Release 8.0

11/18/2024

• New
  Added option "Automatically complete URL" in the OpenURL module and in Settings -> Module Settings
• New
  Renamed "Remote Webcam" to "Remote Camera"
• New
  "Remote Desktop" and "Remote Camera" now display the resolution of the connected devices
• New
  Added an option to automatically clear old console logs in Settings -> General Settings
• New
  Completely reworked the configuration system to make it more stable, faster, and efficient, while also fixing rare bugs
• New
  Added operating system restrictions for modules that are incompatible with certain OS versions
• New
  Added options to log outgoing and incoming packets, instances, and threads in Settings -> Debug Settings
• New
  Added scroll arrows to scrollable panes
• Improved
  The "Progress UI" (like downloading file progress) will now automatically adjust its height if the status text is too long and the width is insufficient, ensuring the full text is visible
• Improved
  Improved the stability of "Remote Shell" output; it can now handle large outputs and will always scroll to the bottom
• Improved
  The Dashboard Console Logs will now always scroll to the bottom by default
• Improved
  Updated the client-saving system to ensure better reliability. The previous system could potentially lose data (e.g., saved aliases or notes)
• Improved
  Updated all scrollable panes to be fully centered with an improved appearance
• Improved
  All images are now loaded dynamically and only when required to avoid unnecessary memory consumption
• Fixed
  Fixed a potential bug that could have caused the client to fail to reconnect after the initial connection attempt on certain "third-party/custom" Java/JRE versions
• Fixed
  Fixed a rare bug that could cause crashes in "Remote Desktop" and "Remote Camera"
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug where changes to settings were not updated to their latest values (e.g., in Settings -> Module Settings, the "Show Images" option for item processes was not updated if the settings window was open during the change)
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that prevented certain "Change-Listeners" from being unregistered after closing the corresponding window
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that could prevent the "File-Manager" from downloading files
• Fixed
  Addressed several potential resource/memory leaks
• Fixed
  Resolved text color issues in white mode (e.g., white text was sometimes displayed on a white background; this has now been corrected)
• Fixed
  A bug in the slide-down animation was fixed, which caused the animation to not display correctly during its first appearance

Release 7.2

06/26/2024

• New
  Added Module-Category "Misc"
• New
  Added Module "Mouse-Fixer" which fixes the mouse to a point
• New
  Added Module "Freeze Screen"
• New
  Added Option "Keyboard" to "Remote-Desktop", allowing you to send key-clicks to the client
• New
  Added a colored border to "Remote-Desktop", which now indicates if "Remote-Desktop" is focused and listening to mouse-clicks or keyboard-clicks. It will be colored green if triggered and orange if listening
• New
  Added Plugin "Native"
• Improved
  File-Manager's module "Zip" now shows the current filename being zipped, and the state (e.g., 1/4 files)
• Improved
  ProgressUI now also shows the state of progress (e.g., download|upload 5MB/400MB)
• Improved
  ProgressUI now has icons for pause, resume, and abort
• Improved
  Module "Black-Screen" is now always on top, so no panel will appear above it
• Improved
  Client information in Client-Tiles is now updated live when you hover over them, allowing you to see the current ping and more
• Improved
  Notifications now have a dynamic height, so if a notification text is longer, the height will be extended and no longer be replaced with "..."
• Improved
  Files (like downloaded or uploaded), will now be deleted if they failed to move to the selected directory
• Improved
  Updated some theme colors
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that could prevent closing the module "Black-Screen" after Sorillus was closed without deactivating "Black-Screen" manually
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that caused option "Mouse" in "Remote-Desktop" to not register on the latest selected monitor device
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that showed two percentage symbols in ProgressUI
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that logged a "useless" error if zipping in file manager was aborted
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug where the "eye icon" in password fields, like in "Password Recovery", appeared slightly over the password dots
• Fixed
  Fixed a very unlikely client-side bug that could cause the client to crash on an unexpected error at client-start when autostart was enabled
• Removed
  Moved module "Black-Screen" to category "Misc"

Release 7.1

04/19/2024

• New
  Added client view tiles - a new view mode to see the client's desktop in a mini tile that refreshes at a user-defined time period
• New
  Added "Client-View" settings to "General"
• New
  Added "Notification-Animation" option to setting-tab "Animations", which lets you enable/disable slide-in-out animation for notifications
• New
  Added Module "Create File/Folder" to "File-Manager"
• Improved
  Module "Remote-Desktop" is now a bit more efficient due to packet-shrinking
• Improved
  If a client with a different version connects, only the module "Update Client" and "Debug" is available to avoid version complications
• Improved
  All modules that were opened in "File-Manager" (such as File-Rename etc.) are now also closed when the client disconnects
• Improved
  The border of the Client & Server table has been enlarged to increase the resizing area
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that could cause error logs not to be received correctly
• Fixed
  A bug has been fixed that caused a disconnection notification not to be displayed if the client connection was interrupted during an ongoing process such as downloading files, etc.
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that prevented the "Title Animation" from being activated/deactivated when the "Slide Pane" was deactivated
• Removed
  "Tray Option" has been removed as it was not necessary to use it. It may be added again if it has a use

Release 7.0

03/15/2024

• New
  Added Jar/Client binder to builder view, so you are now be able to inject the client into an existing jar file
• New
  Added Module "Text To Speech" which is currently support on Windows and macOS
• New
  Added option "Force-Rename" to module "Rename File" which forces a renaming of the file, even if the new file name already exists as a file
• New
  Added force option to module "Popup" which forces the display of popups even if LookAndFeel/Design is not available on the client
• New
  Added force option to module "DownloadFromURL" which forces an existing file with the same file name to be replaced by the file downloaded from the URL
• New
  Added a "Times Slider" to "OpenURL" so that you can now set how often a URL should be opened.
• New
  Added FPS-Calculation for "Remote Webcam"
• New
  A volume control has been added to the "Remote-Microphone" module so that you can now change the volume of the sound
• New
  Added Setting-Tab Debug
• New
  Added a completely new debug panel for bug tracking etc. by enabling debug mode in the settings, and then double-clicking on a client in the client view (this is only for bug reports, if a supporter wants to see a screenshot from the debug panel or otherwise)
• Improved
  Rewritten the entirely Packet-System with a much more efficient writer/reader using native data which also decreases the packet sizes up to 80% and the read and write speed up to 92% (compared with old packet system and new, with 100 gigabyte of packet-data)
  
  Example:
  An RAR-Archive Download with a size of 125.400.562 Bytes
  Old Packet-System took: 27277ms (27.277 seconds)
  New Packet-System takes: 2029ms (2.029 seconds)
• Improved
  Introduction of a better logging system
• Improved
  Significantly improved error handling for faster and more thorough troubleshooting
• Improved
  Updated module "FileManager", the listing is now much faster due to the compression of file icons
• Improved
  FPS-Calculation is now more precise and accurate
• Improved
  Module "Black-Screen" has been redesigned and can now "black out" several screens at the same time
• Improved
  Module "Image-Walk" has been improved the image is now centered and the module will now response if it has failed
• Improved
  Module "Processes" will now keep the searched process in the "Search bar" after a process has been terminated
• Improved
  Module "FileManager" will now keep the searched file in the "Search bar" after relisting
• Improved
  Module "Notes" will now remind you if you have not saved your changes
• Improved
  Module "Uninstall & Disconnect" now responds if an error has occurred, and if so, the client is not disconnected
• Improved
  Debug "Instances" now shows the creation time of the client-side and not that of the server-side
• Improved
  If you now try to cancel a process and the cancel warning appears, the process is now paused in the background until you cancel the cancelation
• Improved
  Some error logs are now displayed in a new window into which you can copy the error log (e.g. for bug reports)
• Improved
  Module "FileManager" UI now shows the current path in the title bar
• Improved
  If Text-Chat UI on clients side is minimized/iconified, it will be unminimized if the server sends a new message
• Improved
  The search function in all tables, e.g. Files, Processes etc. is now much faster
• Improved
  ProgressUI (e.g. download, upload progress etc.) now shows 2 decimal places after the decimal point to ensure accurate progress
• Improved
  Module "Upload" now has its own panel, and you can define your own file name for the upload, which will then appear in the client path. You can also force the upload, which means that the existing file name will be replaced by the uploaded file
• Improved
  The number of webcams is now displayed automatically without having to open the "Remote Webcam" module if the webcam plugin is installed
• Improved
  Webcam quality is now also displayed automatically if you restart Sorillus and the client has previously installed the webcam plugin
• Improved
  "Update Client" now responds with a success or error message and after uploading the client file you will receive a second confirmation, if canceled the process will be aborted and the client file will be deleted
• Improved
  Debug "Instances" now show the elapsed seconds instead of the milliseconds timestamp
• Improved
  Updated the entirely config system
• Fixed
  Fixed a thread error with locked packages (such as remote desktop, download, upload, etc.) that slowed down the runtime significantly
• Fixed
  A bug in the "Black-Screen" module has been fixed. If the "black out" screen was deactivated and the user pressed "Deactivate" anyway, the black screen was activated
• Fixed
  Fixed a rare visual bug that caused notifications to overlap slightly
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that prevented a warning in ProgressUI (such as cancel upload/download etc.) from being canceled a second time if the first cancelation was canceled
• Fixed
  Fixed bug in the "Download from URL" module (in FileManager) that the download progress was not displayed correctly for "larger files"
• Fixed
  A rare bug during "Password Recovery" has been fixed where no data was transferred on some systems
• Fixed
  Fixed a rare bug which could lead to a crash during "Remote Desktop & Webcam"
• Fixed
  Fixed a few encoding issues by enforcing UTF-8
• Fixed
  Fixed recoloring button icons in "File-Manager" shortcut-list when changing to light theme and vice versa
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that prevented the activation of "Blur" and could lead to a malfunction of the close button, the error only occurred for users who used Java with 32-bit architecture
• Removed
  Removed Category "Debug" from clients context menu
• Removed
  Removed "Show alias" option in the client view - it was set as the default
• Removed
  The "Show Process icons" option has been removed from the "Processes" module; it can now be set in the module settings.

Release 6.1

01/19/2023

• New
  Added Plain-Option for Message-Dialogs
• New
  Added Pastebin support for Client-Builder which means you are now able to utilize services such as Pastebin, Hastebin, or any other custom text hosting service instead of using IP/DNS and Port. Additionally, this also allows the ability to change the IP and DNS at a later time
• New
  A new option, "Auto-Install," has been added to the "Plugins" module, enabling automatic installation of plugins when a client connects, eliminating the need for manual installation
• Improved
  Updated Alert-UI
• Improved
  Updated Changelog-UI
• Improved
  The "Password-Recovery" feature now directly loads the password upon opening the panel, eliminating the need to press the 'refresh' button beforehand
• Improved
  The client's ping is now no longer affected by other packets and thus, no longer displays a distorted ping value
• Fixed
  Resolved an infrequent bug in the "Password-Recovery" Module, which prevented the display of "dot" characters for hidden passwords
• Fixed
  A potential bug affecting all table views, including Client-View, Server-View, File-Manager, etc. has been fixed. This bug may have caused rows to be displayed incorrectly
• Fixed
  A "Show Mouse-Pointer & Remote Mouse-Clicks" bug in Remote-Desktop has been fixed. When a different screen with a different resolution or aspect ratio was selected, the mouse pointer was not displayed/executed at the correct position. This error has now been resolved

Release 6.0

12/22/2022

• New
  Sorillus is now no longer limited to 60 frames per second, which means that all animations etc. are much smoother
• New
  Added new Popup/Context-Menu and Setting animations
• New
  The File-Manager has been completely reworked and now displays the amount of files in folders, the formatting of the modification date has been improved, shortcuts to known/often used paths are now displayed on the left side and the disk space is now displayed
• New
  You can now drag and drop individual files to the user's desktop via Remote-Desktop
• New
  Added Module "Password-Recovery", this allows access to stored passwords in currently supported browsers: Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, Iridium, Vivaldi | Chromium-Versions: < 80 and >= 80 (all currently versions) without starting the browser.
• New
  Under the settings tab "Profile" you can now see your total licenses, the total licenses represent all purchased licenses, so you can use Sorillus on another computer for each individual license with the same account.
• New
  Added a Forgot-Password link in Launcher
• Improved
  As of now, every password field includes a show/hide password button on the right side of the text field
• Improved
  The "Refresh", "Reset Columns", etc. buttons have been moved to a table popup so that they can be used when right-clicking on an empty area in the client table or server table, etc.
• Improved
  Search-Filters are now faster (File-Manager, Client Names, Processes etc.)
• Improved
  The Font-System was updated, which shortened the startup time
• Improved
  Many improvements and changes were made in the user interface
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that Remote Mouse in Remote-Desktop did not worked for the first time
• Fixed
  Fixed a bug that when closing a window (during the closing animation), keyboard shortcuts such as Alt+F4 would retrigger that closing animation
• Fixed
  Some minor bugs have been fixed, such as the panel switch animation being interrupted when switching to other panels too quickly.