MobyDock Development Update

I spoke with Moby last nite as part of my article and he allowed me to preview his newest dock.

All I can say is...Great Job.

Speed - MUCH faster

Animation/Zooming - More accurate

CPU load - no improvement yet

Memory - slight improvement

Added - Poof, Bouncing icons

Version .65 will be released soon. Probably by this weekend at the latest.

This is going to be one incredible year for dock development with all the improvements the designers are adding.

Keep it up Moby!

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

#1647

Thanks for the update duckie, sounds like moby dock is bouncing back no pun intended

#1650

what do you mean when you say CPU load?

#1673

Originally posted by Deciever@Nov 20 2002, 12:26 AM

what do you mean when you say CPU load?

When you move over the dock, and your CPU load hits 80-100%

IMHO, I don't think much can be done here, All the docks seem to do the same when it comes to CPU load.

#1678

Hehe duckie, i was about to post those things

but oh well

couple of more things which stood out very clear:

* drag and drop has a HUGE change and moves as smooth as yz.

* being able to drag and drop onto a program on the dock (say throw a link on ie).

it really is a great appli and definitely runs much better now.

basically there is no need for a screen shot, cause the poof is just like the OD, and having a snap shot of the dock wont reveal those changes i listed above.

#1682

looks like i'll be switching back to mobydock when 0.65 comes out that is, if it runs as fast as the current Y'z. we shall see.

#1722

/me can't wait.

I could never get into Y'z, and ObjectDock isn't my cup of tea. On HWG it seems people have forgotten about moby, all that will change this weekend.

Ohh yea, I can't imagine mobydock being faster, it's already super fast for me.

#1727

Originally posted by mguiddy@Nov 20 2002, 03:39 AM

/me can't wait.

I could never get into Y'z, and ObjectDock isn't my cup of tea.  On HWG it seems people have forgotten about moby, all that will change this weekend.

Ohh yea, I can't imagine mobydock being faster, it's already super fast for me.

So could you never get Y'z Dock to work or you didn't like it?

#1740

I didn't like it.

#1743

does this have any DX9 work to it?

#1769

Just been using MobyDock (0.6) for about 30 mins...loving it already!

It's so much easier to configure than Y'z. On my computer, cpu usage only hits to 60%, but that's only because it's a 2 CPU system. I'm hoping that there can be some improvement on the CPU load.

Moby is currently the best Dock clone on windows (I personally think), very flexible in terms of configurations (image quality, number of icons to affect, min and max icon size, transparency level...etc.).

Looking forward to 0.65.

Is MobyDock going to continue to be free? even when it hits version 1.0?

Chatbox

#1779

I don't know if it's a good idea to "sell" a product that emulates a copyrighted program, though I know aqua-soft is having some money troubles. If mobydock is really going where I think it is, I'd gladly pay for it, but not in its current state. I'm using y'z right now because it's a little easier on my system, but Mobydock was the one that got me to love the dock, and I'll always go back for it.

#1784

This weekend maybe? Great!! I am such and evangelist for this app. My non-tech friends love it and wonder why MS didden't emulate it in XP.

Don't forget Friday is the new BOND movie with Halle Berry!!

#1840

Halle who?

#1850

the one in Swordfish I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong.

#1851

you're rigth taha.....

And she is hot!!!!!!!

PS. taha are you still intr. in the sosumi theme to o.b.? got one

Peace

#1852

HELL YEAH!!!

Yeah as in YEAH! STILL INTERESTED IN THE SOSUMI SKIN!

#1859

ok..

//217.118.63.68

Mac OSX Themes\mac os sosumi.zip

get it?

#1867

um.. actually, no. I cant access it :(Is it FTP?

#1869

no it is my ip...

push start button-run and the ip.

\\217.118.63.68

#1873

How can you not know who Halle Berry is? You live in some third world country with no TV? Or is it you basically don't care much about celebs around the world?

She was the academy award winner for Best Actress last year.

#1906

I know Chuck Berry.

Celebs are not that important . The industry cranks them out faster than new soldiers at the Army. Only after a long track record of excellence in the Movie or Record Industry is somebody worth praising as true Celebrities or Stars. This ofcourse does not mean I'm not out of touch.

#1915

I know who Halle Berry is, and I dont live in a third world country, and I DONT care too much about celebs..

#1918

it says windows cannot find.....

any other way around it??

#1919

get online with msn...

i can send you it..

#1941