Release Notes

Desktop Curtain 3.0

New Features

• Application isolation mode keeps curtain between frontmost application and everything else.
• Assign a global hot key to instantly place the curtain behind the frontmost window.
• Optionally hide the curtain at launch.
• New contextual menu entries for hiding the curtain, changing its level, and isolating the frontmost window.
• New Dock contextul menu mirror offers control over curtain level, hiding the curtain, and isolating the frontmost window.
• Use current desktop image as curtain image
• Activate Finder when curtain clicked, if the curtain is covering desktop icons.
• Brand new curtain design is even more curtainy.
• New curtain is also translucent, making it simple to change its color.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Desktop Curtain now works much better with Mission Control.
• Adding and removing displays no longer confuses Desktop Curtain.
• Improved design of settings panel is easier to read and better organized.
• Behind-the-scenes changes to more efficiently save previously-used desktop images.

Desktop Curtain 2.2

New Features

• Added 'boss mode' hot key to immediately bring the curtain in front of everything else.
• Image names now show when hovering over images in the History menu.

Desktop Curtain 2.1.1

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Removed a duplicate paragraph in Desktop Curtain Help.

Desktop Curtain 2.1

New Features

• Added a preference (Advanced tab) to show or hide the settings panel at launch.
• Added a global hot key (Advanced tab) to show or hide Desktop Curtain.
• Exposé Behavior pop-up menu controls how Desktop Curtain interacts with Exposé.
• Added an in-app news module for providing info on updates for App Store purchasers.
• Added a hidden pref to make Desktop Curtain quit on re-launch, perfect for toggling via hot key: defaults write com.manytricks.DesktopCurtain "Quit On Relaunch" -bool TRUE<./li>

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Moved the 'remove image' widget and added a tooltip to clarify its behavior.

Desktop Curtain 2.0

New Features

• Choose > History lets you choose from recently used curtain images.
• Added the ability to select the default Mac OS X desktop image to the Choose pop-up menu.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Showing the Desktop Curtain behind items on the Desktop didn't work as expected on Mac OS X 10.6.
• General UI overhaul.