ObjectDock Development Update

I just got finished talking with Jeff and he's working really hard to fix the issues alot of you pointed out, as well as enhancing others.

He showed me his newest build, due out in the next 3 days or sooner, and it is amazing.

Improvements:

Speed - MUCH faster

Animation/Zooming - More accurate

CPU load - 25% improvement

Memory - slight improvement

He didnt inform me yet if the font chooser has been added, but I'm willing to bet it is. I guess we'll see.

Keep an eye out for this one, it's gonna be good.

Also, look for my info on the new MobyDock in the MobyDock thread, HERE

#1644

good news

#1645

great news on the speed increase, i havent been able to run it in gdi+ mode, too slow ...

#1651

well if jeff sees this a request like in the real dock on jag/osx, being able to right click items and close them awesome work!

#1653

With Jeff's programming skills, I wouldn't doubt that he'd be the first to add pop-up menus.

::crosses fingers::

#1654

Hurry, Jeff!! Great job, though... my comp crashed, and as I was reinstalling all the software last night, I downloaded the dock. Kick ass!! Except it slows down severely when other apps are running. Sweet bounciness!

#1657

Wow thats awesome... There all good programmers

i mainly hope he fixes the magnification effect but the other new fixes sound great

-bolero

#1662

Super happy to hear a speed update is coming!

besides the mag effect my only reason I am not only running Objectdock as of this point is the lag I encounter when running KaZaA Lite or any other mp3 playback software.

If both of my problems are fixed in one update.....Wow!

Keep up the awsome work Jeff!

#1666

Mag effect is fixed, trust me

#1675

Cool, yeah the zoom/magnification effect was a little weird it sometimes zoomed to 128 other dont, I hope it gets fixed, also the ability to change the background would be cool.

#1685

Duckie, do you happen to know if the new version has the added cabability of being able to drag system defined shortcuts such as My Computer, My Documents, Control Panel and such to the dock instead of creating them manually? It's not a problem to create them manually I'm just curious if that feature has been implemented.

#1703

Didn't come up, but here's a few shortcuts for you to use in the launch section:

shell:Common Administrative Tools

shell:Administrative Tools

shell:SystemX86

shell:My Pictures

shell:Profile

shell:CommonProgramFiles

shell:ProgramFiles

shell:System

shell:Windows

shell:History

shell:Cookies

shell:Local AppData

shell:AppData

shell:Common Documents

shell:Common Templates

shell:Common AppData

shell:Common Favorites

shell:Common Desktop

shell:Common Menu

shell:Common Programs

shell:Common Startup

shell:Templates

shell:PrintHood

shell:NetHood

shell:Favorites

shell:Personal

shell:SendTo

shell:Recent

shell:Menu

shell:Programs

shell:Startup

shell:Desktop

shell:Fonts

shell:ConnectionsFolder

shell:RecycleBinFolder

shell:PrintersFolder

shell:ControlPanelFolder

shell:InternetFolder

shell:DriveFolder

shell:NetworkFolder

shell:DesktopFolder

Lemme know if they work, 'cause these were made for Y'z Dock

#1705

Thanks Duckie for the info. I tried shell:ControlPanelFolder and that works so I'm assuming the others work. One very easy way of accessing the control panel is in the link box just simply type control. Since control is recognized through the command prompt as being the shortcut to the control panel it works on the dock as well.

#1712

I just have one minor request for jeff...a way to make the background transparent. I know it won't look like the real dock, but it'd be a nice touch. Otherwise, I must say I'm quite satisfied with the speed of this dock, and the task manager...easy to set up, me likes very much.

So yeah...transparent background option would be great

#1721

overachiever - what is that laptop in your avatar? it's pretty cool.

#1723

I thought so too

It has quad-fold archticture, ie it can be folded on itself twice. Dual 13.3" screens baby! 10+ pounds too <_<

www.xentex.com

Its a tad out of my price range...(5G)

#1724

I hope they add the ability to put ObjectDock at the top of the screen instead of the bottom. Duckie...could you relay this to Jeff

#1979

I only have a minor quibble for now. That POOF needs to go (as in make it a cloud), i dont need leopard spots clashing with my desktop every time i delete a shortcut.

#1982

Spyder: Jeff reads these boards Yep, that's being looked into for the next release.

Ah yes and aardanos: the poof is customizable. Just swap the poof.png file that's in ObjectDock's folder with the image of your choice. I think you can find the classic MacOSX poof posted somewhere on these boards here.

Background transparency: working on background skinning first, then background transparency settings will come later

#1984