ObjectDock 0.55

http://www.objectdock.com
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A new version of ObjectDock is available. This is a new build (as of today, as opposed to a buggy version that got leaked over the weekend).

ObjectDock is a task manager / program launcher that does it with style. The new beta has these features:

+ Ability to have really really big magnification (almost 200 pixel sized icons)

+ Ability to move the dock left, right, top or bottom.

+ Skinnable backgrounds (defaults to metallic).

+ More font options

Download at www.objectdock.com

Incidentally, please feel free to post this news on other sites, We're a bit swamped right now and would appreciate spreading the word. Thanks.
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This is too cool! The icons immage quality is amazing at all sizes! I have this thing on the top of my pc at 14x14 to just fit and stay out of the way. This is a great idea, and see it becoming a fully supported program soon.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the many updates, this is truly a great app (IMHO). Don't worry, we've got you taken care of.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
darn, the background isn't transparent anymore i liked that bluetransparency thingy that the old version had going. oh well.

nice wallpaper, is it possible to get it from some where ?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Krister,

You can delete the background image and have only the icons showing if you want!
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yey side docking

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Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
How do you make the dock backround semi-transparent?
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jarget:

I'd try editing the background.png in a photo/paint app to make it transparent.

I dunno if I'd call just changing 2 pngs "skinning," myself! I personally found that the metallic background .55 was too dark to match the metallic in the Object Bar I use, so took the BMP from the Bar, changed the size and saved it as background.png. It looks much better to me. I also hated the new seperator.ong, so made a smaller, lighter one.

Just a simple suggestion.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I like it, I have to stop wasting time playing with it and get back to work. https://www.wincustomize.com/window.asp?Cmd=PREVIEW&source=http://skins.wincustomize.com/mormegil/screenshots/TOON-XPandOD.jpg
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Man, when are we going to see those icons, excellent stuff mormegil.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it is looking like December
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Floyd, I have Paintshop Pro 7 but don't know how to make it transparent.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jarget

Yeh...same here. I tried it AFTER I posted. Looks like I had my head up my anal cavity when I said that... It sure SEEMED like a good idea at the time.

Mebbe someone with more experience with bitmaps can tell up how? I don't mind the background being opaque, but would rather make it partially transparent.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Floyd, yeah I tried it too after reading your post. Maybe they'll add the option in later release ala Mobydock.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well I don't use PSP but I know it has layers, so in theory you just move the transpancy slider down?
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And Mormegil Woah those icons look great. Can't wait.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I preferred the blue transparent background too, so made the following:

>> http://www.oneiros.demon.co.uk/files/background.png
>> http://www.oneiros.demon.co.uk/files/seperator.png

Enjoy.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Very impressed with this release, fast and smooth on my laptop unlike any of the other docks.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, the 0.51 beta looked buch better. Maybe there is a way to make 0.55 look like 0.51 with the transparency and all of that but I was so dissappointed that I installed 0.51 right away. >
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Dan; reinstall 0.55 and copy the two files linked from my previous post into your ObjectDock folder - the result is as close to 0.51 as makes no difference.