Upgraded to Windows 7 and found a variant of that Start Menu moving to bottom left-hand corner bug I mentioned in my first post in this thread. The difference in this variant is that when you click on the Start Menu orb and then hover over All Programs the whole menu jumps to the left. Grrr that's annoying... :(
It works, but those bugs mentioned in the appropriate thread haven't gone away. I found another annoying one that I'll post there right now :P
[quote who="xEzekialx" reply="3" id="2341123"]So I'm guessing i get the updates free, but only if thats what stardock decides to release it for free.[/quote] Sort of. All the updates between 1.x and 2.0 (exclusive), 2.x and 3.0 (exclusive) etc are free. An update from 1.9 to 2.0 most likely won't be free.
What voidcore posted needs some refinement. ObjectDock comes in two flavours: free and Plus (paid). The free version is free to get and free to use, but it's not as often and as well looked after as the Plus version. The Plus version is the one you have to pay for. You can pay a one-off fee and use it forever. You get all the updates in a particular iteration cycle free. For example, when I bought my OD+ it was version just before 1.5 (can't remember which one). I got 1.5 upda
[quote who="willistuder" reply="3" id="2325983"]I bought ObjectDock Plus two years ago, and I just got an update.[/quote]What build are you running then? Because as far as I know there hasn't been a stable update in 2 & a bit years...hmmm...
[quote who="Philly0381" reply="8" id="2324878"]And if it doesn't come out this year, then what?[/quote]Unfortunately, in such situations we're at the mercy of Stardock, so we're expected to bite the bullet and roll over. Speaking cynically, collectively we're like Oliver who's holding out his bowl and asking: "Please sir, can I have some more?"
[quote who="Mirsguy" reply="6" id="2324851"]Christmas... would be... the next quarter... [/quote]Yeah, in a sense it is. However, I don't count that week between Xmas and New Year. Let's rephrase: I don't think a stable 2.0 release will be out this year. For the first time ever I'd love to be proven wrong.
There's another article for those who didn't catch it on WinCust: https://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=360297 We've entered the 3rd quarter and there's still no release date. I've got a bad feeling that it won't even be released next quarter, let alone this one. Maybe around Christmas at the earliest...
As I mentioned it in another thread, my tabbed dock takes very long to boot as well. I'll concentrate my input in this thread now :)
[quote who="messiah1" reply="5" id="2317063"] I'd def. say it's the way OD handles finding the target of the shortcut and also finding the icon to display. Where do you keep the icons that are being used? For instance, I've noticed that when I use an icon from my external drive, it takes a little longer to find it than when I use and icon that I place inside the OD folder. I created a folder called icons in there and place all the icons I want to use in that folder.&nbs
[quote who="messiah1" reply="5" id="2317063"] I'd def. say it's the way OD handles finding the target of the shortcut and also finding the icon to display. Where do you keep the icons that are being used? For instance, I've noticed that when I use an icon from my external drive, it takes a little longer to find it than when I use and icon that I place inside the OD folder. I created a folder called icons in there and place all the icons I want to use in that folder.&nbs
Yes, I was aware of the acknowledgement and the workaround, but just wanted to add it to the bunch. P.S. It would be nice of the SD chaps to drop in now and then and post a couple of lines about which bugs will be given a priority and update us on the development. After so long since 1.9, you can't blame people for being eager.
[quote who="messiah1" reply="2" id="2316933"]As with any program, if you are loading it up with a bunch of stuff, eventually, it's going to be slow in response.[/quote]Yep, for sure. I just can't figure out what's taking it so long. Hardware is up to the task, no question about it.
It was mentioned in another thread, so I'll just link to it here. It's a bug with not being able to focus on Skype stuff. More info: https://forums.stardock.com/338912
[quote who="messiah1" reply="24" id="2315358"]I'd say it's the 83 shortcuts you have on your dock. That's a big number. [/quote] Well if I had NEC Ostendo CRVD-42DWX+ I'd have put them into one normal dock with separators, but unfortunately I'm not privileged enough. [quote who="Wizard1956" reply="25" id="2315376"]I have 78 on 7 tabs. OD+ loads in under 3 seconds.[/quote]I happen to have 9 tabs. When starting from cold, the tabbed dock appears in 2 seconds after a
[quote who="Mirsguy" reply="21" id="2315051"] BTW- what are your system specs? Processor, RAM, HD capacity/speed, OS, ?[/quote] CPU: Intel Q6600 Quad Core RAM: 4GB PC6400 Corsair HD: WD Raptor 150GB/10,000 rpm OS: Vista Business SP2 32-bit
FYI, I just rebooted and it took 14.8 seconds from when the first normal dock appeared to when the tabbed dock appeared. Clearly, that's not normal. If a member of the support team wishes to take this issue further with me they can PM me here.
[quote who="Mirsguy" reply="17" id="2314667"] Besides hijacking this thread, you have also established the fact in this and other threads that you hate ObjectDock. We get it. Now let it go. Thanks.[/quote]I don't hate OD, I love it. But it can be better. If you and messiah1 have put two arguments in favour of OD, why is not fair for me to somewhat balance the scales by saying that there is a performance issue with tabbed docks. After I sait that there's an issue the thread got carried aw
[quote who="Cavan1" reply="15" id="2314496"] Without knowing what CPU, your system should be at least 10 times if not more like 15 - 20 times faster than mine, so 8 - 10 seconds would be 1 - 2 for you.?[/quote]Except it's not. Admittedly, it does take longer if OD is set to run during booting, but the delay is still noticeable if started cold.
[quote who="Cavan1" reply="13" id="2314341"] How much is a lot. including sys tray my tabbed dock has 73 items, on my 2.4 gig Celeron 1 gig 333 ram that only runs at 266 due to the Celeron, it only takes 8 to 10 seconds longer for it to load than the standard dock.[/quote]Well I didn't time it with a stopwatch, but next time I shall. For the sake of comparison, Photoshop CS4 Extended starts up in 5 seconds and we're talking about a software package of several hundred MBs and uses 2.5 tim
[quote who="messiah1" reply="11" id="2313815"] It all depends on how many icons you have on there. Remember, OD is out there trying to establish a link to each of those while loading. If you've got 5, it's fast. If you've got 50, well...[/quote]I actually have 83 different items in my tabbed dock (incl systray tab). The problem is that OD tries to look for both the file to which the docklet is linked to and the image for that docklet. This slows the loading process by a
[quote who="Gargabee" reply="7" id="2313250"]The date in Impulse is based around when we put that version on Impulse. There were some issues with prior builds and they were pulled.[/quote]But if the build name is the same then so should be the date in Impulse, no?
[quote who="messiah1" reply="4" id="2312767"]Yeah, you get TABBED Docks, which is probably the biggest plus for the plus version.[/quote]But please bear in mind that tabbed docks take ages to load compared to standard docks.
[quote who="ularu" reply="3" id="2312114"]Thanks for the help,will now update it, my dock is about 18 months old and i have just installed Impulse,that is why there is an update for me[/quote]Well, the last stable update for OD came out over 2 years ago. It's called 1.9. There hasn't been a non alpha/beta update since. [quote who="ularu" reply="5" id="2312292"]My dock is Objectdock 190, purchased 27/05/09, the latest update for OD was 19/12/08,thats why there is an update for me.[/quo
[quote quoting="post"] As i was installing software today Impulse tells me there is an update for Objectdock [/quote]There is an update for OD? That's new to me and nothing came up when I fired up Impulse! [e digicons]:O[/e]