ObjectDock 1.9 released

Faster, Prettier, Easier to use, and more usable!

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Stardock has released ObjectDock 1.9.  ObjectDock is a free program that adds a configurable, skinnable dock to Windows.  Once installed, users can add short-cuts, display running tasks, and add mini-applets called docklets to their docks that can display weather information, time, system info, or much anything else.

ObjectDock 1.9 adds a host of new features including a Start menu docklet (for bringing up the real Start menu in the system tray), live thumbnail previews on Windows Vista, a new weather docklet, minimize and restore effects on Windows Vista, free-form screen positioning, a new graphics engine for massively better performance, reduce memory requirements, new tileable dock backgrounds, and much more.

ObjectDock is a free download at http://www.objectdock.com.  Stardock also has ObjectDock Plus which adds support for multiple docks, tabbed docks, system tray support, additional mouse-over effects and more.

Article: ObjectDock gets a facelift
 Screenshot: Tileable dock backgrounds
 Screenshot: Start Menu docklet
 Screenshot: ObjectDock explained
Download: ObjectDock 1.9

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Very cool, love the Start Menu Launcher. It always bothered me to have to chase down to the corner from the dock.

Edit: I'm not seeing the same Object Dock properties box as shown in the Screenshot for Tileable Backgrounds above.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Excellent improvements. I like the new positioning adjustment, being able to put it exactly where you want, not just right,left or center. Awesome job!!  
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I see the weather docklet still does not pick up Canada , eh!   
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Lantec: that's the free version's dialog...in the plus its in the same space Available on zooming docks, scroll through...you'll see there is i think 4 tile backgrounds included updated to use the latest skinning features. Give them a try!

Bender50: Try CityName, PrivinceAbbreviation. "Toronto, ON" works for me! We plan on continually improving the location-recognation code here on the server-side to make it better at recognizing the location you've entered.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I see the weather docklet still does not pick up Canada


put your city and province. for me its Calgary, AB and works fine.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Very nice stuff, i dragged and dropped firefox expecting the usual blurred icon... but wait... no... theres a cool firefox icon by default!

Its the little things that count   
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
All went smooth here. This software is probably the most essential, useful that I own. Love the start menu docklet. I'm not using it in my current setup but I can see that it will be used in the future. Good job! Love it!
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well worth waiting for; thank you Jeff and the whole team at SDC the upgrade is fantastic!!! Well I'm off the play...  
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Waiting now for the language update ...   
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Whoah! Check THAT out! And what's... whoah! ...wow! ... Now it even does THAT?! Lemme see if ... wow! I don't belive they did THIS! It never did THAT before... This is way better than EVER!      
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well Jeff...sorry to report that upon installing the new version it promptly crashed...sent a generated report to [email protected] Hope to hear back from someone...anyone...soon.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Great work!

I like very much the new style, but I found a problem.

My IE becomes very slow when the objectdock is running (the IE consumes all the CPU for severals seconds at any command). If I turn off the objectdock, the IE returns to normal.

I discovered also if I run the IE as administrator, the problem doesn't appear.

Does anyone else have this problem?

My system:
Intel Duo Core 2.0Ghz
Memory: 2Gb
Graphic card: ATI Radeon X1600
Windows Vista Ultimate
Internet Explorer 7
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Amazing updates! Love all the new goodies... Thanks for all the hard work improving on a program that is essential to me...
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Woohoo! This update is awesome.. No more "bang" noise at Vista shutdown!

I'm also enjoying the performance and image quality increase
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
wonderful, great, outstanding (various other accolades), i love it, the new backgrounds are awesome, the whole program is more responsive, smoother and looks better, well done
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Applications should not store app files (all files not directly created by users are app files) in "documents". that's what AppData is for.. sigh..
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This new version is really better. but I've found some problems:

the "windows start" docklet doesn't work. Everytime I try to use it, objectdock ask me to "try later"... strange.
the "ram and CPU" docklet also doen't work (it craches the program when I try to use it)

I am using Windows Vista.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
the "ram and CPU" docklet also doen't work (it craches the program when I try to use it)
What docklet?  I don't see a RAM or CPU default docklet on my default install.

the "windows start" docklet doesn't work. Everytime I try to use it, objectdock ask me to "try later"... strange.
Have you rebooted?
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
  I want a RAM and CPU docklet  ...isn't one on the docklets list...oh well
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
NICE JOB guys. but can ANYONE from the stardock team tell me when u plan to add 64-bit vista support so can use the start menu docklet and the system tray features PLEAAAAAASE.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Weather does not pick up Canberra, Australia

It did in the other version, any tricks to getting this set up?
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No problems here. Everything works like a dream. Even fixed some odd problems I'd been havivg for a while.Thanks to all