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Franz 5.0.0

  -  141 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    Franz 5.10.0

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Meetfranz / External Link

  • Filename

    franz-setup-5.0.0.exe

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What's new in this version:

Franz 5.0.0 (32-bit)

General:
- App: Updated electron to 4.0.4

Features:
- Spellchecker: Add automatic spellcheck language detection
- Windows: Add option to quit Franz from Taskbar

Bug Fixes:
- App: Various bugfixes and improvements


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 24 (32-bit)
- Fix unnecessary webview resize / Slack scroll issue
- Improve focus when switching services
- Fix dark mode in services


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 23 (32-bit)

General:
- App: Updated electron to 4.0.2 / Chromium 69

Features
- Service: Add error screen for services that failed to load
- Service: Add option to change spellchecking language by service

Bug Fixes:
- App: Fixed disable notification sounds
- App: Fix app delay for Premium Supporters
- i18n: Fix "greek" spellchecker name
- Spellchecker: Dictionaries are now part of app instead of dynamic download


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 22 (32-bit)
- Windows: Package spellchecker dictionaries


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 21 (32-bit)

General:
- Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community

Features:
- Service: Add option to change spellchecking language by service
- Context Menu: Quickly change the spellchecker language for the active service
- Service: Add error screen for services that failed to load
- Service: Add port option for proxy configuration

Bug Fixes:
- Spellchecker: Fix issue with dictionary download

Improvements:
- Dark Mode: Dark Mode polishing
- App: Updated a ton of dependencies


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 20 (32-bit)

Features:
- Windows: Add taskbar action to reset Franz window
- Context Menu: Add "Go Back" and "Go Forward"
- Context Menu: Add Lookup, Search Google for
- App: Add --devtools command line arg to automatically open Dev Tools

Bug Fixes:
- App: Use system proxy for services
- App: Fix service request url
- App: Do not install App updates without user confirmation
- Windows: Fix quit app, really
- Context Menu: Fix empty context menu item


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 19 (32-bit)

General:
- Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community

Features:
- App: Dark Mode
- App: Add proxy support for services
- App: New spell checker
- App: New context menu
- App: Lay groundwork for general themeing support
- App: Add option to enable dark mode for supported services

Bug Fixes:
- App: App menu was not initialized on app launch. Resolving copy & paste issues for login
- General: Convert many links from http to https
- Menu: Fix File -> Quit menu entry
- Windows: Fix impossible Ctrl+10 Shortcut
- Windows: Remove minimize setting check on close event


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 18 (32-bit)

General:
- Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community

Features:
- App: Add option to enable/disable hardware acceleration

Bug Fixes:
- Windows: Fix shortcuts for closing, minimizing, quitting and toggling fullscreen
- Windows: Hide title bar when in fullscreen


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 16 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 16 (32-bit)

General:
- App: Update Electron version to 1.7.12
- Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community

Features:
- App: Invite Friends in Settings

Bug Fixes:
- App: Fix memory leak in recipe polling loop
- App: Fix validation for side-by-side teamId & customURL
- App: Reload Franz instead of all services one by one on sleep resume
- App: Fix toggle buttons shown during import
- fix(App): Bugfix Fix memory leak in recipe polling loop
- App: Fix invite screen [object Object] values
- App: Fix Franz-wide form validation
- App: Fix service tooltips not initialized properly
- Linux: Invert tray icon color & add border for bright UI's


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 15

Features:
- App: Add option to clear app cache
- App: Add option to show/hide notification badges for muted
- Recipes: Add semver version validation
- Recipes: Add hasHostedOption to enable hosted & self hosted services
- Services: Add custom service icon upload
- Services: Add option to completely disable message badges
- Services: Improve handling of external links
- Services: Improve user experience of service search
- Account: Enable a user to delete their own account
- Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community

Bug Fixes:
- App: Allow to turn on notifications when system dnd is enabled
- App: App mute now disables notifications as well
- App: Fix service reload after waking machine up
- App: Fix "add services manually" message
- i18n: Fallback to system language or english
- Notification: Remove notification sound when app is muted
- Recipes: Enable urlInputPrefix for team and customURL
- Services: Ctrl/Cmd+R now navigates back to the service root
- Services: Fix transparent service background
- Shortcuts: Fixed settings shortcut inconsistency
- Spell checker: Fixed issues with spell checker
- Translations: Re-add Spanish to available languages
- Windows: Open window when clicking on toast notification


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 14

Features:
- App: Add link to changelog in app update notification
- App: Add option to enable/disable spell checker
- App: Add option to mute all services in sidebar
- App: Decrease minimum window size to 600px width
- App: Respect System DoNotDisturb mode for service audio
- Service: Add option to display disabled services in tabs
- Service: Add option to mute service
- Service: Add dialog to reload crashed services
- Translations: Added new translations and improved existing ones. A million thanks to the amazing community.

Bug Fixes:
- Windows: Fix notifications on Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update)
- macOS: Fix TouchBar related crash on macOS 10.12.1 and lower
- App: Add fallback to service menu when service name is empty
- App: Prevent app from redirecting when dropping link
- Support with CPU: Reduce maximum CPU usage
- Hosted Services: Do not strip www from custom service Url
- Services: Fix onNotify in service API
- Sidebar: Fix tabs reordering


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 13
- Fix issue with multiple close handlers that prevent the app from quitting


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 12

Features:
- Menu: Add "About Franz" Menu item to Windows/Linux
- Menu: Add menu item to toggle (service) dev tools
- Translation: Add italian translation

Bug Fixes
- App: Add checks to service url validation to prevent app freeze
- macOS: Fix disable launch Franz on start
- Windows: Launch Franz on start when selected
- Onboarding: Fix issue with import of on-premise services
- Shortcuts: Flip shortcut to navigate to next/previous service
- Windows: Open Window when app is pinned to taskbar and minimized to system tray
- Recipes: Recipe developers don't need Premium Supporter Account for debugging

Franz 5.0.0 Beta 12

Features:
- Settings: Add option to disable system tray icon
- Service: Display URL of hyperlinks
- App: Add tab cycling with ctrl[+shift]+tab or ctrl+[pageup|pagedown]
- Translation: Add Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Flemish, German, Greek, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

Bug Fixes:
- App: Force Franz to use single window
- Onboarding: Fix enable/disable service import toggle
- Onboarding: Fix service import
- Payment: Fix payment window when name contains special character
- macOS: Add macOS dark theme system tray icon
- Windows: Fix enable/disable autostart on login
- Windows: Fix multiple system tray icons when opening/closing Franz


Franz 5.0.0 Beta 10
- Franz 5 first public beta

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