VirtueDesktops

VirtueDesktops 0.53r220

23 08 2006

What’s changed?

Renamed the “Extensions” preferences to “Plugins” (which is what they really will be).
PowerPC users should be exempt from the endless authentication craziness (although the question remains as to how many people are actually getting full functionality if the dock code isn’t inserting properly). I’m not sure if anything will change for Intel users yet.
There is a first sweep at integrated Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) switching. If your laptop has a backlit keyboard, you can try enabling this from the “Application Preferences”. Make sure you set the sensitivity accordingly (I recommend about 25% of the way along).

Known issues

Some users are reporting that VirtueDesktops is continuously asking for admin permissions. I’m looking into this. In the meantime, please open a terminal window, and perform the following commands (assuming you placed VirtueDesktops in your /Applications folder):

    cd /Applications 
    sudo chgrp procmod VirtueDesktops.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtueDesktops 
    sudo chmod g+s VirtueDesktops.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtueDesktops

The ALS code is very young. Use with caution. In the next couple of releases, I’ll be disabling and hiding hardware functionality if it isn’t present on the current machine.
The sensitivity slide from ALS is set to 1% by default. It needs to be set to around 25%.
I’ve started documentation and help files for VirtueDesktops, but they are not included in this release
Please use VirtueTrac to search for any issues you may be having, and to report any new problems.

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VirtueDesktops 0.53r216

22 08 2006

What’s changed?

Updated localisations and user interface to better accommodate languages other than english

Known issues

Some users are reporting that VirtueDesktops is continuously asking for admin permissions. I’m looking into this. In the meantime, please open a terminal window, and perform the following commands (assuming you placed VirtueDesktops in your /Applications folder):

    cd /Applications 
    sudo chgrp procmod VirtueDesktops.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtueDesktops 
    sudo chmod g+s VirtueDesktops.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtueDesktops

I’ve started documentation and help files for VirtueDesktops, but they are not included in this release
Please use VirtueTrac to search for any issues you may be having, and to report any new problems.

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Download VirtueDesktops 0.53r216

VirtueDesktops 0.53r212

20 08 2006

What’s changed?

r210 was corrupting preferences - this build will correct the corruption and stop VirtueDesktops from using so much CPU and memory.
Triggers will now work.
Fixed the crashes that were occurring under languages other than english. This was due to corrupted nibs.
I’ve removed Smart Crash Reports. I would prefer to leave it in, but people have become quite vocal about the issue and I’m not going to spend time arguing about it anymore.

Known issues

Some users are reporting that VirtueDesktops is continuously asking for admin permissions. I’m looking into this. In the meantime, please open a terminal window, and perform the following commands (assuming you placed VirtueDesktops in your /Applications folder):

    cd /Applications 
    sudo chgrp procmod VirtueDesktops.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtueDesktops 
    sudo chmod g+s VirtueDesktops.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtueDesktops

Auto-updating is still broken. I believe the problem lies with Wordpress, so if anyone is using Sparkle successfully with Wordpress, please drop me a line
I’ve started documentation and help files for VirtueDesktops, but they are not included in this release
Please use VirtueTrac to search for any issues you may be having, and to report any new problems.