ObjectDock Plus 2 (v1.99) Beta Released

Published on September 23, 2010 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

Stardock has released today a new beta (v1.99) for the highly anticipated ObjectDock Plus 2. ObjectDock Plus 2 is the follow-up to the hugely popular ObjectDock Plus which gives you the ability to organize shortcuts, apps, etc. into a functional dock. OD+ also features tabbed docks which makes organizing even cleaner as you can make tabs for specific applications, games, etc.

The v1.99 update includes:

Added Explorer-view "Folder" tabs for use on tabbed docks! (Windows 7 only)
Added new default layout items based on what's pinned to your taskbar (Windows 7) or in QuickLaunch (Vista/XP)
Added changing the running-program indicator from within the new Settings dialog
Added ability to adjust the edge-offset of the running indicator
Added new "Choose Icon" dialog (Windows 7 or .NET 3.5 updated Vista only)
Brought back "Quit" menu item
Improvements to tabbed dock resizing ability (where you can grab it to resize)
Improvements to weather-docklet accuracy. Fixed issue where it could get stuck with cached results.
Running-indicator graphic and its edge-offset is now specifiable in skin
Fixed issue where activating Skype from the system tray would cause Skype to hang
Tweaked draggable-tabs (use right mouse button to rearrange)
Various other fixes

Current users who have upgraded to ObjectDock Plus 2 can update via Impulse. You can also still upgrade to the OD+2 beta or by the current version which includes beta access by visiting the ObjectDock website.

https://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Comments (Page 1)

RedneckDude

on Sep 23, 2010

Awesome!!!!! News to be happy about!! I'm giddy with excitement!!! Ok, that last part was a bit much....

Thanks ID, and thanks to the Devs!!!

Jeff T

on Sep 23, 2010

MadDeez

on Sep 23, 2010

ok, how does one show icons and png's in other locations when wanting to edit an icon? i've added locations to the index but those locations are not shown in the display.

SCORP10N2000

on Sep 23, 2010

Em...i get an error or rather an warning from my Anti-Virus software(ESET Smart Security 4)about ObjectDock Plus Beta v1.99 update i got the same thing with v1.98 So...is ESET right or wrong?

This is what i got:
ESET Warning

Also...i got an warning when i was going to the wincustomize forums with Firefox(v4 Beta 6)

Nakor

on Sep 23, 2010

The WinCustomize issue is something with ads we're trying to sort out with Google since yesterday. The crash report dll is fine, it's been in there for years. I don't know why it's suddenly yelling now, I use ESET as well.

nimicitor

on Sep 23, 2010

Please re-add 'Run as Administrator' option on the right click menu!

Excalpius

on Sep 23, 2010

Nice to see an update! THANKS!

Two remaining bugs so far...

1) Under Windows 7 64-bit, only 32-bit applications show up with proper window thumbnails in the running tasks dock I have. 64 bit applications have the same old low-res non-skinned (via iconpackager) default icon whether they are open or minimized now. 32 bit applications behave as expected.

2) Using two adapters and three monitors (1|2,3), if I select monitor 2 for the zoomer dock, it always pops to monitor 3. There is no way short of text editing the .ini file to get a zoomer dock to move to monitor 2. Once there, it works fabulously, so there's no performance or other issue involved.

That's all so far!!!

MadDeez

on Sep 23, 2010

when i attempt to browse to another folder for icons and png files in order to change the dock icon, nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?

Wizard1956

on Sep 23, 2010

Nice list of updates. Thanks!

I haven't tried them all yet but it is still only showing half of the start menu when launched from OD. ( Win7/64)

MadDeez

reply 8

when i attempt to browse to another folder for icons and png files in order to change the dock icon, nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?

I get the same thing. It opens up every image I have in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus2 but won't let me browse to a folder of my choice by selecting browse from the drop down.

Bebi Bulma

on Sep 23, 2010

Wizard1956

reply 9

Nice list of updates. Thanks!

I haven't tried them all yet but it is still only showing half of the start menu when launched from OD. ( Win7/64)

Quoting MadDeez, reply 8when i attempt to browse to another folder for icons and png files in order to change the dock icon, nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?

I get the same thing. It opens up every image I have in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus2 but won't let me browse to a folder of my choice by selecting browse from the drop down.

I had to manually type in the directory I wanted to get it to work. Clicking on "Browse" apparently does nothing.

Still no option to change the tab font, but at least I don't really change that ever. Now if we could get the coloring feature updated like WB's, that would be fantastic (and an option to make the color change global to all tabs).

Philly0381

on Sep 23, 2010

Yup, they didn't make this easy. Instead of hitting browse hit options then show navigation. Then just go to where your icons are and select a package. It wasn't easy to find but once you do remember how you got there.

Mirsguy

on Sep 23, 2010

About to DL it now. Very excited to see this!

Bebi Bulma

on Sep 23, 2010

"Added Explorer-view "Folder" tabs for use on tabbed docks! (Windows 7 only)"

How do those work exactly? Not sure what to do with it or what it does.

WinMonster2

on Sep 24, 2010

Added changing the running-program indicator from within the new Settings dialog -

Has anyone found this?

WebGizmos

on Sep 24, 2010

No Plus/Minus images? Just the default ones?

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