The 1.2 gamma version of Fingertips is released June, 2008. It contains a whole lot of improvements over previous versions of Fingertips. Quite a few requests from users have made it in this version, and stability has been improved. This version of Fingertips can automatically update your database, which opens the way to even more improvements in the future.
Fingertips 1.2 gamma
Commands
| • | The commands database will be automatically upgraded to facilitate some new functionality in Fingertips 1.2. |
| • | Fingertips will now automatically add items from the Start Menu as commands. |
| • | Fingertips displays the icon of the application that you're about to start (not perfect, yet). |
| • | Press Enter in an empty command window and Fingertips will vanish (just like Esc). |
| • | Press Ctrl+F in the command window to search for a command. |
| • | The Options screen now has a List commands button to export the current commands to the clipboard for printing. |
| • | You can now set the WindowState (Normal, Maximized, Minimized) for each command. |
| • | You can now specify that you want a new window to be used for Outlook commands. |
| • | Added {Clipboard} as an alternative to the {1}, {2} and {3} codes. |
Fingertype
| • | The code {_} in a phrase will be replaced with a single space, this may be handy at the end of a phrase. |
| • | The code {date:yyyy-mm-dd} in a phrase will be replaced with the current date, you can specify the format of the date yourself. |
| • | The code {Clipboard} in a phrase will be replaced with the contents of the Windows Clipboard. |
| • | The code {|} in a phrase will be used to position the cursor. |
| • | Press Ctrl+N in the Fingertips command window to quickly add an acronym + phrase. |
| • | Press Ctrl+Shift+F in the command window to search for a Fingertype phrase. |
| • | Added scripting to Fingertype - you can now specify sequences of keys instead of plain text. |
| • | You can use , and ; now to expand an acronym. |
New: Twitter client
| • | Fingertips now has a built-in Twitter client that is great for quickly posting updates to Twitter. |
Backups
| • | Fingertips will now automatically backup your databases at the end of each month in a separate '\My Documents\Fingertips\Backups' folder, apart from the daily backup. |
Options window
| • | This version introduces new way to specify hotkeys. You can now use the Win key if you like. |
Errors
| • | Fingertips will now use Windows taskbar Balloons to notify you of any problems |
Bugs fixed
| • | Windows functions like sleep, hibernate and controlpanel are working again. |
| • | Fingertips cannot access Clipboard errors should be fixed now (but you never know...). |
| • | Improved the interaction with Microsoft Outlook. |
| • | Fixed Unterminated String Constant error when pasting a long URL. |
| • | Less problems with sudden focus switches, which could result in accidentally typing over the current command. |
| • | 'Cannot perform this operation on a closed dataset.' error should be fixed. And if Fingertips detects a 0 Kb database, it will ask to replace. the offending file with a backup copy automatically. |
