This version of Butler fixes all issues with Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” we are currently aware of. Most importantly, fast user switching and related functionality are working once again — a user management change in Leopard had caused most of the Leopard issues users have been experiencing, although it hasn’t always been obvious.

Moreover, selecting menu items that are also submenu parents is back to working as expected (where applicable, e.g., menu items that represent a file system folder); and we’ve fixed several interface glitches.

So why do we call this a transient release? Why does it expire on January 1, 2008? Actually, we are working on Butler 5, which will run on Mac OS X 10.5 only and employ some of the exciting new features in Mac OS X that we haven’t been able to use up to now, since we’ve always supported Mac OS X versions as early as 10.2.8 with Butler.

And once this new version is released, we’d prefer a clear cut between Butler 4.1.2 (Mac OS X 10.2.8 through 10.4.x) and Butler 5 (Mac OS X 10.5 and newer). We’ll have to say more about this soon.

Admit it: You’re dying to get a Butler shirt. Well, at least we were; and that’s why we decided to configure and order a couple of these at CafePress. Once we had done so, we thought to ourselves: The Butler icon does have its fans, so why not let them wear their favorite utility’s icon, too?

Thus, we proudly present Many Tricks Apparel, our own little apparel/mugs/whatnot store.

Oh, and those product prizes? They are CafePress’s base prizes — we don’t earn jack from anything sold through CafePress. But we would feel incredibly honored if you actually considered wearing our special little guy.