unreadable small

• Lyrics not fitting in the destination area with the minimum size are are displayed on multiple "pages"

• The currently viewed lyrics page can be toggled with small buttons embedded in the lyrics display

• Fixed the "Start on login" feature on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" through a new Leopard-specific implementation (again)

• Fixed hyperlink to "Harmonic" in the ReadMe (again)

• Hide the dummy lyrics iTunes sends for OGG-files ("(null)")

1.0.6 (20 Aug 2008):

• Disable the update-check on Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 as those won't be supported in future releases

• To automatically update to future releases you must first update to this version

• Updated "Sparkle" (the Framework used for Version Checking and Automatic Updates), to fix possible crashes

• Fixed a problem where DesktopLyrics might display the lyrics of the previous song because iTunes was busy while being asked for lyrics

• Fixed a problem where DesktopLyrics would still display lyrics after iTunes was quitted when not using the option "Hide lyrics when iTunes is paused"

• Added French translation (thanks to Pierre Rudloff)

• Fixed hyperlink to "Harmonic" in the ReadMe

1.0.5 (28 Feb 2008):

• IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Fixed crash-on-launch on 10.3.x and 10.4.x

• Fixed possible crash while sending CrashReports

1.0.4 (20 Feb 2008):

• IMPORTANT BUGFIX: REALLY fixed the crashes on 10.3.x this time

1.0.3 (19 Feb 2008):

• IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Fixed crashes on 10.3.x caused by the Update-Framework

1.0.2.1 (6 Feb 2008):

• IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Disabled the new Leopard-specific "Start on login" as it seems to crash

1.0.2 (6 Feb 2008):

• Fixed the reporting of crashes (of DesktopLyrics) to work under Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"

• Fixed the "Start on login" feature on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" through a new Leopard-specific implementation

• Added a help-menu and moved appropriate items there

• Renamed preferences-files to avoid possible conflicts (the old one is automatically reused)

• Updated/Expanded the ReadMe/FAQ

• Updated "Sparkle" (the Framework used for Version Checking and Automatic Updates), to fix possible crashes during updates

1.0.1 (2 Oct 2007):

• Updated all hyperlinks in the application and the documentation because of the move to a new hosting for website & e-mail

• Added German translation (Thanks to Thomas Meyer)

• Added a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions - with answers ;-), separated the History into a file and expanded the ReadMe

• Fixed icon which was wrong at small sizes

• Fixed file permissions which could cause DesktopLyrics to fail/crash for unprivileged users

• Fixed hyperlink to "Harmonic" in the ReadMe

• Refined defaults for better first-use experience

1.0 (7 Aug 2007):

• Hide (nontransparent ) background window when the lyrics are empty or iTunes is paused

• Added folder icon

• Added donate option

• Added option to vertically center lyrics

• Fixed crash if the font to use is no longer available

• Fixed update-check, which would still check for updates even if disabled

• Fixed the reporting of crashes to work under Mac OS X 10.3.x, include additional information and ignore some crashes which are not related to DesktopLyrics

1.0b3 (14 Mar 2007):

• Added option to select the screen to display the lyrics on

• Added option to start DesktopLyrics at login

• Added new menu items: "Send Feedback…",

"Visit Homepage…",

"Open ReadMe…"

• Reorganized Preferences

• Sorted Font-list for better usability

• Changed default update-check interval to "Weekly"

• Added update-check interval options "Bi-weekly" and "Monthly"

• Added check if DesktopLyrics crashed with option to send me the details

1.0b2 (16 Feb 2007):

• Ability to check for updates automatically

• Option to hide user-interface and dock-icon

• Option to hide lyrics like "[Instrumental]"

• Option to show song-info even when the lyrics are empty

• Hide the dummy lyrics iTunes sends for shared music ("msng")

1.0b1 (31 Jan 2007):

• Initial public release