Official Site
VirtueDesktops has an official site where you can get much more information and support than you can find here. You can find the official site at http://virtuedesktops.info/
About VirtueDesktops
“VirtueDesktops” is a virtual desktop manager for Apple’s Mac OS. It offered features, eye candy and configurable options that no other desktop manager on the mac had. Sadly, VirtueDesktops is no longer under active development. It was based upon the work done by Rich Wareham on DesktopManager (specifically the CGSPrivate headers), which was an alternate open-source virtual desktop application. VirtueDesktops includes a small amount of Rich’s code from DesktopManager, which means that it is licensed under the GPL - my intention was to move to a less viral license that would have allowed VirtueDesktops’ components to be used in other products more freely.
While working on this project, I was the sole developer. I handled all support via e-mail, forums and the marvellous trac install, hosted by cocoaforge.
Below are some of the key features of VirtueDesktops.
- Virtual screens: an unlimited number of virtual screens at your disposal
- Eye candy: exciting transitions and window fading
- Universal binary: runs at full speed on your shiny new intel-based mac
- AppleScript-able: script your desktop experience
- Unobtrusive: VirtueDesktops does not clutter your desktop - it gets in, switches your virtual screen and then quietly hides itself, waiting for your next request
- Extensible: install plugins to add additional features
- Exposé: works well with Apple’s Exposé
- Keeps you informed: notifications and current desktop display orient you as you work across multiple virtual screens
- “Stick-ify” your windows or applications: Make your windows and applications visible across all of your virtual screens
License
VirtueDesktops is licensed under the
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