A focused update centered on performance, reduced energy usage, and a more polished macOS experience.
Highlights
- Significant performance improvements with reduced background energy consumption and lower idle system impact
- Search bar refined with magnifier icon, adjusted width, and improved focus behavior
- Folder icons and previews visually refined with improved alignment, depth, and scaling
- Added RTL layout support for Arabic and other right-to-left languages
- New background context menu option to toggle the floating panel
Performance & Efficiency
- Reduced background energy drain by removing unnecessary polling and throttling background tasks
- Lower memory usage with fixes for periodic spikes and icon cache regressions
- Improved icon rendering and cache handling for Retina and non-Retina displays
- Reduced UI stalls and freezes during page transitions and tab switching
UI & Visual Refinements
- Floating panel animations improved with smoother fade-in behavior and better screen following
- Extensive settings window polish with cleaner layout, smoother resizing, native macOS traffic light behavior, and improved spacing
- Intro and settings windows visually streamlined with cleaner edge-to-edge glass surfaces
Fixes & Stability
- Fixed launch-at-login toggle sync with system settings
- Fixed crashes during rapid tab switching
- Fixed light mode search bar inconsistencies
- Improved startup behavior by preventing unwanted floating panel auto-show
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