We have posted the third beta of You Control 1.6. 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

Weather:

• Improved stability when handling corrupted weather data

Calendar:

• Calendar module now displays event information on Leopard

Tunes:

• Overlay now displays properly on each desktop when using Spaces

General:

• 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.

We have posted the first beta of You Control 1.6. This beta cycle addresses various issues that have been found with You Control and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).

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

Additional updates for the other products are in the works and should be available shortly. Keep an eye on this site for updates in the near future.

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. In addition, this first beta has not addressed all of the known issues with Leopard; please refer to the Known Issues section to see what other issues we are aware of (and are in the process of fixing).

Fixes in this build

Weather:

• Improved handling of situation in which the module received bad weather data on both Tiger and Leopard. This could cause a crash or prevent the application from loading (with an “Engine Failed to Load” message).

User Switching:

• The User Switching module was not working on Leopard. This has been fixed.

News Reader:

• Improved the performance of drawing the menus on both Leopard and Tiger. The delay was particularly noticeable on Leopard.

System Preferences:

• Fixed a bug in which System Preferences could not be viewed by category on Leopard.

Tunes:

• Fixed an issue in which empty stars displayed in the menu bar had a white background. The background should now be transparent.

General:

• 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

Known Leopard issues

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

• Network Monitor does not display the throughput statistics.
• Corner menus disappear when switching to other desktops on You Control: Desktops (or Apple Spaces).
• The Calendar module does not display events from iCal in Leopard.