silence 1.4.1

# silence!

A simple, lightweight microphone mute toggle for Windows with global hotkey support.

## Features

- **Global Hotkey** — Mute/unmute your microphone from anywhere using a customizable keyboard shortcut
- **System Tray** — Lives quietly in your system tray with a color-coded icon (green unmuted / red muted)
- **Quick Toggle** — Single click on the tray icon to toggle mute state
- **Visual Overlay** — Optional always-on-top indicator showing your mute status with smooth animations
- **Sound Feedback** — Audio cues when you mute/unmute with 8 preloaded sounds or custom sounds
- **Modifier Support** — Use complex hotkeys like `Ctrl + Alt + M` or simple ones like `F13`
- **Flexible Matching** — Option to ignore additional modifiers
- **Auto-Start** — Optionally launch with Windows
- **Modern UI** — Mica/Acrylic backdrop, smooth animations, native Windows 10/11 look
- **Portable** — No MSIX installer required, just extract and run

## What's New in v1.4

### Complete Overlay Rewrite
- **Pure Win32 Layered Window** — Faster, lighter, and actually works properly
- **True Click-Through** — Overlay is completely invisible to your cursor
- **Smooth Animations** — Buttery smooth fade-in/fade-out animations

### Appearance Customization
- **Show Text Option** — Toggle between icon-only or icon with text
- **Icon Styles** — Choose between colored (red/green) or monochrome icons
- **Background Styles** — Dark or light background
- **Opacity Controls** — Separate sliders for background and content opacity
- **Border Radius** — Adjust corner rounding from 0px to 24px
- **Border Toggle** — Show or hide the Windows 11 style border

### New Visibility Mode
- **Show After Toggle** — Overlay appears briefly after you mute/unmute, then disappears automatically
- **Customizable Duration** — Set how long the overlay stays visible (0.1 to 10 seconds)

## System Requirements

- Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763) or later
- Windows 11 supported
- .NET 8.0 Runtime (included in installer)