I am not picking up development of VirtueDesktops again, but there were a couple of really good patches submitted that address serious crashes. If you have any issues with this release, please understand it is wholly unsupported.

Version 0.54b5: Fixes to localisation; Miscellaneous fixes for stability; Always remember to back-up your VirtueDesktops preferences before running any beta version. All work done in this beta was done by Florent Bruneau.

I am not picking up development of VirtueDesktops again, but there were a couple of really good patches submitted that address serious crashes. If you have any issues with this release, please understand it is wholly unsupported.

Always remember to back-up your VirtueDesktops preferences before running any beta version.

All work in this beta was done by Florent Bruneau.

Changes

* Changing to desktops when you launch, activate, deactivate, minimise, restore or quit an application should be much more consistent;
* Sticky windows now work again;
* Window ordering when changing desktops should be much more consistent;
* Addresses a couple of specific crashes (thanks to Florent Bruneau!);
* Updates Growl support to the current version (0.7.6) and resolves a couple of crashes I was causing with Growl;

Always remember to back-up your VirtueDesktops preferences before running any beta version.

Changes

• The about window should show up when you select the menu now;
• Lots of memory leaks have been fixed;
• The application inspector should report all standard applications, including non-bundled applications like the Microsoft Office suite;
• Sticky windows should be more reliable;
• The auto-update address has been updated to the (ugly, but working) new address;

Known issues

• Localisation is still spotty. As I've said before, this will be fixed closer to release;
• CPU usage may be a little higher in this build. It reports as using 0.1% more CPU than the last version on my MacBook Pro, but I'll need your feedback to help me see if this will be a problem;
• There are still crashing bugs - make sure you report them as you find them;
• Sometimes the font panel gets lost when using VirtueDesktops (seemingly only inside VirtueDesktops);
• Light and Motion sensors triggers are still wonky. I will look at this as soon as the bugs above are handled;
• I'm also planning on writing help for the full 0.54 release, so hopefully I can label that a build for end users.
• At this stage, I'm not planning on supporting VirtueDesktops under Leopard.
• Please use VirtueTrac to search for any issues you may be having, and to report any new problems.