Dr W - Fences Support

Dr W - Fences Support

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BottleTop, I'm sorry that we were unable to deliver the feature that had previously been marked as "coming soon". Indeed we had advertised a feature on the website - a "skinned fences" feature - which was indeed in development. Unfortunately however that feature was scrapped for a few reasons. These reasons included: -Noticeable performance issues vs simple shaded areas. (Concerns with both memory usage + drawing speed. Fences hooks into the desktop's drawing

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Hi Michael. Looks like we may need to clarify on the website. Unfortunately folder portals are only available when the desktop compositor is enabled. In "Classic" mode which it appears you're running, it is not, and therefore they aren't supported :(

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Jc - Wow, that's wild. I do have SetPoint software and aren't running into that but believe it. Though, I am confused as to how a WM_PAINT message can make a difference. I felt that WM_PAINTs just don't have effect on layered windows. As a matter of fact though, I do eat WM_PAINT's with a ValidateRect (should do the same job i imagine) for my dock item windows (e.g. zooming docks), but not cabinets (tabbed docks). Funny. Will make note to put in that compatibility bit.<

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Sorry but this behavior has been removed from ObjectDock. The reason for this is that dragging files on to applications is, in our opinion, too ambiguous of an action ; it is impossible to tell if the user wants to drop the icon onto the dock to add a new icon, or to drag it onto that specific application. To place emphasis on the program being a launcher the choice was made to make it easier to add shortcuts rather than to provide a feature only a smaller population of do

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Hi javamanromeo, They should remain in tact and all your settings are designed to transfer, but you might want to make backups just in case. Also if you have custom backgrounds or icons in your ObjectDock v1.0 folder you may want to copy them over to the 2.0 directory as well. If you'd like to backup your settings, head to the run dialog and enter: %localappdata%\Stardock\ObjectDock\ (or %appdata%\Stardock\ObjectDock\ on XP) and make backups of

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nimicitor: Please try right-clicking on any shortcut to access "Run as Administrator", as well as any other file-related shortcuts. Same method as used in explorer to gain access to extended menu items :) mirs: No dell-dock equivalent coming soon sorry :( We're not doing anything to disrupt docklet support however. Excalpius: No luck on getting to the 2nd/3rd monitor issue yet, I have noted it however. Monty: Saving/loading

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A note to all - A refresh was put out today, be sure to check it out! New (major!) feature: -New "Show Applications" mode for Quicklaunch docks (Windows7-taskbar-like functionality...running applications not already on dock have links automatically/temporarily created for them... allow pinning/unpinning/etc) Tweaks/fixes: -Reorganized right-click menu when right clicking shortcuts on quicklaunch docks, to emphasize interacting with the application<b

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A note to all - A refresh was put out today, be sure to check it out! New (major!) feature: -New "Show Applications" mode for Quicklaunch docks (Windows7-taskbar-like functionality...running applications not already on dock have links automatically/temporarily created for them... allow pinning/unpinning/etc) Tweaks/fixes: -Reorganized right-click menu when right clicking shortcuts on quicklaunch docks, to emphasize interacting with the application -Fi

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Hi horizon, some responses: • i have noticed several occasions where clicking on something in the dock will no longer allow me proper control of windows afterwords until another action is performed [such as i've been hitting the start menu button on my keyboard]. for example, while checking whether the bugs i've already listed before were still present in this version before writing them down, i've lost the ability to type in this window until pressing the start button. in

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A refresh was put out today, be sure to check it out! New (major!) feature: -New "Show Applications" mode for Quicklaunch docks (Windows7-taskbar-like functionality...running applications not already on dock have links automatically/temporarily created for them... allow pinning/unpinning/etc) Tweaks/fixes: -Reorganized right-click menu when right clicking shortcuts on quicklaunch docks, to emphasize interacting with the application -Fixed "Browsing to o

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Hi guys. Sorry but the Start Menu glitch is another one that is just not going to be fixed :( This is a glitch in Windows itself that makes that right area of the panel not draw when its location is anywhere but where it expects to be. (Well technically this isn't a glitch in windows, just an odd inflexibility!) Will keep looking for hacks to work around in, but otherwise, sorry :( Keep sending feedback on the other areas though that is helpful. So far I've been reading people have be

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oh and the reflections are not configurable in the program itself at the moment... you set them up in the skin file. though i do hope to put in some sliders to allow for adjustment. for the upcoming release i've tweaked all the reflections in each of the applicable skins to be super-sharp looking "in my opinion", but if you don't agree go ahead and make a copy of the skin you want to change and modify it up, i've left comments in the skin definition files! to modify a skin just right

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