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Ok, waited for the 1.8 release which supports Spaces.  Still having some problems however... (mostly my ignorance, I'm sure).
I uninstalled 1.7 and installed (clean) 1.8.  Here's what I did...
I went to MAPPING > Global Mapping and selected my remote (it's a Griffin AirClick).  On each of the buttons I selected the Spaces action I wanted.  For example, Left > Switch to Left Space... Right > Switch to Right Space.  However the only button I can get to work is the Play/Pause which "activates" spaces (F8).  I cannot get it to switch to each of the differnet desktops.
I don't need my remote to do anything else except control spaces.  Any help you can provide would be great!!!  Thanks in advance for your help!