You Control Release Notes

You Control 1.7.2

    General

  • Fixed a bug on 10.5.6 that could lock up the system when using menu hot keys.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause menu hot keys to only work every other time.
  • Configuration window can now be resized horizontally
  • [New] Hot keys can now use the Option key on its own as the modifier
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • Network Monitor

  • Network Monitor now shows bandwidth percentages relative to observed maximum throughput, instead of theoretical throughput of the network interface.
  • General cleanup of menu layout

    • Calendar

  • Fixed time display for events created with the UTC time zone
  • Fixed configuration application to show the Undated To-Dos option

    • Clock

  • [New] Added option for setting the start of week for the calendars
  • General cleanup of the layout of the calendars

    • File System

  • Top-level File system entries in the menu now display the custom name set in the module

    • Tunes

  • [New] Holding down the Option key in while clicking on the controls in the menu bar will toggle the Ratings stars on and off.
  • [New] Added new option for larger images in the Overlay (XLARGE_IMAGE)
  • [New] Show Overlay menu command now toggles to Hide Overlay, so the same hot key can be used to both show and dismiss the overlay.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause iTunes to not hide properly when it is launched by the controller to play a track.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause changes made to the current track in iTunes to not be reflected in the overlay.
  • Updated black and white overlay
  • Fixed bad spacing on micro controller set

    • Fonts

  • Minor fixes for better compatibility when running Fonts module within You Control

You Control 1.7.1

    General

  • Fixed a bug introduced in 1.7 that could cause the registration dialog to appear twice.
  • Fixed issues with auto-updating
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • Calendar

  • Fixed a crash that could occur for some users who upgraded their systems from Tiger to Leopard.

    • Tunes

  • Fixed problems that would prevent playing albums on iTunes 7.7 and above
  • Added a new controller set (designed by Brook Gerard)
  • Changed the default controller set for the QuickStart menu

You Control 1.7

    General

  • Added an option for checking for beta updates on auto-update. This allows you to get the latest beta releases if you want.
  • Fixed a bug that would prevent some users from being able to auto-update successfully.
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • Clock

  • Added a GMT option in the World Clock time zones list

    • Calendar

  • On Leopard, Calendar module now supports calendars subscribed to from iCal Server and other CalDAV servers
  • On Leopard, improved interactions with To Dos created in Mail
  • Calendars now load more quickly

    • News Reader

  • Fixed some issues with parsing some feeds
  • Headlines for articles are now truncated so the menus do not become very wide
  • Fixed a bug that could cause headlines to be displayed incorrectly in the ticker
  • Cleaned up display of descriptions in the menu
  • Added new feeds to the list of preset options

    • Weather

  • Changed the forecast to only report the last five days, as that is all that is now available from weather.com's data feed. We are evaluating other options to provide better forecasts in a future release.

    • Tunes

  • Fixed controller sets that were not displaying correctly
  • Fixed a selection problem when changing the controller set in the configuration window

    • Fonts

  • Added support for Microsoft Word 2008 to Fonts. (Only available when You Control: Fonts is installed as well)

You Control 1.6.1

    Stocks

  • Fixes a problem retrieving updated information caused by the data source for stock information (Yahoo! Finance) changing how data is retrieved from their system.

You Control 1.6

    General

  • General improved compatibility with Leopard (Mac OS 10.5)
  • [Leopard] Fixed an issue that could cause the application to hang for extended periods of time when trying to set a hot key in a menu.
  • [Leopard] Corner menus now display on all desktops when using Apple Spaces
  • Fixed a bug that caused hot keys to not be removed properly when removed via the Hot Keys tab
  • New Apple Help now available
  • Updated French and German localizations
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • System Preferences

  • [Leopard] Fixed a bug in which System Preferences could not be viewed by category

    • Calendar

  • [Leopard] Support for the new data format used in iCal on Leopard

    • User Switching

  • [Leopard] Now works properly on Leopard

    • Network Monitor

  • [Leopard] Throughput statistics are now accurately displayed

    • Disk Monitor

  • [Leopard] Fixed an intermittent bug that could crash You Control when displaying the Disk Monitor module in the menu bar

    • Memory Monitor

  • Now properly displays the amount of memory for systems with more than 3GB of memory

    • Clock

  • [Leopard] Fixed a bug that would cause the world time zones list to appear unsorted

    • Address Book

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash for certain kinds of Address Book entries

    • News Reader

  • Improved the performance of drawing the menus on both Leopard and Tiger. The delay was particularly noticeable on Leopard.
  • Improved performance when displaying articles and article bodies in the menu

    • Weather

  • Improved handling of situation in which the module received bad weather data on both Tiger and Leopard. This could cause a crash or prevent the application from loading (with an "Engine Failed to Load" message)

    • iTunes

  • New Feature: Users can now create their own controller sets; please see our Creating Custom Controllers page for an overview.
  • New Feature: Added new default controller set for improved look on Leopard
  • Improved reliability of playing a track when iTunes isn't running
  • Playlists now display their tracks in the order they appear in the playlist (they had been alphabetized)
  • Fixed an issue in which empty stars displayed in the menu bar had a white background. The background should now be transparent.
  • [Leopard] Overlay now displays properly on each desktop when using Spaces
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Finder to launch when changing tracks

You Control 1.5.1

    General:

  • "Stop Engine" option changed to "Quit Engine". In the configuration application, this option has been moved to the File menu.
  • Added "Always Show Quit Engine" option to the Preferences tab of the configuration application.
  • Switching menus to Menu Bar Right should now work more reliably.
  • Fixed bug preventing the configuration application from automatically quitting when the engine is quit.
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • Pasteboard

  • New Feature: Added menu options for removing specific entries and for clearing the entire list.
  • Fixed a problem for some users in which pasting would some times paste the wrong item.
  • Fixed a bug in which the preview for items copied from Microsoft Word would contain extraneous html.

    • File System

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the preview of some HTML files to crash the application.

    • Calendar

  • Improved parsing of invalid events that could cause the application to crash.

    • News Reader

  • Fixed a bug in which some links were not loaded properly when chosen in the menu.

    • iTunes

  • Changed the search order when loading the user's library to be more reliable in situations in which the user moves the library to a custom location.

You Control 1.5

    General:

  • Improved compatibility with latest Leopard (10.5) seeds
  • Menu Bar Right positioning should work correctly again
  • Fixed a situation in which the hot key menu would not display in certain multi-monitor situations.
  • Minor bug fixes

    • File System:

  • New Feature - Added File Info for applications
  • New Feature - File Info now displays the file's Kind
  • New Feature - Added "Show in Finder" command
  • Fixed a bug that could cause file type and creator information to be wrong on Intel Macs

    • CPU Monitor:

  • New Feature: Added an uptime monitor in the list of CPU information

    • Address Book:

  • New Feature - Added an option for mapping addresses using Google Maps

    • News Reader:

  • Feed URLs copied from Safari are now handled correctly when adding new feeds.

    • Pasteboard:

  • Added fix for issue in which pasteboard would some times paste the incorrect entry

    • Calendar:

  • Added better error handling for situations in which calendars have events with invalid data

    • Clock:

  • Fixed issue which would cause Clock module to not load on the latest Leopard (10.5) seed

    • iTunes:

  • New Feature: Toggle Shuffle command - Added a menu item to toggle the shuffle mode on the current playlist. You can also set a hot key for this (like any other command)
  • New Feature: Ticker Duration - You can now specify for how long the ticker will display in the menu bar (including always on)
  • Improved Podcast support - Podcasts are now in their own submenu instead of in the Playlists menu
  • Improved Radio Station support - Streamed stations now display current track and overlay information for each new track (assuming the station provides the information)
  • Support for music libraries stored in custom locations
  • Revised iTunes monitoring for faster and more accurate track information
  • Better information now provided for non-local tracks (i.e. tracks from iPods, streamed Internet radio stations, or tracks shared from another computer)
  • Improved handling on non-Latin characters
  • Playing a track from a playlist will now play the track from within the playlist
  • Added Disc Number to the track information displayed
  • Fixed a bug preventing playback of albums and playlists with non-Latin characters.
  • Changed logic so the overlay and ticker will reappear when resuming the same track.
  • Fixed a bug preventing playing tracks on non-Engish versions of iTunes
  • Compatibility with changes introduced in iTunes 7.1 - 7.3
  • Added hidden preference for turning off library parsing (can be helpful for very large libraries)

You Control 1.4.2

    General:

  • Includes new version of Font module for Intel Universal compatibility

You Control 1.4.1

    General:

  • Fixed broken mail links in the about box
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • iTunes:

  • General iTunes 7 compatibility testing
  • Fixed Recent (Artist/Album/Track) menus so they would work with iTunes 7
  • Added album art to menu for current track
  • Improved menu layout to for track fields to make it easier to distinguish the labels from the information
  • Added Disc Number to fields displayed for tracks
  • Improved play / pause functionality to properly resume playing the current track when the user changes selections in iTunes
  • Albums and artists that start with "The" now display in their proper locations in the album and artist lists
  • Tracks for an album are now displayed in correct order when there are multiple discs in an album
  • iTunes now plays albums in the correct order when there are multiple discs in an album

    • Mail:

  • Move to Trash command works properly again

    • News Reader:

  • Fixed a potential crasher that could occur with certain formatting in article titles.

    • Stocks:

  • Fixed an issue in which data for some stocks was not being displayed

You Control 1.4

    General:

  • Universal Binary (native support for Intel Macs)
  • Key combinations listed on the hot key tab will now display properly for all international keyboard layouts
  • Fixed various issues with the About box
  • Assorted minor bug fixes

    • Calendar

  • Calendar menus now display their color properly
  • Added a new option to not show undated to dos
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the application to hang when parsing some calendars not created in iCal.

    • Weather:

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash in some circumstances

    • System Prefs:

  • Fixed a problem where some preference panes would not display their icons

    • News Reader:

  • Fixed a problem where certain URLs for stories would not load correctly in the browser

    • Clock:

  • When editing a custom date and time, the previous format string is now displayed
  • Fixed a bug where the Remove button would not properly remove world times from list
  • Fixed bugs related to editing world times

    • Disk Monitor:

  • Changed the functionality of the Unmount Volume command to unmount just the volume, not the entire disk
  • Fixed some improperly formatted images for the menu bar
  • Cleaned up icons

    • CPU Monitor:

  • Changed the functionality of the memory size for applications in the list to be the actual memory used, instead of a percentage.

    • iTunes:

  • Fixed bug where setting ratings from the menu bar would not work
  • Genres now display submenus broken down by artist and album
  • Sorting is now case-insensitive
  • "The" is excluded from sorts
  • Playing an album now plays the songs in track order
  • Fixed a bug where you could not get submenus if you inlined genres, artists, or albums
  • iTunes will not be launched when scrolling through the menu. Note this may result in menus not displaying album artwork if iTunes is not running.
  • Fixed bug where the overlays would not animate properly on closing (fading out would not work in some cases, for example)

    • Recents:

  • Now properly displays recent items

You Control 1.3.3

The You Control 1.3.3 update adds additional compatibility with Mac OS X Tiger (v10.4.1).

    General:

  • Addresses some error messages reported in the Console log.
  • Addresses an issue that would cause the You Control Engine to unexpectedly quit when using certain modifier keys as part of a key sequence to bring up a You Control menu.

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