DeskSpace

DeskSpace maps six virtual desktops to a cube and allows the user to switch between them, similar to the cube plugin for the Compiz window manager for the X Window System in Linux. Deskspace is the first desktop manager to make the cube-style desktop feature available on Microsoft Windows.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} DeskSpace makes use of and requires DirectX 8.1[http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/learn DeskSpace System Requirements] in contrast to most other virtual desktop managers that use OpenGL. It supports up to nine monitors.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIT7iQK4c DeskSpace Dual Screen] DeskSpace supports 64-bit applications, applications that require Administrator permissions to run, applications that implement User Interface Privilege Isolation, such as Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8, and console windows.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

DeskSpace costs US$24.95,{{cite web|url=http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/|title=Otaku Software - Products > DeskSpace 3D Virtual Desktop: Organize Your Desktop|publisher=Otaku Software|accessdate=2009-11-07}} and is available for a 14-day trial.Gralla, Preston. "Dress Up Your PC." PC World. February 5, 2008. [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/020508-dress-up-your.html?page=2 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615014642/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/020508-dress-up-your.html?page=2 |date=2011-06-15 }}. Retrieved on September 8, 2009.

Yod'm 3D was the first desktop manager to make the cube-style desktop feature available on Microsoft Windows.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} It was developed as freeware up to version 1.4 by Christian Salmon from Chris'n'Soft. It supported four virtual desktops on a single monitor. Yod'm 3D was acquired by Otaku Software Pty Ltd on July 9, 2007. Following the acquisition, it renamed to DeskSpace, and later versions would be trialware, not freeware.{{cite web|url=http://www.otakusoftware.com/blog/2007/07/09/deskspace-otaku-software-acquires-yodm-3d|title=DeskSpace – Otaku Software Acquires Yod'm 3D|date=2007-07-09|accessdate=2014-09-12|last=Stewart|first=James|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-07-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723151325/http://www.otakusoftware.com/blog/2007/07/09/deskspace-otaku-software-acquires-yodm-3d/}} Yod'm 3D is still available to download from various sources.{{Cite web|url=http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Yod-039-m-3D-Review-54961.shtml |title=Vista Multi-Desktop |first=Ionut |last=Ilascu |date=2007-05-17 |publisher=Softpedia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201050848/http://softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Yod-039-m-3D-Review-54961.shtml |accessdate=2009-09-10 |archivedate=2009-02-01 |url-status=dead }}

Otaku Software held a beta test during August and September 2007,[http://www.otakusoftware.com/blog/2007/08/29/deskspace-15-beta DeskSpace Beta Announcement] and the first release under the DeskSpace name, version 1.5.1, was released on 18 September 2007.[http://www.otakusoftware.com/blog/2007/09/18/deskspace-151-released DeskSpace 1.5.1 Released] DeskSpace 1.5.1 included a completely re-written graphics subsystem, based on the TopDesk graphics subsystem, that supported multiple monitors and 360 degree sky box backgrounds. Subsequent versions of DeskSpace has included re-written input, windowing, and virtual desktop subsystems.[http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/learn/whats_new.html DeskSpace Changelog] As of October 30, 2009 there were fewer than 500 lines of Yod'm source remaining in the DeskSpace code base.

On February 6, 2009, DeskSpace was reviewed on the BBC News 'Click' television segment.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7875535.stm DeskSpace on BBC News 'Click']

• Compiz
• TopDesk
• Project Looking Glass
• VirtuaWin

• [http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/ Official website] (DeskSpace is available to be purchased and downloaded here)
• [http://www.chrisnsoft.com/ Former official website] (Yod'm 3D is no longer available on this website)
• [http://lifehacker.com/software/virtual-desktops/download-of-the-day-yodm-3d-windows-255448.php Review of Yod'm 3D on Lifehacker]
• [http://winfuture.de/downloadvorschalt,1924.html WinFuture.de Download Page]

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