What's New - NEO Pro 9.00 Build 9040 / 9041 (14 November 2023) (T1256)

What's New - NEO Pro 9.00 Build 9040 / 9041 - 14 November 2023

Topic T1256

Applies to NEO Pro 9.00

Welcome

This presents an overview of changes in the following release:

Version: 9.00 Build 9040 (x86 for 32 bit Outlook)
Version: 9.00 Build 9041 (x64 for 64 bit Outlook)
Released: 14 November 2023

The below presents an overview of changes in this new version.
Or check the What's New for this new NEO Pro 9 version.

NEO Pro 9 introduces Dark Mode
NEO Pro 9 introduces Dark Mode feature which can be enabled from Tools, Options, General tab.
At first start, NEO Pro 9 offers the option to enable Dark Mode (or remain with regular color settings).
After selecting Dark Mode, NEO Pro will restart to update all color settings.

Detailed color settings used by the Dark Mode feature can be specified under Tools, Options, Format tab.

What's new in this version of NEO Pro (build 9040/9041):

This is the first official release of NEO Pro 9

New Features of NEO Pro 9

Introduction of Dark Mode feature.
After starting NEO Pro 9 first time, a pop-up window will provide the option to enable this feature; if selected, NEO Pro will restart to set all color settings correctly.
Dark Mode feature can be switched on/off from Tools, Options, General tab.

New Features since first beta build

Background color of all panes are user definable under Options, Format tab
Color of unread items also user definable under Options, Format tab
Text color in all panes will follow color settings of 'received messages' (normally white or very light)
New button 'apply colors' under Options, Format tab allows testing changed colors without closing Options.
Scrollbars in NEO panes showing in Darkmode style
Color of gridlines in message list better adapted to Darkmode (darker, less pronounced)
Gridlines in single-line message list are optional (Options, General tab; only applicable in Darkmode); gridlines will always show in multi-line message list.
Searches are showing the search term in highlighted text but with dark font color for better readability
Pop-up windows for 'New Message' alert showing in Darkmode style
Font definition in Darkmode optimized for readability
Various smaller white areas have been resolved to provide smoother experience
Under options it is clarified that NEO Pro will restart after changing DarkMode option

Issues resolved

The following issues have been resolved since first beta build

Outlook did not start NEO Pro if so defined under Options in NEO Pro
Several issues with rendering messages in the preview pane have been resolved
Starting NEO Pro while holding Shift key, occassionally caused Access Violation errors
Sometimes empty folders could not be removed from the NEO Pro sytem
If 'Snoozed Items' folder was removed from Hot view, then folder reappeared after restart
In rare cases, part of HTML did not show using the NEO Pro HTML rendering engine

Known issues

Color of NEO Pro's title bar is controlled by Windows settings: for a darker color, go in Settings to Personalization, Color, Accent Color then check 'Show accent color on title bars and window borders'
In message list without scrollbar, occassionally a white box shows where scrollbar would normally be placed; this can be resolved by manually widening the right-most column (either move it to the right, or enlarge this column); thereafter this white box shouldn't show anymore
For background color, sometimes predefined window color definitions do not render properly (e.g., ButtonShadow); in this case, using 'custom' entry, any preferred color can be defined

NEO Pro 9.0 release history (build 9xx0 for x86 (32 bit) Outlook / build 9xx1 for x64 (64 bit) Outlook)

T1254 - What's New - NEO Pro 9.0 Build 901x (20 June 2023)
T1255 - What's New - NEO Pro 9.0 Build 903x (22 October 2023)

NEO Pro 9.0 Build 904x (14 November 2023) - first official release

T1256 - What's New - NEO Pro 9.0 Build 904x (14 November 2023)

Last updated: 14 November 2023