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ObjectDock 1.3 released!

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ObjectDock 1.3 released!

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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

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Download: http://www.objectdock.com

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
New version fixed the two bugs above that we mentioned AND the one I forgot to mention (the offset text bug). It was in my bug report though, but regardless, this is GREAT! Note that for some reason, it bombed out on me when I first used it, but have been unable to reproduce that. If I can, I will let you know of course.

Well done!
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
How do you do this:

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

Does this mean when I have a dock at the top of the page and I open a doc or web page the page will be lower on the screen so as not to cover the dock?
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ah, I think I found some answers by trying things out. So it only works with Tabbed docks and not regular docks. I'd like regular docks to hold their own space.
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
feature requests:

Now that you can offset the docks along one axis, offsetting in the other axis would be perfect. Right now, I can slide my dock down from the top, for example, but I can't slide it away from one side or the other. As a workaround, I currently have to add invisible separators on one side until the dock is where I want it. Note that this effectively makes zoomer docks drag-able/positionable, like tabbed docks.

Zooming right now anchors to one axis, so that a bottom dock zooms evenly from the center left to right, but from the bottom up for the other axis. For a dock next to a taskbar or something, that's fine, but for a dock that is now flee-floating, there should be an option to scale from the center in both directions.

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Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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)


Where exactly can you download the updated free version? All I ever get is the same 523 from any download link or site.
Reply #32 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'.


@ JMB1984 - Thanks for getting back to me... Its Build #526u Version 1.30 Plus. In relation to the "adding icons" bit, its when a program adds an icon, not when the user manually adds an icon, such as when you print something the temporary printer icon appears, or Windows Update etc... The dock in question is a dock solely comprising of the System Tray (enabled through OD+ interface, not a standalone docklet) and as of today its still happening. I just tried to print a test page to make sure...

So i dunno, there ya go, lets see what we can do... Again ta for your response...

Ro
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well I tried contacting Stardock. I never got a response and it seems that no one here has the answer to this simple question. Either that or Stardock have their panties in a twist they don't know how to respond to a customer's simple question, a paying customer at that, who's purchased lots of software from them. No more! I'm taking my business elsewhere. Unless they have the common decency to reply to an E-mail.
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey man chill, have you not seen all the messages and articles saying how short staffed they are etc...? Im sure they will get back to you when they can... Particular members of the team get 1000's of Emails a day so now and combine that with the rest of the variables that delay things and i think youll find that they are doing quite a good job and that a slight delay every so often is not really that big a deal...

With respect...

Ronan H

By the way, have you tried Stardock Central as opposed to DL'ing directly from the site? That might get you the version you are looking for...

Ro
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ronan H, Thanks for the suggestion on Stardock Central. Never looked into it before. I just used it and all is well.
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well. I see some improvements. The new version of OD is fine, but... still there is no fully functional systray replacement in OD. I'll look for it in next versions. Short explain: when i used built "ObjectDock Tray" docklet ObjectDock always completely crash in less than 100 seconds... I'm still on my way to find cure... Any suggestions appreciated. Ah - one more thing. I don't say that problem is due OD bug.

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Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ronan H, Thanks for the suggestion on Stardock Central. Never looked into it before. I just used it and all is well.


No problem, i hope Mr blablabla xyz finds it useful too

Ro