Version 8.0 Beta Release

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Hey, all of you! The last months I was working hard on a total rewrite of Ueli. I have a working Beta version and I want to share it with you so you can test it and give me some feedback. Maybe some issues or feature requests you had were resolved too? 😃

Download the portable beta here:

• Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ffshoxghxw2il27/ueli-8.0.0-beta-portable.zip?dl=0
• macOS: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v1iicjnm74ix00n/ueli-8.0.0-beta-portable-mac.zip?dl=0

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Thank you all for your support and your constant feedback!

8.0.0

What is new?

General

• Multilanguage (currently only English and German but if there is someone translating the whole app to another language it should be no problem)
• Your current config won’t be compatible with the new version
• User can’t modify config file location. Configuration is stored in the user’s AppData folder on Windows and ~/Library/ApplicationSupport folder on macOS
• Async code execution
  • Supports executing 3rd party binaries or fetching data from the internet
  • UI should not be blocked anymore

New Plugins

Currency Converter

Convert currencies with up to date exchange rates like this:

Translation

Translate words or short sentences. Available languages: English, German, Spanish, Frensh, Portugese

Workflow

A workflow is similar to a shortcut, but can contain multiple execution steps. You can trigger multiple stuff with just a keyword. For example search for “Start development” and then let ueli open up a file, execute a commandline tool, open up a webpage or a program.

Everything (Windows only)

Use voidtools everthing to search your computer globally.

mdfind (macOS only)

Use macOS’ build-in tools to search your computer globally.

Settings

• The whole settings window has been redesigned. Open the settings with <kbd>Ctrl</kbd><kbd>i</kbd> (Windows) or <kbd>Cmd</kbd><kbd>,</kbd> (macOS)
• You can now change the color theme from the settings window. You can also export/import color themes
• Everything should be more user-friendly

What is currently missing and will be added to the final 8.0.0 version

• Support for mouse interaction
• Installer + auto updater
• Operating system settings
• Search result numbers
• More color themes

[oliverschwendener]

Version v8.0.0 is now released.

[kensoldink]

@oliverschwendener Yeah, I noticed Capslock wasn’t accessible via the GUI, so I tried directly modifying the config JSON. Makes complete sense why Capslock + Space won’t work since Capslock isn’t a modifier. Changed it to Ctrl + Space and things are great.

Been loving the dev version by the way; the shortcuts and workflows are a gamechanger for me as I have fairly predictable activities in powershell (have never been able to execute powershell scripts in master) that I can now activate quickly and quietly. Thank you!