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2006
What’s changed?
- This is just a quick release to resolve the recoil issues people have been experiencing with r175. Your slapping should be more reliable now
Known issues
- Auto-updating is broken. Not quite sure who the culprit is here (WordPress or Sparkle).
- This build is likely to be buggy. Please report issues as you find them (but search first!)
- Documentation. Still. I’m working on it, I promise!
- Anyone using a build of VirtueDesktops prior to 0.52r128 will need to manually update to this build.
- Please use VirtueTrac to search for any issues they may be having, and to report any new problems.
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Everything about this application works perfectly, but I have been experiencing a small problem (at least that’s what I think it is) with the smacking.
When I smack the side of the computer from the Main desktop, I’m sent to the Mail desktop. From the Mail desktop, a smack sends me back to the Main desktop. How do I get to the Browsing or Code desktops from Main?
The same thing happens with Browsing and Code. They smack to each other, but not to Mail or Main.
Other than these problems, the application is a wonder of the Mac World. Thanks.
Hey just discovered VirtueDesktops about 2 days ago. I’ve filed a few bug reports, and along with that I just wanted share some love and say I really appreciate the fine work you’ve put into your software. It blows all the other desktop switchers out of the water. Thanks!
First of all, I think this is one of the best applications I have used on my Mac, so I wanted thank you for such a well-designed, well-written app that makes my life easier.
I also would like to make some suggestions (especially about the option-tab switching pane); I believe that it could be a lot more intuitive than it currently is.
The idea of rows and columns is great, but I think the switching pane could be more OSX-like by default. When the app is first installed, the pane could have one row, and switch on a linear mode (rather than needing the use of arrow keys to switch up and down). The two row setup made it really hard for me to switch between desktops, and it took me a good 15 minutes to figure out how to get rid of it (most people won’t spend more than ). I also know that a couple of my friends who installed the app couldn’t manage to find the option to turn it off.
The switching action itself could be easier as well. When the option-tab is first pressed, the pane selector stays on the current desktop. This is confusing, as the OSX app switcher doesn’t function like this, and moves on to the next app when command-tab is pressed (which also makes more sense). It seems like a small thing, but when using such similar functions, you expect the same behavior.
Attaching command-option-o to the window control is a very bad idea. This is a well known OSX command for opening a new window/app and closing the previous window, very useful in Finder. This shortcut could be changed to something else by default, like command-option-i.
Under Preferences > Triggers, the trigger key shortcuts do not show up, very confusing. I am not sure if it is a bug or not.
Growl implementation is cool, but only for the first 5 minutes, it quickly becomes a nuisance. Maybe it could be made customizable a bit further, such as only show when automatically switched (after switching to an app, instead of switching desktops).
Once again, thank you for a great application.
[…] A few of the features I find appealing: a new desktop manager Spaces, a new voice and improved developer tools. Hopefully, the desktop manager will work better than VirtueDesktops, which is nice, but buggy. An interesting tidbit about the new developer tools featuring Objective-C 2.0 is this: Objective-C 2.0 So compelling, Apple wrote Xcode 3.0 itself using it. Enjoy modern garbage collection, syntax enhancements, runtime performance improvements, and 64-bit support. […]