The Firefox find issue has always been a pain and it still isn’t fixed in Firefox 1.07 or the Firefox 1.5 beta 2. However, I’ve found that you can work around this issue if you turn off the “Begin finding when you begin typing” option in the Firefox Advanced Options dialog:

I’ve been running both Firefox 1.07 and Firefox 1.5 beta 2 with this configuration for around a week and haven’t experienced the problem since then. Your mileage may vary though, so let me know if this workaround doesn’t work for you.

Al Berry from TheChoad has written an excellent utility called XalKeys that lets you use an Apple Mighty Mouse with TopDesk.

TopDesk 1.3.6 is out. A list of the new features and bug fixes in this version can be found here.

This release fixes a bug that occurred when a user came back from standby or hibernation to the Windows login screen, and then stayed at the login screen for longer than 30 seconds.

Furry Goat says he hates the TopDesk trial so much that he doesn’t want to register. The question’s been asked of users before as to whether we should switch to a traditional time or usage limited trial keep it as is. Last time this was asked we didn’t get much of a response, but the majority of the responses we did receive indicated that they preferred the trial as is. Seeing someone loathe your software so much over balloon help messages is very disconcerting however, so I’m throwing the question back out there:

What kind of trial would you like to see, and why?

P.S. Keep in mind that the trial has to offer users an incentive to purchase the full version (development’s fuelled mostly by Red Bull and coffee, and we’d rather not have to resort to shoplifiting them ).

TopDesk 1.3.5 is out. A list of the new features and bug fixes in this version can be found here.

This release is mostly bug fixes, but we’ve also taken the oppurtunity to experiment with the features available in the trial. The trial’s been changed to allow users to configure all of the options (they still can’t be saved though), but a nag screen has been added that appears at startup and every 10th time a hotkey is pressed. Hopefully this setup will give users a better idea of what TopDesk is capable of, while still offering enough of an incentive to upgrade to the full version.

As always, we’re interested in any feedback users have on this topic.

Scott Hanselman’s blog mentions My Guestmap, a site that lets users pin their location on a map of the world. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon and set up an Otaku Software guest map, so feel free to pin up your location and show us where in the world TopDesk is being used.

TopDesk 1.3.4 is out. A list of the new features and bug fixes in this version can be found here.

This release refines a lot of features, like window hiding and window tile layout, and adds in a couple of new features, the coolest of which is drag-and-drop support. To drag and drop, drag a file over a tiled window, hold it for a second to untile the window, then drop the file onto the untiled window. Combining drag-and-drop with mouse hotspots means you can drag a file from your desktop onto a window without touching the keyboard (e.g. hide visible windows, drag the file from the desktop, show visible windows, tile all windows, hold the file over the tiled window of your choice until it untiles, then drop the file).

TopDesk has been mentioned on the Download Squad blog. Also, if you like TopDesk, digg it at the newly re-launched digg 2.0 site, one of the coolest geek news sources on the web.

TopDesk 1.3.3 is out. A list of the new features and bug fixes in this version can be found here.