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@ChristianRelf ChristianRelf released this 14 Oct 01:53
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v0.1.8
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What's new

Kern Lite

A tiny, distraction-free task tracker built into Kern, over the same data, so everything you do shows up in Kern (and Kern Cloud) at once.

  • Just tasks. A slim sidebar that expands to show Today, Inbox, All tasks and your projects, and one list with the basics: title, due date, priority and project.
  • Quick to use. Type a task and press Enter; "tomorrow p1 #Website" sets the date, priority and project. Press N or / to jump to the input, Ctrl+Z to undo.
  • Satisfying. Ticking a task pops, strikes through and folds it away into Done today, a ring fills as your day progresses, and clearing a list earns a little confetti.
  • Stays out of the way. Its own small window size, and an optional keep on top pin.
  • Open it from the new Kern Lite Start menu shortcut, the tray menu, the button at the bottom of the sidebar, or Ctrl+K → Switch to Kern Lite.
  • Choose at startup. Kern asks whether to open Kern or Kern Lite. Tick Remember my choice, or set it in Settings → General → When Kern starts.

Make it yours

  • Customize project (in a project's menu): name, description, 80 icons or any emoji, 16 colours or a custom one, which sections show, which one opens first, group and pin.
  • Workspaces get the same icons, emoji and colours, plus an option to tint Kern with the workspace colour for everyone in it.

Your activity

  • Settings → About is redesigned, with Your year in Kern: a heatmap of tasks completed each day, your current and longest streaks and your best day.
  • The same heatmap appears in Settings → Account & Cloud, and as a new Activity Heatmap dashboard widget (3 months, 6 months or a year).

Fixes and polish

  • Switching account or cloud space now refreshes the whole app immediately, instead of waiting for a click.
  • Account & Cloud: the account row is laid out properly, and buttons wrap onto a new line instead of being cut off in narrow windows.
  • A cleaned-up logo throughout the app and for the app icon.
  • Repeated notifications (such as completing several tasks) collapse into one.
  • And a couple of secrets for the curious.

Install

  • Windows x64: Kern_0.1.8_x64-setup.exe (installs for the current user) or the .msi. The setup also adds a Kern Lite shortcut to the Start menu.
  • Linux: packages for this release aren't built yet; until then, use the 0.1.5 packages (without Kern Cloud).
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