We have released the first beta of You Control 1.8. This is primarily targeted at addressing a known Snow Leopard compatibility issue.

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:

Calendar

• Fixed an issue displaying calendars for months that spanned six calendar weeks.

Recent Items

• Fixed Recent Items lists to work on Snow Leopard

General

• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have released the second beta of You Control and You Control: Tunes 1.7.2. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.7.1 release. Note that the first beta for You Control: Tunes 1.7.2 was not released to the public.

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:

Tunes

• [New] Holding down the Option key in while clicking on the controls in the menu bar will toggle the Ratings stars on and off.
• [New] Added new tag for larger images in the Overlay (XLARGE_IMAGE)
• [New] Show Overlay menu command now toggles to Hide Overlay, so the same hot key can be used to both show and dismiss the overlay.
• Fixed a bug that could cause iTunes to not hide properly when it is launched by the controller to play a track.
• Fixed a bug that would cause changes made to the current track in iTunes to not be reflected in the overlay.
• Updated black and white overlay

Fonts

• Minor fixes for better compatibility when running Fonts module within You Control

General

• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have released the first beta of You Control 1.7.2. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.7.1 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:

Calendar

• Fixed time display for events created with the UTC time zone
• Fixed configuration application to show the Undated To-Dos option

Clock

• [New] Added option for setting the start of week for the calendars
• General cleanup of the layout of the calendars

File System

• Top-level File system entries in the menu now display the custom name set in the module

Tunes

• Fixed bad spacing on micro controller set

General

• Configuration window can now be resized horizontally
• [New] Hot keys can now use the Option key on its own as the modifier
• Assorted minor bug fixes

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

The first beta release of You Control 1.7.1 is available. It is a maintenance release to address a couple of issues users are experiencing.

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

Fixes in this build

Calendar

• Fixed a crash that could occur for some users who upgraded their systems from Tiger to Leopard.

Tunes

• Fixed problems that would prevent playing albums on iTunes 7.7 and above
• Added a new controller set
• Changed the default controller set for the QuickStart menu

General

• Fixed a bug introduced in 1.7 that could cause the registration dialog to appear twice.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

The first beta release of You Control: Tunes 1.7.1 is available. It contains the same iTunes-related fixes included in the full You Control release.

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

Fixes in this build

• Fixed problems that would prevent playing albums on iTunes 7.7 and above
• Added a new controller set
• Changed the default controller set
• Fixed a bug introduced in 1.7 that could cause the registration dialog to appear twice.
• Rearranged the welcome window
• Assorted minor bug fixes

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 second beta of You Control 1.7 has been posted. See below for specific changes. Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download. We are expecting to wrap up this release in the near future, so please let us know if you are experiencing any problems.

Fixes in this build

Clock

• Added a GMT option in the World Clock time zones list

General

• Fixed a potential crashing bug introduced in beta 1
• Assorted minor bug fixes

Previous release notes

We have posted the first beta of You Control 1.7. This release improves compatibility of the Calendar module with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) and brings Microsoft Word 2008 compatibility to the Fonts module (when You Control: Fonts is installed). It also includes several additional enhancements and bug fixes in several other modules.

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

Fixes in this build

Calendar

• On Leopard, Calendar module now supports calendars subscribed to from iCal Server and other CalDAV servers
• On Leopard, improved interactions with To Dos created in Mail
• Calendars now load more quickly

News Reader

• Fixed some issues with parsing some feeds
• Headlines for articles are now truncated so the menus do not become very wide
• Fixed a bug that could cause headlines to be displayed incorrectly in the ticker
• Cleaned up display of descriptions in the menu
• Added new feeds to the list of preset options

Weather

• Changed the forecast to only report the last five days, as that is all that is now available from weather.com’s data feed. We are evaluating other options to provide better forecasts in a future release.

Tunes

• Fixed controller sets that were not displaying correctly
• Fixed a selection problem when changing the controller set in the configuration window

Fonts

• Added support for Microsoft Word 2008 support to Fonts. (Note that the Fonts module requires that you have You Control: Fonts installed)

General

• 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

We have posted the sixth beta of You Control 1.6 to wrap up some final issues.

This addresses issues that have been found with the You Control and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). We believe this release addresses all of the known issues with Leopard. While this release is primarily focused on updates to address Leopard compatibility issues, it also contains some updates for Tiger users as well. Please refer to the list of fixes for what has changed.

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

Fixes in this build

Tunes:

• Improved reliability of playing a track when iTunes isn’t running
• Playlists now display their tracks in the order they appear in the playlist (they had been alphabetized)
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Finder to launch when playing a track

Clock:

• Fixed a bug on Leopard that would cause the world time zones list to appear unsorted

General:

• Assorted minor bug fixes