ObjectDock 1.3 released!

It's here! It's here!

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Stardock has released ObjectDock 1.3 (and ObjectDock Plus 1.3).  ObjectDock is a program adds a "dock" to the Windows desktop. With ObjectDock, users can organize their programs, running tasks, widgets and much more onto their dock. This can save screen space and make accessing your stuff much easier.  While functionality is what makes ObjectDock one of the most popular desktop utilities in the world (ObjectDock has over 2 million users worldwide), it provides its functionality in a highly polished way. The docks are skinnable, a variety of mouse-over effects are available such as zooming, glowing, spinning, and many others.

ObjectDock Plus adds the ability to have tabbed docks, multiple docks, and to display your system tray items as icons on a dock (eliminating the need to even have a Start bar using up space).  The tabbed docks can be stuck to the edge of a screen where they can be hidden or display just the tabs on the edge.

ObjectDock is freeware.  ObjectDock Plus is $19.95.  Its home page is www.objectdock.com.

ObjectDock 1.3 adds:

  • Ability to offset the docks from the edge of a screen

  • Mouse activation (ObjectDock also supports hot spots). Mouse Activation allows docks to be totally hidden and then when the mouse hits the edge near where the dock is, the dock will pop on top.

  • Docks can now reserve the edge of a screen so that windows cannot cover them.

  • A ton of user-requested tweaks and changes to improve usability

Screenshots:

    

Download: http://www.objectdock.com

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think i found a bug
Are the separators ment to stay stuck to to side of the screen when you change the distance from the edge?
http://www.neffworks.dreamjammers.net/stuff/bug.jpg
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is ODP 1.3 a free upgrade if I've already bought 1.2 ?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ok stardock central answered my question for me
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think i found a bug


I like it!

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Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you save a theme, is there AT LAST now the possibility to see my themenames? Always typing the name is very annoying.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey superdog, I reported that bug on the last beta...and a few others (checking those now). I wonder why they didnt fix it before release? This one is pretty darn obvious! haha
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ooh i cant wait to download it, but its crawling at less than 1 Byte per second! But hey...what can you expect with such a rockin product!!! Worth the wait im sure...

I did notice that bug in the BETA too by the way, and also anytime an application added an icon to the system tray dock, the dock itself jumped up about 30px on the screen, with the dividers stuck on the bottom...

Ro
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yes, that was the second bug I reported as well...once a dock is offset, you can't drag an icon onto it.

I was wondering why we saw a full release before an interim beta build came out...ahem.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
gotta love the error message when posting in this forum, which causes you to accidentally post the same message repeatedly because you think the first time failed...sigh

so, sorry for the same message three times...ahem
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So im wondering what is meant by "Start Menu Fully Supported" in the first image in the first post? I cant find any options to do with that...

Ive been using Andreas V's Start Menu docklet for yonks now but if theres a built in thing going on then i would like to have a look!

Ro
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think i found a bug
Are the separators ment to stay stuck to to side of the screen when you change the distance from the edge?


found it tooo!!!!!

apart from that it's great
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

gotta love the error message when posting in this forum, which causes you to accidentally post the same message repeatedly because you think the first time failed...sigh

But the bug gives the news item the illusion of popularity.

of popularity

popularity

popularity

(smack)

I'll be quiet now.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hey all, ive tried to get stardock cental to send me the link and my serial, but after an hour or more of waiting, i get no response. any ideas on why that might be or how i can get the problem resolved?

thx,
ronjon
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Distance from edge with OD Free? coool
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Superdog and Excalpius: Didn't see the reports for that problem from the v1.3 beta unfortunatly. I think the release went really well ; put tons of testing in with the crazy crazy number of updates it had - I'm mad something got by me!! hah

Fixed both the dragging-when-distanced-from-top-or-left-edges and fake-separators-when-distanced-from-any-edge issues. We're going to slip a new build out that fixes these little glitches so you'll just need to update, say...tomorrow night to get that. Thanks for catching them so early so we could do that.



Tombik: no luck on beefed up theme saving/loading controls with this one. A new theme system and such is looking to be a primary item for the next major release. Somethin to look forward to



Enjoy the new release everyone!!

-Jeff Bargmann
ObjectDock Developer
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
thanks for jumping on these, Jeff!

I don't know why you didn't get the report. I used the proper method to submit it via Stardock Central/Help/Online Support/Submit Problem.

Sent them in the same day as the old beta came out.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
How about adding the option to center or evenly space icons in the tabbed dock. I think it would look much better than having them left justified.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey Brad, what are those tabs in the screenshot?
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
With the last couple versions of ObjectDock, docks using foregrounds no longer behave as they did in previous versions.

Foregrounds used to stretch and scale in a manner similar to the background image. But with last two big releases of ObjectDock the foregrounds do not stretch the same, they instead appear to tile vertically, and for all intents and purposes they ignore settings in the background.ini.

While hard for me to describe, one can easily observe the behavior in question by assigning a dock the "Foreground Example" background skin, then changing the Icon Size.

Not much has been said about foregrounds lately, but before the changes I was playing with them, and I think there is some potential for very interesting docks--that is, when the foregrounds scale and stretch in concert with the background.

I am a huge ObjectDock fan whatever the case, but am curious whether foregrounds are a supported feature behaving oddly or a vestigial ability best ignored until it can be excised?
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks guy's for the quick update works goooood now
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hello again, im just DLing the latest update to hopefully solve the seperator thing! Well done on the swift attention to that...

I wanted to just mention something else i had noticed with my PC which initially i didnt think had anything to do with ObjectDock but now im not so sure. Here goes...

Lets say "It appears" that since the most recent update of OD -BEFORE- the BETA, my startup time has increased significantly. Then the other day when i installed the BETA version the startup time was wayyy faster, like twice as fast id say. Thats when i thought it was an OD issue. Then 2 days ago when i installed the full fat version the startup time got slow again. Thats when i definitely thought it was an OD issue

So thats it, im wondering if anyone else has experienced similar behaviour and if so id love to hear from you.

Again well done on the swift updates...

Ronan H

*** UPDATE ***

OD+ is still dong that separator sticking to the bottom of the screen thing, and every time a program adds a new icon to the tray my dock jumps up about 30px, just thought id let you guys know as i think this was one of the things targetted in the most recent update...

Ro
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi Ronan - can you check the versioning to make sure it is in fact the most recent copy that you're using? In the about dialog it's Build #526 for the latest ObjectDock Plus. (or 525 for the free)

Not seeing either of those bugs, just tried having a zooming and tabbed dock both in various positions/various offsets and adding a tray icon couldn't reproduce the 'jumping'.