WindowFX 4 Beta Update (v3.91)
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
A new beta of WindowFX 4 is available on Impulse for Object Desktop subscribers. WindowFX 4 is a new application which brings cool animations and functionality to the Windows interface.
This beta update includes:
- Added new animations : expand / shrink to/from screen, slide from/to left, right, bottom, top and random
- Added option to indicate to the user that the window flick they tried cannot be applied
- Added flicks to move windows to monitor above / below
- Modified flicks for moving monitors to move the window the correct amount
- Tweaks for explorer not responding on shutdown
- Fixed problem with close animation sometimes causing missing windows later
- Fixed 'disco effect' on firefox minimizing when using darken inactive windows
- Fixed bug with auto minimize impacting WindowFX config window if left open and active
- Fixed inactive window transparency causing problems when a window is minimized and restored
- Possible fix for problems with hibernation. If you're still having trouble, we need details on the settings enabled in WindowFX and if it happens with a quick laptop cover shut, or if there are additional repro steps.
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Reply #42 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:18 AM
What I would really like to see in this already great program is a slider for each animation to individually adjust animation speeds. Also, another great minimize/restore animation would be to have the window appear to twist around/flip over on the vertical axis as it moves to/from the taskbar.
Most issues with the first beta seem to be resolved on my system, yet I am still having to restart my laptop after it it goes into hibernation, as it doesn't come out of this state properly with WindowFX 4 enabled. I would be happy to just disable the program to avoid the problem, but every time I do, then click on anything on the startmenu/taskbar, it crashes windows explorer and I have to wait for it to restart.
Reply #43 Sunday, November 14, 2010 2:24 PM
Neil Just wanted to give you an update .
Since the update no problems coming out of sleep mode Win 7 64bit Laptop!
Thaanks man!! 
Reply #44 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:44 AM
On XPP SP3, ATI Radeon X1300PRO. Background dimming and inactive window trans enabled. No transitions enabled. Current Windowblinds beta running.
Getting single bright flicker of dimmed parent window when mouse-over tooltip appears in child window. No such flicker when tooltips appear over SysTray or QL tray items or TaskBar buttons. Also getting a lot of brief transition video artifacts/black areas when moving from window to window. Portion of taskbar right-click menu overlying the taskbar disappears after about 10 seconds (I know - who leaves the taskbar right-click menu active for 10 seconds? It was an accident.). Annoying/bothersome enough behavior that I've disabled WFX. Very cool features which I would definitely use if they were smooth/seamless.
FWIW. I know it's a 'Jurassic' rig.
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Reply #41 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 5:52 PM
Okay, this is a great version... just one request though. If I "make windows under the active window darken to draw attention to the window with focus" in the "Inactive windows" tab then also the destop is darkened if I have programs running while everything is minimized. If all programs running are minimized I would like the desktop not to be darkened (there is no windows having focus at that moment, so darkening the desktop has no use).
Martin