Bugs I've found in Object Bar (current beta) v2.1 Build 754
Also some suggested features
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1. With a "Windows Start Menu" as part of my bar, but when clicked on, it often promptly disappears. I'll click again, and it may disappear quickly again. After clicking a few times, I can usually get it to stay put.
2. Hiding the real windows taskbar often doesn't hide it entirely depending on the size of the start button or other elements of the start menu. Currently, I see a little crescent of the start button which is part of my current WindowBlind theme.
3. Adding a System tray to a bar, often leaves many tray icons invisible with a space for the icon. This is true particularly with Norton Internet Security, my Netgear Wifi Software, and my Winfast Nvidia 7900gt software.
4. Linked to the above problem, pop-up messages from a tray item often points to the wrong item. With tray items being hidden when not in use, it never seems to show the item that is giving a message as it should.
5. The Start Menu should popup near the location that the Start Menu button is located. For instance, my bar is placed at the top of my screen. If I click on the Start Menu button that I created, it often open up at the bottom of the screen.
Suggested features:
1. It's nice to be able to assign shortcut keystrokes to an item on an object bar, When the keystroke is pressed, it would be cool to have the item blink for a moment, (even if it is in a dropdown menu), to help the use see visual confirmation that they executed the correct keystroke.
2. Skinning an object bar is limited since it is not possible to add Alpha Transparency to individual parts of the skin. It is possible to make the entire skin semi-transparent, but that is not what I would want to do with my skin. I would be able to make the background of my skin semi-transparent while having the buttons and menus and taskbar and tray all solid. If this is possible, then I have been unable to successfully implement it.
2. Hiding the real windows taskbar often doesn't hide it entirely depending on the size of the start button or other elements of the start menu. Currently, I see a little crescent of the start button which is part of my current WindowBlind theme.
3. Adding a System tray to a bar, often leaves many tray icons invisible with a space for the icon. This is true particularly with Norton Internet Security, my Netgear Wifi Software, and my Winfast Nvidia 7900gt software.
4. Linked to the above problem, pop-up messages from a tray item often points to the wrong item. With tray items being hidden when not in use, it never seems to show the item that is giving a message as it should.
5. The Start Menu should popup near the location that the Start Menu button is located. For instance, my bar is placed at the top of my screen. If I click on the Start Menu button that I created, it often open up at the bottom of the screen.
Suggested features:
1. It's nice to be able to assign shortcut keystrokes to an item on an object bar, When the keystroke is pressed, it would be cool to have the item blink for a moment, (even if it is in a dropdown menu), to help the use see visual confirmation that they executed the correct keystroke.
2. Skinning an object bar is limited since it is not possible to add Alpha Transparency to individual parts of the skin. It is possible to make the entire skin semi-transparent, but that is not what I would want to do with my skin. I would be able to make the background of my skin semi-transparent while having the buttons and menus and taskbar and tray all solid. If this is possible, then I have been unable to successfully implement it.
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