Objectdock is a wonderful program... I've been keeping my eye on it and like where it is going! However, Objectdock does take system resources. If I am going to be able to use it, I need to be able to use it as a complete start menu replacement. I don't want to have them both running.

I know that you can have a start button and system tray with other Stardock products but I don't want to have anything else running besides Objectdock really.

I hope that these features are added in in the future. I know that Stardock really listens to it's users so I'm sure they will be eventually. But until they do so, Objectdock is really just a toy. You can't access all your programs, and you can't use instant messaging. And like I said, if I have my windows taskbar open too, then why would I need Objectdock?

One other thing I forgot to mention is the clock. If it is going to remain a clock, it should show the TIME!

Perhaps one idea for offering "skinning" capabilities, is to do pretty much what every other Stardock program does... rename a zip file to something like "mytheme.dock", and just unzip it to a folder in the ObjectDock install directory. Then instead of modifying background.ini to accommodate changes to the background or separator PNGs, it would just contain the name of the directory where it can find a new background.ini as well as supplimentary appimages.ini & dockitems.ini files.

Then, as a user, you'd just have the option to say "My INI files take precendece over skin INI files" or "Skin INI's take precendence over mine". That way, if a "skin" contained some images, the author could create additional dock images or application/class images which could override the defaults (or not, depending on the selection you make above).

In fact, they could probably just allow dock items specified in the skin to add on to the end of your own dock items, if you select that option. And if not, you could just choose some images from the skin manually to replace your own. ObjectDock already reads any images from all subdirectories, so it doesn't seem like it would be too hard to group the images according to the skin name.

::oneiros::, would it be too difficult to explain how you made the docks semitransparent? E-Mail me if you like. jarget@hotmail.com If you don't have the time, no problem I understand.

Thanks,

jarget

Doesn't ANYBODY know what wallpaper that is ? please ?!

Forgot to mention: I'm also using cursorXP plus.

DixonHill I tried it in Paintshop Pro 7 but couldn't get it to work. Oh well thanks anyway for your help.

Dang, now I got it. Thanks Floyd R. Turbo and Thanks DixonHill. I am quite the happy camper.

Rock The Nation.

jarget

iOn, try setting winamp to minimize to taskbar only in Winamp preferences. Works for me on my WinXP HE PC.

Ah...got it transparent...now I'm a happy camper...

KLW: The wallpaper is "Cogs", by me. Click on my name and you will find it.

Been waiting for something like this for a while...excellent.

I have dual monitors and the dock sits inbetween the two screens, this makes using it a little difficult, I'd like it if I could reposition the dock to where I like, not just top, bottom, left & right.

I too would like to be able to get rid of the Windows task bar other than just hiding it, so a Start button and a System tray "object" would be quite usefull.

But so far...very impressed!!

Kuma san: just drag the "Show Desktop" icon straight from your Quick Launch toolbar right onto the dock. Then customize it from there. You might have to drag using your right mouse button instead of your left in case Windows tries to move the icon instead of copying it.

The only problem with this method is that ObjectDock won't read the shortcut and create a link to the hidden 'path'. All it does is create a link to the shortcut - so if you later delete the shortcut from your quick launch bar, it will become a dead link in ObjectDock. To avoid that, you could always drag a copy of the shortcut to your Windows folder first so that you'll always have it, and then drag it from there to ObjectDock.