Testing the beta
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Fences
Whoops, didn't even figure that I would be the first post. 
Had no problem downloading and getting Fences to open.
Menus look very nice and clean, informative with just enough info.
No problems with moving the Fences around or resizing them.
I was at a slight disadventage since I don't have a desktop with lots or even a few icons. Lets see there is the trash bin and then the Fences icon and, that's it.
I did notice that it doesn't play nice with a couple of programs, Stardock Virtual Desktop, woundn't show the different wallpapers by desktop (cleared up with uninstalling). Right Click doen't show the options for Fences. Not sure if there are others.
Unless I just couldn't see it, it saw no way to close or shut down Fences.
Understanding that this is a side project, what is the estimated time for the beta and when will updates be issued?
I can see how this would or could be usefull to what you might call power users, programmers/developers or possibly even skinners. Some my say you could use ObjectDock Plus for this also. I think though the agrument could me made that ObjectDock Plus would be for more permanent items while Fences would be utilized for the short term projects that people would be working on.
Now comes the question if I would use Fences, probably not, but that does not mean that it doesn't have the potential to become a popular desktop management tool.
Looking forward to reading others comments. 
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Reply #63 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:41 AM
Hi Snowman... can you open up taskmanager and try this a fewtimes to help diagnose if this is/isn't Fences?
1) Have Fences enabled, and try reproducing
2) Kill Explorer.exe from taskmanager if its hung, and relaunch. Then *disable fences* via "Edit Fences..."->Tools->"More Tools..." (near bottom) -> "Enable fences" (uncheck). Try reproducing.
Repeat the above step a couple times...if you get the same result 3x over, its pretty safe to say Fences is involved. If it happens every time whether Fences is enabled or not, its probably something else on your sys.
You can also look at the crash details, when crashes do come up. What could be helpful is (a) the crash module (explorer.exe? desktopdock.dll? (fences is desktopdock.dll)) (
the crash address (c) the crash type name
I appreciate the help testing!
Reply #64 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:46 PM
Everything awesome for v0.92.708 here.
Using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.
Need any experimenting then just gimme a message.
And if you're wondering why I'm asking it is because Home Premium 32 bit is or should be the most common Vista OS out there.
Reply #65 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:34 PM
Fences can be shut down. Open customize fences, go to tools, click the more tools option at bottom left, choose disable fences.
Reply #66 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:42 PM
Seems to be a nice program however it doesn't work on my computer.
When I start Fences I get a warning that Fences haven't been loaded and that I should reinstall Fences.
Tried it, and it still doesn't work, no fences no right clicks ...
Someone got a solution ? 
I'm runnin' on XP SP3
Reply #67 Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:50 PM
It seems that the program doesn't really like constantly switching to (similar) resolutions when working via remote desktop. I fairly frequently switch between 1280x1024 and 1600x1200, and it then doesn't resize/remember the sizes of the various fences, even though it does when i switch between 1600 and 1024 (my mom still has a 15" laptop). do more people encounter this behavior?
Reply #68 Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:36 PM
Explorer pukes everytime I try it.
Without Fences -> no problems.
No chrashes. Explorer just seem to 'halt'.
Reply #70 Monday, November 17, 2008 3:06 PM
I still get that stupid message that tells me that Fences isn't loaded and i probably have to reinstall it, I tried a few times but no succes... But it would be helpfull
grtz
Reply #71 Monday, November 17, 2008 3:18 PM
I have not tried to reproduce but last night I had an odd bug when logging on as a guest account then logging in with an admin account. No fences at all.
Reply #72 Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:37 AM
Reply #73 Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:58 AM
I'd expect the next release to have another larger sample adn even better feedback.
Your time will come.
Reply #74 Friday, November 21, 2008 11:46 PM
I signed up for a beta invite a while ago and am still waiting as well. Any idea when the next round of invites will roll out? Really eager to test this software which looks like a real gem.
Cheers.
Reply #75 Monday, November 24, 2008 12:03 PM
I must be really bad beta tester as I can't find almost anything wrong with it...
I mainly use the doubleclick desktop feature to keep my icons hidden, so I also would like to have a way to display files dragged to desktop show up somewhere while rest of the icons are hidden.
so:
while icons are hidden, files copied to desktop or dropped to desktop could appear on a maybe previously defined fence?
Reply #76 Monday, November 24, 2008 2:46 PM
Drag the new file(s) to the desktop. Doubleclick to display icons (if hidden). Rightclick the new icons -> Exlude this icon from Quick-hide (Fences)
Now the new icon/file will show even if you hide Fences.
Reply #77 Saturday, November 29, 2008 7:18 PM
Been using Fences for about a month...Haven't had any bugs.
Uses a bit more RAM than I would like, though... (emphisis on "a bit")
Reply #78 Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:56 AM
Hi winlover, glad its been working well for you! Hrm, so where have you noticed the increase in RAM usage? Also, XP or Vista? Thanks
Reply #79 Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:44 AM
Seems like the 'New shortcut' problem I reported earlier had no relations to Fences. Dunno what, but it must have been something else causeing it.
At least now I can create new shortcuts (if needed).
Reply #80 Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:03 AM
Since I installed the latest beta (v0.92.708) I have been facing some issues with Deskscapes' (v2.50.068) dynamic dreams (specially the master liquid dream). I am experimenting regular Windows explorer lockups that locks either one (fences or Deskscapes). When fences got struck the fences around the icons will not be painted and double clicking on the desktop will not hide them, they just blink and reappear. On the other hand, when Deskscapes got struck, fences render properly but the animated wallpaper freezes. This situation is alleviated (or at least does not occur frequently) when static dreams are configured to play in Deskscapes.
I have restarted the computer several times but it seems to be a problem between dynamic dreams & fences.
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Reply #61 Monday, November 10, 2008 4:59 PM
Creating new desktop shortcuts not a problem here on Ultimate x64 Snowman.