What’s new in this version:
Rambox 2.5.0
New:
– New tab and app Layout: new tab system and design to ease navigation between Apps and Groups and improve performance. 🚀
– Prioritize Badge count over “Need Attention” dot. If the app should have both badges, change badge count color.
Improved:
Upgrade to Electron v37.1.0 (Chromium 138.0.7204.35) :electron:
– Better tab spacing and overflow
– Allow IPv6 URLs when adding a Custom App
– Link handling improvements
– Automatically change tray icon colors according to OS’ dark/light theme
– Add an option to show the workspace title on the tab bar
– Add animation when changing the active tab
– Improve crash report handling
– Improve app sort functionality
– Improve several of our internal components to ease performance
– Reduce unnecessary updates to tabs views
– New badge icons positioning to prevent overlapping (playing sound, hibernated, close)
– When initiating Rambox, if last app does not exist anymore (i.e. temp tab), select previous one
– Now, when an app is hibernated, keep badges if any
– Spellchecker: Support for multiple languages, improved default and “none” options, and ability to set multiple or no languages as default
– Prevent app hibernation if app is streaming
– Bypass Focus Mode and Work Hours if app is streaming
– Show alert when app is inside Work Hours. Allow bypass restrictions temporarily (sounds and notifications)
Fixed:
– “Clear Local Storage” option was not working correctly
– Workaround to prevent credential popup issue in some Apps (Gmail, Discord, etc.). See electron/electron#47147
– Context menu not showing in popups
– App crash when opening some emails in Gmail (Sheets, Drive, etc.)
– Sometimes the app randomly crashes (related to orphan process)
– Now badges and dot notifications bubble up and refresh correctly in any update case
– Fixed several problems regarding shortcuts navigation
– Now after navigation ends, Last App shortcut goes to the one where navigation started
– Fixed active App highlight position and size when changing navigation toolbar in any way (Density, Apps Position, Show app title, etc.)
– Apps position bottom or top hidden when selecting Tiles group
– Wrong URL in “Release notes” in About Section
– Bug on hide tab title for top and bottom tabbar
– Extension’s popup positioning when the apps’ position is other than “Left”
– Using the spell checker feature in Google Chat from Gmail crashes the app
– Badge not disappearing when disabling groups
– Workspace labels are not shown when the tab bar position is either top or bottom
– Some apps need to be focused to get fully loaded on autostart
– General settings: Issues while applying the app’s display behavior changes
– Arrow keys navigation stopped working
– When disabling a group, the empty view was not showing correctly
– Newly created group was not showing the tab bar correctly
– Incorrect style of tab bar when group is empty
– Notification Center badge positions
– Apply theme color to the “Don’t hibernate this app” switch
– Extensions: Extensions popover does not change between the full and empty list
– Extensions: Sometimes extensions popover was not showing correct icons
– Remove workspaces, sometimes made tabs to flicker ordering
– Sometimes the “rollback logic on error” was causing flickering in tabs order and other features
– Opening a temp tab through a tile does not work. Now, it opens the temp tab in the tiles group level
– Disabling a group was not removing Rambox’s overlay icon badge
– Sometimes after navigating with arrow keys through workspaces, after a second, the active workspace was changed incorrectly
– Enterprise: New workspaces were added at start of navigation tab (Intermediate users only)
– Dot badge now shows correctly in Notification Center tab
– Unstable taskbar badge
– LinkedIn redirect links won’t open
– Fixed geolocation errors in some applications
– Can’t exit full screen mode from embedded video (Mac only)
Rambox 2.4.1
Improved:
– Adds the option to choose between rounded or sharp corners for the apps
Fixed:
– Fixes UI glitches in some Windows 11 & macOS Sequoia devices
– Profiles maintenance settings are not working as they should
– Linux: Use the native titlebar to ensure compatibility between distros
– Horizontal layout: Tabs without labels show an empty space where the label should be
– When the app has an empty title, the Quick Settings are not displayed correctly
– macOS: Sonoma & Sequoia devices are detected as “macOS Unknown”
– Prevent issues while loading new themes
– Spacing between tabs is not equal
– Linux: Restore Auto-hide menu bar option in General Settings
Rambox 2.4.0
Improved:
– Upgrade to Electron 31.6.0 (Chromium 126.0.6478.234)
– New themes
– Revamped UI
– Upgrade several of our internal components
– Several improvements in performance, stability, and security
– Enhanced white-label support for Enterprises
– New “Focus session” where can enable focus mode for a time
– Display a notification when Focus Mode ends
Rambox 2.3.4
Improved:
– Add an option to display the current title of the app on Rambox’s window title
Fixed:
– Slack Huddle popup windows cannot be re-opened when closed
– macOS: improved responsiveness on onboarding
Rambox 2.3.2
Fixed:
– Some Outlook 365 sections not opening as popup when double-clicked
– Download of files fails when filename is longer than 245 characters
– Google Chat: “Google Redirect Notice” when open links in default browser
– Troubleshooting: Database connection test fails if the user is not logged
– Under some specific conditions, app’s settings won’t show for some users
– Add missing font
Typos.
Improved:
– Show link handling options when a link is clicked while holding Ctrl/Cmd+Shift
– Open link in background when a link is clicked while holding Ctrl/Cmd
– Open link in a new tab when a link is clicked while holding Shift
Rambox 2.3.1
Fixed:
– Linux: In some distributions, when clicking on a link using the link handling option “Open all in default browser”, the link doesn’t get opened in the browser
Improved:
– Adds new flag –hidden to allow starting the app minimized
– Notification center: Improve the visibility of the promotion’s dismiss button
– New screen sharing implementation, which improves compatibility and stability (Fixes issues with new MS Teams UI)
– Open popups in the same display where the link was clicked
Rambox 2.3.0
Breaking changes:
– Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave) are no longer supported due to limitations introduced in the latest Chromium’s versions.
Fixed:
– Link handling option “Open all in tabs” changes its name on save to “Default” in the app settings
– Edit shortcuts (Copy/Cut/Paste) not working on DevTools in macOS
– Yahoo Mail notifications do not show notification details
– Google Chat: Unread counter not working
Improved:
– Upgrade to Electron 27.1.3 (Chromium 118.0.5993.159)
– Upgrade several of our internal components
– Improve the information shared in App Metrics
– Several improvements in performance, stability and security
– Extensions: Dynamically update the icons to show the state of the extension
Rambox 2.2.3
Fixed:
– Linux: Media Keys not working on snap package (user must give permissions)
– Prevent showing the “open all in tabs” link handling option in tiled workspaces
– Prevent apps to start hibernated when the user adds them
– Prevent Rambox from locking by inactivity when there is one or several apps streaming audio or video
Improved:
– Informs the user if there’s low space available on the HDD
– Enhanced stability and performance of apps’ runtime
Rambox 2.2.2
Fixed:
– Monday.com not retaining login information
– Linux: Crash when sharing screen using Wayland
– Minor fixes
Improved:
– Stability and performance improvements
Rambox 2.2.1
Fixed:
– macOS: Edit shortcuts acting strange in Google Chat and pop-ups
– “Show System Tray indicator on unread messages” setting not working
– Cloudflare validation failing in some apps
– Sometimes Google SSO fails on apps with a custom user agent
Rambox 2.2.0
Improved:
– Upgrade to Electron 22.3.25 (Chromium 108.0.5359.215)
– Change hibernation leaf indicator
Rambox 2.1.5
Fixed:
– “Reload”, “Search” & “Zoom” shortcuts not working on apps within workspaces using a tiles layout.
– Double-click on app’s title bar in Tiles layout doesn’t maximize tile.
– Profile picture: Now also accepts JPEG format and sets a 512Kb file size limit for the upload image.
– URL validation fails on certain apps when adding them.
– Facebook Messenger: Screen sharing not working.
– Linux: once selected the beta channel, can’t go back to the stable one.
Improvements:
– Show Notification & an indicator icon in the app tab to advise the user that the app needs attention.
– New troubleshooting tool, made to diagnose connectivity issues, check available memory, HDD space and peripherals connection.
Rambox 2.1.4
Fixed:
– Tray icon shows red dot when Rambox initiates despite not having unread counters
– Sort issues in the root workspace when “Apps positions” is set to bottom
– Hibernated app crashes at loading when clicking on the “don’t hibernate this app” switch
– Settings: Wrong form validation when saving changes and the Master Password option is already enabled, obligating the user to disable this option or set a new password
– Fails to focus on “Wake Up” button when accessing a hibernated app through the Quick Search
Improved:
– Move apps between workspaces
– Provide Geolocation for the apps
– Focus mode: Remember the user’s last pomodoro time setting and use it as default for the next time
– Increase the “Focus Mode” maximum pomodoro timer from 120 to 720 minutes (12hs)
– Restore Proxies HTTPs support
– Overhaul of the add section, new layout and improved performance
Rambox 2.1.3
Fixed
– No persistent badge in the task bar on window restore.
– Ask for the Master Password or YubiKey when Rambox is activated in a machine.
– Windows 11 machines are labeled as Windows 10 in the Profile section.
– Basic users: Missing ‘Copy current URL’ option in the context menu.
Improvements
– Add a confirmation dialog to prevent accidental quitting when using Ctrl/Cmd + Q.
– Use the mouse wheel to navigate in the tab bar.
– Add apps section: Adds a tooltip with description & website when hover an app.
– Open Quick Search with Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Space.
– Zoom apps with Ctrl + Mouse Wheel.
– Consumption notifications: Adds a new hibernate button and the possibility to dismiss them for an app.
– App Metrics: New hibernate button for apps.
– New implementation to ensure the code injection in the apps.
Rambox 2.1.2
Fixed
– Auto-Update: Fix Windows & macOS devices gets “Update now!” new version message that points to the updated Linux snap package.
Rambox 2.1.1
Fixed
– Restore functionality: Double-click on title bar to maximize window on Mac.
– Beta version doesn’t update to the upper stable version.
– Browser verification fails in GitLab.
– Fixes “You were kicked out because there is something wrong with your license.” when using an unstable internet connection.
– Some popup windows can’t be closed using the close button.
– Extensions: Shows the correct URL for the selected app in the extension popup.
– Extensions: Fixes wrong position of the extension popups when the app bar position is other than “Left”.
– Back & Forward buttons not working on apps in workspaces with tiles layout.
– Prevent navigation shortcuts when the focus is on a text area.
– Minor fixes.
Improvements
– Some security improvements.
– Enhanced stability loading apps.
– Support Wayland screen share.
– Prevent errors while using App Metrics.
– Context menu: Show spellchecker suggestions first.
– New app’s advanced setting: “Use compatibility mode” (disables features that can cause compatibility issues with some apps).
– Complete overhaul of the proxy feature, now more stable, faster and more reliable.
– Proxy: adds “Use system proxy settings” option to general Settings.
– Extensions: overhaul internal implementation.
– Adds “dismiss” button for beta warning to stop showing it until you install a new beta.
– Adds a button to get the favicon from the Custom Apps URL and set it as a logo.
Rambox 2.1.0
Fixed
– Make changes to support Snapchat in Rambox.
– Update dependencies to keep supporting Slack.
– Enterprise: Only show Payment Failed to admin users.
– Prevent showing the “license expired” dialog after several failed attempts to validate the license.
– Support screen share in Google Meet.
Improvements
– Upgrade to Electron 21.4.0 (Chromium 106.0.5249.199).
– New context menu implementation.
– Several security improvements.
– New shortcut to jump between workspaces:
– Windows & Linux Shift + Alt + PgUp/PgDown
– macOS Cmd + Alt + PgUp/PgDown.
– Restore the app from the system tray on single click instead of double click.
– Show a banner in beta versions that reminds the user that could include some issues, with a button to access the support portal.
Rambox 2.0.10
Fixed
– F5 and Ctrl+R shortcuts now reloads the app in the current URL instead of loading the home URL.
Improvements
– License validation improvements.
– Prevent logging the user out after several errors while attempting to reach our servers.
– Add Emoji panel to the context menu (where available).
Rambox 2.0.9
Fixed
– Linux: Issues while trying to get logged in the app using Google.
– Linux: AppImage package crashing in some Linux distributions.