It's been awhile, but I finally have a little more time to work on StrokeIt. I've got some big ideas for where I want to go with this project, but for now I'm going to focus on stability and performance fixes, especially on Vista, 64-bit platforms, and Windows 7.
Vista users: Line drawing should now work on Aero desktops, however, because of the changes Vista has made to graphic displays, the line drawing may not be as fast as XP. It works well on the machines I've tested, but I would like feedback from everyone using this. I'd especially like any performance feedback from users with three or more monitors.
I've also created a Wiki where I hope we can start collecting some of the great ideas from the forums. It's pretty empty right now, so if anyone has the time to move some of the existing documentation into the wiki it would be greatly appreciated.
Additionally, there's an extremely simple Bug tracker page on the wiki. I'd like everyone to post any and all bugs that they know about. I'll do my best to fix them up and package a new release.
The new installer should do a good job of moving your .9.5 settings into the new profile locations. Still, it's always a good idea to backup your strokeit folder before testing a preview release.
If you're upgrading from .9.5 and the installer tells you that you need to reboot, you really do need to reboot your computer before using .9.6. Yes, it will sorta-kinda-maybe run if you don't but you'll be missing some features and may run into weird bugs if you don't reboot.
If the program crashes, a crash report is written to your StrokeIt profile directory (%APPDATA\TCB Networks\Strokeit\CrashRpt). Please zip this file and email it to me. My email address is in the about menu. Be aware that this memory dump will contain your customized actions, so if you've configured StrokeIt to send passwords or other sensitive information, you may want to try recreating the crash with the default configurations.
Changelog:
+ Line drawing on vista
+ Actions/gestures now stored in user profile (per-user gestures/actions)
+ Default install directory changed to Program Files\TCB Networks\StrokeIt
+ Registry settings now stored in HKCU\Software\TCB Networks\StrokeIt
+ Portable-mode (create strokeit.ini in the same directory as strokeit.exe)
+ Read-only mode for preferences, gestures, and actions (ReadOnly=1 in strokeit.ini)
+ Vista - gestures should work in IE7 and other protected applications
+ Vista - Wheel Up/Down should work
+ Crash log written to CrashRpt folder in strokeit profile directory
+ SendKeys should work with IE8 Protected Mode
+ Possible fix for users having trouble identifying applications by filename
+ Fixed identify by filename on WinXP
+ Fixed vista line drawing issues when resizing desktop
+ Better saving when running in portable mode