Workrave NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 25 November 2025
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* Workrave 1.11.0-rc.3

** Bug fixes:
   - Fix high DPI fractional scaling on Windows

* Workrave 1.11.0-rc.2

** Improvements:
   - Allow Workrave to ignore idle inhibitors if possible (#596, J. J. Ramsey)
   - Add examples of usage with swaybar (#597, J. J. Ramsey)
   - Support GNOME Shell 48
   - Update DBus example (#611, Emmanuel Ferdman)
   - Support for user defined colors (#619)
   - Port workrave Python scripts for waybar, etc., to dasbus (#627, J. J.
     Ramsey)
   - Phil Dibbs contributed new sounds (bells_ensemble, shangri_la, synth_harp,
     tinkle_bell, tuned_udu, woodwind_ensemble)
   - Support GNOME Shell 49 (#636, Alessandro Astone)
   - Keyboard/mouse locking now works on ARM64 Windows
   - Handle screen lock shortcut during breaks under Xorg
   - Add high DPI support on Windows (#650, Charlie Lin)
   - Use Gnome Shell extension to display prelude windows (#621)
   - It is no longer required to accept the GPL license on installation on
     Windows (#648)
** Bug fixes:
   - Fix crash when monitor is powered off (#606)
   - Fix an empty AppIndicator menu (#556, #614, wojnilowicz)
   - Fix issue where the tray icon did not appear on waybar, swaybar, or wf-shell
     trays (#555, #613, wojnilowicz)
   - Fix issue where the status window shows when Sway reloads despite being
     disabled (#612, #615, wojnilowicz)
   - Update AppIndicator menu when menu content changes (#556, #652,ValdikSS)
** Updated Translations:
   - Update Chinese translation (#645, Sisyphe42)
   - Updated Indonesian translation (#653, Andika Triwidada)
   - Fix French translation (#656)

* Workrave 1.11.0-rc.1

** Fix issue where a different window is focused after a break warning.

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.16

** updated tamil Translation (#581, TamilNeram)
** Fix GNOME extension (#582, J. J. Ramsey)

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.15

** Follow OS dark/light mode on Windows (#529)
** Fix dark mode on Windows (#537)
** Fix Linux crash (#575, ValdikSS)
** Fix translations in the exercises (#574)
** Fix link to Workrave's website in about window (#573)
** Fix issues where menu items could not be selected on Windows
** Fix update applet icon for first start (#578, klim-iv)
** Fix crash on wlroots compositors when break starts (#550,#552,#553,#554,
   Kirill Primak)
** Updated Tamil translation (#579, TamilNeram)
** Updated French translations (#545, WedoneOfficiel)
** Updated Indonesian translation (#560, Andika Triwidada)
** Enable application autostart across all Linux desktop managers (#548, Jon
   Petrissans)
** Python scripts for Waybar and Yambar applets (557,#558,#559,#561,#562, J. J.
   Ramsey)
** Reworked workrave-break-info.py into something that can be used as a Python
   module (#563, J. J. Ramsey)
** Beta channel now also receives release candidates and final releases

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.14

** Start workrave after automatic update on Windows
** Save statistics before starting the automatic update

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.13

** Improved handling of hibernate/suspend (#539,#540)

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.12

** Fix installer integrity check

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.11

** Support status icons using the StatusNotifierItem protocol (#447)
** Fix GNOME Shell 46 support (#532)
** Allow compilation without Wayland support (#523)
** Fix Wayland on KDE6 (#523)
** Fix force X11 option (#525)
** Prevent focus stealing on Windows when break window is closed

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.10

** Fix issue where after installing an update, some files got removed after the
   first reboot.
** Fix issue where the main window is reopened after the screen is unlocked.
** Fix issue where the rest break window is opened below other Workrave windows.
** Add activity monitoring for KDE on Wayland
** Improved Wayland support on KDE (and other Wayland compositors that support
   the Layer Shell protocol)

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.9

** Update Brazilian Portuguese translation (#512, Paulo Haddad Martim)
** Fix build on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.8

** Workrave now always shows the exercises during a restbreak on the primary
   monitor

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.7

** Fix download of automatic update
** Support HTTP proxies for automatic update downloads
** Support Unicode characters in the automatic update changelog
** Updated Translations:
   - Created Tamil translation (#498, TamilNeram)
   - Updated Italian translation (#496, albanobattistella)

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.6

** Fix preferences icons on Linux
** Improve High-DPI icons on Windows
** Support GNOME Shell 44 (#471, Jeremy Bicha)
** Support GNOME Shell 44 in combination with Gtk 4 (#487)
** On Windows, Workrave now raises the main window when clicking on the pinned
   application icon.
** Bug fixes:
   - Fix "Start Workrave on logon" (#462)
   - Fix Assertion 'GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed (#472)
   - Several build fixes (#468, #469, #473, #474, wojnilowicz)
   - Status window is no longer displayed when not configured (#444)
** Updated Translations:
   - Updated Polish translation (#465, ChuckMichael)
   - Updated Italian translation (#489, #490, albanobattistella)
   - Updated Polish translation (#484, Hanna Kraska)
   - Updates Spanish translation (#494, Cristian Martínez)

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.5

** Added preferences for the experimental auto-update feature
** Preliminary support for custom user defined exercises
** Redesigned the preferences dialog
** Bug fixes:
   - Fixed language selection on Windows
   - Fixed special characters in the Windows status icon menu
   - Fixed issue where sound could not be disabled (#443)
   - Fixed issue where the status window could not be disabled (#444)
   - The installer now removes files no longer required (#446)

* Workrave 1.11.0-beta.2

** Updates Polish translation (#423 by ChuckMichael)
** Update Dutch translation (#437 by WKobes)
** Support GNOME Shell 43 (#430 by Jeremy Bicha)
** Add option to force the use of the X11 Gtk backend on Wayland
** Experimental auto-update feature
** Bug fixes:
   - Fix 'Lock screen' functionality from rest break window
   - Fix showing natural break window when screen is unlocked

* Workrave 1.11.0-alpha.3

** Fix GNOME shell applet loading on Ubuntu Focal

* Workrave 1.11.0-alpha.2

** Networking suport was removed
** Focus assist settings moved from menu to preferences
** The menus are no longer accessible during a break (#394 by 1Jesper1)
** Bug fixes:
   - Fix GNOME shell applet on GNOME 42 (#396)
   - The installer will ask for a reboot if in-use files were overwritten
   - The installer will terminate Workrave when it is running
   - The application icon is now properly displayed
   - The break warning window no longer disappears when moving aside
** Translations:
   - Updated Simplified Chinese translation (#391 by sr093906)
   - Updated Italian translation (#403 by albanobattistella)

* Workrave 1.11.0-alpha.1

** Major internal code cleanup and code modernization.
** Initial (incomplete) port to macOS using Qt6
** The default sound theme was changed to the "Subtle" theme (#362)
** You can now change the operation mode for a limited amount of time (#98,#305)
** A portable version is now available for Windows and Linux (#180)
** Workrave now follows the XDG basedirectory specification (#192)
** The Windows version is now 64 bit (#295)
** Workrave can now automatically change the operation mode based on Windows
   Focus Assist (#255,#226)
** A dark UI theme is now supported on Windows (#214)
** Bug fixes:
   - Fixed Windows system tray menu that would not always properly open (#373)
   - Fixed vertical positioning of GNOME shell applet (#356)
   - GGOME shell applet is now compatible with GNOME up to version 42 (#342,
     #352, #355)
   - DPI scaling with multiple monitor has been fixed (#308, #315)
   - Fixed the description of the backward shoulder stretch exercise (#354)
   - Add version number to installer to support Microsoft's Windows Package
     Manager (winget) (#349, #353 by Kaleb Luedtke)
** Translations:
   - Complete overhaul of Simplified Chinese translation (#385 by sr093906)
   - Updated Hebrew translation (#361 by Omer I.S.)
   - Updated Italian translation (#359 by albanobattistella)
   - Updated Persian translation (#358 by MSKF)
   - Updated Catalan translation (#338 by Jordi Mallach)
** and more... (the final 1.11 release will have a more complete list of changes)

* Workrave 1.10.50

** The "Restbreak now" button in the main window no longer responds to keyboard
   (#368)
** Allow installation on Windows without administrator rights.
** Fix vertical alignment of GNOME shell applet (#356)
** Support GNOME Shell 42 (#396)
** Restore support for Windows Vista and up (#367)
** The 'Backward shoulder stretch' exercises now plays a sound twice matching the
   description (#354)

* Workrave 1.10.49

** Adds support for GNOME Shell 41 (#342, Timo Jyrinki)
** Inno Setup improvement (#353, Kaleb Luedtke)

* Workrave 1.10.48

** Fixed GNOME Shell applet on Ubuntu 18.04 (#281)

* Workrave 1.10.47

** Fixed a crash of the GNOME Shell applet (#281)
** Adds support for GNOME Shell 40 (#288)
** Fixed issue where the installer would fail when installing as system user
   (#291)
** Fixed incorrect disabling of postpone/skip button (#301)
** Warn if operation mode is not 'normal' after unlocking the screen (Windows
   only for now)

* Workrave 1.10.45

** Micro breaks without a postpone button could be postponed by starting a rest
   break while the break prompt window was visible and then clicking postpone in
   the rest break window. The postpone button is now disabled when the micro
   break is overdue, and the maximum number of break prompts was reached.
** A new sound theme calls 'Bells' has been added (#225, Pieter De Decker)
** Added support for High-DPI displays in the Windows Applet.
** The Windows applet now correctly enforces a minimum size (#252)
** Initial support for icon themes.
** Fixes:
   - Fixed build issue with libayatana-indicator3
   - Fixed issue where Workrave would show 2 status icons on Linux (#258)
   - Fixed a deprecation warning in the Gnome Shell applet (#251)
   - The cinnamon applet is no longer bouncing up and down (#253)
   - Fixed issue where the current language was always "Unrecognized language"
   - Fixed issue where activity monitoring would stop after restarting Gnome
     Shell
   - Fixed issue that caused the main window to disappear (#244, #259)
** Translation updates:
   - Updated Chinese translation (#232, wintertee)
   - Updated French translation (Darialalala)
   - Updated Dutch translation (Matthias Huijgen)
   - Fixed typo in the Italian translation (#234, albanobattistella)

* Workrave 1.10.44

** Update Italian translation (Albano Battistella)
** Support libayatana-indicator3 (Kentaro Hayashi/Rob Caelers)
** Fixed issue on Gnome where Workrave would not detect that the user is idle
   (#181)

* Workrave 1.10.43

** Fix issue where a break window could disappear after a few seconds.
** Fix issue where the Gnome Shell applet would be reload on Ubuntu 18.04.
** Update Traditional Chinese translation (Yuenfu Chiu)

* Workrave 1.10.42

** Fix Gnome Shell applet compatibility issue with Ubuntu 18.04.

* Workrave 1.10.41

** Fix incomplete Gnome Shell applet menu with latest version of Gnome Shell

* Workrave 1.10.40

** Fix creation for source tarball.

* Workrave 1.10.39

** When it is time to take a micro break, Workrave may start a rest break
   instead. This happens when the rest break would start within 30 seconds of the
   micro break. If the postpone or skip buttons are disabled on the micro break,
   they will be temporarily disabled on the rest break window. A small progress
   bar indicates how long the buttons are disabled. Previously, Workrave would
   restart the micro break when pressing the skip or postpone button.
** Support applets on Gnome 3.35.1+ using libgnome-panel (Alberts Muktupāvels).
** Added Indonesian translation (Andika Triwidada).
** Fixed issue where Workrave was not properly terminated on reinstall.

* Workrave 1.10.38

** Show operation mode in Gnome applet.
** Fixed focus issue on rest break window that caused muted (grey) text.

* Workrave 1.10.37

** Add Ubuntu 19.10 / 20.04 to Workrave PPA

* Workrave 1.10.36

** Update Irish translation (Seanán Ó Coistín)
** new Portuguese translation (pmraps)
** Non-blocking break windows are now centered on Wayland/mutter (#163)
** Support display scaling

* Workrave 1.10.34

** Ubuntu Trusty and Xenial build fixes.

* Workrave 1.10.33

** Packaging fixes.

* Workrave 1.10.32

** Fixed a bug that caused high CPU load when the main window was open for a long
   time.
** [internal change] Python 2 is no longer required for building Workrave. The
   Python2-only Cheetah dependency has been replaced by Jinja 2 (python3-jinja2).
   Additionally, Boost >= 1.52 is now required (libboost-dev).

* Workrave 1.10.31

** Add GetTimerRemaining dbus function.

* Workrave 1.10.30

** Prevent "Workrave wants to inhibit shortcuts" on Wayland
** Fix timer bar text color under Wayland
** Do not dim text in time bar when window is not focused.

* Workrave 1.10.29

** Fix PPA upload

* Workrave 1.10.28

** Fix PPA upload

* Workrave 1.10.27

** Fix menu in Cinnamon applet
** Fix bouncing Cinnamon applet

* Workrave 1.10.26

** Fix Gnome Shell applet for Gnome Shell v3.30
** Reduce padding in timer window

* Workrave 1.10.25

** Packaging fixes

* Workrave 1.10.24

** Fix AppStream metadata (Balló György)
** Update Slovak translation (Jose Riha)

* Workrave 1.10.23

** Packaging fixes

* Workrave 1.10.22

** Fix size of Xfce applet

* Workrave 1.10.21

** Support MATE applet with Gtk+3
** Support Xfce applet with Gtk+3

* Workrave 1.10.20

** Fix activity monitoring on non-Gnome desktop environments

* Workrave 1.10.19

** Fix crash because of missing setting
** Fix Gnome Shell applet

* Workrave 1.10.18

** Support Gnome Shell 3.24/26
** macOS compilation fixes (Tom Parker)

* Workrave 1.10.17

** Update Czech translation (Pavel Bborecki)

* Workrave 1.10.16

** Mark applet as compatible with GNOME 3.22 (Francois Marier)
** Fix text alignment time bar.
** Fix resuming microbreak after postponing restbreak

* Workrave 1.10.15

** Fix crash when no shutdown/hibernate options are available.
** Updated traditional Chinese translation (Kevin Kuan)

* Workrave 1.10.14

** Fixed issue where pressing the down key during a restbreak would lock the
   screen (bug #1242)

* Workrave 1.10.13

** Use button instead of combobox if only 'Lock' is available in restbreak window
   (pedantic-git)
** Update german translation (rsnitsch)
** Support Gnome Shell 3.20 (Francois Marier)

* Workrave 1.10.12

** Updated Catalan translation (Jordi Mallach)
** Fixed Gnome Shell applet (Amir Mohammadi)

* Workrave 1.10.11

** Improved security of network protocol. NOTE: this is a backward incompatible
   change. This version of Workrave will no longer connect to older Workrave
   versions.
** Minor improvements

* Workrave 1.10.9

** UI tweak

* Workrave 1.10.8

** Extra statistics:
   - Weekly usage statistics (Rob Caelers)
   - Monthly usage statistics (Denis Nikolaenko)
** Fix gtkmm 3.18 compilation (Javier Tia, Denis Nikolaenko)
** Support Gnome 3.16

* Workrave 1.10.7

** Update translations:
   - Spanish (Fco. Javier Serrador)

* Workrave 1.10.6

** Improved screen lock and shutdown in break window (Mateusz Jończyk)
** Add suspend/hibernate option to break window on Linux (Mateusz Jończyk)
** Gnome applet updated to work with latest Gnome 3 flashback (Dmitry Shachnev)
** Applets added for Cinnamon, XFCE and MATE.
** Bug fixes:
   - Break window was transparent when blocking mode was set to 'input and
     screen'
   - Text background in exercises window was black, making the text unreadable.
   - In some cases the timers were shown twice in the panel

* Workrave 1.10.5

** Updated translations:
   - Danish (Frederik Svarre)
** Updates Desktop files (Francois Marier, Mike Manger)

* Workrave 1.10.4

** Fix gnome-shell applet for Gnome 3.12.

* Workrave 1.10.3

** Bug fixes:
   - bug 1113: Unity Indicator icon doesn't change when in suspended mode
   - bug 1114: Closing timer window closes program.
   - bug 1120: make the GNOME shell extension compatible with GNOME 3.8
   - bug 1136: Status window always appears on startup
   - bug 1137: Make Workrave start up optional
   - bug 1146: dconf changes not honored for /org/workrave/general/operation-mode
   - bug 1147: Suspend timer during screensaver
   - bug 1148: Double deallocation causes crashes during Workrave shutdown
   - Fix Workrave icon on Unity
   - Fix size of prelude window
   - Fix size of unity indicator timebar
   - Fixed compatibility with gnome-shell 3.10
   - Allow Gnome Shell status icon to be enabled/disabled

* Workrave 1.10.1

** Fix uninstall on Windows.

* Workrave 1.10.0

** Split "show 'postpone' and 'skip'" checkbox into two checkboxes. (Egbert
   Teeselink)
** Add the capability to delete all stored statistics (Ray Satiro)
** Workrave now supports DBus on window. DBus can be used to control Workrave by
   an external program.
** Workrave now offers a Gnome 3 applet. Applets for both Gnome 3 classic and the
   Gnome shell are available.
** Workrave now offers an application indicator (applet) in Unity.
** On Windows, Workrave does not stay in the 'suspended' mode after resuming from
   hibernate/sleep.
** On Unix, Workrave adds a new activity monitoring method that can be used
   instead of the XRECORD based monitoring. XRECORD monitoring appear be causing
   X crashes for some people (See
   http://issues.workrave.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1066)
** Infrastructure update. Workrave now supports:
   - Gtk3/Gtkmm3 (only on Gnome 3; Gtk2/Gtkmm2 is still used on Gnome 2)
   - Configuration in GSettings (instead of GConf)
   - GIO based DBus (instead of freedesktop.org DBus)
** Obsolete KDE3 support has been dropped.
** Translation updates:
   - Mykola Rykov translated Workrave into Ukrainian.
   - Ivan Barkovic translated Workave into Croatian.
   - Moein Gh translated Workave into Persian.
   - Jyri-Petteri Paloposki translated Workrave into Finnish
   - Goran Maričić translated Workrave into Serbian.
   - Igor Zinovik updated the Russian translation.
   - Gabor Kelemen updated the Hungarian translation.
   - Alick Zhao updated the Chinese translation.
   - Andrey Bondrov updated the Russian translation.
   - Paweł Szerszon updated the Polish translation.
** Plus many small fixes and improvements (Ray Satiro, Rob Caelers)

* Workrave 1.9.4

** The automatic start of a restbreak when the screen is locked is now
   configurable.
** Fixed crash when the 'mute all audio during breaks' option is enabled.
** The skip and postpone button now have keyboard shortcuts (Alt-S and Alt-P in
   the English version).
** Fixed issue where Workrave remains suspended after hibernate/standby on Window
   7.
** Fixed issue where the reading mode was reset after changing settings.
** On Windows, Workrave shows a reminder balloon when Workrave starts up in
   suspended or quiet mode.
** The (un)installer now automatically shuts down Workrave before
   (un)installation.
** It is no longer possible to disable both the notification icon and the main
   window.

* Workrave 1.9.3

** Seanán Ó Coistín translated Workrave into Irish.
** 김재용 translated Workrave into Korean.
** Workrave now stops all timers when the screen is locked. When the screen in
   unlocked, a natural restbreak is started.
** Audio muting improvements:
   - Audio is now muted after the start break sound is played.
   - Audio is now unmuted when the user becomes active after the break has ended
     instead of immediately after the break ended.
** By default, the RECORD extension is now mandatory on X windows systems.
** Bug fixes:
   - Fixed crash on Windows systems without audio installed.
   - Fixed translucency of Deskband applet on Windows 7/Vista.
   - Fixed Reading mode menu entry in Windows and Gnome applet.
   - Networking now supports IPV6 addresses.
   - Activity monitor should now filter out mouse jitter.
   - Fixed monitoring of (Wacom) tablets.

* Workrave 1.9.2

** Reading mode The activity insensitive breaks have been replaced by a 'reading
   mode'. This mode can easily be activated from the menu.
** Workrave can now mute all audio during breaks.
** Workrave now properly remembers the Window hide/show notification icon
   settings.
** The Workrave applet is functional again on Windows 7
** Updated translations:
   - Brazilian Portuguese
   - Catalan
   - Hungarian
   - Hebrew
   - Polish
** Many bug fixes.

* Workrave 1.9.1

** Updated translations:
   - new Romanian translation (Alexandru Szasz)
   - new Estonian translation (Marko Väljaots)
   - Removed extra "2" character in the Hungarian translation (Márton Németh)
   - Update of Hungarian translation
   - Update of Swedish translation
** Many bug fixes. Including:
   - Fix saving the username in the networking preferences (Francois Marier)
   - Fix KDE compilation errors (Stanislav Brabec)
   - Fixed issue where autostart settings on Windows was not stored
   - Fixed crashes when trying to add a host in networking preferences
   - User activity is now recognized on Xorg 1.6.0
   - Fixed color in dark UI themes on Gnome.
   - Workrave no longer shows two icons on GNOME notification panel
   - Fixed tray icon tranparency
   - Fixed issue on Vista where the break window is not on top of other windows
     (Ray Satiro)
   - Improved volume control on Windows

* Workrave 1.9.0

** Many small bugfixes
** Fixed transparency of tray icon on Linux.
** New alternate activity moniting for Windows (Ray Satiro)
** Additional tooltips (Ray Satiro)
** Improved 64 bit support (Ray Satiro)
** Improved Vista support (Ray Satiro)
** Exercises are now randomized
** On Windows, the language can now be selected in the preferences
** The option 'Start Workrave when windows starts' has been added to the
   preferences
** Extended DBUS support on Unix
** Initial OSX port
** Networking supports can now be enabled without accepting incoming connections
   from other Workraves (Francois Marier)
** Sounds:
   - A sound has been added that indicates a next step in the exercise.
   - The volume can now be configured
   - All sounds can now be configured
   - A new sound theme has been added (Ruairi Fullam)

* Workrave 1.8.5

** Lots of changes by Ray Satiro.
** Task manager is never blocked by Workrave (Ray Satiro)
** Workaround for focus loss on Vista (Ray Satiro)
** Vanja Cvelbar translated Workrave into Slovenian.
** Many bug fixes, the most visible ones:
   - Fixed breaks that have 'suspend timer when inactive' disabled (Ray Satiro)
   - Improved Windows responsiveness under high load. (by reverting a 1.8.4
     change)
   - Mode menu fixed.
   - Gnome applet no longer 'hangs'.
   - Gnome applet no longer crashes Workrave.
   - Fixed crashes during startup on Windows.
   - Fixed 'end-of-microbreak' sound.
   - Fixed bug in multi-head support where Workrave showed multiple windows on a
     single screen.
   - Fixed locking on Gnome with xscreensaver installed (Philipp Kern)

* Workrave 1.8.4

** Eraldo Girardi translated Workrave into Italian.
** Better support for vertical applets on Unix.
** Tao WEI translated Workrave into simplified Chinese.
** Peter Tuharsky translated Workrave into Slovak.
** Prokopis Prokopidis translated Workrave into Greek.
** The status window used to appear empty, only to be resized and filled with the
   timers shortly thereafter. Now it appears right away in the proper size.
** The operation mode (normal/quiet/suspended) now persists across Workrave
   sessions.
** Enver Altin translated Workrave into Turkish.
** Masanobu Yokota translated Workrave into Japanese.
** Ivan Dimov translated Workrave into Bulgarian.
** ORY Mate translated Workrave into Hungarian.
** Fixed KDE sound events (Phuah Yee Keat)
** Fixed Gnome sound events
** Fixed negative mouse usage when date is changed.
** Fixed text color on Gnome themes with dark backgrounds (i.e. high contrast
   inverse)
** Gnome applets now support transparency.
** The 'datadir' configuration option in workrave.ini can now be a relative path:
   
     [general]
     datadir=.\\Data
   
   This will store all Workrave data in the 'Data' directory below the Workrave
   root directory. (Note the double backslash)
** Daily limit now properly resets when hibernated.

* Workrave 1.8.3

** Daniel Nylander translated Workrave into Swedish.
** Jordi Mallach translated Workrave into Catalan.
** Support for storing configuration in a .ini file This feature can be enabled
   by creating an empty 'workrave.ini' file in '~/.workrave' (on Unix) or in
   'c:\Program files\Workrave\etc' (on Window, assuming Workrave is installed in
   this directory)
** Support for configuring the data storage directory. Add the following two
   lines to your workrave.ini
   
     [general]
     datadir=C:\\Workrave\\Data
   
   This feature can be used to run Workrave from an USB memory stick. Note: On
   Windows, you have to use double backslashes like in the example above!
** Support for Gnome screen saver added (Matt Zimmerman).
** Workrave no longer consumes 100% CPU is if a break is started while the screen
   is locked.
** The applet popup menu is now accessible when all timers hidden.
** Fix czech translation (Jiri Palecek).
** Fixed a bug that could cause breaks to stop running when 'suspend timer while
   inactive' was disabled.

* Workrave 1.8.2

** Fixed a crash when a third party gtk runtime is used.
** Fixed bug that caused status windows to be disabled when the microbreak timer
   was hidden.
** Fixed translations.
** Better hibernate/standby support on Unix.
** System tray menu on Windows now disappears when focus is lost.

* Workrave 1.8.1

** Fixed a crash when blocking mode is set to 'none'

* Workrave 1.8.0

** Jon Otegi translated Workrave into Basque.
** Artūras Šlajus translated Workrave into Lithuanian.
** Morten Lunde translated Workrave into Norwegian.
** Juraj Kubelka translated Workrave into Czech.
** Haggai Eran translated Workrave into Hebrew.
** Workrave now gives additional feedback when becoming active during a break by
   flashing the break window border.
** Workrave now uses the system tray icon to visualize the current mode (normal,
   suspended or quiet).
** Added "Restbreak now" button to microbreak window.
** KDE improvements. Workrave now has a native KDE applet and supports KDE sound
   events.
** Decent tooltips for Workrave system tray icon.
** Miscellaneous distribution improvements.

* Workrave 1.6.2

** Added a Brazilian Portuguese translation, thanks to Claudio Ferreira Filho!
** Workrave now respects the "gtk-button-images" property.
** Upgraded GTK runtime to version 2.4, fixing some minor UI quirks.
** Fixed some high-profile bugs, especially activity monitoring problems when
   running X.

* Workrave 1.6.1

** A bug was introduced in version 1.6.0 which could cause the status window to
   disappear. Version 1.6.1 is only a minor bug fix release that addresses this
   problem.

* Workrave 1.6.0

** Workrave has been translated into Chinese thanks to Rex Tsai, into Russian
   thanks to Sergey Kirkinsky, and into French thanks to Thomas Basset and
   Benjamin Siband.
** The explanation of an exercise is now scrollable, if it does not fit onscreen.
** The Windows version now includes a taskbar applet version of the status
   window. After installation of Workrave, right click your taskbar and select
   "Workrave" from the list of toolbars.
** Timers can be configured to ignore activity.
** Bloat removal: removed the "Resets at" option from the daily limit panel.
** Exercises are no longer read at program startup, and are released from memory
   when not needed anymore.
** Terminology: we now use the term "micro-break" instead of "micro-pause".
** When block mode "Block all" is used, we display the break window on top of
   your current desktop background (wallpaper), instead of on a semi-transparent
   screen snapshot.
** Fixed screen locking on X11: previously only xlock was detected and used
   without passing a display parameter. Now, the proper screen lock command is
   invoked on the right display. For example, if KDE is detected its
   kdesktop_lock is executed.
** High-profile bug fixes (Windows): activity monitoring when working in Exceed
   has been restored, and ZoneLab interaction problems (hangups) have been
   corrected.

* Workrave 1.4.1

** Replaced the "Block input" setting (which was available per break) by a global
   "Block mode" setting, located in the GUI preferences. The available block
   modes are "None" (NEW: no input is blocked and break windows have a title bar
   and can be dragged), "Block input" (blocks input, break windows are fixed),
   "Block all" (NEW: blocks input and display).
** The Windows installer now offers the option to install Workrave using the
   standalone Dropline GTK+ runtime. For more information, see
   http://www.dropline.net/gtk/.
** Removed the "Force break after maximum preludes" option. It is now on by
   default.
** Some strings in the German translation were too long, fixed.
** Added multihead support for Windows.
** Improved suspend (to ram) support. Workrave now assumes that you are idle
   while suspended instead of assuming that no time passes.
** Improved multihead support. The status window is now automatically relocated
   when the monitor on which it is displayed is removed. It moved back to its
   original location when the monitor returns.
** Exercises navigation can now be used without causing Workrave to remove the
   break window and show the warning windows again.
** If supported by your system, the daily limit window includes a "Shut down"
   button.
** There now is a "Lock" button on the rest break, so that you can safely lock
   your display while you are taking breaks. If the daily limit window does not
   include the "Shut down" button, it includes the "Lock" button instead.

* Workrave 1.4.0

** Added exercises.
** Workrave has been translated to Polish, Danish and Spanish. Many thanks to
   Mikolaj Machowski, Christian Vejlbo, and Pablo Rodriguez!
** Multihead support for X11. Workrave now shows break windows on all monitors.
** Workrave can now cope with changes in system time and OS features like
   suspend-to-ram.
** Previously, the end time that showed up in the stats dialog equaled the time
   at which the clock reset (typically equal to the start of the next working
   day). This lead to weird from/to times, as in: "From 8:46 to 9:10". Fixed.
** Added an icon to the skip/postpone buttons on break windows.
** Many laptop pointer devices "drift" over time. This used to cause Workrave to
   detect activity when there was in fact none. Fixed, thanks to Chung-chieh
   Shan.
** On Windows, Workrave now notices when Explorer crashes and will try to
   reinsert the tray icon in the new Explorer taskbar that is created when
   Explorer restarts.
** Rewrote the user input blocking mechanism on Windows. You should no longer
   experience visual quirks (like flashing windows or unexpectedly focusing
   random windows) during breaks.
** On Linux, Workrave now notices when the gnome-panel crashes and will reinsert
   the applet in the new panel.
** The content of the status window can now be configured.
** Breaks can now be disabled.

* Workrave 1.2.2

** If you stopped working during a prelude just before it was about to disappear,
   the prelude would still go away because Workrave assumed you wanted to
   continue working. This behaviour has been changed now: if there is no activity
   when the count-down has reached zero, Workrave waits a couple of seconds to
   see if you are really idle. If that is the case, a break window appears. If
   not, you can continue working.
** Redesigned the preferences panel. It used to have nested tabs, these have been
   replaced with an icon shortcut bar.
** The break windows have been given a title.
** The Window version now included GTK-Wimp. This makes the visual appearance of
   Workrave blend much better into the Windows desktop environment
   (http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net).
** Beter support for Gnome session management. Workrave is now properly restarted
   by the gnome session manager.
** The applet can now be configured to show only the Workrave sheep. Clicking on
   the sheep will toggle the visibility of the main window.

* Workrave 1.2.1

** Some errors in the build process have been fixed. Only a new source tarball is
   released, as this does not effect binary releases.

* Workrave 1.2.0

** Johannes Rohr provided a german translation, thanks!
** Added applet support. Workrave now supports both a native Gnome applet, as
   well as a system tray applet that should also work on KDE.
** Added statistics. Workrave shows break statistics and daily usage. More
   statistics will be added later.
** A leaflet promoting Workrave is now available. Please spread it as far as
   possible. For example, distribute several copies at the office.
   (http://workrave.sourceforge.net/leaflet/)
** Last but absolutely not least: increased sheep size in the about window. :)

* Workrave 1.0.0

** Removed the monitoring preferences. Good defaults is all you want here, and it
   was far too difficult to try and explain these settings to ordinary users.
** Added the daily limit break window.
** Added internationalisation support. Currently, only a Dutch translation is
   provided. We are still looking for volunteers to translate Workrave into other
   languages.
** The "Collective" has been renamed to "Network", which is far more meaningful
   to non-geek users.
** A network log window has been added. This window shows informational messages
   about the communication between different Workrave instances.

* Workrave 0.3.0

** Added experimental(!) distribution support, dubbed "The Collective". What this
   means is that you can now create a network of Workrave instances running on
   several computers. All instances that are part of "the collective" share the
   same timer information, meaning that if one computer informs you to take a
   break, it is futile to flee to another computer as it will also tell you to
   take a break.
** Added sound support. You can configure the samples that are played through the
   standard sound control panel provided by Gnome and Windows. For office PCs
   that do not have a sound card, you can choose to play sounds through the
   internal PC speaker.
** The window prompting you to brake now moves earlier to the top of the screen
   so that it does not interfere too much. Furthermore, the window has a new and
   improved "evasive maneuvers" algorithm.

* Workrave 0.2.0

** Activity during a persisted break is no longer ignored. Instead, the timer is
   stopped whenefer the user is active.
** Microsoft Windows specific changes
   - Added taskbar tray support. When the main window is closed, the program
     remains active in the tray. In the user interface preferences, you can
     select to hide the program when started.
   - The main window is now opened at the position where it was during the last
     program exit.

* Workrave 0.1.0

** First public release.



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