[release] Itunes Docklet + Dock Smoother

[localhost 0]

here is a new version of my docklet

for those who aren't familiar with the original version, this not only controls iTunes, but also makes the dock smoother by automatically turning autohide on and off on startup

Note: This docklet requires iTunes Multi-Plugin 0.5 or later, which can be downloaded here.

iTunesDocklet.zip

[Seph 0]

WOW!!!! you are listening to sonata artica? specially shy? I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!! no one ever knows them

Also, that looks exactly like the OSX one

[mephisto 0]

wow! so much better!! thanks!

could you manage this to show/hide by cliking?

thanks again!

[localhost 0]

yes they are great! good to see somebody that knows them

when iTunes is hidden, clicking the docklet shows it. never thought about the idea to make it hide iTunes as well maybe i'll make it!

[CRUZAR 0]

can you port to Y'z Dock?

[localhost 0]

i don't see a reason to.

the biggest benefit of this docklet is the Dock Smoother thing, which is not needed in Y'z...

[buddyd16 0]

how do you get it to show the song title as the docklet text. Mine only shows "iTunes"?

great docklet though the controls work perfectly.

[localhost 0]

Originally posted by buddyd16@Apr 23 2004, 05:15 PM

how do you get it to show the song title as the docklet text. Mine only shows "iTunes"?

great docklet though the controls work perfectly.

you should enable the option to change the title of iTunes's window according to the currently playing song in Multi-Plugin's options.

[siddharth 0]

Originally posted by Seph@Apr 23 2004, 10:39 AM

no one ever knows them

I beg to differ my good Arabian sword-wielding warrior....Sonata Arctica are the best European power metal band I have ever heard bar Stratovarius... :woot:

I also recommend you check out and buy their album Ecliptica. Includes two of the most Godlike and admittedly my favorite Sonata Arctica pieces of riff carnage ever....My Land and Blank File. If you do not know Sonata Arctica, you my friends are not power metal. :canadian:

Enough said.

[Seph 0]

AMEN Sid.. too bad your desktop looks like crap

[buddyd16 0]

awesome localhost enabling the option fixed it. One more quick question is there anyway to have the active indicator appear under the docklet when itunes is open and then have it not there when itunes is closed.

[Yuriok 0]

link down " iTunes Multi-Plugin 0.5 " didn't work

[Null8Fuffzehn 0]

will this work with AveDesk, too?

unsure, coz of the "Dock smoother"-thing.

(didn't install any of them on new system yet, that's why i ask)

thx,

08/15

[LoofyGun 0]

Nice job. Ain't gonna use it tho

Ah, Sonata Arctica...who wouldn't know them, they from here anyway

[localhost 0]

Originally posted by buddyd16@Apr 23 2004, 06:20 PM

awesome localhost enabling the option fixed it. One more quick question is there anyway to have the active indicator appear under the docklet when itunes is open and then have it not there when itunes is closed.

i'd like that a lot...unfortunately the docklet SDK doesn't have an option to set the indicator :cry:

about using it in AveDesk...

if you have OD installed, it will hide and show the dock on startup.

if not, i think nothing strange will happen.

[siddharth 0]

Originally posted by Seph@Apr 23 2004, 12:09 PM

AMEN Sid.. too bad your desktop looks like crap

Maybe that's because I'm not a geek.. :6

[MDZ61384 0]

Originally posted by Sid@Apr 23 2004, 11:45 PM

Maybe that's because I'm not a geek.. :6

don't lie...your no less geeky than the rest of us :6

[siddharth 0]

Originally posted by MDZ61384@Apr 24 2004, 03:07 AM

don't lie...your no less geeky than the rest of us :6

oh yeah?....and you're ugly... :6

Don't assume without proof ****face...

[ronin 0]

WOW!!!! you are listening to sonata artica? specially shy? I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!! no one ever knows them

My brother, here in Brazil, is a biiiiig fan of Sonata Artica.... wallpapers, CD, posters and everything else. I like the sound of it, but i´m just more Progressive (70´s) like Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yer or Genesis.

[Idoru 0]

Okay, I must be stupid or something, but I don't find any way to get the menu as shown in the screenshot.

Left-clicking either starts iTunes or brings it to the front. Right-clicking just shows the Dock Item Properties... item.

Im running iTunes 4.2 and have multi-plugin v .5

[Autumnmist 0]

Originally posted by Idoru@Apr 26 2004, 09:04 PM

Okay, I must be stupid or something, but I don't find any way to get the menu as shown in the screenshot. 

Left-clicking either starts iTunes or brings it to the front. Right-clicking just shows the Dock Item Properties... item.

Im running iTunes 4.2 and have multi-plugin v .5

Same for me, actually...

localhost, does this still have that bug in which iTunes icon in systray has to be the first one or something? Is there any way to fix this?

[inferno10 0]

You're very warm on how to get the menu to appear.

Simply hold the left mouse button on the docket to make the menu appear.

[Idoru 0]

Thanks for the clue! Works like a charm :woot:

[my left hand 0]

localhost, are those the malaysian towers in the background?

[ruckgesicht 0]

What theme is it that applies an aqua OSX look to the menu? I'm using an aqua-ish theme, but the menu on the docklet is a normal white menu.

Great docklet though, been looking for something similar for a while now.