[Tulio12]

I have it all set up, it's under my OD and all, but all i get is a right cyan colour instead of reflection.... why?!

Great app here!

[matonga]

@Tulio12: uncheck the "Test" option in tray icon ^-^

[drewzee]

small bug - if i click on the desktop, or select a desktop icon, the reflection stops updating.

EDIT: although this probably has something to do with your fullscreen app. update

[matonga]

Ok, I think I solved the problem with the desktop.

Go to the first post and download new version 2008-09-20.

Just try and drag your desktop icons nearby the dock to see if they get reflected and if such reflection updates.

Please note:

1. Multimonitor setups (such as mine) seem not to pose this bug, so I can't know if I really solved the problem or not.

2. The bugfix does not apply to custom desktops (programs which allow you to add your own desktop with effects and such). I may add a special option to allow you to select your custom desktop instead of detecting just the windows desktop.

3.Please keep in mind the mirror doesn't work as intended on Windows Vista with Aero enabled (though users with this setup seem not to bother about it, anyway).

4. There is a new dock in development by someone in Ucrania, which includes integrated support for stacks (does not use my docklet), I'll keep an eye on it to see if it will include a mirror effect (it already mirrors the icons, in realtime, and it looks way cool) (BTW it's in russian so I spent good time clicking at random on the menus ).

[schmrom]

matonga;509832 said:

4. There is a new dock in development by someone in Ucrania, which includes integrated support for stacks (does not use my docklet), I'll keep an eye on it to see if it will include a mirror effect (it already mirrors the icons, in realtime, and it looks way cool) (BTW it's in russian so I spent good time clicking at random on the menus ).

Can I have a link to this?

[matonga]

schmrom;509833 said:

Can I have a link to this?

Yes:

http://nemecsx.narod.ru/

(search for the word "Dock") (the dock menus are in... russian? maybe version 1.5 will have multilingual support )

Edit:

To everybody:

I added a tool called WindowInspector (oops forgot link! fixing...) so you know what to enter in "Put behind this window" setting. Read instructions at first post.

[schmrom]

So maybe I have to learn russian *g

Edit: I already have a beta of 2.0, it's multilanguage and working like I a charm, windowmirror isn't working yet

[BOBAH13]

Hi all, I published a post about my dock using English here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread....9879#post509879

[Fzang]

Hey all

Dock reflection doesn't work here, using winXP, WB skin and OD (without magnification)- even tried without WB, still doesn't work

I've used the WindowInspector and entered it into MirrorEffect but it's as if the app doesn't work at all

What am I doing wrong?

[ethereal]

I can never understand what this mirror is actually doing and its purpose

[ethereal]

schmrom;509844 said:

So maybe I have to learn russian *g

Edit: I already have a beta of 2.0, it's multilanguage and working like I a charm, windowmirror isn't working yet

you can translate whole page to english online eg
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?d...TrUrl=Translate

[matonga]

ethereal;510101 said:

I can never understand what this mirror is actually doing and its purpose

Purpose: to ressemble Mac OS X Leopard dock effect of mirroring the windows beneath it.

Actually: puts a mirror behind your dock. The mirror doesn't reflect your dock (*) but the windows near it. Because it doesn't reflect the dock, it doesn't reflect the dock icons. So another app is needed for that (such as iReflector from SirSmiley).

Limitations: there is no way to integrate the mirror perfectly with a dock (unless I can get dock sources or some dock developer decides to use the sources I published in answer to a request in Application requests). So the whole thing is difficult to configure and is not bullet proof. So you have to disable your dock autohiding, icon zooming, etc... and also reconfigure the mirror every time you add/remove icons. It's ugly but there's no other way around (**) and there aren't any reflective docks for Windows (yet).


(*) The mirror does reflect your dock if you're using Windows Vista with Aero enabled. This is totally unwanted behavior but currently I don't have time to fix it. Also it is difficult to know how to tell the mirror where is the dock. I don't know if I'll ever solve these problems (except Vista + Aero bug, which I'll unless someone does first) because there is a new dock now written by BOBAH13 (search his post in Application Releases) which comes with automatic icon reflections and maybe it will have mirror the screen too in future releases.

(**) Ok, ok, I can reverse engineer a dock using Ice Debugger, but that's mostly like hacking the dock and as difficult as writing my own dock anyway.

[Phoshi]

If you're running vista, try putting it behind the taskbar for some DELICIOUS YUMMYNESS.

[ethereal]

thanks Matonga for ur time to explain things to me. thanks for ur efforts for making nice free applications for everyone

[Cedric21MAT]

is there a tutorial for RK Launcher?

i did everything you said and i still get nothing.

help please!!!!

[Cedric21MAT]

how to you get a mask for the rk launcher

im a noob i know but i really like this and i want it to work!