Some things I'd like to see for ObjectDock
Wishfull thinking....
Friday, November 9, 2007 by messiah1 | Discussion: ObjectDock
Now, don't get me wrong, for the money ObjectDock plus is a rockin' program. I love it. And the past few upgrades have been super. As a monkey that makes skins for OD, I sometimes find myself limited in the things I can do as far as design, but that's to be expected. The developers can't read the minds of the folks using or designing for OD. I understand that. So here are a couple of things I'd like to see for ObjectDock, if you have any others, feel free to post 'em. (oh, and if any of these are already in OD, slap me)
1. I know I can set my tabs to be different colors and have different fonts...however, what I'd like to see is a way to have different color fonts for active/inactive tabs. For example, the active tab has a white font, the inactive tabs has a gray or black font.
2. Blurring! I'd love to see the same option that WB6 now has where you could turn on blurring for the docks...say you have a clear dock and where you can see through it is slightly blurred. That would rock.
3. Docks that can be curved. I know I can make curved docks...but how sweet would it be to have the icons follow the curve of the dock?
Ok, your turn.
1. I know I can set my tabs to be different colors and have different fonts...however, what I'd like to see is a way to have different color fonts for active/inactive tabs. For example, the active tab has a white font, the inactive tabs has a gray or black font.
2. Blurring! I'd love to see the same option that WB6 now has where you could turn on blurring for the docks...say you have a clear dock and where you can see through it is slightly blurred. That would rock.
3. Docks that can be curved. I know I can make curved docks...but how sweet would it be to have the icons follow the curve of the dock?
Ok, your turn.
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WebGizmos
Reply #22 Friday, February 22, 2008 7:01 PM
Reply #22 Friday, February 22, 2008 7:01 PM
I also would like to see a fix for the Plus/Minus images to work again. Since the extra folder had been implemented in "My Documents" they no longer work unless the background folders are back to where to the original location under Programs/Stardock/Objectdock/backgrounds. 
messiah1
Reply #23 Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:28 PM
Reply #23 Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:28 PM
Oh yeah, another one...MOUSEOVER states for the tabs. Pretty please?
Tiggz
Reply #24 Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:41 PM
Reply #24 Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:41 PM
and how's about a GUI for editing the ini files, with real-time updating/previewing...
DonDodds
Reply #25 Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:46 AM
Reply #25 Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:46 AM
1. Pictures in tabs. Yeah, I know, I'm crazy.
2. I was going to suggest tiles-over-backgrounds...but it appears that Frankell discovered that OD supports them already.
2. I was going to suggest tiles-over-backgrounds...but it appears that Frankell discovered that OD supports them already.
messiah1
Reply #26 Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:52 AM
You can have a picture in the tab, it has to be done in the image editor though...
Actually, this was discovered a long time ago. Check out my dzd-001 background. (It may have even been done before that)
Reply #26 Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:52 AM
Pictures in tabs. Yeah, I know, I'm crazy.
You can have a picture in the tab, it has to be done in the image editor though...
I was going to suggest tiles-over-backgrounds...but it appears that Frankell discovered that OD supports them already.
Actually, this was discovered a long time ago. Check out my dzd-001 background. (It may have even been done before that)
DonDodds
Reply #27 Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:55 AM
Reply #27 Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:55 AM
My apologies. With something like 800 pages, it's hard to keep track of such things. I tend to type in a search and pray. :/
messiah1
Reply #28 Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:22 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:22 PM
oh, and one other thing...ehem...A GALLERY FOR OBJECTDOCK BACKGROUNDS ONLY! Move all the icons on steroids out of the OD library and put them where they belong, in misc. icons and only allow OD backgrounds and separators/indicators in the OBJECTDOCK Gallery. 
Bebi Bulma
Reply #29 Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:25 PM
The docklets and dock themes can probably stay in the current OD gallery, the problem is the png icons themselves. Hopefully a solution will arise to reconcile this issue.
Reply #29 Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:25 PM
oh, and one other thing...ehem...A GALLERY FOR OBJECTDOCK BACKGROUNDS ONLY! Move all the icons on steroids out of the OD library and put them where they belong, in misc. icons and only allow OD backgrounds and separators/indicators in the OBJECTDOCK Gallery.
The docklets and dock themes can probably stay in the current OD gallery, the problem is the png icons themselves. Hopefully a solution will arise to reconcile this issue.
ZubaZ
Reply #30 Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:33 PM
Reply #30 Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:33 PM
messiah . . it's been said on multiple forum posts multiple times. No need to post again on older threads.
messiah1
Reply #31 Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:57 PM
Yes, I know it's been posted. But it is relevant to the thread...therefore, posted.
Reply #31 Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:57 PM
messiah . . it's been said on multiple forum posts multiple times. No need to post again on older threads.
Yes, I know it's been posted. But it is relevant to the thread...therefore, posted.
Cavan1
Reply #32 Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:03 PM
Reply #32 Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:03 PM
I would like to see special icons, My Music, My Pictures etc return for XP, we had them with version 1.5.
zakai1369
Reply #33 Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:14 PM
Reply #33 Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:14 PM
Oh man. I had something I wanted to add here. But I decided to re-read through all the replies to be sure it wasn't already mentioned. And now I forgot what it was!!!!!!!!!!
zakai1369
Reply #34 Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:28 PM
Reply #34 Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:28 PM
Oh and
that would be great.
OH!! I remember now.
Multiple sets/styles of clock hands for the clock docklet so that you can choose the ones you want to use. The current ones just don't look right with alot of the clock icons.
3. Docks that can be curved. I know I can make curved docks...but how sweet would it be to have the icons follow the curve of the dock?
that would be great.
OH!! I remember now.
Multiple sets/styles of clock hands for the clock docklet so that you can choose the ones you want to use. The current ones just don't look right with alot of the clock icons.
xnator
Reply #35 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:25 PM
Reply #35 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:25 PM
a few months since last reply... not too old right? *bump*
1. Funny, I was just thinking about the curved dock idea, it could go well some some graphics and themes if I line it up right. What would really be cool if you could be able to specify the angle of the curve, whether it should be a gradual curve or a tight curve... or maybe a slight curve down to a slight curve up (like a subtle sine wave if u know what i mean). Or maybe something where you could define your own line shape/curve. Say you adjust the line curve (just like you would adjust color curves in photoshop) and the icons would just run right along whatever line or shape you made.
2. I would like to see more improvement over the taskbar ability. More specifically, a way to see right away what folders/windows you have open rather than having to hover over each one to find the one you want. I know in a tabbed dock you can display the names, but even then, I can't find a way to adjust the font size to make it smaller so it doesn't cut off the names so badly, like "Firef...". Plus the tabbed docks don't support the rollover effects (like glow, rock, etc.) I think the tabbed docks should have that support.
3. With the tabbed docks, I think you should be able to have the option of how the icons fill up your tab. Right now, it fills up from left to right, but it would be nice if we could fill it from the center out, or from right to left. It would also be nice if the tabs could automatically resize themselves according to how many icons you have in the dock. It looks stupid with all that blank area when you go from a tab of 10 icons to a tab of 3 icons.
4. Now this is probably a bit far-fetched, but hey... why not support animated icons? I wouldn't mind having a shimmering firefox logo or a folder that just kinda subtly glowed blue or something like that.
5. Is there a reason why a standard digital clock cannot be included with the OD? There's the analog, but I love my digital (I made one in DesktopX) but if we're going to hid the taskbar, at least package a nice simple digital clock with it...
I think that's all I can think of for now...
1. Funny, I was just thinking about the curved dock idea, it could go well some some graphics and themes if I line it up right. What would really be cool if you could be able to specify the angle of the curve, whether it should be a gradual curve or a tight curve... or maybe a slight curve down to a slight curve up (like a subtle sine wave if u know what i mean). Or maybe something where you could define your own line shape/curve. Say you adjust the line curve (just like you would adjust color curves in photoshop) and the icons would just run right along whatever line or shape you made.
2. I would like to see more improvement over the taskbar ability. More specifically, a way to see right away what folders/windows you have open rather than having to hover over each one to find the one you want. I know in a tabbed dock you can display the names, but even then, I can't find a way to adjust the font size to make it smaller so it doesn't cut off the names so badly, like "Firef...". Plus the tabbed docks don't support the rollover effects (like glow, rock, etc.) I think the tabbed docks should have that support.
3. With the tabbed docks, I think you should be able to have the option of how the icons fill up your tab. Right now, it fills up from left to right, but it would be nice if we could fill it from the center out, or from right to left. It would also be nice if the tabs could automatically resize themselves according to how many icons you have in the dock. It looks stupid with all that blank area when you go from a tab of 10 icons to a tab of 3 icons.
4. Now this is probably a bit far-fetched, but hey... why not support animated icons? I wouldn't mind having a shimmering firefox logo or a folder that just kinda subtly glowed blue or something like that.
5. Is there a reason why a standard digital clock cannot be included with the OD? There's the analog, but I love my digital (I made one in DesktopX) but if we're going to hid the taskbar, at least package a nice simple digital clock with it...
I think that's all I can think of for now...
ZubaZ
Reply #36 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:52 PM
Reply #36 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:52 PM
Good requests.
4. Now this is probably a bit far-fetched, but hey... why not support animated icons? I wouldn't mind having a shimmering firefox logo or a folder that just kinda subtly glowed blue or something like that.
There is a docklet for this.
Pixeleo
Reply #37 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:08 PM
Reply #37 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:08 PM
As zakai1369 said....they should include a variety of clock hands and some more clock faces, along with the ability ti make our own clock hands. I'm stuck with those dull ones and it looks horrible with the clock face (
Wizard1956
Reply #38 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:09 PM
+1 Please
I always have to click mine,free also.I get current conditions on mouseover.
Reply #38 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:09 PM
1. Being able to delete/add desktop background from the Appearance settings. Many background packages have five+/- versions, of which I'd only like to keep one or two. Figuring out which ones I can delete without affecting the others is confusing.
+1 Please
When I hover over the weather docklet the flyout works, without clicking.
I always have to click mine,free also.I get current conditions on mouseover.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #39 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:31 PM
Reply #39 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:31 PM
I'd like to see the OD config updated and totally revamped to match the WB/IP ones. Consistency is a good thing. Would be *really* nice if we could delete backgrounds from the config itself, right now we have to apply, decide to keep or delete, switch to another skin so you can delete the previous one, etc, rinse and repeat. Also, would be nice to actually see a preview of the background on the dock before actually applying it.
Cavan1
Reply #40 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:46 PM
Right click, Weather Docklet Properties, set to flyout on mouseover.
Reply #40 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:46 PM
When I hover over the weather docklet the flyout works, without clicking.
I always have to click mine,free also.I get current conditions on mouseover.
Right click, Weather Docklet Properties, set to flyout on mouseover.
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Reply #21 Friday, February 22, 2008 6:46 PM
I'd also like to see a similar option for general dock item icons - the (optional) ability to define a separate mouseover image, and perhaps even brightness and transparency options for both normal and mouseover states.