foobar2000 v.1.1.8 goes invisible when I grip the top and move the application window around the desktop.

Titlebar blur goes inactive (sharp) when I move any window.

Minimize icon on iTunes 10.5.3.3 does not animate but taskbar icon does. 

[Windows 7 32-bit, GTX280]

Just got WFX5 beta today.

My reports.

Everything works fine with some exceptions:

1) Wobbly doesn't work at all, the window disappears for a while when I move it.

2) Start menu animations don't work, the start menu draws the user icon first then the start menu shows up without any transition.

3) Menu close animations don't work, none of them.

4) Window flip animation on middle click don't have any transition, I can see the info but the whole window doesn't draw.

Request: What about maximize and restore (from maximize) animations? I think a quick eased re sizing animation would look sooo neat.

Win7 Ultimate SP1

16gb RAM

Intel i7 2720QM 2.2ghz

AMD Radeon HD6750M

No fancy skinning, just plain aero, no transparency. Working transitions are really smooth, super good looking

Objectdock plus 2 installed too

BTW: Guys (Stardock Team), since you're experts in windows GUI and Aero....how can you explain why Aero behaves so sluggish at times? is a common problem not everybody is able to spot, but some of us geeks can tell that the framerate drops from time to time.

I'm part of the FL studio beta core team and I can tell u, Gol (Didier, main programmer) is really pissed off by this.

Basically the whole Win7 GUI framerate varies constantly and is easily noticeable when using WFX transitions (no is not a WFX problem, is how Aero and the graphics card work together)

I was hoping to find some light about this subject because we are basically going crazy over the FL forums trying to find the cause, this happens in a whole variety of systems (mine is fairly new and the graphics card is quite fast)

Thanks!

I am glad you said that as I was wondering how the animations were not working right on hardware which clearly was up to the job.

Regarding the slowdowns in the DWM that sometimes happen (a drop to 30fps with or without WFX), this is something I too find frustrating.  It is far more common with a multiple monitor setup than a single monitor setup and I think it may be a bug in the DWM as my tests on Win8 did not show the same problem.

Hmm glad to know it doesn't happen in Win8, thanks for your reply I really appreciate it.

Did you ever get an official statement from Microsoft on this regard?

i love this app. i can't believe that this is a beta. it works perfect. i use it for a few days and i have no issues. i use the option "random animation each time" and it rocks!

good job in this one!

Ah yeah I forgot.

This happens in WFX4 and WFX5 as well, when disabling WFX within it's own window explorer ALWAYS crash.

Well, I used the latest beta since day one. I don't had any "graphics" issue like some other. The WindowFX process never crashed, but I had many issues with the explorer.exe process... :

1st Issue - I cannot tell about any kind of behavior pattern, but sometimes after few hours, the ability to highlight and select more than one file on the Desktop had gone, I just can take them one by one. BUT this bug doesn't affect any other explorer.exe Windows process. I can open any folder and select many folder at once, at the same time that I can't on desktop.

So I decide to kill the processes, and I saw :
wfx32.exe *32
wfx64.exe
WindowFXSRV.exe *32

- I want to know, why it seem to be able to execute the software on x64 and don't do it?
- And why the both process are activated?

2nd Issue - There is an another bug that I've found. Same as the first, after randomized period of time. The Show Desktop button (on the bottom right corner) doesn't work anymore.

3rd Issue - This time it's a bug with the "Screen edge window resizing" function :
When I select a Window and I drag it to the top left corner (This is specific to this area, the bug is only here), BUT I don't release the mouse button (cause I've finally decide to not resizing it), then I re-drag it anywhere on the screen (not on another corner area), and Voila, the windows finally drag themselves to the top left corner.

My configuration :

OS : Windows seven Ultimate x64 SP1 with latest updates
PROC : Intel core i7 960 @ 3.20 Ghz
RAM : 12GB Triple channel DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz
GRAPHICS CARD : Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
SCREENS : Only one - 1920x1080
HARD DRIVES : OS on SSD

- There is any possibility to restart the WindowFX software after it crash? Cause I can't, even if I restart explorer.exe!
- Would you next time, put an update feature for the beta software? More convenient than check the latest new (if you plan to update other beta).
+ A sending report submission form for each crash.
+ A easy way to send a text of all Software configuration, the enabled and disabled effects/options. To find a pattern on Issues with multiple submission.
- Can you add the "Animations"/"Open animations"/"Menus" with all the effect of the same categories than "Close animations"?
- Even with the explanation I really don't understand how the Window Flick are and how it work? ^^

I've restarted plenty of times but the wobbly movement is pretty choppy on large windows. I've had to disable that feature altogether

I use Photoshop on a daily basis. I'd like to do the same with WinFX 5. I wonder, is this being looked at?  

Edit:, new gfx card. EVGA GeForce GTS 450.

We have not had any other reports of problems with explorer not being able to highlight files or use the show desktop button.  Are you sure the desktop window doesn't think a key is stuck down?  Is Taskmanager showing an unusual amount of memory usage for explorer at the time?

The screen edge issue on the top left has been reproduced and fixed internally.  Thanks for reporting this.

I am a little confused about your need to restart the software as you mention at the top that the WindowFX process never crashes so I am unsure why you would need to restart them.  Under no circumstances should you terminate the WindowFX processes such as wfx32, wfx64 or WindowFXSrv as doing so may have unpredicable results.  The 32 bit process runs on 64 bit OSes as well due to how Windows implements things and on a 64 bit OS you need a 32 and 64 bit process for the kind of thing WindowFX does.

For technical reasons we do not allow animations for opening menus and this is likely to remain the case going forward.

Window Flicks are actions that can be performed when you hold down the mouse button on a titlebar of a window, rapidly move the mouse in a specific direction and then release the mouse button all within a short period of time.

The issue with the user created Genie animation has been reproduced and resolved.

Generally speaking animations should not cause a problem, but the best thing may be to detect if a crash happens and if so disable the animation to prevent further problems.