ObjectDock 0.65

http://www.objectdock.com
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A brand new update of ObjectDock is available.

ObjectDock is a freeware program that provides a taskbar and program launcher but does it with style.

New in version 0.65:

x-Auto-hide
x-Skinnable background, selectable via dropdown.
x-"Foreground" overlays
x-Background transparency adjustable (currently only 1 slider for all)
x-Background skin can have different images for different edges of the screen
x-Fixed no magnification title bug
x-Improved bouncing, sped up poof animation slightly
x-Fixed 8bit icons loading crashing the dock
x-Fixed not being able to drag item off to the dock delete if not on bottom
x-Drag/drop improved: multiple files can now be dropped once, system shortcuts can be dropped (e.g. "My Computer", "Internet Explorer", etc)

Screenshot: www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/odock-dec02.jpg https://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/odock-dec02.jpg

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Homepage: www.objectdock.com
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Excellent. The addition of the drop down menu for the dock background is something that I have been waiting for. It just keeps getting better!
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hip Hip Hurray
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Woohoo!
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wow this is better then the OS-X dock. keep up the good work.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now, THIS IS GOOD...

Easy access to setting transparency, along with 'auto-hide'....still works fine in LiteSTEP.

ObjectDock is developing into a seriously-good proggy in its own right. Freebie or not, it's a good'un...
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Objectdock keeps getting neater and neater! Now if they only add the start menu and taskbar everyone wants so it is functional and more than just eye-candy.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry I don't meant to sound harsh above. I know this is freeware and they are working on it. But it is such a good program I would like to see it be really useful.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looking sweet, well, all except for the one icon in the screenshot , unless I'm mistaken of course.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
KingSky....we LiteSTEP users have our 'start' button handled elsewhere, so this proggy is great as it is....runs without explorer.exe being loaded, so it's fine by me..
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I love it, and the new hide feature rocks, but does anyone else's dock crash when you try to close it? I have a shortcut on the dock that quits it for me-a system command.
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Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Very nice indeed. Now just waiting for the popup menus

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Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Love it! But Recycle Bin does not work... is it just me?

Have to agree with the lack of start button....anyone got a shortcut command for it?

Hint: to minimise all windows, create a link to "X:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" ... or appropriate path...
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think the dock is AWESOME!!!, If you want to have your start button I just click the arrow off in the "Hide Windows Taskbar".

The only thing I noticed that is not working correctly in the newest beta release .65 is that you can't log out of a user account till you close the dock.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Much beter with the auto-hide feature. Two things though; my backgrounds with neatly rounded edges get their edges somewhat deformed. And second, what was said earlier; I can't log out of Windows when the dock is in auto-hide.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
very nice, love how you can select backgrounds without manually changing them all the time
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
GREAT APP!!!

With win xp, I can't log off or shutdown the computer with object dock open. Not a huge deal, but with it hidden, I forget it is there and startblaming M$
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great dock. One of the best. However, it has a major flaw in one of its most important features, autohide. My computer, running Windows XP, won't shutdown under that feature and I guess it's not only me.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
iOn: move your mouse back to the edge of the screen where the dock used to be - it should pop back up. that's the point of auto-hide - it hides when you're not hovering over it, which is helpful to avoid having the dock cover part of your application when you're running something full screen
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo, that's cool, but I don't use Litestep and I don't want to. Litestep is a shell replacement, and I don't care to replace the entire shell, just the taskbar. ObjectDock is "almost" a real viable replacement, but not quite.

If with LiteStep you put a start menu in the corner of the screen or somewhere else (not in ObjectDock), I still don't think that looks right and would rather see one built into ObjectDock, along with a system tray.


''If you want to have your start button I just click the arrow off in the "Hide Windows Taskbar". ''

Yes I have done this of course, but the argument here is that I would like to use this as a shell replacement. If I have Windows taskbar still running and hogging memory, what is the use of having ObjectDock running at all? Sure it's neat for a while, but not worth it until more features are added.