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ObjectDock 0.65

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December 2, 2002 6:45:22 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
A brand new update of ObjectDock is available.

ObjectDock is a freeware program that provides a taskbar and program launcher but does it with style.

New in version 0.65:

x-Auto-hide
x-Skinnable background, selectable via dropdown.
x-"Foreground" overlays
x-Background transparency adjustable (currently only 1 slider for all)
x-Background skin can have different images for different edges of the screen
x-Fixed no magnification title bug
x-Improved bouncing, sped up poof animation slightly
x-Fixed 8bit icons loading crashing the dock
x-Fixed not being able to drag item off to the dock delete if not on bottom
x-Drag/drop improved: multiple files can now be dropped once, system shortcuts can be dropped (e.g. "My Computer", "Internet Explorer", etc)

Screenshot: www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/odock-dec02.jpg https://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/odock-dec02.jpg

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Homepage: www.objectdock.com
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Shakey (the Original)
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Reply #1 December 2, 2002 6:53:09 PM
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Excellent. The addition of the drop down menu for the dock background is something that I have been waiting for. It just keeps getting better!
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Reply #2 December 2, 2002 7:09:41 PM
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Hip Hip Hurray
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Reply #3 December 2, 2002 7:33:54 PM
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Woohoo!
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Reply #4 December 2, 2002 7:57:13 PM
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YAAAYYY!!! Can't wait to try it-downloading now.
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Reply #5 December 2, 2002 8:20:52 PM
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Wow this is better then the OS-X dock. keep up the good work.
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Reply #6 December 2, 2002 8:45:09 PM
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Now, THIS IS GOOD...

Easy access to setting transparency, along with 'auto-hide'....still works fine in LiteSTEP.

ObjectDock is developing into a seriously-good proggy in its own right. Freebie or not, it's a good'un...
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Reply #7 December 2, 2002 9:15:59 PM
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Objectdock keeps getting neater and neater! Now if they only add the start menu and taskbar everyone wants so it is functional and more than just eye-candy.
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Reply #8 December 2, 2002 9:19:54 PM
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Sorry I don't meant to sound harsh above. I know this is freeware and they are working on it. But it is such a good program I would like to see it be really useful.
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Reply #9 December 2, 2002 9:58:00 PM
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Looking sweet, well, all except for the one icon in the screenshot , unless I'm mistaken of course.
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Reply #10 December 2, 2002 10:32:06 PM
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i cant use it till it has a start button
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Reply #11 December 2, 2002 11:24:33 PM
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KingSky....we LiteSTEP users have our 'start' button handled elsewhere, so this proggy is great as it is....runs without explorer.exe being loaded, so it's fine by me..
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Reply #12 December 3, 2002 12:07:32 AM
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I love it, and the new hide feature rocks, but does anyone else's dock crash when you try to close it? I have a shortcut on the dock that quits it for me-a system command.
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Reply #13 December 3, 2002 1:00:41 AM
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Reply #14 December 3, 2002 1:05:28 AM
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very nice just wishing for 1 feature though, save theme feature would be nice
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Reply #15 December 3, 2002 1:11:59 AM
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Very nice indeed. Now just waiting for the popup menus

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Reply #16 December 3, 2002 3:12:56 AM
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Love it! But Recycle Bin does not work... is it just me?

Have to agree with the lack of start button....anyone got a shortcut command for it?

Hint: to minimise all windows, create a link to "X:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" ... or appropriate path...
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Reply #17 December 3, 2002 3:31:10 AM
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I think the dock is AWESOME!!!, If you want to have your start button I just click the arrow off in the "Hide Windows Taskbar".

The only thing I noticed that is not working correctly in the newest beta release .65 is that you can't log out of a user account till you close the dock.
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Reply #18 December 3, 2002 4:21:05 AM
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yesyesyes!!! the best one with auto-hide!
I love it!!!
my home-pc looks like my work mac...!
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Reply #19 December 3, 2002 5:52:17 AM
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Much beter with the auto-hide feature. Two things though; my backgrounds with neatly rounded edges get their edges somewhat deformed. And second, what was said earlier; I can't log out of Windows when the dock is in auto-hide.
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Reply #20 December 3, 2002 9:11:37 AM
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very nice, love how you can select backgrounds without manually changing them all the time
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Reply #21 December 3, 2002 9:24:14 AM
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GREAT APP!!!

With win xp, I can't log off or shutdown the computer with object dock open. Not a huge deal, but with it hidden, I forget it is there and startblaming M$
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Reply #22 December 3, 2002 10:13:16 AM
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Great dock. One of the best. However, it has a major flaw in one of its most important features, autohide. My computer, running Windows XP, won't shutdown under that feature and I guess it's not only me.
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Reply #23 December 3, 2002 12:18:09 PM
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what does autohide do? all it does is make it dissapear
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Reply #24 December 3, 2002 1:02:29 PM
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iOn: move your mouse back to the edge of the screen where the dock used to be - it should pop back up. that's the point of auto-hide - it hides when you're not hovering over it, which is helpful to avoid having the dock cover part of your application when you're running something full screen
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Reply #25 December 3, 2002 1:25:27 PM
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Jafo, that's cool, but I don't use Litestep and I don't want to. Litestep is a shell replacement, and I don't care to replace the entire shell, just the taskbar. ObjectDock is "almost" a real viable replacement, but not quite.

If with LiteStep you put a start menu in the corner of the screen or somewhere else (not in ObjectDock), I still don't think that looks right and would rather see one built into ObjectDock, along with a system tray.


''If you want to have your start button I just click the arrow off in the "Hide Windows Taskbar". ''

Yes I have done this of course, but the argument here is that I would like to use this as a shell replacement. If I have Windows taskbar still running and hogging memory, what is the use of having ObjectDock running at all? Sure it's neat for a while, but not worth it until more features are added.

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