MACTOE  Sorry... I forgot to assign the stars.  
(Version 1.3b5)

MACTOE  Shame on you AKROBAT... you do NOT write 2 star reviews (thus lowering the overall rating) for a product just because you could not assign the middle mousebutton... and you don't run around to all the other virtual desktop applications and do the same, as you have. Try developing some software and learn what it takes before you do such a disservice to developers.

I have tried them all... Desktop Manager, Virtual Desktops, Spaces... and by FAR You Control Desktops is worth every penny.

For my money... SPACES is pure junk and not thought out well at all. This is particularly discouraging when it is Apple and when there were so many good software models for SPACES to choose from. You can't even assign an F key to switch to specific space... while you can specify an application to show up in all windows you cannot specify it to show up in ANY window... a subtle but significant difference... such as being able to open a second window of the same app in another space... and leave it there when switching.

YCD is elegant and miles above SPACES... for example... you can use the pull down menu to select any currently running application and choose which behavior you want. You can simply click on the pull down menu to display each open desktop and drag windows from one to the other.

I was a senior software engineer at Apple when the first mac came out and it never ceases to amaze me they bring out a new operating system and do things like SPACES so miserably... or like going to all kinds of trouble to put 4 rounded corners on menus (which I think looks refined) and yet remove the trademark rounded corners from the menubar and make it transparent... which is worse than windows!

If you enjoy working with SPACES then you will LOVE working with You Control Desktops. As a developer I could not live without virtual desktops and YCD makes it easy and intuitive.  
(Version 1.3b5)

MACTOE  I've been developing software since the mac came out and I rarely write a review but this is about at absurd as it gets.

NO INTERFACE AT ALL

There are no preferences to set for destination folder or anything for that matter.

You can't set limits for cropping, converting, resizing, rotating... nothing. You have no idea what this program is doing on your mac or to your images.

This is terrible... don't touch it.  
(Version 1.98)

MACTOE  It REALLY angers me that developers are still doing utterly STUPID things... such as crippling demo software... as in DVDRemaster. This demo lets you copy a DVD but deliberately distorts the video every few minutes. That's pretty much like letting you test drive a new car but it will run out of gas a mile from the lot (so you can't steal it or misuse it?)... but it proves the car works! How very clever.

It is highly unlikely anyone would want this software to copy ONE or even a few DVD's. They'll probably want it to archive their entire collection... so, why not allow the demo to fully function for either a prescribed number of successful copies or a time period.

Crippling demo software and/or putting countdown timers on splash screens, or requiring a demo license via email, is... in my opinion, grounds to dismiss it.

I've been developing software for over 20 years... demos should be immediately accessible and fully functional so a user can try it and gain confidence it is a reliable product.

Notice I did not rate this software as it may be a very good product and I do not want to damage it's rating. However, I will not entertain purchasing it until a reliable and fully functional demo is available... and you shouldn't either.  
(Version 4.3.2)

MACTOE  EXCELLENT... I was looking for something like this.. to simply hide the desktop without hiding my other windows. Being a developer I use virtual windows (certainly NOT the utterly lame Apple Spaces) to manage my work so in any given window I WANT to see all the open window.

However, try as I may I can never seem to keep my desktop clean and the clutter is MOST annoying when I'm working.

I love the fact with a double click on the desktop using Camouflage I get a window of it's contents.

The only suggestion I'd make... allow a single click to the desktop to reveal it... the interface assumption that deliberately clicking it implies I want access to it directly.

My donation is in the making. It's small things like this that make a developer's life better... or a writer's... or, well... anyone using the computer in any creative way.  
(Version 1.21)

MACTOE  This product is no longer available. They only offer the Pro version on their site now and it's twice the money at $32 so if you have a simple need, such as just recording radio streams from iTunes you may want to find other solutions.  
(Version 2.2.6)

MACTOE  Straight forward... works as advertised. With each new OS release from Apple there are always things you have to wonder... what were they thinking. Thanks!  
(Version 1.0)

MACTOE  Won't touch it... if people write in here that they get NO customer support and lose their money I wouldn't touch this with your keyboard until this issue is redressed with a comment from the developer.  
(Version 1.4)

MACTOE  One thing that seriously annoys me is Safari does not allow a default page for a new tab. As a developer I want my custom home page to load anytime I open a new tab as I'm usually going to want a link from it. It would be great (and simple) to allow Twicetab to include a default (rather than a clipboard) page to load when creating a new tab.  
(Version 1.3.1)

MACTOE  The demo is crippled software... I'm a developer and I don't touch crippled demos. I encourage other not to either. If Adobe can put out fully functional software as demos for 30 days so can everyone else.  
(Version 1.3.1)