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#Free no longer needs an account, Pro syncs your setup between PCs and gives apps separate accounts, and window modes hold their place above other apps.
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- Account
Free without an account
Side Whisper works without an account. Free opens straight to setup and the sidebar. Sign in and the 14-day trial are optional, from Account, the Pro window, setup or the tray, and closing the sign-in window changes nothing.
# - AccountPro
Sync between your PCs
Pro keeps your sidebar, personal templates, themes, voice Dictionary and Snippets, and portable browser settings in step on every PC signed in to your account. Cookies, separate accounts, open tabs, shortcuts and settings that belong to one PC stay local. Sync is on once you sign in with Pro and can be turned off under Account, then Sync.
# - BrowserPro
Separate accounts for an app
Choose Separate account in Edit shortcut, or Duplicate as separate account in the link menu, to keep a second sign-in to the same site with its own cookies. Removing an account's last shortcut asks whether to forget its sign-ins and site data.
# - Sidebar
Pin to top and Mute app
Pin to top keeps an app above the others, with a divider. Pinned apps reorder among themselves and return to their old place when you unpin them. Mute app mutes every current and future tab of that app and shows a muted chip on its tile.
# - Browser
Download progress ring
The Downloads button shows a progress ring while files download, and the Downloads popup opens when a download starts. In Gaming the popup stays closed.
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Improved
- Browser
Panic button and theme import are Free
The Panic button and theme import are now part of Free. Theme export stays Pro, and every Pro feature shows the same PRO chip.
# - Account
Continue with Free
When the device limit or a new terms consent stops a signed-in account, the sign-in window offers Sign out and continue with Free. Signing out, or removing this PC from your account, also returns to Free instead of reopening sign-in.
# - Browser
Session import for separate accounts
Import browser sessions can now bring a sign-in into the shared profile or into an app's separate account.
# - Sidebar
Browser windows follow the sidebar
Open browser windows follow the sidebar when its monitor or screen edge changes, including windows running minimized in the background.
# - Sidebar
Back in one click from the tray
Clicking the tray icon brings Side Whisper back in one click when other apps cover it, and showing it again restores the browser windows it hid. Ctrl+Alt+0 follows the same rule.
# - Browser
Clearer cache and cookie clearing
Empty Cache and Hard Reload clears the cache but keeps a site’s service workers. Clear cookies and site data asks first, removes the site’s domain cookies and reloads the page.
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Fixed
- Gaming
Windows stay above your other apps
Productivity On Top and Gaming keep the sidebar and browser windows above other apps after menus, popups and modals open or close. Windows no longer drops the whole Side Whisper group behind other apps.
# - Browser
Windows opened by web apps
Video-call, sign-in and payment windows now stay above the game in Gaming and above other apps in Productivity On Top, with your overlay opacity applied. A site that opens a window without a size now gets a real tab you can control.
# - Browser
One prompt for notifications
A site that asks for notification permission, such as Discord, opens the Side Whisper prompt once, even when it asks again and again, and respects the Allow or Block choice you saved.
# - Browser
Downloads from popup windows
Files downloaded from a site's popup window now save to the folder you chose, like every other download.
# - Sidebar
Focus stays visible
Keyboard focus stays visible on the selected Window mode row, Site settings choice and screen-share source. Clicking into the sidebar or a Settings field no longer hides a shadow or an invalid field's red outline.
# - Browser
Notifications and permissions
Sites that use Web Push no longer show notifications as blocked after you allow them. Site settings explains that push is not available and that the site can notify you while its tab is open. Reset permissions also clears permissions held by embedded frames.
# - Sidebar
Dragging only moves up or down
Dragging a sidebar icon now moves it vertically only, so dragging sideways no longer scrolls every icon out of the rail.
# - Account
Sign-in after you quit
A magic-link sign-in that finishes after you quit the app no longer reopens the sign-in window or the sidebar.
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