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@aguilaair aguilaair released this 11 May 13:27
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1.0.0
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Hello everyone,

Today we're excited to announce the release of Sidekick 1.0.0 🎉. It brings new features, new looks and huge optimizations, so let's get started.

Refreshed Looks

Refreshed Looks Header

Now, who doesn't love a refreshed, beautifully crafted UI and icon? To celebrate 1.0.0 we've concentrated on making the experience of using Sidekick even more tailored to the specific systems.

macOS

In macOS we are excited to announce our new icon, which you can see in the header. It has been rebuilt to conform with macOS's other icons, and we guarantee it will feel right at home in your menu, with everything from it's subtle gradients to the shadows.

Windows

Sidekick Windows Mica Light

Windows has also received some love from us. In fact, Sidekick will now look somewhat different, with a beautiful Mica effect on Windows 11 and a curved main card which fits Microsoft's Fluent UI guidelines.

Let's also not forget about the fact that Sidekick is now available in the Microsoft Store, and has been for a couple of months. This means it is easier than ever to get started and set Sidekick up, simply by heading to the MS Store and clicking install. It has been great to see the reception of Sidekick in the Microsoft Store, with a 5-star rating and with over 200 downloads just in the first month from people all over the world.

Being added to the MS Store also brings some additional goodies to anyone who wants to keep using the MSIX to install Sidekick. The main advantage being that our installer is now signed, which means you no longer have to install our certificate in the root certificate authority database in order to install Sidekick. Simply open it and press install, it's that simple. Please do note that installing the signed certificate MSIX does remove the automatic update functionality as the MS Store handles it for us.

If you are using the MS Store 1.0.0 will be available shortly, but it may take a couple of days until the update rolls out to all devices. Hang tight!

New Features

Custom IDEs

You can now select a custom application start your projects with! Simply head over to the IDE selection toggle and click on custom. Then, simply select the application you want to open your projects with.

Want to change the IDE again? Simply click on the custom button again to change your previous selection

Compatibility Checks

We are taking the first step towards improving support for first time users of sidekick. As of 1.0.0 Sidekick will now check that all the required components are installed and correctly configured, as well as showing you the necessary commands to install everything with just one click.

New Languages

This release brings some new translations thanks to all of you. Sidekick is now available in the following languages (in addition to any of the previously bundled ones): Japanese, Polish, Italian. Ukrainian(Слава Україні!), and Bengali

Detailed changes

Bug Fixes

New

Improvements

Docs

Dependencies

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 0.2.0...1.0.0

Contributors

leoafarias, LosDanieloss, and 9 other contributors
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