RELEASE NOTES
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.13?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.13 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - DeskSpace now pauses and resumes StarDock DeskScapes animations when switching between desktops.
- Feature - Minor performance improvements.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused a slowdown when using DDE (for example, opening up an Excel document in Explorer).
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused problems when dragging windows between desktops.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented 64-bit windows from being dragged between desktops.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented DeskSpace from displaying configuration dialogs correctly on some computers.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused DeskSpace to incorrectly update the desktop icons when a Visual Basic script refreshed the desktop.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented DeskSpace from setting desktop icon positions at startup.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.12?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.12 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - DeskSpace now tries to enforce the visibility of desktop icons, so shown icons stay shown, and hidden icons stay hidden.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that corrupted the desktop icon configuration when restarting or shutting down Windows 7 x64.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.11?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.11 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - Improved compatibility when dragging and switching to windows.
- Feature - DeskSpace is now better at maintaining the order of taskbar buttons when switching between desktops.
- Feature - More misc. performance improvements.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would not correctly load the "Desktop Names And Pictures" configuration.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would remember the desktop cube static image background.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that would cause the Manage Desktop Icons dialog to lock up in rare circumstances.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that in rare circumstances would cause Explorer to crash when exiting DeskSpace.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.10?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.10 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - Added compatibility with Google Talk.
- Feature - DeskSpace now defaults to a different, more compatible key combination when run under a Virtual Machine.
- Feature - Improved compatibility when switching to windows.
- Feature - Improved compatibility with laptop timers.
- Feature - Misc. performance and memory improvements.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where holding down the Arrow keys while the Desktop Cube was shown would force DeskSpace to keep rotating the cube as many times as the key repeat event fired, instead of stopping as soon as the key was released.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented DeskSpace from obtaining an image of a desktop if Windows took longer than 1 second to generate it.
- Bug Fix - Switching between desktops using the mouse while over the taskbar now works again.
- Bug Fix - Desktop window icon capture (i.e. when icons are displayed in the DeskSpace System Tray menu) is now more robust.
- Bug Fix - Loading the desktop icon configuration is now more forgiving, DeskSpace will try to handle corrupt configuration files.
- Bug Fix - If Explorer crashes, DeskSpace no longer moves all windows to the current desktop, it restores all windows on their correct desktop.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that would cause DeskSpace to lock up in rare circumstances.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that would cause DeskSpace to crash in rare circumstances.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.9?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.9 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug when opening the Otaku Software forums from the DeskSpace system tray "Visit Community Forums Online" menu item.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug in the Manage Desktop Backgrounds dialog where DeskSpace would display incorrect preview images for the "Fit" and "Fill" background types.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where extra Windows Media Player windows would appear in the DeskSpace system tray menu after the Windows Media Player window was resized.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.8?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.8 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - Further improvements in how DeskSpace deals with unresponsive applications.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would recognize all Microsoft Outlook child windows.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would open all Microsoft Word windows on the desktop Word was originally opened on.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.7?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.7 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - Improvements in how DeskSpace deals with unresponsive applications.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace wouldn't recognize certain windows, which in turn prevented those windows from being dragged between desktops.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.6?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.6 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - Added French localization.
- Feature - The DeskSpace initialization sequence is now much more robust.
- Feature - Optimized DeskSpace startup time.
- Feature - Optimized DeskSpace window and icon management.
- Feature - Various user interface tweaks.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now tries to work around an Internet Explorer bug where the Internet Explorer window does not refresh.
- Bug Fix - Fixed an issue related to creating custom desktop pictures.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would not display the cube on a secondary monitor if the primary monitor was disabled in the MonitorState.cfg file.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.5?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.5 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - Icons and dialog images are now clearer when using high-DPI settings.
- Feature - DeskSpace now automatically disables Windows 7 Snap when window dragging is enabled.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now works on Windows 7 systems with StarDock Fences installed.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.4?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.4 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - We improved how DeskSpace deals with hung or unresponsive applications.
- Feature - DeskSpace now recognizes Remote Desktop sessions much more quickly.
- Feature - Added compatibility with TerraTerm.
- Feature - Added compatibility with Display Fusion multi-monitor wallpapers.
- Bug Fix - Fixed issue where the Manage Desktop Icons dialog would sometimes not save desktop icon settings.
- Bug Fix - Fixed issue where DeskSpace incorrectly reported a problem with a secondary monitor when there was no secondary monitor connected.
- Bug Fix - Fixed issue where desktop icons were intermittently misplaced on monitors that were positioned to the left of the primary monitor.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.3?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.3 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - DeskSpace now remembers the current desktop on exit/shutdown, and restores the current desktop the next time it starts.
- Bug Fix - Desktop window assignment rules are now applied correctly in all situations (bug introduced in DeskSpace 1.5.8.2).
- Bug Fix - Newly created desktop icons no longer disappear when the mouse cursor is at the bottom of the screen.
- Bug Fix - Firefox windows are now redraw correctly after a desktop switch.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.2?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.2 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Explorer windows can be correctly dragged between desktops again (bug introduced in DeskSpace 1.5.8.1).
- Bug Fix - Clicking on Desktop 1 icon when DeskSpace icon isn't shown now switches to Desktop 1 instead of displaying the desktop cube.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.8.1 features the following additions and improvements:
- Feature - DeskSpace now supports PNG wallpapers.
- Feature - Further improved desktop switching speed.
- Feature - Further improved startup speed.
- Feature - Added Italian localization.
- Feature - Added Japanese localization.
- Feature - The desktop application assignment, desktop background, desktop icon, and window compatibility dialogs now expand to take advantage of extra screen space.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now works (without 3D graphics) in Remote Desktop sessions and when 3D accelerated games are running.
- Bug Fix - The icons of files saved to a desktop are now correctly shown on that desktop.
- Bug Fix - The desktop icon positions and visibilities are now correctly saved when shutting down, logging off, or restarting.
- Bug Fix - On multi-monitor systems, desktop icons no longer move from monitor 1 to monitor 2 when DeskSpace starts.
- Bug Fix - Eliminated desktop lag that was present on some computers when desktop icons were shown on different desktops.
- Bug Fix - Eliminated lag when showing different icons on each desktops with the taskbar set to auto-hide.
- Bug Fix - Eliminated desktop switching lag when using Norton 360 and avast! anti-virus utilities.
- Bug Fix - The wallpaper is now correctly reset to the default desktop (Desktop 1) when shutting down, logging off, or restarting.
- Bug Fix - Eliminated desktop wallpaper flash when switching to desktops via the DeskSpace system tray menu, system tray desktop icons, and desktop hot keys.
- Bug Fix - Eliminated white flash on second monitor when entering desktop cube view on some ATI/nVidia video card.
- Bug Fix - Internet Explorer is now redrawn correctly after a desktop switch.
- Bug Fix - The desktop view background image no longer reverts to the previous setting when the Advanced Display Options are changed.
- Bug Fix - All dialogs now fit on a 800x600 screen.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.8?
DeskSpace 1.5.8 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Better first-time experience via the new Welcome, Quick Setup and Getting Started screens.
- New Feature - Configure Language screen.
- New Feature - Configure Window Dragging screen.
- New Feature - Configure Window Compatibility screen.
- New Feature - Configure Advanced Window Options screen.
- New Feature - Configure Advanced Display Options screen.
- New Feature - Configure System Tray Icons screen.
- New Feature - Configure System Tray Menu screen.
- New Feature - Configure Startup screen.
- New Feature - Troubleshoot problems using the new Troubleshooting dialog.
- New Feature - Enhanced Manage Desktop Backgrounds and Manage Desktop Icons screens.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now supports the Windows "Auto-Arrange" and "Align-To-Grid" desktop icon settings. These settings can be applied per-desktop (e.g. "Align-To-Grid" can be turned on in one desktop and turned off in another).
- New Feature - Window dragging behavior has been modified to prevent accidental triggering and to work better with Windows 7.
- New Feature - The DeskSpace startup procedure is now much more robust in dealing with programs that prevent DeskSpace from starting.
- New Feature - DeskSpace can now run without the 3D cube. This allows users with older computers to run DeskSpace, and allows DeskSpace to run with full desktop switching capabilities, but use a fraction of the memory.
- New Feature - Optimized DeskSpace startup, graphics initialization, and desktop switching.
- Bug Fix - Added compatibility with Legacy Family Tree.
RELEASE NOTES
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.7.2?
DeskSpace 1.5.7.2 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace no longer displays a white border around the screen when the "Smooth Cube Edges" option is used with a static desktop cube background image.
- Bug Fix - The desktop cube no longer displays previously configured wallpapers when desktop wallpaper management is disabled.
- Bug Fix - The taskbar no longer pops up when switching to a desktop with no windows with taskbar autohide enabled.
- Bug Fix - Added compatibility with Stickies from Zhorn Software.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now supports different Windows Photo Gallery wallpapers on each desktop.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.7.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.7.1 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - The DeskSpace Japanese and French localizations have been updated.
- Bug Fix - Dragging and dropping windows in the DeskSpace system tray menu caused the menu to move vertically on some computers. We have added a workaround to prevent this.
- Bug Fix - The DeskSpace system tray menu no longer displays a separator bar in the wrong position if there are no windows on Desktop 1.
- Bug Fix - Switching to windows on other desktops via the DeskSpace system tray menu now uses the correct zoom.
- Bug Fix - The DeskSpace system tray icon tooltip is now correctly updated when a window is dragged to another desktop.
- Bug Fix - The desktop name and picture OSD is now correctly updated on all monitors (this bug was introduced in DeskSpace 1.5.7).
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.7?
DeskSpace 1.5.7 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Windows can be moved to other desktops by dragging and dropping them in the DeskSpace System Tray Menu.
- New Feature - Applications that appear on all desktops are now grouped under the "All Desktops" heading in the DeskSpace System Tray Menu.
- New Feature - DeskSpace can now be activated via the "Show Desktop Cube" menu item in the DeskSpace System Tray Menu.
- New Feature - The DeskSpace System Tray menu is now more compact, leaving more space to display desktops and their windows.
- New Feature - It's now possible to remove a user-generated picture from the Manage Desktop Names and Pictures dialog.
- New Feature - The new Configure On-Screen Display dialog lets you to choose whether to display the desktop name and picture on screen when the desktop cube is shown.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now switches between desktops faster.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now tries to avoid any conflicts with video card utilities (e.g. ATI Catalyst Control Center) when Windows is booting up.
- Bug Fix - The Manage Desktop Icons dialog now appears much faster.
- Bug Fix - Dragging windows to other desktops is now disabled by default in Windows 7, as it conflicts with built-in Windows 7 functionality.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.6.3?
DeskSpace 1.5.6.3 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would sometimes crash on activation after the computer was unlocked or returned from standby, or after a screen saver was canceled.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.6.2?
DeskSpace 1.5.6.2 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - The order of windows in the taskbar is now maintained (as much as possible) when switching between desktops.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now includes an Italian localization.
- New Feature - When first run, DeskSpace now automatically detects the operating system language.
- New Feature - Improved desktop cube activation speed.
- New Feature - Improved desktop switching speed when switching to a desktop with the same wallpaper.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now handles hung and crashed applications better than before.
- New Feature - Improved compatibility with MailWasher Pro, Propellerhead Reason, Steam, Tencent Traveler, and XemiCo Desktop Calendar.
- New Feature - The DeskSpace system tray menu has been tweaked to make the desktop names and pictures more visible.
- Bug Fix - Reduced desktop icon flashing when switching to a desktop.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where an incorrect string was displayed in file selection dialogs.
- Bug Fix - Under Windows 7 is is now possible to drag windows to another desktop using the bottom edge of the screen.
- Bug Fix - Due to new mouse behavior in Windows 7 the middle mouse button did not always work.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where the desktop selector combo box background was displayed incorrectly on computers using the Silver Windows XP theme.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where some applications could not be clicked on in the Manage Desktop Windows applications list.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where pressing the activation hot key plus an arrow key very quickly caused DeskSpace to stay in the desktop cube view until the space bar/escape/middle mouse button was pressed/clicked.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where the default DeskSpace settings were sometimes corrupted when DeskSpace was first run.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.6.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.6.1 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Improved compatibility with Windows Sidebar.
- Bug Fix - All window filters are now saved correctly.
- Bug Fix - When dragging windows on multi-monitor systems, DeskSpace now correctly recognizes all screen edges.
- Bug Fix - When activating the desktop cube via middle mouse click or a mouse hot spot, the cube no longer zoom outs and then immediately zooms back in.
- Bug Fix - It is now possible to hide the desktop cube by releasing the activation hot key in the situation where, with DeskSpace configured to not show the desktop cube when the activation hot key was pressed, the activation hot key is pressed and the desktop cube is then shown by pressing an arrow key.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.6?
DeskSpace 1.5.6 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - You can now assign a name and picture to each desktop.
- New Feature - Desktop management user interfaces have been completely revamped with improved usability and a Windows Vista/7 graphical style.
- New Feature - You can now switch to a desktop by clicking on it in the DeskSpace system tray menu.
- New Feature - Added built-in English (UK), French, German, Spanish, and Japanese language support.
- New Feature - You can now turn off recognition of Command Line and CygWin windows (improves performance).
- New Feature - Changing graphical settings (e.g. the background image or sky box) is now much faster.
- New Feature - Improved graphical performance.
- Bug Fix - The delay in displaying the desktop cube that occurred after returning from a screensaver, standby, or after unlocking the computer has been completely eliminated.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace is now fully compatible with Windows 7 desktop wallpapers.
- Bug Fix - Improved compatibility with Yahoo! Widgets.
- Bug Fix - Improved compatibility with World of Warcraft.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now correctly loads all language localization files.
- Bug Fix - Switching between languages is now much faster.
- Bug Fix - Fixed graphical animation glitch that occurred when moving to the bottom of the desktop cube.
- Bug Fix - The cube reflection now fades out much sooner when moving to the bottom of the desktop cube.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.5.5?
DeskSpace 1.5.5.5 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Improved desktop switching speed by up to 200%.
- New Feature - Improved compatibility with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, ASP.NET Development Server, Microsoft Virtual PC, Runes of Magic, SONAR, Windows Explorer, and World of Warcraft.
- Bug Fix - You can now switch to desktops using the desktop hot keys while the cube is activated.
- Bug Fix - Cygwin windows are now recognized by DeskSpace.
- Bug Fix - The first application rule in the "Manage Desktop Application Rules" dialog is no longer always reset to "Start on Desktop 1".
- Bug Fix - Moving a window to another desktop by dragging it to the bottom of the screen now works correctly.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.5.4?
DeskSpace 1.5.5.4 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Fixed a problem on multi-monitor systems where a small rectangle would appear after one of the monitors turned off.
- Bug Fix - The mouse no longer freezes for 3 seconds when changing taskbar or Start Menu settings.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a delay and potential lockup when modifying taskbar buttons during a desktop switch.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace no longer incorrectly determines that Windows DeskScapes is running.
- Bug Fix - Applications (e.g. Outlook) no longer incorrectly move between desktops.
- Bug Fix - Added a workaround for a video driver bug to prevent texture corruption on nVidia video cards at resolutions with 1050 and 1366 pixel widths.
- Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where opening a file in Explorer would move the application that handled that file type to the current desktop. DeskSpace now keeps the application on its original desktop and optionally displays an "application attention" message.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.5.3?
DeskSpace 1.5.5.3 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - When an application requires attention the name of the application is now included in the attention message.
- New Feature - Default window filters for WinAMP and Delphi applications are now loaded if they do not already exist.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now works with shell replacements, such as Emerge Desktop and LiteStep, that do not have a taskbar.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now correctly displays the desktop cube on computers with video card drivers that incorrectly report the resolution when the font size is not 96 DPI.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now defaults to English if it cannot find a language localization file.
- Bug Fix - The desktop cube no longer appears vertically elogated when rotating at certain angles.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.5.2?
DeskSpace 1.5.5.2 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Cached cube face images are now stored in the Windows temporary directory instead of the user application data directory.
- Bug Fix - Command prompt windows are now correctly handled by DeskSpace.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace no longer displays certain windows on all desktops if they are moved or sized.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace is now more compatible with Microsoft Outlook, Paint .NET, Aptana Studio, Eclipse, and applications written in Delphi, such as Skype, FastStone Image Viewer, and MP3Toys.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace again handles desktops that have dimensions greater than the video cards maximum texture size (this feature was broken in DeskSpace 1.5.5).
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now defaults to English instead of displaying "UNKNOWN_RESOURCE" text if a localization file is not compatible with the current version.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.5.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.5.1 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Icons now have unique per-desktop positions when they appear on more than one desktop.
- Bug Fix - Reduced desktop icon flashing when switching between desktops.
- Bug Fix - The DeskSpace Options dialog can now be accessed by running DeskSpace again.
- Bug Fix - Desktop windows are now restored correctly after the system returns from standby, lock, or sleep.
- Bug Fix - The DeskSpace background image and cube face images are now restored correctly after the system returns from standby, lock, or sleep.
- Bug Fix - Desktop windows are now restored correctly when the Windows theme changes.
- Bug Fix - Maximized windows are now restored properly after a system crash.
- Bug Fix - Fixed crash that occurred when certain window title comparisons used in window filter.
- Bug Fix - The language DeskSpace will use is now correctly loaded at startup.
- Bug Fix - Empty tabs no longer appear in the taskbar after closing certain windows.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace is now more compatible with VMWare, Kirby Alarm Pro, WordWeb, ObjectDock, Ultramon, and the Windows Command Prompt.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.5?
DeskSpace 1.5.5 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Improved desktop window compatibility and performance.
- New Feature - Ability to define which windows DeskSpace will ignore or recognize using the new Manage Desktop Windows dialog.
- New Feature - Ability to specify which desktops applications start on and "sticky" windows that appear on all desktops using the new Manage Desktop Application Rules dialog.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now works with 64-bit application windows.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now works with the windows of applications running with Administrator privileges (Windows Vista only).
- New Feature - Any windows lost due to a crash are now automatically restored when DeskSpace restarts.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now automatically restarts after a crash (Windows Vista only).
- New Feature - DeskSpace now remembers the order of windows in the taskbar when switching back and forth between desktops.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now remembers window focus when switching back and forth between desktops.
- New Feature - Window dragging now works with WindowBlinds themes.
- New Feature - Desktop wallpaper management now works with WindowBlinds, Webshots, and Ultramon.
- New Feature - The mouse wheel can now be used to switch between all six desktops.
- New Feature - The mouse wheel can now be inverted.
- New Feature - The current desktop is now shown in a tooltip when you hover over the DeskSpace icon in the system tray.
- New Feature - DeskSpace now uses less video card resources.
- Bug Fix - Window dragging now works when solid window dragging is disabled.
- Bug Fix - Windows no longer flash when switching desktops or exiting DeskSpace.
- Bug Fix - Windows no longer appear ghosted on the original desktop when dragged to another desktop.
- Bug Fix - Skybox backgrounds are now displayed correctly on computers with on-board Intel video cards.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace no longer displays certain desktops as offset by a pixel.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now correctly handles the mouse wheel scrolling more than one line.
- Bug Fix - The DeskSpace system tray menu is now displayed correctly when using a high-contrast color scheme.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.4.4?
DeskSpace 1.5.4.4 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - The DeskSpace 3D Cube now animates more smoothly.
- Bug Fix - Icons are now managed correctly by DeskSpace when using StarDock DeskScapes.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.4.3?
DeskSpace 1.5.4.3 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Icons with the '&' and '%' characters in their name are now shown/hidden properly.
- Bug Fix - Swapped left and right mouse buttons are now detected.
- Bug Fix - The right-hand CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, and Windows keys can now be used.
- Bug Fix - The desktop wallpaper is now set to the wallpaper of the first desktop when exiting DeskSpace on a desktop other than the first.
- Bug Fix - Icon visibility and position are now saved when exiting DeskSpace on a desktop other than the first.
- Bug Fix - Icon visibility and position are now restored correctly when returning from standby or unlocking the computer.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.4.2?
DeskSpace 1.5.4.2 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Desktop icon positions are now preserved on each desktop.
- Bug Fix - 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.
- Bug Fix - Screensavers are now disabled when the DeskSpace cube is displayed.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.4.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.4.1 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace can now use BMP, PNG, and GIF desktop wallpapers when running on Windows XP.
- Bug Fix - 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.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace disables per-desktop wallpaper management when a Windows DreamScene wallpaper is in use.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace switches to the default desktop wallpaper on exit.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace will no longer attempt to switch to a desktop wallpaper if it is already the current desktop wallpaper.
- Bug Fix - Desktop icon management is now compatible with Windows Vista x64 and Windows XP x64.
- Bug Fix - The Manage Desktop Icons dialog "Shown" and "Hidden" icon lists are now sorted alphabetically.
- Bug Fix - Desktop icon visibilities are now maintained when the screen resolution changes.
- Bug Fix - Desktop icon positions and visibilities are now maintained when Windows shuts down.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace no longer assigns incorrect icon positions and visibilities when icons are created or deleted on a desktop.
- Bug Fix - The 'Win+' text for the 5th and 6th desktops in the Desktop tab of the DeskSpace Options dialog is now localized correctly.
- Bug Fix - Applications on the 5th and 6th desktops are now shown in the DeskSpace system tray menu.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace no longer crashes at start up on computers that fail to return a valid handle for the desktop window.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.4?
DeskSpace 1.5.4 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Improved desktop wallpaper management.
- New Feature - Improved startup speed.
- New Feature - Hi-res sky box backgrounds.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.3.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.3.1 features the following additions and improvements:
- Bug Fix - Fixed animation/lockup issue with buggy laptop timers.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.3?
DeskSpace 1.5.3 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Improved icon management.
- New Feature - Configurable mouse movement: the x and y mouse movement axes can now be inverted.
- New Feature - Faster startup time.
- New Feature - Improved compatibility with buggy laptop motherboard timers.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.2?
DeskSpace 1.5.2 features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - DeskSpace now supports six virtual desktops.
- New Feature - Free mouse movement: the cube will continue to rotate when the mouse reaches the edges of the screen.
- Bug Fix - Multi-monitor window dragging now works for all possible monitor positions.
- Bug Fix - Windows Live Messenger window shadow artifacts no longer appear on cube when dragging windows.
- Bug Fix - DeskSpace now remembers icon positions after reboots.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5.1?
DeskSpace 1.5.1 is the first public release of DeskSpace.
This version features the following additions and improvements:
- New Feature - Dramatically improved graphical performance and memory usage.
- New Feature - 360 degree sky box backgrounds.
- New Feature - Smoother animation.
- New Feature - Support for multiple monitors.
- New Feature - Support for multiple user accounts.
- Bug Fix - Improved stability and numerous bug fixes.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.5?
DeskSpace 1.5 was a beta release.
What's New in DeskSpace 1.4?
DeskSpace was known as Yod'm 3D 1.4 prior to DeskSpace 1.5.