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Dec
14

Memory Hog

Here’s a little history: the original Desktopple was written on a whim. I needed an application that could hide the Desktop, but I couldn’t find any available software that I liked. So I wrote my own.

Thing is, I wrote it fast, and just for me. It was never really intended to be released publicly.

But several friends of mine convinced me otherwise. That’s the reason that the original Desktopple was released as donationware: it wasn’t “good code” and I didn’t feel right charging for it.

When I started work on “Desktopple Pro,” I decided to throw out all the old, quickly written code, and started over. Which means that Desktopple Pro truly is a “1.0″ version. That also means that, as with all 1.0 releases, there are some bugs that didn’t get caught by pre-release testing.

One of those bugs is memory usage. Depending on your system, Desktopple pro can consume far more that its fair share of memory. In fact, in some cases, it can use several hundred megabytes of memory which, to be honest, is just plain silly.

The reason I mention this here is that it is a known issue and we are working on it. In the next few days we’ll be releasing an update that will bring this memory useage back down to something that is reasonable.

3 Responses to “Memory Hog”

  1. Isaac Says:
    January 13th, 2007 at 8:03 pm

    i quite enjoyed using desktopple, and have several thoughts about it -

    one feature is to have conceptual desktop, which certain folders appears on each of the desktop, and clickable etc

    another feature is a workflow between the desktop, say once some work is done to certain folder (but assign an action), then the done folder can move to something such as ‘milestone’ desktop …

    any many other thoughts to make the desktop environment more relevant to everyday work model …

  2. Mike Says:
    January 18th, 2007 at 9:42 am

    As soon as my DVI-to-HDMI cable shows up, I’m going to hook my Mac up to my plasma TV. This is generally a bad idea, because plasma screens are susceptible to image retention, and eventually burn-in. I came across Desktopple Pro while Googling for ways to hide desktop icons and the menu bar. It’s almost perfect for my needs.

    For me, the only thing missing is an option to auto-hide the cursor/pointer when the mouse is idle for a few moments. It would be nice if the menu dimming was more like the Dock auto-hide (freeing up the screen real estate), but I can live with it as-is.

    Nice work. I’ll be back in a few days for a license. -Mike

  3. August Says:
    January 18th, 2007 at 11:09 am

    Great suggestions Mike & Isaac!

    I’m still plotting the roadmap for features, and I’ll see what I can do about these.

    Thanks!

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