ObjectDock 2.0 beta went out today to customers who have pre-ordered. To keep some order in the forums, lets try to consolidate some of the feedback into this thread.
If you are posting an issue please be as descriptive as possible so we can address it if possible. Thanks for your feedback and enjoy!
March 30:
Beta Release
July 29th:
Beta v1.98 released
https://www.wincustomize.com/article/389526/
That was actually very helpful. Since beta testing Windows 7, I have started to beta test a lot more, and I can appreciate the problems you have. This makes it a lot easier to understand why it is taking a while. The current ObjectDock beta is very good, and works pretty much flawlessly on Windows 7 x64 that I run.
It is good to know, that all development isn't dead, and that you are giving feedback and replying to questions.
!! ANNOYING BUG !!
I have just installed Beta 2 on my Windows 7 x64 host.
I switched to beta 2 because I need Systray to be available in my dock bar ; so no way to use 1.9.
Now the bug : when ObjectDock is running, using tabs in Opera and Skype windows freezes this applicaiton. I guess it would be the same with any other apps having their own tabs. As soon as I close ObjectDock, tabs are working fine...
Hard to know where to start to understand this issue.
I noticed that when I click on one of the tabs in Opera/Skype, this application starts to use about 30% of CPU and this application remains somehow frozen. It happens that after a couple of minutes, the requested is displayed and the application works normally... until I click on another tab. As for ObjectDock no suspicious CPU usage..
Anyone experiencing the same ?
I use Skype and have not noticed this.
Same with me, I can not use the current skype versions, and I couldn't with ObjectDock 1.x either. It's all working very well with skype 3.8 though... I'm working on a WinXP professional 32bit system.
I have tried ObjectDock 1.90 Plus. And same problem : it is getting tabs frozen in application like Opera, Skype... But it seems there is no problem with IE8 tabs...
This is really a very HUGE problem !!!
What could be the use of a dock if you cannot use your apps anymore ?!!!
wow, still nothing
First of all, I love all the new features in 2.0!! However, I'm running 2 monitors on my system; I've already created 2 docks on the primary and now I'm wanting to add a 3rd and maybe even a 4th dock, but I want those to be on my 2nd monitor. When I create the new dock, I go to the position settings and tell it to go to the 2nd monitor and it doesn't go; the check box stays on primary and leaves it on top of my existing docks. Please help!
Excellent work - Very pleased with new interface
Win 7 64-bit
A few issues found: Stacks - does not display icon of folder, and crashes frequently. I tried making a simple utilities folder with 'stacks' and it would crash. AN even simpler "games" folder crashed as well...
Must use multiple zoomer docks to achive taskbar replacement - the systray functionality is very buggy. Cannot choose to hide certain items, must choose display all in order to see any.
Some systray utilities (right click functionality, mostly) will not open when windows taskbar is hidden. These menus are not disable when the taskbar is hidden, as there are other ways to call the menus without unhiding the taskbar.
Very new to Object Dock 2, didn't realize it was still in Beta ... Having some issues creating shortcuts to such things as Windows Explorer, Game Controllers, Sound Etc ... Seems that the shortcut can be created and clicked on once only, when trying the 2nd time, nothing happens, however a right click on the icon brings up a shell type menu that will allow opening of programs/feature associated with the shortcut.
Basically I'm trying to compensate for the loss of the Quick Launch that I was so used to from Vista
Running OD2 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, my initial post is here: https://forums.wincustomize.com/386635/#2672886
Hopefully I'm doing something wrong ...
@ EIDukey
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html
Thanks so much for that link, I'll be re-anabling that for sure
I did head up to a buddys place this mornin' who's using OD 1.9, I tried the same thing for Explorer with 1.9 and it works just fine, so it looks like a bug in version 2.0
Hopefully they get it fixed up soon
@ ELDukey glad you like the link.. hope it will help you out...
Do you have 1.9 or did you just got 2.0 ? cause I hear that you can keep 1.9 installed cuase 2.0 puts it in it's own folder and shares files from 1.9 too
if you don't have 1.9 you can get it here free one
http://download.cnet.com/ObjectDock/3000-2072_4-10210264.html
this might help with you post
but I would uninstall 2.0 first then restart PC then install 1.9 restart pc then 2.0
I also have the Skype problem.
I can open Skype from the Systray icon. Everything works fine, except that the mouse-event "right click" seems to be catched by ObjectDock2. I can't click any buttons in Skype. I even can't close the Skype window.
I'm using Vista 64-bit.
Other problem with the start menu. Most of the time I get this error message:
StartMenu helper failed to take effect. Can not show start menu at this time, please try again.
I now use kkmenu instead. Works fine.
Again an other question: the grouping of task icons is not taking place any more. Actually, I don't like the grouping, so it's ok. But can the group function be activated or deactivated somehow?
I hope you take good care of Jeff cause if he dies Stardock is out of business. Reading this is kindof sad that one man does everything wonder what the other do stand around in awe of Jeff?
I am not saying that to be a idiot or get yelled up but from reading this forum it clearly states he does every program in your catalog. I am surprise he hasn't burnt out. What really impress me is you have any new releases at all. I think if they make OfficeSpace 2 it should be about Jeff.
Where does it say Jeff does every program?
Jeff works on a number of applications, but not every single one as that would be a bit much!
Neil
That is actually a problem with Skype itself, because their developers decided that the standard way of doing things is not good enough for them (sigh). I run into the same issue in older versions of Nexus and Winstep Xtreme.
Jeff can solve the problem by using AllowSetForegroundWindow(), instead of SetForegroundWindow(), before posting the right-click message to the Skype notification window.
This bug was reported in this thread about 3 months ago.
Count yourself lucky. There are unpatched bugs in OD that go back 3.5-4 years now...
Well that just makes me feel all warm and tingly inside...
Excuse me is there a version of OD2 beta for the free version?
No. Not until release.
It would be nice if, in addition to the blur and reflection settings, a setting could be added for drop shadow.
I design all of my dock skins with a drop shadow. The problem is that, when I have the blur settings applied, the blurring messes with the appearance of the shadow.
A solution could be to have independent shadow settings for the docks.
The code could be something like:
UseShadow = 1 (to indicate usage)
ShadowDirection = 120 (to indicate angle)
ShadowSize = 5 (to indicate pixel size)
ShadowStrength = 50 (to indicate % of opacity/transparency)
And these could also be turned on or off in the config.
Hallo everyone,
after finding out that the event-id 33 (sidebyside) is a beta related problem i have one more directly related to OD2:
event-id 10010 DCOM
I asked in another thread in this same forum a week ago if this was still on track. I also linked to a thread where you stated a spring bug release would probably be put out. It's the middle of summer and nothing yet. Just looking for some developer feedback.
Sorry for my bad english.... I' ll try to expose my request (i think not only mine)
1) the flyout menu
2) the possibility to change the font dimension on tab's label
3) the possibility to switch from one tab to the other tab only with mouseover (it was so handy!)
that's for the moment, but it's only a fiw that I've upgraded to the version 2
And please, don't forget the users of this program
Thanks
lio
beta 2 coming in fall or sometime in summer?
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