In conjunction with today’s release of You Control 1.7, we have also released You Control: Fonts 1.3.1. New in 1.3.1 is support for Microsoft Word 2008, allowing simple, consistent font selection in this popular word processor.
For the specific list of what has changed, please check the release notes, either in the ReadMe or on our support web site:
We have a double release today; the final releases of both You Control: Fonts 1.3 and You Control: Tunes 1.6 are now available. Both of these updates bring several Leopard compatibility fixes. These updates are recommended for all Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard users.
In addition, Leopard-updated versions of You Control and You Control: Desktops are in the final stages of beta testing and are expected to be released this month.
For the specific list of what has changed, please check out the release notes page for each product:
You Control: Fonts Release Notes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
See the previous blog post for details on what changed in the first beta release.
The following issues are still known in to exist with Leopard and should be addressed in the next beta:
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:
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:
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.
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).
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 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.
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 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 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.
Everything appears to work fine in You Control: Fonts on Leopard.
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.]
You Control: Fonts 1.2 has just been released. This is our fourth and final product in the You Control family of products to become a Universal Binary, which means it will run natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. If you are running Mac OS 10.4 and have You Control: Fonts, we strongly recommend this update.
The second beta build of You Control: Fonts 1.2 has been posted. The goal of this update is to deliver You Control: Fonts as a Universal Binary, so that it can run natively on Intel Macs (as well as PowerPCs).
This build has the following changes:
If you are interested, please download the beta software from the beta website and let us know how it is working for you.
The first build of You Control: Fonts 1.2 beta 1 has been posted. The goal of this update is to deliver You Control: Fonts as a Universal Binary, so that it can run natively on Intel Macs (as well as PowerPCs).
If you are interested, please download the beta software from the beta website and let us know how it is working for you.
Host Chuck Joiner interviews You Software co-founder Colin Gray for the recent episode of MacVoices, The Talk of the Mac Community. Click here.
MacVoices #672: Colin Gray of You Software Talks about You Control Desktops, Spaces and Virtual Desktop Utilization
Sep 28, 2006
“Check out You Control: Desktops. You can get a taste of Spaces in Leopard now, really at a pro strength level rather than what we expect to see coming in Leopard.”
“I use it on my PowerBook every day, I love it.”
- Chuck Joiner, MacVoices