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I am not a big fan or a big user of Spaces. I have been using it more and more frequently since my desktop and screen is getting a bit cluttered. But one of the problems with Spaces is that you can’t customize the individual Spaces, as well as this the amount of shortcuts present to you are rather small. This is where Hyperspaces comes into play. It is designed to give a couple of extra features that you wouldn’t normally have.

Before I start this review and small demo, Hyperspaces is in public beta. Which means stuff might change and it could be a little unstable. But there is a good feedback page bit so most bugs will get sorted out. Having said that you can still purchase this product to get its full features. So keep them in mind when you are playing about.

Engage the Warp Drive

The idea behind Hyperspaces is very simple. This little program (run from the menubar) enables you to change your individual spaces background. As well as this you can also add some ever laying text saying which space you are on. One of the big bonuses is the ability to have a couple more shortcuts. For example you can add shortcuts to add and remove columns and rows of spaces as well as a couple of other cool features.

Probably one of the biggest features of this program is the funky little shortcut that brings up an overview of your spaces. Although you can get such a feature with the F8 shortcut this little window stays present as you click around the screens. It is also more graphical so you can clearly see which space you are in. With the abilty to change backgrounds this makes using spaces a lot easier.

Conclusion

This application is pretty decent. It is cheap, does quite a few cool features and sort of fills the void where spaces should really be. But like any application there is a couple of downsides. For example the free version only allows you to customize two spaces. Which is OK for myself since I only use two spaces (two many to keep track). As well as this I feel more features could be implemented. It just feels like it falls short of what could be achieved. As well as this there seems to be a small bug that i will not enable you to have Spaces specific text on the desktop while running GeekTool, they must conflict on a code level.

I am personally going to keep an eye on this program. It has a lot of potential. A few more kick ass features and it may be worth the asking price.

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