Alfred 0.5 Change Log

Posted on Sun 21st March, 2010

[Note: See the Change log in the Help section for the full detailed change log updates]

Version 0.5 Release Notes

Dictionary "Spell" and "Define"
Basic calculator
Google's I'm feeling lucky added with keyword "lucky" (this will be improved in the future)
Wolfram Alpha added to the standard web searchers with keyword "wolfram"
Google translation added with keyword "translate" - Translates both sentences and websites
Added Flickr search with keyword "flickr"
Added Ask.com with keyword "ask"
Spotlight Comments - you can set a comment of "ff" for Firefox and Alfred will find it

Improved hotkey selection field
Ability to change keywords for web searches
Ability to disable unwanted websites from results
Option to prioritise items with Spotlight Comments at the top
Preference to save window position
Option to always show subtext under results if available
Preference to turn off Alfred fade-in
Added a "Reindex" button to the experimental tab
Ability to configure the "Esc" key behaviour
Ability to disable "find" and "open" keywords
Experimental feature to allow a comma as decimal separator (for locales such as Germany)
Experimental feature to ignore the locale for Google and Wikipedia
Option to choose how many results are shown
Option to remove text at bottom of window

Tweaks to the dark theme
Correctly URL encode a + as %2b (which means things like Google calculator will now work)
Locale system overhauled (need to re-set your locale)
Remove the status bar icon before quitting so it doesn't leave a gap
Special characters now shown correctly in hotkey field

eBay URLs are incorrect
Ampersand not encoded
Address book: If launching a contact and there is a search in the contacts search field, the contact doesn't show
Window positioning not remembered on first change, but remembered from 2nd move

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