Object Desktop Fall Preview
Part 1
Saturday, September 17, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
This fall Object Desktop users are in for a real treat. WindowBlinds 5 alpha 1 is expected to come out sometime this month. Moreover, WindowFX 2.5 is nearly complete and it has some cool new features such as taskbar previews and a Ctrl-Tab feature that lets people cycle through their running programs quickly and more visually than the existing Alt-Tab method. More to come. Stay tuned..
If you don't already have Object Desktop, now's a good time to get it. There's an upgrade path also for people who have one of the stand-alone programs of it. Object Desktop users get everything already available for it plus all updates and new programs we add for a year after purchase!
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Action_Jay
Reply #2 Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:20 AM
Reply #2 Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:20 AM
probably meant alt-tab.
Man I can't wait for the new WindowsFX
What I'd like to see is a GUI to easily create your own transitions, like the direction, amount of fade, shrink, and speed. Like Swish effects. Taskbar previes look wicked too. Bwaha!
Man I can't wait for the new WindowsFX
What I'd like to see is a GUI to easily create your own transitions, like the direction, amount of fade, shrink, and speed. Like Swish effects. Taskbar previes look wicked too. Bwaha!
BX
Reply #3 Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:02 PM
Please check the right handed screenshot in the main news ... you will get the concept ....
Reply #3 Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:02 PM
| Pardon? I already use Ctrl-Tab to switch between tabs in Firefox and spreadsheets in Excel. |
Please check the right handed screenshot in the main news ... you will get the concept ....
Island Dog
Reply #5 Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:15 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:15 PM
I'm glad I just renewed my subscription. Great job.
rgerrans
Reply #6 Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:48 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:48 PM
Any chance of building an Expose type of feature into the new WindowFX? I've been using Entbloess but haven't been too happy with it.
reindeer057
Reply #7 Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:25 PM
Yes, but the controls to do that are the same to switch between tabs. Its not hard to understand the concept. I agree with what he said about hoping you can be able to change it to be instead of the default alt + tab
Reply #7 Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:25 PM
| Please check the right handed screenshot in the main news ... you will get the concept .... |
Yes, but the controls to do that are the same to switch between tabs. Its not hard to understand the concept. I agree with what he said about hoping you can be able to change it to be instead of the default alt + tab
Frogboy
Reply #8 Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:29 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:29 PM
You'll be able to choose between Alt-Tab, Ctrl-Tab, and one other option that we haven't finalized on yet.
GhoS
Reply #9 Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:54 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:54 PM
I really like the Alt+tab alternative. Hopefully it will work fast enough on my pc, which is fairly up to date though the graphics card is middling. And of course WB5 is really a knockout.
Frogboy
Reply #10 Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:42 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:42 PM
My screenshots were taken on a laptop. So it should work pretty well on any remotely new desktop PC. 
MogWaEE
Reply #11 Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:01 PM
Reply #11 Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:01 PM
When??? Argh the wait is unbearable!!! I am glad that you're giving us an update though 
. Keep up the great work!
. Keep up the great work!
darksidez
Reply #12 Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:35 PM
Reply #12 Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:35 PM
awesome work, loving it, shall enjoy mucking around with wb5 alpha.
KoL_
Reply #13 Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:54 PM
Reply #13 Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:54 PM
Awesome. I cant wait to try WB5 and update my Vista theme with transparency
sixshot
Reply #14 Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:36 PM
Reply #14 Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:36 PM
Woah... WinFX looks interesting now... now if Microsoft can simply "adopt" that window switching method in Vista... then it'd be an improvement over what they're using now.
Nando Fernandez
Reply #17 Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:40 AM
Reply #17 Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:40 AM
"Woah... WinFX looks interesting now... now if Microsoft can simply "adopt" that window switching method in Vista... then it'd be an improvement over what they're using now."
I believe Vista does that already.
I believe Vista does that already.
gfcentral002
Reply #19 Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:36 AM
Reply #19 Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:36 AM
ooooh i can't wait! i really like the new added stuff for winFX - i currently use a program called TaskSwitchPro (which lets me have preview windows) but that looks w-a-y- better. i hope it all starts coming out soon - and i hope wb gets close to having some kind of release!!
Lotherius
Reply #20 Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:34 AM
Reply #20 Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:34 AM
Grr.... makes being broke even worse... ever since my subscription ran out I've been suffering!!!
*mutters about lackeys where I'm supposed to be starting a new job taking 2 weeks so far to get a background check processed..... still hasn't come back and so I still have no upcoming paycheck to count on*...
Can't wait though.
*mutters about lackeys where I'm supposed to be starting a new job taking 2 weeks so far to get a background check processed..... still hasn't come back and so I still have no upcoming paycheck to count on*...
Can't wait though.
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:13 AM
Pardon? I already use Ctrl-Tab to switch between tabs in Firefox and spreadsheets in Excel. Can the new Ctrl-Tab function in WFX2.5 be re-assigned to replace the existing Alt-Tab? If it can't I don't see me using this feature.
But the translucent panels in Windowblinds: I want that so bad.... I'm looking forward to seeing that on my computer.