v0.8.0-alpha

UI & UX

• Solid Glyphs: Glyphs no longer blink; they now remain solid for a more comfortable viewing experience.
• Enhanced Tooltips: Improved tooltip information and phrasing (e.g., corrected segment indexing from "0, 1, 2" to "1, 2, 3").
• BPM Textbox: Refined the visual style of the BPM textbox and centered the text.
• Fixed Misalignments: Resolved layout issues within the Audio Setup Dialog.
• Context Menu Fix: Fixed a bug where the context menu wouldn't open if a glyph's brightness was set to 5%.
• Tooltip Padding: Adjusted padding for better visual consistency.

Features & Enhancements

• New Animation Engine: Ported both Tooltips and the Marquee to a new engine for smoother animations.
• Variable Speed: The Cassette Receiver now supports real - time speed adjustments.
• Improved Audio Loading: Faster audio file loading and near-instant BPM detection.

Optimizations

• Power Efficiency: The animation engine is no longer initialized when animations are disabled, significantly reducing GPU load and battery drain.
• Glyph Visualizer: Optimized the visualizer logic to ensure all segments maintain uniform length.
• Stability: Improved system stability when running with animations toggled off.

Fixes

• Audio Logic: Resolved an issue where audio remained muted indefinitely after a track ended.
• Segmentation Glyph Logic: Fixed multiple glyph segmentation errors. Fixed Glyph Visualizer layouts.

Internal Changes (For Nerds)

• Refactored Settings Logic: Overhauled the logic for settings within the Floating Window.
• Modular UI: Decoupled the UI codebase into multiple files for better maintainability and readability.
• Cleaner Code: * Introduced new helper classes (e.g., Label, LineButtons) to streamline code.
  • Renamed various methods for better functional clarity.
  • Removed "hacky" workarounds and deprecated methods.
  • Reduced overall line count while increasing readability.
• Project Structure: Overhauled folder organization for better project logic.