Finally released v1.22.
Sadly one feature that should have been include was left out.
The feature was to make SliderDock stay at the desktop level(always stay behind other windows).
The reason for this is because there was a bug that I wasn't able to fix which make the icons flash when this feature is active.
So until I find a way to make it work correctly this option will not be included. I apologise to those that looked forward to this feature being included.
I'm glad that you find it useful.
George Ander (guest) 09 Feb 2012 10:55
Great! I appreciate your consideration.
Let me add some compliments about your work: Here's some of the current features I appreciate the most:
Adjustable ring size and icon size.
The two-dimensional design - multiple, named rings to cycle through.
The convenient information provided while navigating in SliderDock. Such as the title of the current ring popping up and fading out.
Shortcut keys!
Shortcut keys without printable character. I use Ctrl and Alt for cycling through the rings.
Ease of use with drag and drop for adding icons and changing icons order.
High performance and small footprint.
The most toughtful design I've found amongst docks - very clearly laid out and easy to focus.
Your software helps me to do my work more efficiently. I'm recommending it to my colleagues at work, even more emphatically with its increasing versatility I hope to find in v.1.23.
I think I'll try to add it as a hotkey feature.
But it will be for the v1.23 release.
George Ander (guest) 08 Feb 2012 12:40
From all docks I have tested, SliderDock was the only one that suits my professional needs more or less, and I've tested many of them. Please note that I'm not nagging about - I'm trying to get the best I've found improved further.
Causes problems? Possibly, yes. Depends on how one uses SliderDock. As an optional feature (or even a per-ring option, or on a hotkey, …) it won't bother those who use rings crowded to the extreme.
People in forums still keep complaining about Windows 7, because there's not decent way of organizing the most used documents anymore. On Windows XP one could arrange the icon in any folder freely like snippets on a desk. SliderDock will be an attractive solution to everyone who needs to work with documents effeciently, once an 'always show tooltips' option is available.
Please take a look at the overlay picture on mediafire.com in the folder /i/?3sts938f94jow0x
The mouse cursor has always entered the the icon from the top right. Looks tidy to me.
displaying all the names at once can possibly cause problems.
If there are many icons in a ring, the names will most likely be on top of each other, therefore being unreadable.
Plus the texts themselves would block the view to the icon making it impossible to click it.
George Ander (guest) 06 Feb 2012 15:27
The name of an icon can be seen when it's on the IconSeeker, or when the mouse curser is hovering over it.
Organizing documents in docks, I'd like to see the document names (or the icon names) of all members of a dock at one sight.
This feature that is probably easy to implement would push open doors to new fields of application.
Thank you
I'm not really a graphic designer so it would be difficult for me to make a full dot hack icon set, but you can find many website where you can download customs icons.
Try to search on deviantart.com and http://www.iconarchive.com for example.
Ok, Its work!
Thanks a lot.
could you made an icon pack too for .Hack theme?
it would be great i think
Hi,
SliderDock being hidden isn't a bug but is the way I initially envisioned it so that it doesn't take important desktop space.
There is an option in the dock settings to disable this feature.
The option is called : " AutoHide when launching an application" and is found in the general tab.
Otherwise to hide/unhide SliderDock manually, just press ctrl+space (by default).
Hi, I've install sliderdock v1.21
This is so cool, thanks for made it (sorry for my bad english)
i have few problem here,
when i doubleclick the icon, the application sudenly hidden.
not crash but hidden, i using win 7 64, and i have installed the netframework 3.5.
can you fix that?
thank you.
I apologies for not responding. For some reason I never received a notice from this forum that you created a topic otherwise I would have answered within the day.
During the installation, receiving a "code 5" error means SliderDock is still in use by window therefore the main file cannot be deleted.
Please close SliderDock before installing the new version.
After two months, the courtesy of a reply is requested.
Hi,
Dropping the icon from the top might not be possible but I was thinking to have the rings grow from the center instead.
I would like to have the jiggle animation added but I don't really know how to do this but if I ever find out I will add it.
Though before adding those animation improvements, I prefer to give priority to functionality like adding a way to reorganise the rings order, so those aesthetic upgrades will be for later.
Hey there, I love the dock and use it constantly, it fills me with so much nostalgia :]
I set up my desktop to be a combination of both, (youtube.com/watch?v=q3VXtXjc-SI < Here)
Now it's very close to perfect, but I was wondering about a few features and if they can be done.
Is it possible to have the dock animated so when the dock pops up, it sort of drops form the top like it does in the game?
(Reference: youtube.com/watch?v=HDb6T8gWDtY < Here around 0:04.)
The icons wouldn't have to line up at the top, i just think a drop down similar to that would be a great aesthetic.
Also in the video, there's sound, the sliding between icons is a lot more fluid and the icons "Jiggle" a little.
I vaguely heard that audio is a problem and I'm completely okay with there being none, but if there's any possibility i'd love the other features to make my desktop 100% rock :]
Hopefully I'll have it ready at the end of the year/beginning of next year.
The problem with that is it's also 'on top' of every other window that I run. It gets in the way of web browsing, gaming, and even chatting. Do you have a rough estimate of when your next release will be ready? :)
Hi,
Yes I am currently working on the code to have SliderDock on the desktop.
The current version shouldn't disappear when you click on "show desktop" if you have the "always on top" option switched on.
Hi. You mentioned adding new features in your next release. I was hoping that it would include the feature to pin the dock to desktop/aero, so that the 'show desktop' button doesn't minimize the application. This small missing feature is the only thing stopping me from using this application at the moment, otherwise everything else is perfect!
A nice simple application, nothing too complicated.
