AlDente 1.28.1

[davidwernhart]

AlDente 1.28.1 Spirelli

All

• New App Icon!
• New Settings window which can better visualize AlDente's features and settings, especially on smaller screens.
• New and improved popover window with tweaked design to better fit the macOS visual language.
• Removed the "Popup Animation" option due to the new popover window.
• Many smaller changes and fixes.

Pro

• Users of Sailing Mode can now charge back to the charge limit by double-clicking the slider in the popup window.
• A warning icon in AlDente's status display is added if the app detects that the power supply is plugged in but cannot provide power.
• Added the ability to control the color of the Magsafe LED for MacBooks with MagSafe 3 via the Apple Shortcuts app.
• Added the ability to turn the Magsafe LED off while the device is asleep.

With peace & love from Vienna,
AppHouseKitchen

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This discussion was created from the release AlDente 1.28.1.

[vincentpun]

Thank you for the release, and I have some feedback on the new design, and thank you for using a better macOS-like popover that is a lot closer to how all other menu extras behave.

I have some feedback on the design of the settings window:

• Taking the same approach of the controversial System Settings app is I would say a bit unexpected. I'm curious if screen space on small screens was the issue, whether adding a scrollable content area in the content pane would have helped. In fact, now a scrollable content area is pretty much mandatory for all panes because the height of the window has been drastically reduced.
• Scrollbar is always hidden even when I have them on always and impacts usability.
• The text next to the icons does not seem to line up vertically to me.
• I find the animations for the sidebar highlights a bit unnecessary and distracting. I can't think of another macOS app with sidebars that does this.
• Similarly I'm not sure why the corner radius of the window is much bigger compared to other apps.

[MatthiasKerbl]

Hi @vincentpun,

Thank you for your honest and constructive feedback. We will consider it for future development.

Best,
Matthias

[Swiss-Mac-User]

Love the updated & revised UI incl. rich Popover! In my opinion you achieved well to make AlDente more user friendly.

Well done 👏