Check Out the Stardock Fences Demo Video
Side-project by Stardock's chief architect Jeff Bargmann
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Fences is a brand new type of Desktop Icon Organizing program for Windows Vista & XP. A side-project by Stardock's chief architect Jeff Bargmann, the project originated in 1999, and has finally been brought to the spotlight with a polished public release.
Fences is now available as a free community preview!
Check out the demo video below, and check it out at http://labs.stardock.com/Fences
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Reply #14 Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:15 PM
It is available in a public beta (go tot the site and enter your email, some users will be selected to test). Should be live soon(-ish)
Reply #15 Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:15 PM
Public - In the coming weeks 
Wider-spread private - very very soon! Sign up for an invite today!
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Reply #17 Saturday, November 1, 2008 1:37 AM
You know, this is much MUCH cooler than I thought it would be! The double click on screen to make them go away and come back sells this as far as I am concerned. That's just intuitive!
The DesktopDockUI program crashes on launch for me (primary monitor), but the program still works as expected. I'll try and track the bug down. Right now, I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, with three monitors, two display adapters, with the 180.43 beta drivers. I'm also beta testing Nimi but the settings program seems to crash either way. I'm running WindowBlinds (Wraith skin), multiplicity pro, and object dock plus, etc. but unloading those programs seems to make no difference.
This machine has not been updated to SP2 beta yet.
Reply #18 Saturday, November 1, 2008 10:30 PM
This machine has not been updated to SP2 beta yet.
Reply #19 Saturday, November 1, 2008 11:37 PM
Thank you, sir. Been doing them for a long time, haha. I have managed to duplicate this bug with all of these programs gone, so it's probably either a 180,43 driver, dual graphics card, or Vista 64 related bug.
BTW, I am REALLY liking this program more and more every day. One thing that isn't emphasized enough I think is how Fences even lets you get around the Windows Desktop grid snap. By creating a fence, putting icons in it, they get arranged quite nicely, but THEN you can drag the Fence around and really place it EXACTLY where you want it. This has made my three monitor desktop look and feel MUCH cleaner.
Well done code master.
PS The only thing I find myself wanting to do is double click on the title for a fence to see it "roll-up" or disappear. In other words, a mini hide for just that fence, where double-clicking (single clicking?) the title/name causes the Fence to open or close like say a folder would. This is mostly because I would like some of my fences open/visible all the time, and others sleeping until needed. Exclude from Quick-Hide covers this sort of, just differently. I'll try and get the zen of that.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:14 PM
An excellent job Island Dog as usual. Love the sound track also. (What, no smilies) ;(