DeskSpace 1.5.2 has been released. DeskSpace helps you eliminate clutter, become more efficient, and get organized by expanding your desktop space into 3D. If you’d like to try it out, you can download the trial or buy it at the Online Store.

This version features the following additions and improvements:

• New Feature – DeskSpace now supports six virtual desktops.
• New Feature – Free mouse movement: the cube will continue to rotate when the mouse reaches the edges of the screen.
• Bug Fix – Multi-monitor window dragging now works for all possible monitor positions.
• Bug Fix – Windows Live Messenger window shadow artifacts no longer appear on cube when dragging windows.
• Bug Fix – DeskSpace now remembers icon positions after reboots.

You can visit the DeskSpace page to find out more about DeskSpace, and visit the Online Store to buy DeskSpace 1.5.2.

We’re currently nearing the end of DeskSpace 1.5.2 development, and hope to release it in the next couple of weeks. DeskSpace 1.5.2 will be a free upgrade to DeskSpace 1.5.1. DeskSpace 1.5.2 will contain the following improvements and bug fixes:

• Support for six 360 degree desktops.
• “Free” mouse movement – the cube will continue to scroll when the mouse reaches the edge of the screen.
• Bug Fix: Multi-monitor window dragging now works for all possible monitor positions.
• Various other bug fixes and minor performance improvements.

DeskSpace 1.5.1, our new 3D virtual desktop application, has been released. DeskSpace helps you eliminate clutter, become more efficient, and get organized by expanding your desktop space into 3D. If you’d like to try it out, you can download the trial or buy it at the Online Store.

This version features the following additions and improvements:

• Dramatically improved graphical performance and memory usage.
• 360 degree sky box backgrounds.
• Smoother animation.
• Support for multiple monitors.
• Support for multiple user accounts.
• Improved stability and numerous bug fixes.

I’d like to take the opportunity to thank all the users who helped us during the beta test. The quality and quantity of feedback we received was outstanding, and played a huge part in making DeskSpace the best it could be.

We’ll continue to improve DeskSpace in the coming weeks and months, so stay tuned. Future enhancements will include:

• Live desktop previews.
• Support for desktops and images on the top and bottom cube faces.
• 360 degree cube rotation.
• Support for 2-16 desktops.
• Better cube control, including cube physics and Beryl-like mouse rotation.

You can visit the DeskSpace page to find out more about DeskSpace, and visit the Online Store to buy DeskSpace 1.5.1.

DeskSpace 1.5 Beta R4 has been released. If you’ve signed up to test the beta you should receive a notification email in the next few hours. If you haven’t yet signed up for the beta and you’d like to test it out, you can sign up here. This version contains the following bug fixes and improvements:

Bug Fix: Desktop Wallpapers now work on Windows XP systems when Active Desktop is enabled.
Bug Fix: The taskbar no longer disappears when switching desktops.
Bug Fix: Icon positions on multi-monitor systems are now handled correctly.
New Feature: Multi-language support is now available.
New Feature: Press Left or Right Arrow key while rotating will rotate to next face without bounce animation.

DeskSpace hasn’t even been released and there’s already DeskSpace videos on YouTube, including a demonstration of Beta R1:

a video of DeskSpace running on a Compaq Presario C300:

and a Beta R2 tutorial by YouTube user VvCompHelpvV:

If you’ve found any other DeskSpace videos or have created your own DeskSpace movie, please let us know.

DeskSpace supports multiple languages through the use of translation files, and we’d really appreciate your help in translating DeskSpace into as many languages as possible. If you’d like to translate DeskSpace, download the English language translation file and then contact Support once you’ve finished translating to arrange to have your language file made available on our website.

DeskSpace 1.5 Beta R3 has been released. If you’ve signed up to test the beta you should receive a notification email in the next few hours. If you haven’t yet signed up for the beta and you’d like to test it out, you can sign up here. This version contains the following bug fixes and improvements:

Bug Fix: Separate desktop wallpapers now work on Windows Vista.
Bug Fix: The desktop wallpaper background color can now be set for each desktop.
Bug Fix: Cube reflection now only displays the front most cube faces.
Bug Fix: Mouse no longer “sticks” when cursor is moved to left-hand side of the screen.
Bug Fix: Left-clicking on the left-hand side of a maximized windows title bar no longer activates the cube.
Bug Fix: Mouse button no longer “sticks” if released after cube is deactivated.
Bug Fix: Reduced occurrences of window appearing on cube face while being dragged to other desktop.
Bug Fix: Further reduced window flashing when switching desktops.
Bug Fix: The Windows taskbar no longer appears when dragging windows.
New Feature: Optional cube “bounce” animation when zooming and rotating.
New Feature: DeskSpace now fades cube to configured transparency (except when zoom is 0.0).
New Feature: More image format options to help users tweak memory usage and performance.
New Feature: New language file available for translation.
New Feature: Improved window dragging functionality.
New Feature: Improved desktop image quality for desktops that haven’t been switched to yet.

Version R2 of the DeskSpace 1.5 Beta has been released. If you’ve signed up to test the beta you should receive a notification email in the next few hours. If you haven’t yet signed up for the beta and you’d like to test it out, you can sign up here. This version contains the following bug fixes and improvements:

Bug Fix: Start When Windows Starts now works.
Bug Fix: Desktop Wallpapers are now remembered correctly.
Bug Fix: Moving windows to other screens now works properly on multi-monitor systems.
Bug Fix: Desktop hot keys now work when the Windows key is specified.
Bug Fix: On multi-monitor systems the cube can now be dragged using the mouse on secondary monitors.
Bug Fix: Mouse hot spots now work properly on multi-monitor systems.
Bug Fix: Removed window artifacts when dragging windows on secondary monitors of multi-monitor systems.
Bug Fix: When dragging the cube, the mouse no longer “sticks” when moved to the left-hand side of the screen.
New Feature: Cube transparency has been changed to resemble Yod’m 3D 1.4 cube transparency.
New Feature: The options dialog no longer shows a preview of the current settings. This change was made to reduce compatibility issues with other applications.
New Feature: Added options to select the image format (16-bit or 32-bit) of the cube and desktop background.
New Feature: Added options to select a static desktop background and to turn off desktop backgrounds all together.
New Feature: Improved startup initialization time.
New Feature: Improved re-initialization time after changing options.
New Feature: Significantly reduced window flashing when switching desktops.
New Feature: The DeskSpace system tray icon now changes to an hour glass when DeskSpace is busy (i.e. initializing or re-initializing).
New Feature: Online Support and Help menu items added to system tray. For now, both these items open up the online DeskSpace support form.
New Feature: Mouse hot spot size has been increase to make mouse hot spots easier to activate.
New Feature: Improved animation smoothness.
New Feature: Animation no longer runs too fast on fast systems.
New Feature: Improved cube activation speed.
New Feature: Improved desktop switching speed.

Version R1 of the DeskSpace 1.5 Beta has been released. If you’d like to test it out, you can sign up here.

This version includes the following features:

• Improved Graphical Performance and Memory Usage.
• Multi-Monitor Support.
• Multi-User Support.
• Improved Desktop Backgrounds.
• Improved Options Dialog.
• Various Bug Fixes.

Please note that this is only the first of a what we expect to be a number beta revisions, so you can expect to see additional bug fixes and features as testing progresses.