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@Heliakon Heliakon released this 03 Nov 00:41
v1.7.1
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Light mode now has real color, and the backup page asks what you're looking for. Winwise 1.7.1 gives light mode stronger borders and labels, and makes the first choice on the backup page clearer, with a short explanation of each tool.

Open it at https://heliakon.github.io/winwise/ or download winwise.html below. It works offline.

What's new in 1.7.1

Stronger light mode

Light mode was almost all white. Now:

  • The page background is a little darker, so the white cards stand out.
  • Borders and secondary text are darker and easier to see.
  • The green Backup options and amber Repair options borders, the menu highlights, and the green, amber, purple, blue and red labels use stronger colors.

All text keeps at least 4.5:1 contrast against its background. Dark mode is unchanged.

What are you looking for?

The backup page now starts with What are you looking for? and two choices:

  • Back up only my personal files
  • Back up the whole drive

Polish and Swedish use the same wording: Czego szukasz? and Vad letar du efter?

Links that explain the tool

The links to Windows Backup and OneDrive, File History and Disk image with Rescuezilla are larger, and each has a one-line explanation:

  • Windows Backup and OneDrive: built into Windows. It syncs the folders you choose to OneDrive and saves your settings and apps list to your Microsoft account.
  • File History: built into Windows. It copies your files to an external drive and keeps earlier versions.
  • Rescuezilla: free, open-source software that runs from a USB stick. It saves the whole drive as an image on another drive.

On phones, the arrow now follows the link text when a long link wraps onto two lines.

Upgrading from 1.7

  • Your scripts and backups keep working. The script template only changes its version label to v1.7.1; the preview, apply and restore code is identical. Restore with -RestoreFrom using the script that created the backup, as before.
  • Your language choice is kept. A language you picked in 1.7 is still used.
  • Links to #backup and #repair keep working.

Download and verify

  1. Download winwise.html below and open it in your browser. No install, server or internet connection needed.
  2. To check the download, run this in PowerShell in the folder where you saved it. It prints True when the file matches this release:
(Get-FileHash .\winwise.html -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -eq '65d50effa33d30d78dd6082280537b002e3bee8018edee2f900f776c7fb2c464'

The same checksum is attached as winwise.html.sha256.

Under the hood

  • Content: apart from the new heading, choice titles and tool explanations, the page text is unchanged. Service entries were not changed.
  • Checks: tools/test-data.mjs passed for all 157 entries, the 28 script choices and the 129 services excluded from scripts. tools/test-i18n.mjs passed with complete Polish and Swedish text that keeps every link and tag of the English page. tools/test-script-dependencies.ps1 passed all 12 scenarios under both PowerShell 7.6.9 and Windows PowerShell 5.1 in GitHub Actions.
  • Browser: checks passed in English, Polish and Swedish, in light and dark mode, at 1,024 and 375 pixels wide, with no horizontal scrolling on a phone-sized screen, working jump links and no page errors.
  • Site: the footer shows v1.7.1, and the guide's update date stays November 3, 2026.

Full changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1

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