Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces..

Spaces. Like it should have been.

Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. Ever since I got Leopard, I've been saying this over and over again - once every time the new Spaces feature on Leopard fails to do what I expect (like when it frantically switches spaces whenever I switch between different applications). Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is a partial attempt at a remedy. It works by injecting a small piece of code into the Dock. The code will prevent the Dock from switching to a different space immediately after switching to a different application (using Command-Tab, for instance). The result is a (hopefully) more intuitive Spaces experience.

Due to its low-level nature, Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is currently only available for Intel-based Macs. The source code is available, however, so anyone willing to look into porting it to the PowerPC should feel free to do so :-) You can read more about the implementation in my blog.


Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. on 10.5.2 and later

As of Mac OS X 10.5.2 and later, Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is no longer necessary! To learn how to fix the Dock permanently, just read the following hint on macosxhints.com: "10.5: Disable Space switching on Command-Tab in 10.5.2."

Apple listens :-) And on that note, Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is officially retired. Below follows the original description of TripleS:





Download, Requirements and License

Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. requires Mac OS X 10.5.0 (9A581) or 10.5.1 (9B18) and an Intel-based Mac. (Sorry PowerPC users, I don't have Leopard on any PPC-based Macs yet.) You can download the latest release of Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. from the links below:

Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. 1.0.1 (compressed application, 132 KB)

Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. 1.0.1 source code (compressed tarball, 240 KB)

Known Issues

I have seen some minor issues related to activating applications (you sometimes need to click twice). Other than that things mostly work ok - certainly better than they used to. Let me know if you discover any other problems.

Version 1.0.1:

  • Compatibility update to support Mac OS X 10.5.1.

Version 1.0.0:

  • This is the initial release of Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces...

Support

Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is retired, and no support will be provided for this application. Besides, Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is no longer necessary to fix Spaces on Mac OS X :)