This week we reached a very important milestone: over 1 million downloads of TopDesk and DeskSpace! We’d like to thank all our users for their tremendous support over the years, and for helping us make the best desktop productivity software we can.

We’ve got some great plans for the future of DeskSpace and TopDesk, so stay tuned. See you at 2 million downloads!

Filed under: DeskSpace, TopDesk — James Stewart — May 17, 2008 @ 1:35 pm — permalink

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Development of DeskSpace 1.5.5 and TopDesk 1.6 is coming along very nicely.

DeskSpace 1.5.5 will be released in around 2 weeks, and will focus on improving the way windows are managed and manipulated on the virtual desktops. Desktop switching performance will be drastically improved, as will application compatibility.

TopDesk 1.6 will be released in 2-3 months, and will include new layout modes, including a CoverFlow-like mode, and a revamped user input manager that will allow you to use multiple layouts (e.g. Flip and Spatial) at the same time.

Filed under: DeskSpace, TopDesk — James Stewart — May 17, 2008 @ 1:31 pm — permalink

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Unfortunately it looks like something has gone wrong at one of our competitors, CubeDesktop. We’re not exactly sure what’s happened, but it appears they stopped supporting their product on April 14th, and are no longer responding to their customers.

We’re very sad to see customers lose out like this, so we’d like to reach out to all CubeDesktop customers and offer them a way out of this unhappy situation. We realize that those customers have their reasons for choosing our competitor over DeskSpace, but we’d like to have the opportunity to work with them and our current customers to make DeskSpace the best it can be.

As such, Otaku Software would like to offer all CubeDesktop customers a free license of DeskSpace. The license will be valid for all DeskSpace releases up to, but not including, version 2.0, and the offer is valid until 16th July 2008. You can claim your free license by contacting Customer Support with your CubeDesktop order details.

We would also like to offer all CubeDesktop customers a 50% discount on the DeskSpace+TopDesk bundle (essentially giving you DeskSpace for free). To claim this discount, please contact Customer Support with your CubeDesktop order details.

Filed under: DeskSpace — James Stewart — May 17, 2008 @ 12:39 pm — permalink

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DeskSpace 1.5.4.2 has been released. This version contains the following bug fixes:

• Desktop icon positions are now preserved on each desktop.
• Desktop icons are restored to their default positions when the “Enable Different Icons On Each Desktop (Disables Auto Arrange And Auto Align)” option is turned off.
• Screensavers are now disabled when the DeskSpace cube is displayed.

You can visit the DeskSpace page to find out more about DeskSpace, and visit the Online Store to buy DeskSpace 1.5.4.2.

Filed under: DeskSpace — James Stewart — April 23, 2008 @ 8:58 pm — permalink

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DeskSpace 1.5.4.1 has been released. DeskSpace helps you eliminate clutter, become more efficient, and get organized by expanding your desktop space into 3D. If you’d like to try it out, you can download the trial or buy it at the Online Store.

This version contains the following bug fixes:

• DeskSpace can now use BMP, PNG, and GIF desktop wallpapers when running on Windows XP.
• DeskSpace detects when the desktop wallpaper is set via another application (e.g. Internet Explorer, Windows Picture And Fax Viewer, WebShots) and sets the wallpaper of the current desktop accordingly.
• DeskSpace disables per-desktop wallpaper management when a Windows DreamScene wallpaper is in use.
• DeskSpace switches to the default desktop wallpaper on exit.
• DeskSpace will no longer attempt to switch to a desktop wallpaper if it is already the current desktop wallpaper.
• Desktop icon management is now compatible with Windows Vista x64 and Windows XP x64.
• The Manage Desktop Icons dialog “Shown” and “Hidden” icon lists are now sorted alphabetically.
• Desktop icon visibilities are now maintained when the screen resolution changes.
• Desktop icon positions and visibilities are now maintained when Windows shuts down.
• DeskSpace no longer assigns incorrect icon positions and visibilities when icons are created or deleted on a desktop.
• The “Win+” text for the 5th and 6th desktops in the Desktop tab of the DeskSpace Options dialog is now localized correctly.
• Applications on the 5th and 6th desktops are now shown in the DeskSpace system tray menu.
• DeskSpace no longer crashes at start up on computers that fail to return a valid handle for the desktop window.

You can visit the DeskSpace page to find out more about DeskSpace, and visit the Online Store to buy DeskSpace 1.5.4.1.

Filed under: DeskSpace — James Stewart — April 14, 2008 @ 4:56 am — permalink

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We’re continuing to work on the TopDesk 1.5.5, and had expected to release it at the beginning of March. The release has been delayed, however, as we’ve found new ways to improve and optimize existing features and have added features that increase compatibility with Vista and Vista x64. Therefore, as a stop-gap, we’ve released TopDesk 1.5.4.1, which fixes the main complaint with TopDesk 1.5.4.

We expect the TopDesk 1.5.5 to go into beta within the next week or two. The main features include:

• A new window detection algorithm that is compatible with more non-standard applications.
• A window exclusion/compatibility list that gives users the ability to manage which windows TopDesk displays and how it displays them.
• An application compatibility list that lets users specify that TopDesk should disable itself when certain applications are running.
• Better support for Vista and Vista x64, including the ability to tile/hide Administrator application windows when running under a standard user account on Vista, and improved handling of the Win+Tab hot key.

Filed under: TopDesk — James Stewart — March 23, 2008 @ 7:35 am — permalink

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TopDesk 1.5.4.1 has been released.

This release fixes a bug that occurred when using a stretched desktop wallpaper image on a computer with a video card that didn’t support non-power-of-two textures.

Visit the What’s New page for more information on what’s changed in this version, visit the TopDesk page to find out more about TopDesk, and visit the Online Store to buy TopDesk 1.5.4.1.

Filed under: TopDesk — James Stewart — March 23, 2008 @ 7:34 am — permalink

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DeskSpace 1.5.4 has been released. DeskSpace helps you eliminate clutter, become more efficient, and get organized by expanding your desktop space into 3D. If you’d like to try it out, you can download the trial or buy it at the Online Store.

This version contains the following additions and improvements:

• Improved desktop wallpaper management.
• Improved startup speed.
• Hi-res sky box backgrounds.

You can visit the DeskSpace page to find out more about DeskSpace, and visit the Online Store to buy DeskSpace 1.5.4.

Filed under: DeskSpace — James Stewart — February 10, 2008 @ 10:08 am — permalink

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DeskSpace 1.5.3.1 has been released. DeskSpace helps you eliminate clutter, become more efficient, and get organized by expanding your desktop space into 3D. If you’d like to try it out, you can download the trial or buy it at the Online Store.

This version contains the following additions and improvements:

• A fix for an animation/lockup issue that occurred with buggy laptop timers.

You can visit the DeskSpace page to find out more about DeskSpace, and visit the Online Store to buy DeskSpace 1.5.3.1.

Filed under: DeskSpace — James Stewart — January 20, 2008 @ 12:25 pm — permalink

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We’ve now resolved the issues we were experiencing with our email server, and have begun the process of re-sending all emails that didn’t get through. If you emailed us in the last few days you should receive a response within the next 24 hours.

Again, our apologies for the inconvenience.

Filed under: General — James Stewart — January 17, 2008 @ 7:31 pm — permalink

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