5.6.2

Licensing model

Some clarifications are needed after the last change:

• I don't have any plans on releasing a major version this year
• If for some reason I have to do that, everyone who paid for the 1-year of free updates before the change will receive the update for free if it's within their update period

Features

XDR Contrast Enhancer slider

Improve readability in direct sunlight when using XDR Brightness.

The contrast slider allows adjusting the pixel value formula for the brightest/darkest areas, to get even more contrast out of the miniLED display.

New XDR Brightness algorithm

Developed in collaboration with the creator of BetterDummy, using a more native approach to provide:

• Stable experience when toggling XDR
• Compatibility with higher brightness non-Apple HDR monitors
• Dynamic EDR pixel values to maximise the nits allowance based on the current brightness

Improvements

• Show that XDR needs Pro license instead of doing nothing
• Choose alpha upgrades over beta ones when the alpha channel is used
• Move DDC reads outside the main thread
• Improve brightness reponsiveness check
• Collect average DDC read/write time for features that depend on DDC timing (e.g. smooth transitions, refreshing values from monitor memory etc.)
• Better support for scroll up/down to adjust sliders
• Multi-user Fast Switching support
  • Retry display list reconciliation when the system provides invalid IDs
  • Disable Sync Mode if polling seconds is 0 and brightness observer fails to start
  • Observe log in/out events and stop calling screen wake listener if logged out
  • Pause HDR workaround while logged out
  • Pause Lunar if the user switches to another user
• Make brightness text clickable in the menu bar
• Ensure sub-zero dimming works if Allow zero brightness is off
• Use less restrictive EDID patterns for finding DDC ports
• Improve DDC compatibility on monitors with missing metadata
• Increase slider reponsiveness

Fixes

• Fix overall keyboard latency
• Pause some functions when switching users or going to standby
  • Light sensor detection
  • CLI server
  • Color and Gamma reader
  • Brightness observer
• Fix app info not hiding on first launch
• Fix crash on fetching the refresh rate string for the resolution dropdown