hbadorties

Join Date 08/2007

Problem with - Represent minimized windows by their screenshots

Hello ObjectDock Experts,

I am using ObjectDock Plus v1.90 Plus, Build 535u on a Windows XP Pro system (all current patches).

I have selected the option "Represent minimized windows by their screenshots". This is a VERY handy option, when it works. I am having a little trouble with the feature which seems to be intermittent...

It seems that the minimized window is NOT always represented by its screenshot. Sometimes I have to maximize the window and then minimize it either by clicking on the icon in ObjectDock or using the Windows buttons (at the top of each window). This is most annoying as I am expecting EVERY minimized window to have a screenshot representation.

Shoudln't it just be that every minimized window has a screenshot regardless of how itwas started or how it was minimized? Am I missing something? Is there a piece of documentation I skipped over?

Tips/tricks/pointers would be welcome...

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on the sometimes - just particular apps? browsers?

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It happens with every application.

If I minimize by clicking on the icon in ObjectDock then I see the screenshot.

Hoping for an answer....

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have to try mine again when I get home.

but then, I run the free - don't have an systry icon to turn off and never had issue with minimized representation except earlier with FF (had to use ODock to min)

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free version 1.90 build 534 & FF

minimizing using OD seems to always work, minimizing using the window buttons works when window maxed. resized = sometimes hit or miss = seems to depend on the overall size, not sure

but when it works the representation represents the resized pretty good - i resized to a small rectangle, get a small rectangle rep.

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I am using the newest OD+ beta on XP PRO and it only shows a SS when I have minimized the windows, not when I have left a window open and simply moved to another opened window. I do believe that it is doing exactly what it says it does

Represent minimized windows by their screenshots

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I too believe it is correct behaviour that open windows (not minimized) should not display their screenshots. After all, the feature is called Represent minimized windows by their screenshots.

The problem is that the minimized windows do not always have screenshots but rather have icons. This is not correct behaviour.

For example, I have 5 minimized applications, 3 FireFox windows, 1 Palm Desktop and 1 Photoshop. Notice from the image below that only the minimized Photoshop window is represented by a screenshot, not the Palm Desktop or any of the 3 FireFox minimized windows. Why that is is anybody's guess - but it is illustrative of the problem/inconsistent behaviour I am identifying here and hoping to find a fix for.

If I then click on one of the FireFox icons to maximize the window and then click on the icon again to minimize it THEN the minimized windows becomes represented by a screenshot. If I do this in turn to the remaining 2 FireFox icons then they too become represented by their screenshots as seen in the image below;

It should be that if a window is minimized it should be represented by a screenshot without having first to go through the extra steps of opening and then re-minimizing it.

I suspect this is a small glitch and hope that StarDock will take this a a formal bug report and request for a fix in an upcoming release.

I wonder when that might be?

ps: is there a better place to submit a bug report?

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the minimized screenshot with FF has been around a long time - I don't know what caused/causes it - but it used to be strictly to get the shot, you had to use OD to minimize FF.

A fix came out with an update for OD a while back and generally it works for me

just tested with FF (2.0.0.6) about 7 times - using FF maxed and then resized in different sizes ranging in shape from squares to vert and horz rectangles - using FF's button to min, the representation worked on each - even shows the vert/horiz rectangles

don't know if it's FF related (I don't have a palm desktop - don't know if it counts as an app/window far as OD is concerned)

It should be that if a window is minimized it should be represented by a screen shot without having first to go through the extra steps of opening and then re-minimizing it.

agreed. there seems to be a glitch somewhere - the glitch for me seems to be intermittent - working fine today - hit or miss when I did reply #4

I suspect this is a small glitch and hope that StarDock will take this a a formal bug report and request for a fix in an upcoming release.

I wonder when that might be?

ps: is there a better place to submit a bug report?

they might - if they get a chance to see this

better place is email support@stardock OR put in a ticket (easier to login and track - I think you come up with a new password just for this - click 'register' down at the bottom of the page) == either way be sure to give OS/graphics info/OD info and reference this thread

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Represent minimized windows by their screenshots
I'm affixed at this sentence.Wouldn't it be good if it were like this:
Represent windows by their screenshots
I think when you run an application first time it could take a screenshot and stay on dock as screenshot until it's closed independent of whether it's minimized or maximized or any size.I think this would come more handy to most persons.

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nm, just noticed the OP dates

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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Zubaz huggles winFX's ability to represent windows in tiles

Represent windows by their screenshots

It'd be an interesting option.

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I much prefer the idea of seeing a screenshot of what the application was doing just before it was minimized.

If, for example, I have several FireFox windows open at different web pages and then I minimize them all it would be handy to see a screnshot of what is in each window at the time of minimizing rather than when I first opened the application.

To me this is much more useful than seeing several screenshots of my FireFox home page.

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