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Release Notes
Every user-facing change, newest first. This page is generated automatically
from the project's changelog each time a build is published — see the
documentation for how each current feature works.
Synced from docs/releases/CHANGELOG.md — last updated 2026-07-06.
0.5.3
July 6, 2026
- Added: in-app "Uninstall Marquee" button in Settings' new "Danger Zone" section. Properly unregisters Launch at Login, restores the Dock if replaced, clears saved preferences, and moves the app to Trash in one action. Accessible from the running app's Settings window instead of requiring manual shell commands.
- Added: a Documentation page (marqueeformac.com/docs.html) covering every current feature and how to change it, and a Release Notes page (marqueeformac.com/releases.html) that publishes this changelog automatically with every release.
0.5.2
July 6, 2026
- Fixed: Maximize and Restore (both via the bar's right-click menu and via native double-click maximize/restore) now work correctly across all combinations. The 0.5.1 release introduced a regression that broke restore for both paths simultaneously. Additionally, the native zoom detection was using too-tight a tolerance, causing apps like Terminal (which zoom to grid-snapped sizes rather than exact pixel-perfect fills) to have their native zoom silently ignored. Both issues are now resolved.
0.5.1
July 6, 2026
- Fixed: double-clicking a window's titlebar to un-maximize it (restore the original size) now works correctly. Previously, the second double-click would do nothing.
- Note: This release introduced a regression later fixed in 0.5.2. Users are encouraged to upgrade to 0.5.2.
0.5.0
July 6, 2026
- Added: right-click a bar item to open a mirror of that window's app menu bar (File, Edit, Window, ...) right there on the secondary display, so any menu command is reachable without walking over to the primary display's menu bar. Menu contents, enabled state, and toggle state stay live and reflect the app at the moment you open the menu.
- Changed: "Send Feedback..." now sends your message directly from the app (into a write-only feedback database) instead of opening a pre-filled email. Nothing is sent until you press Send; the optional version-info footer remains opt-out. See the updated privacy policy.
0.4.0
July 3, 2026
- Added: automatic updates. Marquee now checks for new versions daily and offers them through the standard update window (Sparkle 2); a "Check for Updates..." status-menu item checks on demand. Updates are cryptographically signed and downloaded from the Marquee website.
- Added: "Send Feedback..." status-menu item — a small form that opens a pre-filled email in your own mail app, with an optional one-line app/macOS version footer. Nothing is sent until you press Send in your mail client.
- Added: every control in Settings now has a hover explanation (tooltip), and a hint pointing this out sits at the bottom of the window.
- Changed: auto-hide is now off by default — bars stay visible unless you turn auto-hide on in Settings.
- Fixed: the macOS Accessibility permission dialog no longer re-appears on every launch when permission looks granted but a stale system record made macOS treat the app as untrusted. The system prompt now fires at most once ever; the status-menu item is the durable way back to System Settings.
0.3.0
Unreleased
- Renamed: the app is now Marquee (formerly Taskbar). New name, new app icon, new menu-bar icon. The bundle identifier changed to
com.pabromitis.marquee, so macOS treats this as a new app: Accessibility permission must be granted once more, settings reset to defaults, and "Launch at login" must be re-enabled (the first-run prompt below offers it).
- Added: a real app icon (the Marquee mark) shown in Finder, the About panel, and installers.
- Added: a custom menu-bar icon replacing the generic system symbol.
- Added: a one-time first-launch prompt offering to open Marquee automatically at login.
- Added: an "About Marquee" status-menu item showing the version and copyright.
- Changed: "Preferences..." is now "Settings..." to match current macOS conventions.
0.2.0
July 2, 2026
First beta-track release. Everything below existed before this version in various pre-release states; this is the first version with a changelog entry, a first-run onboarding flow, and a release/notarization workflow.
- Added: a one-time welcome message on first launch explaining required permissions, the default Dock-preserving behavior, and how to recover the Dock if optional replacement mode is enabled.
- Added: a minute-accurate clock pinned to each bar's trailing edge.
- Added: a Windows-style "Maximize" action (in-place resize above the bar, no native fullscreen).
- Added: "Launch at login" support.
- Added: an active-window click-behavior preference (always raise, or minimize if already active).
- Added: a "Copy Diagnostics" status-menu action for troubleshooting reports.
- Added: an optional "Lock Dock to Main Display" control for multi-display setups where the native Dock competes with Taskbar's secondary-display bar (see Known Limitations below).
- Default behavior: keeps the native macOS Dock on your primary display and shows a Taskbar bar, which auto-hides, only on secondary displays. Optional all-displays and Dock-replacement modes remain available as advanced preferences.
Version numbers follow MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH loosely; Marquee
has not yet reached a 1.0 stability commitment.