The first beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3.1 is now available. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.3 release.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Fixed bug that could cause problems with locked files when using the Individual Desktop Items option
• Improved support for Firefox 3
• Changed the desktop label overlay to match system bezels
• Hot keys can now use the Option key on its own as the modifier
• Other minor bug fixes

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Today we have released You Control: Desktops 1.3, our powerful virtual desktops utility. This update brings support for Leopard, as well as new features adding additional configuration options.

For the specific list of what has changed, please check the release notes, either in the ReadMe or on our support web site:

You Control: Desktops Release Notes

The sixth beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3 is now available. This update includes a number of Leopard compatibility fixes in addition to ongoing fixes and enhancements for both Tiger and Leopard. The beta cycle for 1.3 is winding down, so if you have any issues, please report them.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Fixed issues with some applications not listing their windows.
• Added an option for checking for beta updates on auto-update. This allows you to get the latest beta releases if you want.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent some users from being able to auto-update successfully.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

The fifth beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3 is now available. This update includes a number of Leopard compatibility fixes in addition to ongoing fixes and enhancements for both Tiger and Leopard.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Fixed bug that could cause individual desktop items to be hidden when switching between desktops.
• Fixed bug that could cause a crash when switching between desktops using Spaces while running You Control: Desktops with individual desktop items.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

The fourth beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3 is now available. This update includes a number of Leopard compatibility fixes in addition to ongoing fixes and enhancements for both Tiger and Leopard.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Updated default settings to help initial users.
• Fixed bug where dragging in the desktop thumbnails the Palette View could select the wrong window when hot keys are assigned to desktops.
• Desktop name overlay now hides when using full screen applications
• Fixed an issue that could cause some Cocoa (garbaged collected) applications’ windows to not show up in the application list on Leopard
• Fixed a bug that could cause the desktop overlay to be displayed in the wrong position.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent individual desktop items from getting created
• Fixed an issue that could cause the application to hang for extended periods of time when trying to set a hot key in a menu.
• Fixed an issue where ShapeShifter would be prevented from starting properly at login when the engine launches as well.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

There are three new beta updates available for You Control, You Control: Fonts, and You Control: Tunes. These updates are primarily to address various issues that have been found with the You Software products and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).

Below you’ll find a quick update on the Leopard compatibility status of each product, and then the release notes for each of today’s beta releases. Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the links to the downloads.

Leopard Compatibility Status

You Control

Today we have posted the second beta release for You Control; see below for the details. There is one remaining issue we are working on, which we expect to have addressed soon.

You Control: Fonts

Today we have posted a beta of You Control: Fonts 1.3; see below for details. We believe this addresses all known issues with compatibility with Leopard. We expect to do a final release soon.

You Control: Tunes

Today we have posted a beta of You Control: Tunes 1.6; see below for details. We believe this addresses all known issues with compatibility with Leopard. We expect to do a final release soon.

You Control: Desktops

In general, You Control: Desktops appears to be working in Leopard. We are investigating a couple of user-reported issues; a beta update will be on the way soon to address these issues. Updates to You Control: Desktops will be rolled into the ongoing You Control: Desktops 1.3 beta release cycle.

Note that we currently do not support running Spaces and You Control: Desktops simultaneously, so when you run You Control: Desktops, make sure Spaces is disabled first.

Beta Release Notes

You Control

The second beta release of You Control 1.6 is now available. This addresses all but one of the known issues with Leopard. Here is what was fixed in this release:

News Reader:

• Fixed a bug introduced in b1 that could cause html entities to not be decoded in article titles
• Improved performance when displaying articles and article bodies in the menu
  

  Fonts:

• Fixed a Leopard bug that would cause the fonts in a Collection to not be displayed.
• Fixed a Leopard bug that caused the Favorites feature not to work
  

  Network Monitor:

• Network Monitor now properly displays the throughput statistics in the menu on Leopard.
  

  General:

• Corner menus now display on all desktops when using Apple Spaces
• Fixed a bug that caused hot keys to not be removed properly when removed via the Hot Keys tab
• Other minor bug fixes

See the previous blog post for details on what changed in the first beta release.

Known Leopard issues

The following issues are still known in to exist with Leopard and should be addressed in the next beta:

• The Calendar module does not display events from iCal in Leopard.

You Control: Tunes

The first beta release of You Control: Tunes 1.6 is now available. We believe this addresses all known compatibility issues with Leopard. We expect to release a final version shortly. Here is what was fixed in this release:

• Fixed an issue in which empty stars displayed in the menu bar had a white background. The background should now be transparent.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the application to hang for extended periods of time when trying to set a hot key in a menu.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

You Control: Fonts

The first beta release of You Control: Fonts 1.3 is now available. We believe this addresses all known compatibility issues with Leopard. We expect to release a final version shortly. Here is what was fixed in this release:

• Fixed a Leopard bug that prevented adding and removing fonts from the Favorites list
• Fixed a Leopard bug with displaying the fonts in the system’s Collections
• Fixed an issue with setting hot keys in Leopard that could cause a crash
• Improved the performance of rendering the Recent Fonts list
• “Stop Engine” option changed to “Quit Engine”. In the configuration application, this option has been moved to the File menu.
• Switching menus to Menu Bar Right should now work more reliably.
• Fixed bug preventing the configuration application from automatically quitting when the engine is quit.
• Added new Apple Help
• Added menu items for providing feedback and reporting bugs
• Assorted minor bug fixes

We just wanted to give you a quick update from our initial post on where we are in getting all of You Software’s applications updated for Leopard compatibility. Once we received the final version of Leopard, we were able to find a few specific issues affecting parts of the applications, though the shipping versions are usable for the most part.

We’d like to thank all of our users for their patience as we get updates of these applications built and tested. Please keep an eye on our home page and this blog for additional updates.

The one general compatibility issue in all the applications is a bug affecting setting hot keys via the menus which can cause a crash. This issue has been solved; the fix will appear in each application as updates are released.

If you have issues that are not mentioned here that have not been reported, please contact us via email at support@yousoftware.com so we can evaluate the problems and get them corrected.

You Control

In an earlier post, we have announced the first beta release of You Control 1.6. This addresses the majority of issues found with You Control; please read that post for what has been fixed (and known remaining issues).

You Control: Desktops

In general, You Control: Desktops appears to be working in Leopard. We are investigating a couple of user-reported issues that we are still researching and have an update in the works. Updates to You Control: Desktops will be rolled into the ongoing You Control: Desktops 1.3 beta release cycle.

Note that we currently do not support running Spaces and You Control: Desktops simultaneously, so when you run You Control: Desktops, make sure Spaces is disabled first.

You Control: Fonts

You Control: Fonts has two minor issues with not properly showing your FontBook collections and Favorites. These issues will be addressed in an upcoming update. In addition, there is the general problem with setting hot keys in the menus. We expect to have an update available shortly addressing these issues.

You Control: Tunes

The two issues with You Control: Tunes are unrated stars in the menu bar have a white background and the issue with setting hot keys in the menu. Both of these issues have been addressed in the Tunes module in You Control 1.6 b1; we’ll have a stand-alone You Control: Tunes release with these same fixes available shortly.

[Update - October 28 Apple seeded the final version of Leopard to developers late on Friday. We have been doing compatibility testing through the weekend and are aware of a couple of problems that are being investigated. There is a general problem with assigning hot keys in the menus across the product line. We are investigating this and hope to have a fix shortly.]

With the arrival of Leopard (Mac OS 10.5), we thought it would be a good time to update you on the status of compatibility of our products with the new operating system. The short (and sweet) answer is that, in general, everything works pretty well. There are a couple of caveats, so read on to see the specifics for each product.

Note that all of the testing we have been doing has been with developer preview seeds that Apple periodically distributes to third-party developers. To date we (and other independent software companies) have not received the official GM build of Leopard, so there is always the possibility that Apple has made some last minute change that could cause a problem.

If you have encounter any problems using our applications on Leopard, please send us an email. We are committed to addressing any issues that might crop us as quickly as possible.

You Control

You Control works fine in Leopard, with the exception of two modules, Fast User Switching and Calendar. Leopard has completely redone how it handles iCal events and to dos, so much of the Calendar module is being rewritten to support this. Look for an update to You Control to be released this fall with this functionality.

You Control: Desktops

You Control: Desktops works well under Leopard. As you may be aware, Apple has introduced Spaces in Leopard; this is a virtual desktops application that is basically a simpler version of You Control: Desktops. We think most of you will prefer the configurability and power user features that come with You Control: Desktops.

Note that we currently do not support running Spaces and You Control: Desktops simultaneously, so when you run You Control: Desktops, make sure Spaces is disabled first.

You Control: Fonts

Everything appears to work fine in You Control: Fonts on Leopard.

You Control: Tunes

We have seen no compatibility issues with You Control: Tunes in our testing on Leopard.

[Update - October 28 Unrated stars in the menu bar have a white background; we will fix this in an upcoming update.]

The third beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3 is now available. Development on 1.3 is winding down, so this may be the last beta release for this version.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Positions of Desktop Items should now be properly preserved between restarts
• Improved how thumbnails are highlighted in the menu bar
• Default highlight color now uses the System’s highlight color
• Fixed a bug that could cause desktop transitions to go in the wrong direction when the desktops are rearranged in the list
• “Stop Engine” option changed to “Quit Engine”. In the configuration application, this option has been moved to the File menu
• Switching menus to Menu Bar Right should now work more reliably
• Fixed bug preventing the configuration application from automatically quitting when the engine is quit
• Minor bug fixes