AN ALTERNATIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR OPERATING SYSTEMS
myWorkspace! creates an alternative user experience environment
myWorkspace! - Version 1.1.8 - Installer for Windows 10/11 - 64Bit only - 03/17/2024
Do you remember the good old days of 16Bit computers? myWorkspace! is a tryout to implement an alternative user interface for an Operating System. It feels like back in time, but as modern as possible. It's written from scratch in modern C++ and runs with highest performance and GPU acceleration. It's implementation is platform independent.
Please use this software at your own risk
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Changelog:
17.March 2024 - Version 1.1.8
Fix drawer icon cache issues and display issues
06.October 2023 - Version 1.1.7b
Display issues when using drag&drop
Display issues with group separator items
Display issues with video and image previews
25. June 2023 - Version 1.1.7
The dockbar won't show all program files icons by default (only those from its root dir)
Most dockbar entries have to be configured manually from now on
Right click on any dockbar position will show other entries and also the dockbar configuration
Maximize Embed mode is now an option and not the default
The Image viewer now has a diashow feature
The Image viewer has a new image collect function to collect images easily on the workspace
Added new 256 pixel icon size
Updated font pixel sizes with different scale settings (e.g. myWorkspace! on 2.5K displays on notebooks is looking much better now)
Updated music player for different font scale setting
New sort order "by type" and new file list mode groupings
Drag&Drop file list will be sorted
Search labels font scaling in style sheets
PowerSave State handling in video player
Workspace icon change from other monitor handler
The copy files dialog has dpi scale adjustments
Added drag&drop files to video player
Implement context menu entries for sorting
Implement 192 pixel icon size for drawers
Implement play/pause by using the space bar in video player
Video player stores last used volume in settings
Fixed a thumbnail size issue
Fixed a drawer display issue
Fixed a independent icon size display issue
Fix display issues when different font scaling is applied
Fix display issues in image viewer
Fix image viewer aspect ratio display issue
Fix determination of automatic icons sizes issue
Fixed a crash after multiple hours of running time
05. June 2022 - Version 1.1.6
Added video preview functionality on drawer icon mouse over
29. May 2022 - Version 1.1.5
Added drawer group display for any sorting mode
Fixes small display issues when icon size has been changed manually
Changed some default settings
Grouped icon display is the new default on a fresh installation
28. May 2022 - Version 1.1.4
New function to sort drawer items by personal preference
Items can by sorted by Filename, Suffix, Size, Creation date, last access date or Last changed date
Configurable sort order ascending or descending
Configurable drawer display position
The new default sorting mode is by suffix
Ability to group drawer icon display by their suffixes
Small fix in recognizing network drives after turning airplane mode on/off
21. May 2022 - Version 1.1.3
Fixed an icon cache issue when multiple monitors are in use
Some title bar status information will be read from an asynchronous worker thread
The Wifi connection icon will display a cable connection icon while wifi is disconnected, but network is still available via a network cable
07. May 2022 - Version 1.1.2b
Fix issue when renaming files from a context menu
( Menu item is grayed out now when more than 1 file is selected )Fix issue when "safe device removal" menu item did not appear for USB hard drives in context menu of it's icon.
24. April 2022
New feature to create workspaces on new monitor arrivals while application is running
You can press the shift key to select multiple icons at once
The application reacts much faster to display resolution changes
Fix issue when create shortcuts in dock bar was grayed out on exe files under special circumstances
15. April 2022
New feature to create shortcuts from the context menu of executables into dock bar
26. March 2022
Fix drawer scrolling issue
20. March 2022
Removeable media can be savely removed by using a context menu item of their workspace icon
07. March 2022
Current version is 1.0.9d with a couple of tiny bugfixes and performance enhancements
Also added some public domain wallpapers related to Amiga computers
12. February 2022
Fix rename issues when forbidden characters for filenames have been entered
The internal image viewer will also display animated images
06. February 2022
Fix file copy issue when a file is larger than 4GB
myWorkspace! will check the target file system's max file sizes when copying files
30. January 2022
Workspace icons snap to their neighbors on vertical axis while being dragged, but there is no grid
Some minor fixes
22. January 2022
Dock bar search also searches for removed icons
Changed some default icon sizes
Changed some default display settings
19. January 2022
Fix rename issue in file list mode
When move of files to the trashcan fails an error message will be shown
09. January 2022
The dock bar is customizable now.
You can remove icons from dockbar permanently, by using the right mouse button above a dockbar icon. This will display a context menu where you can remove the button.
08. January 2022
New display preferences dialog and customization features
A new file icon context menu entry to create a shortcut on the Workspace screen
Copy/Move files issues with a larger number of files
Fixes issues when dragging file icons out of a drawer that displays search results
Fixes a crash in file list mode update thumbs function
The dock bar icons doesn't show any overlay icons anymore
Options to enable/disable the built in video/music players and image viewer, for the case you prefer your own installed applications
New check for updates function
03. January 2022
First release of myWorkspace!
28. December 2021
Fixed installer to work as expected when the current user has no administrator privileges and installation will be done from another administrator account
Fixed drawer display issues after the rename of a file
24. December 2021
Initial release ( other name )
09. April 2019
Project start