Object Dock 1.00 Release!

This Link Enjoy!! :woot:

And um:

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x-Issue with icons temporarily disapparing and/or stopping updating (e.g. clocks)

after changing screen resolutions or coming out of hibernation fixed.

x-Settings are now saved whenever the config dialog is closed, rather than on exit only.

x-Mouse activation:

-When in "normal z-order" mode, will bring to front when mouse moves into activation area and leave there until another window is activated

-When in "bottom" mode, will bring to front when mouse moves into activation area, and will put the dock back on bottom when the dock leaves the dock's area.

x-Resizable Icon Chooser dialog (remembers its size as well)

x-Added text to clarify how to remove docklets

x-Updated Weather plugin to use Weather.com's XML feed, and added ability to switch to metric units.

x-Fix issue with folders as shortcuts not properly launching

x-Run-visibility option added for shortcuts (run minimized, maximized, etc)

x-Improved clock to have thicker hands

x-Option to add your own separators added

x-Fixed a large number of additional little glitches found from postings on the messageboards, thanks to tips from testers

11/10/03 16:50 1,069,056 ObjectDock.exe

#76534

Ah hah RC1 ! (Y)

#76539

Great! The Autofocus works well. Even the Add/Remove Separator has been implemented. Thank you so much Jeff!!!

#76553

thanks jeff. Looks good so far

let me write down some thoughts:

1 - separators...ah! thanks. Finally!

2 - please! add transition smoothness! that would make the feel of dock much pleasant

3 - recycle bin stills hates to get things on it. It dodges me when i try to send some stuff to it.

3a - being able to drag files to icons (like a .psd to the Photoshop icon)

4 - autofocus! t h a n k s for that. The dock is finally usable

hope that this humble notes make things easier for you.

respect.

#76604

I re-edit the title and added the proper "release" tag to the thread.

Next time, please post as the rules require!

#76641

Since my post in the other thread is now locked so no one can answer...I figured I'll ask here:

I haven't installed the RC1 yet, but in reading the "new features" I still don't see the one I've been asking for forever...dragging and dropping files onto dock objects...can anyone tell me if it has been implemented or not? If not, I won't even bother installing it.

#76644

I don't know anything about the draging and droping concept except for you can drag files onto the recycling bin icon and they get deleted so i think that there is draging and droping in this release.

#76651

Dragging & dropping files onto dock objects has not been implemented yet in this release.

#76652

So, uhh..do you still have to kill the dock to play games?

#76676

Originally posted by Yuriok@Nov 11 2003, 05:43 PM

x-Issue with icons temporarily disapparing and/or stopping updating (e.g. clocks)

after changing screen resolutions or coming out of hibernation fixed.

That should answer your question. I would disable autofocus and always on top if youre playing games with this on.

#76972

Originally posted by GameBoyzGB@Nov 11 2003, 05:46 PM

Dragging & dropping files onto dock objects has not been implemented yet in this release.

Thanks GB...geez, I wouldn't think this would be that hard to add...MD and Yz have had that feature forever.

#77029

Originally posted by Chi Chi Rodriguez+Nov 12 2003, 04:30 AM-->

QUOTE(Chi Chi Rodriguez @ Nov 12 2003, 04:30 AM)

#77044

I always leave the dock running when playing games??

#77111

FOr some reason OD 1 has started crashing when I move the mouse over an MSN icon...

#77165

I still can't link to folders. Oh well.

#77170

:cry: NOooooo i was so so Happy !!! it` happening again !!!

usin :

performance Tweaks

- maginifation effects transitions

Very smooth but Slower

- drawin technology

GDI+engine

it stuck itself when you put your cursor over an icon.... it just stay magnificated, even if you put really really away from your dock your cursor....

i hated that bug before.. and believe it or not that was the only bug that i wanted to see fixed... because it is not a "a bug that only affect the look of it... BUT the normal fuction of your dock... " it is hard to work with a dock that does that thing all the time (and for those who will say - why you just don`t use - jumpy but vry fast or smooth and quick) well it is so ugly and i do not like the way it violentely jumps ! :cry:

#77327

A couple of Problems here. :staffs here:

1. Rollback Prevention? :rant:

What's up with not being able to install an older version of the application once RC1 has ben installed. I uninstaled RC1(custom uninstall selecting every item possible to uninstall) and tried to go back to the original .95 release and what did see - A popup box from hell telling me to use the latest version. If RC1 causes problems on my box, I'm stuck with not being able to use objectdock at all. Please remove whatever hidden file that's preventing older versions from being used.

2. Speed Problems. :cry:

I love objectdock, but since the oringinal .95 release the application has just become unusable because of speed problems. Nothing seems to help ths problem of my P4 2.53GHz box with 512 MB of RAM. I've monkied with the setting file (ActivationAnimation=5 amongst other items) and it just doesn't perform like the .95 release. I love all the new features, but if it takes an icon more than a second to redraw itself, there is no way that I'm going to use it.

Hey, if there is nothing that can be done about the speed of the app, at least let me install a previous version that I like. <_<

#77627

@IngeneerMind: Every time you load ObjectDock, turn on Autohide then turn it off. The icons shouldn't get stuck in magnified mode. I put this in the "wishlist" section, but obviously it didn't make it in.

(Here's a topic you should check out: LINK.)

@guppetto: I got the message about using the new version before I even downloaded the new release. Either Jeff put in an expiration date (which I don't like because what if he wasn't ready with a new release by then?), or else he has OD check on-line for a new version every so often (which I also don't care for, since there's no way to turn that off). I agree that people should be able to use older versions if they really want to.

It's nice that AutoFocus has finally been added, but it has the same problem that MobyDock had when it first added this feature: the focus does not return to the previous window if the mouse pointer leaves the Dock area without clicking an icon. (I hope Jeff fixes this as quickly as Moby did!)

Since this is now being called "ObjectDock 1.00 Freeware," does that mean the suggestions in the wishlist thread will never be implemented (except possibly in a non-free version)? There are still quite a few requests in that thread which deserve to be incorporated into this app.

On a positive note, has anyone else noticed how much faster the Icon Chooser dialog is? The speed increase wasn't even mentioned in the list of improvements.

#77711

I'm only a light user of ObjectDock but I've found this release to be faster (mainly in the animations) than the previous version so I am happy. (Y)

#77717

Originally posted by Nephilim+Nov 12 2003, 02:11 PM-->

QUOTE(Nephilim @ Nov 12 2003, 02:11 PM)

Originally posted by Chi Chi Rodriguez@Nov 12 2003, 04:30 AM

#77755

one thing i'd like to see is something done with the way the labels are done. right now they aren't antialiased and look crappy. are there any plans to fix this?

#77824

well u can post it in the wishlist thread (i missed it) and hope Jeff will do it

#77827