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13 Sep 2026
NewsDeskLayer Stability Update———Game update
Game update · published 13 Sep 2026, 17:05:40 UTC
DeskLayer Stability Update
Fixed idle freeze / slow interaction · Fixed issues where the dock, taskbar, tray, clock, and app tabs became extremely slow after prolonged idle periods. · Reduced accumulated background work clogging the WPF Dispatcher. · Offloaded heavy operations such as AppBar, Explorer, and window handling to background threads. · Added a watchdog and recovery mechanism to detect hung dispatchers. · Preve…
NewsDeskLayer Update: Widget Editor Text Scaling and Stability Fixes———Game update
Game update · published 12 Sep 2026, 07:41:27 UTC
DeskLayer Update: Widget Editor Text Scaling and Stability Fixes
A major update is now live focusing on core system stability, eliminating UI freezes in Gap Mode, resolving responsiveness issues, and improving the Widget Editor. Core Stability and Performance · Fixed UI Freezes and Hangs in Gap Mode Resolved an issue where running in Gap Mode or switching between maximized windows could trigger an infinite occlusion reveal loop, leading to UI thread starvati…
NewsTransparent Status: Idle UI Latency & Why Marketing Has Been Quiet———Steam news
Steam news · published 11 Sep 2026, 21:17:23 UTC
Transparent Status: Idle UI Latency & Why Marketing Has Been Quiet
Hey everyone, DeskLayer v1.1 is out, but I want to address the elephant in the room and sincerely apologize for being so quiet lately, as well as the complete lack of proper marketing around this release. To be completely honest, I couldn't bring myself to actively promote or hype up the app while knowing a critical issue was still affecting daily productivity. As a solo developer, putting on a…
DeskLayer v1.1 Patch Notes Update Period: August 8, 2026 – September 8, 2026 1. Community Workshop Integration and Ecosystem · In-App Workshop Browser: Direct browsing for community presets, taskbars, widgets, and wallpapers with categorized filter chips (Most Subscribed, Top Rated, Most Recent), real-time search, and 1-click Subscribe/Unsubscribe. · Two-Column Interactive Sandbox Detail View:…
DeskLayer v1.1 is scheduled to drop on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM WITA (11:00 AM UTC) . This upcoming milestone represents a massive architectural overhaul of our desktop customization engine. We have completely rewritten core subsystems to cut idle resource usage, eliminate window layering conflicts, and introduce direct community integration. Major Highlights Coming in v…
Start with Windows Honest one: I think some of you were frustrated that DeskLayer did not open on its own when Windows started, so you had to launch it yourself every time. That is fixed. · New "Start with Windows" toggle in Settings, under System. Turn it on and DeskLayer launches by itself after you sign in, so your custom taskbar is ready. It starts on its own, without opening Steam. · If yo…
DeskLayer: Smoother day-to-day Windows and the dock get along better • Summon the dock over a maximized app without it flickering or resizing your window. Maximizing now snaps instantly, with no slow animation or blink. • When a window covering the dock is minimized, the dock and your widgets come back on their own instead of staying hidden. • Widgets stay between a video wallpaper and your app…
NewsDeskLayer — Quick Patch: Easier to start, easier to use———Game update
Game update · published 27 Jul 2026, 10:59:54 UTC
DeskLayer — Quick Patch: Easier to start, easier to use
DeskLayer — Quick Patch: Easier to start + smart editing New here? Take the tour · First time you open DeskLayer, a short guided tour points out the wallpaper, taskbar, and widgets. · One-click "Apply a starter look" sets up a full starter scene — a taskbar, a live wallpaper, and a few widgets — and saves it as a Preset you can tweak. · The taskbar editor, widget editor, and on-screen designer…
A quick follow-up focused on stability. · Fixed a crash that could close DeskLayer during heavy window switching, most noticeable with Chromium browsers (Opera, Edge, Chrome). This is the main fix. · Fixed the hotkey-summoned taskbar not appearing over a maximized app. · Fixed the taskbar staying hidden after exiting a fullscreen game. It now comes back on its own. If DeskLayer ever closed or "…
NewsQuick Patch: Editor polish + Live Widgets preview———Game update
Game update · published 23 Jul 2026, 15:21:38 UTC
Quick Patch: Editor polish + Live Widgets preview
Honestly the editor felt clunky to actually use, so this one is a fast quality-of-life pass. I moved controls where they belong, simplified the panels, added a few new toys, and fixed a batch of stability issues. Editor: easier to read, less clutter · Inspector regrouped. Quick controls (opacity, size) sit at the top, then one Appearance section (colour, border, gradient, shadow) and one Behavi…
NewsStability fix: taskbar no longer disappears———Game update
Game update · published 20 Jul 2026, 15:43:17 UTC
Stability fix: taskbar no longer disappears
Fixes · Fixed the taskbar occasionally disappearing after switching designs or on launch ,it now reloads itself instead of going blank. Sorry to anyone who hit this! Solo dev, patching fast. More coming , bug reports welcome on Discord 💙
Post-launch patch: shareable custom designs, Taskbar Designer refresh, big fixes
Share your full design, not just the layout · Presets and taskbars you share now carry their custom CSS/JS and assets , the person who imports it sees exactly what you built, not a stripped-down version · Importing a design that ships custom code shows a one-time heads-up first (it runs on your machine), so sharing stays safe · Your creations now carry your author name , set it once in Settings…
Major update · published 18 Jul 2026, 07:30:50 UTC
DeskLayer 1.0 is live 🎉
It's out. After a few months building this mostly at night, DeskLayer is finally on Steam. New here? DeskLayer replaces your Windows taskbar with a floating dock you design yourself, adds live wallpapers, and drops widgets on your desktop - clock, weather, system monitor, and whatever you build. What's in the box · A taskbar editor you drag, restyle, and shape however you want · Live video + HT…