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Jan
27

Desktopple 1.1

As promised, I uploaded a new version of Desktopple today. In this version:

* HotKey support
* Hide your Desktop with your Desktop picture
* Preference to add Desktopple to your Login Items

That should take care of most of the feature requests. Now, back to work on Cookie Assassin!

4 Responses to “Desktopple 1.1”

  1. Andrew Says:
    October 10th, 2006 at 3:16 pm

    check the thread please:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3312939#3312939

    i would like to say that your Desktopple is almost great!… great because it is exactly what i was looking for and almost because it do not hide both of my monitors but only main.

    thank you again,
    Andrew

  2. Gooch Says:
    October 21st, 2006 at 2:22 pm

    I am not sure whether you intended it this way or not, but when it hides the desktop it is hidden only as long as you do not use expose or any other active screen corners. As soon as you do, your desktop would be visible once more. Again i am not certain if you regard the visible desktop under expose as an advantage. but if you do and if it’s possible maybe you could add this as a configurable option. Looking forward to 1.2. Thanks.

  3. August Says:
    October 21st, 2006 at 6:48 pm

    Well, I count that as a “feature not a bug.”

    It’s a feature because if it didn’t move with Exposé, you wouldn’t be able to access any files on the Desktop, even when you want to (without using the Finder). The way things stand now, simply call Exposé and you can grab files, etc. whenever you need them. But there’s more to the story.

    To be honest, Apple hasn’t made the Exposé API public, so it’s impossible, with approved techniques, to keep the Desktopple window from moving when Exposé is activated. That said, there are some undocumented methods I’m experimenting with. The problem with these is that they’re not guaranteed to work if Apple ever updates things and may cause problems in the future. The need for “No Exposé” is pretty strong, though, and I’m seriously considering it.

    I am currently working on Desktopple 1.2, and you’ll see quite a few changes. With any luck, this will be one of them.

  4. Gooch Says:
    October 23rd, 2006 at 4:12 pm

    Thanks for the update. Looking forward to 1.2. keep up the good work mate.

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