v2026.10.17-beta.1

What's Changed

• Dim inactive tab text across every tab style by @leafOfTree in #65
• Clarify setup and improve README screenshots by @leafOfTree in #66
• Keep preview version numbers readable in the settings sidebar by @leafOfTree in #64
• Add left and right vertical window tabs by @leafOfTree in #67
• Add code signing and privacy policy to README by @leafOfTree in #68
• Keep combined taskbar groups on their desktop and preserve active tabs by @leafOfTree in #69
• Switch directly to app windows and keep side tabs flush by @leafOfTree in #70
• Sign release executables through SignPath by @leafOfTree in #71
• Remember groups, fix combined taskbar clicks and let a new copy take over by @leafOfTree in #72
• Show cross-app groups as rows of app chips and list dragged groups by @leafOfTree in #73
• Forget a dragged group's taskbar icon once the group is ungrouped or forgotten by @leafOfTree in #74
• Drop the Json.NET dependency and shrink WindowTabs.exe by 0.7 MB by @leafOfTree in #75
• Clearer workspace restore: result in front and windows matched by app by @leafOfTree in #76
• Offer to launch apps that are not running and restore their windows by @leafOfTree in #77
• Describe the v2026.10.17-beta.1 preview in the changelog and README by @leafOfTree in #79
• Run the full desktop E2E on pull requests and fix its second cycle by @leafOfTree in #80

Full Changelog: v2026.10.10-beta.1...v2026.10.17-beta.1