General Information
On 12th of May the following was released:
- ISL Light 4.4.2011.30 for Windows (release_date=2020-05-07, build=f291762dbf0a0b4f3aeb09869fa6d9caea8f1b98, platform=win32,os_version=0x06010000-0x7fffffff)
- ISL Light 4.4.2011.30 for Mac (release_date=2020-05-07, build=f291762dbf0a0b4f3aeb09869fa6d9caea8f1b98, platform=mac, os_version=0x0a0800-0x0affff)
- ISL Light 4.4.2011.30 for Linux (release_date=2020-05-07, build=f291762dbf0a0b4f3aeb09869fa6d9caea8f1b98, platform=linux64)
- ISL Light Client 4.4.2011.6 for Mac (release_date=2020-05-08, build=f291762dbf0a0b4f3aeb09869fa6d9caea8f1b98, platform=mac, os_version=0x0a0800-0x0affff)
- ISL Light Client 4.4.2011.6 for Linux (release_date=2020-05-08, build=f291762dbf0a0b4f3aeb09869fa6d9caea8f1b98, platform=linux64)
All updates have release date set to 2020-05-07 and 2020-05-08. Your ESS will need to be same or higher to be able to update your server. This release is available to all countries except Japan.
Upgrading to new version
Hosted service users please check Upgrading Hosted Service.
Server license users please check Upgrading Server License.
Improvements
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Enable tags/users categories in dropdowns (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-3669] More
DescriptionAdded support for clicking on tag names in the tags dropdown menu. Clicking on a tag name searches for all the computers with the same tag.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Convert full-width numbers to half-width numbers (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5270] More
DescriptionAdded support for converting full-width numbers to half-width in the session code input field. This allows users to input full-width numbers when entering session code.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Post start of recording notification with file path (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5315] More
DescriptionISL Light now sends information about the recording file to the server.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add the possibility to change the computer admin (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5327] More
DescriptionAdded support for changing the computer admin in the ISL Light computers dashboard.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Improve Color Quality Dialog (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5331] More
DescriptionThe color quality dialog was improved by renaming the entries and changing order to make it more understandable and user friendly.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add a cmdline argument to skip the initial install/run once dialog (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5337] More
DescriptionAdded a new command-line parameter which allows the user to skip the initial dialog when starting ISL Light, which asks the user to select either 'Install' or 'Run once' option.
The command line parameter is:
--run-once
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Start remote applications from GUI (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5343] More
DescriptionAdded support for starting applications on the remote computer from the ISL Light in-session GUI. Users will need to define the remote applications in the remote computer's registry to have them displayed in the ISL Light GUI.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Show single frame buffer multiple times (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5378] More
DescriptionAdded support for showing the same remote desktop session in multiple ISL Light windows.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add support to show single session in multiple windows (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5380] More
DescriptionAdded support for showing single session in multiple ISL Light windows.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Show each monitor in separate window in single session (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5381] More
DescriptionAdded support for viewing each remote monitor in a seperate ISL Light window in a single session. This enables users to split remote monitors into seperate windows which they can then arrange on their local computer. For example, if the user has the same number of monitors on the remote machine as on the local machine, they can use this functionality to have each remote monitor displayed on a seperate local monitor.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Define custom timeout for blackscreen (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5425] More
DescriptionNew command line option was added to ISL Light application. Users can now specify timeout for blackscreen functionality. The minimal value that users can set is 10 and maximum value that users can specify is 180 ( 3 minutes ). In order to set custom timeout the following command line argument has to be used:
--on-connect "desktop?black_timeout=X"
Users can also change the value of timeout in ISL Light settings.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Lock desktop when no network connection (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5426] More
DescriptionAdded a new setting which locks the remote computer when ISL Light looses connection to the remote computer during a session.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Update dropdown menus in session (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5427] More
DescriptionUpdated the in session drop down menus by reordering and renaming buttons to make it more user friendly.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Open modal dialog with invitation instead of default email client email creation (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5434] More
DescriptionImproved the session invitation functionality by adding a modal dialog where users can edit and send the invitation emails for session invitation, inviting another operator and transfer session invitation.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add transfer session copy URL feature to dashboard (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5436] More
DescriptionAdded copy URL functionality to sessions dashboard for the invite operator and transfer session functionalities. The delete functionality on the sessions dashboard was renamed to end session functionality.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add cache for keyboard layout discovery (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5440] More
DescriptionAdded cache for keyboard layout discovery which improves the keyboard functionality.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Replace icons in and change opacity on hover on computers dashboard (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5443] More
DescriptionUpdated the computers dashboard tab with new icons.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Send monitor layout in ISSC protocol (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5449] More
DescriptionAdded support for sending remote monitor layout in ISSC protocol.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add group indicator for computer (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5450] More
DescriptionAdded an indicator which indicates that a computer is in a group. Clicking on the indicator opens up a dropdown menu which contains the group name and the edit option.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Improve issc event loop handler (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5451] More
DescriptionImproved ISSC event loop handler which improves user control, whiteboard functionality and overall black screen functionality when switching remote desktop.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Use magnification api on Windows 10 when black screen is enabled (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5452] More
DescriptionAdded support for magnification API driver which is used on Windows 10 machines when black screen is enabled.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Remember window size (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5454] More
DescriptionISL Light window sizes and positions are now remembered and will be restored the next time the window is opened. ISL Light chat, file transfer and system information windows will now also remember their previous size and position when closed and opened in the same session.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Improve IME keyboard handling (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5495] More
DescriptionImproved support and handling of IME keyboard for japanese and korean keyboard layouts.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Focus tags field if "edit" in tags dropdown is clicked (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-3670] More
DescriptionFixed an issue where the 'tags' field was not in focus when clicking the 'Edit' option in the tags dropdown menu. The issue was fixed, clicking on 'Edit' option in the dropdown menu will now correctly focus the 'tags' input field.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - "Record" and "Test" buttons in talk settings cannot be recorded and translated (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5287] More
DescriptionFixed an issue where the 'Record' and 'Test' buttons in the talk settings were not translated to the user's chosen language. The issue was fixed, the buttons will now be correctly translated.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Unify --connect and --connect-search flow with main flow (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5390] More
DescriptionUsers experienced issues when using '--connect', '--connect-uid' or '--connect-search' command-line parametres, when they had 2-factor authentication enabled for their account. The launched ISL Light application did not correctly support 2-factor authentication. The connect command line parameter functionality was redesigned, users will now be able to use these command line parameters in combination with 2-factor authentication.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Fix corrupted file modified time and size with sync (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5416] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where the file size and date were not synced correctly when using the file sync functionality. This functionality was redesigned and will now correctly sync file size and date.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Report Windows 10 version (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5445] More
DescriptionFixed an issue where the system information would display the wrong version for Windows 10. The system information functionality was redesigned and will now display the correct version.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Leave left control key unfiltered when black screen enabled (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5448] More
DescriptionUsers experienced issue with using left control key when the black screen was enabled. This caused some characters on some keyboard layouts to be impossible to enter when the black screen was enabled. The key filtering functionality was redesigned and now also leaves the left control key unfiltered when the black screen is enabled.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Unify arguments location for restarted sessions (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5466] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where the command-line parameters are lost when performing the restart&resume functionality. The restart&resume functionality was redesigned and will now transfer the command-line parameters when the remote computer is restarted.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Disable automatic keyboard for Korean Language on Windows (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5473] More
DescriptionUsers were not able to directly input Korean characters, due to IME input blocking. ISL Light now check whether local keyboard layout is set to Korean and if it is, it will disable IME (remote keyboard layout will be automatically selected). Users should be now able to directly input Korean characters.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Forward keyboard flags to viewer (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5496] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue when connected from a MacOS machine to a Windows machine while sending characters that require the ALT key. This would cause an issue where the ALT key on the Windows machine would get stuck. The keyboard functioanlity was redesigned, users will no longer experience this issue.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Fix incorrect indicators of selected color depth (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5497] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced issues where the color depth indicator incorrectly indicated selection of more than one option. The selection functionality was redesigned, users will now no longer experience issue with multiple color depths being selected.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Fix session page menu after resizing (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5499] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where the toolbar items on the session page would not resize correctly, causing overlap. The session page menu resize functionality was redesigned, users will no longer experience issue with overlapping toolbar items.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Open TextEdit.app for view log file without specifying full filepath of textedit app (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5503] More
DescriptionDue to change of default text editor location a change in how to invoke opening a log file was needed (action to open Log file did not work on macOS 15 - Catalina ). ISL Light will no longer provide full path to the application, instead it will request from operating system to locate the TextEdit.app and open the log file with it.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Improve qml video item support (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5504] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where the monitor selection buttons would not correctly switch to the corresponding monitor. The monitor selection functionality was redesigned, users will now no longer experience issue with incorrect monitor selection.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Reimplement dead keys handling in ISSC VIEWER (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5511] More
DescriptionUsers experienced an issue where they were unable to write spanish accented characters on the remote computer through ISL Light session. The dead key handling functionality in ISSC viewer was redesigned, users are now able to send over the spanish accented keys correctly.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Focus switch not detected (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5513] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where the clipboard functionality would not work correctly when connecting from a MacOS computer. The issue was that the focus switch not being detected. The focus functionality was redesigned, users will now no longer experience clipboard issues when connected from a MacOS computer.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Improve selection of redraw area (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5514] More
DescriptionIn some cases operator did not receive graphical updates from remote desktop if 1:1 viewing option was selected. Detection of changes when 1:1 viewing option is selected was redesigned, and operator should now receive graphical updates from remote desktop.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - 1:1 view scroll does not work on MacOS/DirectX (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5515] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where they were unable to move the scroll bars when using the 1:1 zoom option when connected to a remote MacOS machine from a Windows machine with DirectX backend. The scroll handling in MacOS and DirectX backends was redesigned, users will no longer experience this issue.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Implement dead keys handling in streamer (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5516] More
DescriptionUsers experienced an issue where they were unable to write spanish accented characters on the remote computer through ISL Light session. The dead key handling functionality in ISSC streamer was redesigned, users are now able to send over the spanish accented keys correctly.
The defect was fixed.
ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Handle space key differently (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5517] More
DescriptionUsers sometimes experienced an issue where they were unable to use the space key when connected to a remote computer. The handling of the space key was redesigned, users will no longer experience this issue.
The defect was fixed.