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You Control - 1.7

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.7
Release Date:	2008-07-21
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	1,198
Downloads (all versions):	47,476
Price:	$29.95

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Product Description:

You Control is a powerful utility for creating custom menus that extend the functionality and usability of your Mac. You can place your user-created menus in a variety of locations, including the menu bar, any corner of your screen, or you can pop your custom menus up anywhere on the screen using hot keys. Accessing your files and the information that is important to you has never been easier. Rediscover your Macintosh with You Control and see why it was the winner of a MacWorld 2004 Best in Show award.

With You Control's 19 customizable modules, you can create custom menus that allow you to get easy and instant access to your iTunes library, Address Book Contacts, iCal events, news, stocks, weather and more. You Control has no equal, combining a wide variety of functionality and accessibility into one elegant interface.

What's new in this version:

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)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

PowerPC or Intel Mac
Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard)
10 MB free hard disk space
Internet connection required for product registration

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Extremely useful. Been very stable for me. - Version: 1.6, 2/12/2008 12:00AM PST

(1 of 2 users found this comment useful)

ffass

I use this app a lot every day. With the Apple Menu crippled as an application launcher I use You Control's "File System" module to create an organized file list that allows me to navigate through all of my folders -- just like the original Apple Menu. I also use the clock / calendar module to show both date and time at a glance, something that apparently was beyond the capabilities of Apple's programmers. The Mail module allows me to quickly scan my email inbox without bringing Mail to the front. Overall, one of my favorite programs.

Not ready for release - Version: 1.6, 1/22/2008 12:00AM PST

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Groucho6

Installed, launched, worked fine for a couple of hours, hung opening a menu, force-quit engine, now engine will not load at all. This update isn't ready yet.

Kudos to the company who picked this up for continuing what is a fine product, but gotta get it up and crystal solid or it's effort wasted guys.

Credit where credit is due - Version: 1.6, 1/22/2008 12:00AM PST

epc

YouControl has certainly improved and many bugs have been fixed. Finally it's usable for me, and again it's part of my login items. I don't use the News Reader and Stocks modules.
With the modules I'm using, it works fine under 10.4.11, Dual G5 PPC 2GHz.

I don't understand your comment, Groucho6:
"Kudos to the company who picked this up for continuing what is a fine product..."
As far as I can tell the product is a You Software product. Hasn't this been the case for the past 4 years?