Frogboy Administrators Posted April 27, 2007 Administrators Share Posted April 27, 2007 Not sure if you guys saw this but there's a new version of ObjectDock out. It's got a ton of improvements but for Neowin users, the part I think will be appreciated is that it has a new graphics engine which is much faster and uses less memory (I personally never found ObjectDock to be slow or memory hoggish but I can tell the difference on my ThinkPad X40 laptop). News post here: http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=151112 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleSpellbinder Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 For someone who's been using RocketDock for a long time, this is welcome news. I really like RocketDock and haven't used ObjectDock because it just seemed a bit cumbersome. Made the switch. The new ObjectDock is FANTASTIC! Just started configuring. Not really finished, but here's mine so far: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588510567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutblastoR Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Cool, thanks for the heads up.. Gonna try it.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 (edited) Wow, I used to hate Objectdock, but this version is amazing, it used to be such a resoruce hog but now uses no mroe than 4 MB fo RAM even less than RKlauncher or Rocketdock. I dragged my trillian icon into the dock and it automatically gave it a nice high res icon. Edited April 27, 2007 by ViperAFK Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFiberOptics Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I have to say I am impressed with the progress ObjectDock has made. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I heard about this version last night when I just typically had a peek over at Stardock. The new 1.9 is excellent! Havent used objectdock in awhile but I've gone back with this version. Good to see objectdock is still growing strong! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAbad28 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Wow seems like everyone is loving this new ObjectDock. I am currently using RK Launcher, how does this compare to RK Launcer? Sweet screen UncleSpellBinder. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Wow seems like everyone is loving this new ObjectDock. I am currently using RK Launcher, how does this compare to RK Launcer? Sweet screen UncleSpellBinder. It destroys RKlauncher (IMO) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkster Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Nice update! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588511687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Can you minimize programs to the dock like Rocketdock ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588512565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_is_Axel Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 are there any decent objectdock widgets around? I use Y'z Dock currently Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588512568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Yeah you can minimize programs to the dock, and there are plenty of widgets, some good ones are included. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588512582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Just tried it, very fast but the programs are still on the taskbar as well as the dock ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588512623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadean Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 awesome, I've been waiting for this! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588512636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootWind Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Are there any weather widgets that use Weather.com? Or does anybody have a copy of the old weather widget, I don't like the new weather widget that uses accuweather. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588513413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfan Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Downloaded it. Works nice, but one question: how do you make certain file extensions have certain images in the dock? I know it can do it, it used to with my MS Word files but it quit. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588515449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Are there any weather widgets that use Weather.com? Or does anybody have a copy of the old weather widget, I don't like the new weather widget that uses accuweather. Same, it dosent even lists my city :s http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?ski...49&libid=29 Works like a charm ^^ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588515617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Are there any weather widgets that use Weather.com? Or does anybody have a copy of the old weather widget, I don't like the new weather widget that uses accuweather. This is a post from the developer of ObjectDock. Hi everyone! Just so you know, its a brand new weather backend on our servers, so we're still working on that for international locations. If your location doesn't work right now, don't worry we're working hard in conjunction with AccuWeather to get *all* available locations up and running! A note also about locations: right now it can be a little finicy about what you put in. Particularly, if you're a Canada resident be aware that you don't want to do say "Toronto, Canada", but use the province abbreviation...so..."Toronto, ON". Another example, "London, England" won't work.. but "London, United Kingdom" will. And for the US, you can do "48104" or "Ann Arbor, MI", but you can't spell out the state name and have it work...so "Ann Arbor, Michigan" would fail. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588516921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benplace Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Is there anyway to turn off animation when connected through Remote Desktop? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588516931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
em3 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Where are the settings to customize the text? :huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588517086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleSpellbinder Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Where are the settings to customize the text? :huh: If you mean font, size, bold, italic and such. It's in Configure Dock > General > Miscellaneous Options > Fonts. If you mean changing/altering the name of a given icon, right-click the icon > Dock Entry Properties > Title. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588517142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
em3 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 If you mean font, size, bold, italic and such. It's in Configure Dock > General > Miscellaneous Options > Fonts. If you mean changing/altering the name of a given icon, right-click the icon > Dock Entry Properties > Title. I meant the first one you said. Thanks :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588517281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scowl Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 just a quick question since i havn't used od in a long time. does the dock itself still zoom in/out when you move over the icons as they expand or can it fully mimic the osx dock now? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588519947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfan Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 just a quick question since i havn't used od in a long time. does the dock itself still zoom in/out when you move over the icons as they expand or can it fully mimic the osx dock now? The icons get bigger, the bar stays the same height, but just gets longer. Does that answer your question? :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588520466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scowl Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 yeah thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/556622-new-objectdock-19-out/#findComment-588520473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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