I released mDesktop 1.6 Beta 2 today. This release was mainly focused on the settings menu.
I know there are some hotkey options missing, so please let me know what other combinations you’d like to see.
Just a heads up, I’m currently planning on selling mDesktop 2.0 for a dollar. I’m still not 100% sure though.
So its been a while since I’ve posted any updates.
I’ve been completely re-writing mDesktop, but anyone who watches the svn would know this. I released the first version of mDesktop when I was 15 and I’ve learned a bunch since then. And with the recent interested I feel like its necessarily.
The picture above is a screenshot of what the new Settings menu will look like. A very generous contributor has put this together, as well as new icons and other things, but I’ll talk more about him when I finish and release it.
mDesktop has gotten so fat over the years. Many of the bugs are caused by me just “patching” it and not actually taking the time to find a solution.
I’m almost finished with a big project at work, and after that I will have a lot of time to finally get a new version out.
Thanks for all the support and just hang in there for another month or two.
Jason Stallings.
Started working on a Desktop Pager. Its not much but its a start.
Also branched off so I can rewrite the Settings menu, and create new objects for handling the windows.
It seems like the closer I get to finishing the new version of mDesktop, the further away I am.
Sorry for the delay in getting 1.6 Beta 2 out. Some time this next week I’m going to stick to the roadmap and disable all of this new stuff I’ve been working on. At the very least I’ll finish the support for custom hotkeys.
I’m probably going to do something like this, instead of allowing the user to enter their own.
Anyway stay tuned.
If you use mDesktop from the SVN, please be careful with the latest revision. (r54)
In Windows Vista and 7, it can and will mess things up.
Thanks.
I just want to say thanks for all of the the comments and reports. I
really appreciate anyone who takes the time to a) Try my program then
b) Post any bugs or features or general comments.
I know it’s been a couple of weeks since any commits have been made,
but that’s just because I’ve been hard at work on an oAuth library for
ahk, the language mDesktop is in.
I also want to take a second to talk about my plans for mDesktop.
For a while now I’ve been working on re-designing, re-branding, and re-licencing a few of my main projects. mDesktop is one of these and will be undergoing some changes in the next couple of months. (2-6)
When mDesktop hits 2.0, or is stable enough, I will be changing the name to Cubicles. The project will continue to develop, but it will cost anywhere from 1-5 dollars. The source code will still be available, either with the purchase, or in the svn. Still not sure about how that will work yet.
I don’t feel like thats a lot of money, but hopefully it will be enough to help get this and many of my other projects on their feet, and eventually allow me to do projects like these full time.
I will be setting up some system so users can be “grandfathered” in, allowing for free downloads and updates for all current users.
Again I appreciate all the support and donations.
-Jason Stallings
Any comments or suggestions?
New preview for the desktop pager.
mDesktop 1.6b is out and there’s been a ton of new bug reports and feature requests.
Please check back and I will hopefully be putting out version 1.6b2 soon.
Thanks for everyones support,
Jason
Been working hard on some new features for mDesktop.
Improved the settings menu.
Added a way to pick windows that will stay on all desktops.
Also working on a new graphic desktop switcher.
I’m sorry for the delay in releasing version 1.6. I just finished a big project at work, and will finish it as soon as I get the issues marked finished.
Thanks,
Jason
