Change Log
On this page, you can find the history of changes made to the program Pipette.
- New Language (2024-08-31): Türkçe (Turkish).
- Automatic Copying to the Clipboard (2024-05-15): With the new option "Auto Copy to Clipboard", when you capture a color, you can automatically copy the captured color value to the clipboard in a color model of your choice.
- New Language (2024-01-01): Български (Bulgarian).
- Position Change (2023-11-03): The option "Always on Top" has been moved from "General" to "System Integration" for compatibility reasons. Additionally, the function has been improved so that now, in addition to the main window, also all other windows of the program follow the setting, so that additional windows of the application cannot be permanently covered by the main window.
- Position Storage (2023-06-09): Improved storage of the last window position in environments with more than one monitor.
- Size Storage (2023-06-06): Improved storage of the program window size under high DPI conditions.
- Adjustments of the User Interface (2022-10-22): Adjustments of the program windows and dialogs for an improved display under high-dpi resolution conditions.
- Settings (2022-03-27): To reduce the size of the settings files, only those settings are stored, which deviate from the default settings.
- New Program Version (2021-05-05): 64 bit version for Linux as Debian package, RPM package and portable binary.
- Language Detection (2021-05-03): Improvement of the automatic language detection of the system language when starting the program.
- RTL-GUI Optimization (2021-04-13): Optimization of the color list of GUI layouts for languages written from right to left.
- New Language (2021-04-12): اَلْعَرَبِيَّة (Arabic).
- Internet Links (2021-03-10): Fix of broken Internet Links.
- Improved Help (2021-02-01): A readme file with instructions for running the program has been added to the ZIP archive for the macOS version.
- Save last Color List (2021-01-13): New option to save the last color list (in the menu under Settings > Save > Storage Options > Save Color List). If this option is activated, the last color list is saved when the program is closed and reloaded when the program is started.
- Random Colors (2020-12-23): With the new function "Fil e> Create Random Color" (CTRL + R) you can create a random color.
- Format of the Color List freely adjustable (2020-12-23): The format (HEX, RGB, RGB %, CMYK, CMY, HSV, TColor, XYZ) used to display the colors in the color list can now be selected in the settings. Before, the RGB format was always used.
- Enhanced Compatibility (2020-12-22): Color lists can now be loaded in any Unicode format as well as with all common line break formats.
- Remove Colors (2020-12-18): New Color Removal Features: If you right click on the color list, you'll see the new options "Remove Selected", "Remove not Selected" and "Remove All". Alternatively, you can also use the key combinations DEL, Shift + DEL and CTRL + DEL for these functions.
- Drag and Drop of Color Lists (2020-12-17): Saved color lists can now be dragged from any folder onto the program to open them.
- New Language (2020-02-24): Polski (Polish).
- New Program Version (2019-08-25): 64 bit version for macOS.
- New Language (2019-07-10): 日本語 (Japanese).
- Export Directory (2018-12-10): Storage of the last export directory.
- New Language (2018-06-14): Italiano (Italian).
- Saving of window position and window size (2018-02-10): Position and size of the program window can now be saved in the startup settings and setting profiles.
- High-DPI-Improvements (2017-12-06): Improvements of the graphical user interface and the icons for high dpi settings.
- New Language (2017-09-25): Nederlands (Dutch).
- Bug Fix (2017-09-09): Display on High-DPI-Screens.
- New Option (2017-07-12): An option was added making it possible to keep the application always on top.
- New Linux packages (2016-07-13): The Linux version is now also available as Debian package, and RPM package.
- New Language (2016-05-27): Русский (Russian).
- New Operating System (2016-05-24): Release of the Mac OS X version.
- New Language (2016-04-29): Français (French).
- File Associations (2016-02-05): Settings (File Extension PIS, Pipette Settings) can now be linked with the program directly out of the application - Info.
- New Language (2014-07-14): 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese).
- Enhancement of existing function (2014-07-12): Settings can now selectively be saved in an operating system folder or in the application folder which is increasing portability of the program. More details can be found on the help page about storing settings.
- New Languages (2014-05-30): Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese) and Español (Spanish).
- Improvement of existing function (2013-06-11): You can also use the color dialog of the operating system to select colors.
- New Language (2013-06-11): Dansk (Danish).
- New Operating System (2013-06-11): Now, Pipette is also available for Linux.
- Improvement of existing function (2012-01-09): Bug fix for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
- New Function (2011-04-06): The color list can now be saved and loaded. So, you can restore your color list when using the program for a next time or you can switch between several color lists. This function can be found in the menu "File".
Note: Minor changes, such as updating an existing program translation or fixing a bug, are typically not included in this list. Therefore, if you find a newer version of the program in the download area than the most recent date in this list, we have typically made such a change to the program.