Archive for July, 2007

You Control 1.5 Released!

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

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You Software has announced the immediate availability of version 1.5 of You Control. This update offers a variety of new features and enhancements to a number of the modules. Among the highlights are:

  • Improved file information and handling in the File System module
  • Integration between the Address Book module and Google Maps
  • Added an uptime monitor to the CPU Monitor module
  • Enhanced iTunes module for better display when listening to tracks from internet radio stations and shared music
  • And approximately two dozen other enhancements and fixes to a variety of modules

We recommend that all You Control users running Mac OS X 10.4 and higher update to this version.

Here are the full release notes:

General:

  • Improved compatibility with latest Leopard (10.5) seeds
  • Menu Bar Right positioning should work correctly again
  • Fixed a situation in which the hot key menu would not display in certain multi-monitor situations.
  • Minor bug fixes

    • File System:

  • New Feature – Added File Info for applications
  • New Feature – File Info now displays the file’s Kind
  • New Feature – Added “Show in Finder” command
  • Fixed a bug that could cause file type and creator information to be wrong on Intel Macs

    • CPU Monitor:

  • New Feature: Added an uptime monitor in the list of CPU information

    • Address Book:

  • New Feature – Added an option for mapping addresses using Google Maps

    • News Reader:

  • Feed URLs copied from Safari are now handled correctly when adding new feeds.

    • Pasteboard:

  • Added fix for issue in which pasteboard would some times paste the incorrect entry

    • Calendar:

  • Added better error handling for situations in which calendars have events with invalid data

    • Clock:

  • Fixed issue which would cause Clock module to not load on the latest Leopard (10.5) seed

    • iTunes:

  • New Feature: Toggle Shuffle command – Added a menu item to toggle the shuffle mode on the current playlist. You can also set a hot key for this (like any other command)
  • New Feature: Ticker Duration – You can now specify for how long the ticker will display in the menu bar (including always on)
  • Improved Podcast support – Podcasts are now in their own submenu instead of in the Playlists menu
  • Improved Radio Station support – Streamed stations now display current track and overlay information for each new track (assuming the station provides the information)
  • Support for music libraries stored in custom locations
  • Revised iTunes monitoring for faster and more accurate track information
  • Better information now provided for non-local tracks (i.e. tracks from iPods, streamed Internet radio stations, or tracks shared from another computer)
  • Improved handling on non-Latin characters
  • Playing a track from a playlist will now play the track from within the playlist
  • Added Disc Number to the track information displayed
  • Fixed a bug preventing playback of albums and playlists with non-Latin characters.
  • Changed logic so the overlay and ticker will reappear when resuming the same track.
  • Fixed a bug preventing playing tracks on non-Engish versions of iTunes
  • Compatibility with changes introduced in iTunes 7.1 – 7.3
  • Added hidden preference for turning off library parsing (can be helpful for very large libraries)

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    You Control: Tunes 1.5.2 Released

    Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

    Tunes LogoYou Control: Tunes 1.5.2 is being released simultaneously with the release of You Control. This update to You Control: Tunes includes enhancements added to the iTunes module during You Control 1.5 development.

    Here is what has changed in You Control: Tunes 1.5.2:

    • Fixed bug that caused the Add to Favorites option to not show up in your library
    • Fixed a bug preventing playback of albums and playlists with non-Latin characters.
    • Changed logic so the overlay and ticker will reappear when resuming the same track.
    • Tested for compatibility with iTunes 7.2 – 7.3

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    You Control 1.5 b5 Available

    Monday, July 2nd, 2007

    Control IconA fifth beta release of You Control 1.5 is now available. We expect this to be the last beta release before we release 1.5, so if you have any issues, please report them.
    If you are interested, please download the beta software from the beta website. If you are having problems with the release or would like to request enhancements to the application, please do so via our beta email account.

    Here’s what’s new in this release:
    Pasteboard

    • Added some extra tracking for monitoring pasteboard activity

    Mail

    • Fixed issue that would cause the unread mail count to not update automatically

    For details on what has changed in previous beta releases, please see the earlier posts for beta 4, beta 3, beta 2, and beta 1.

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