Published on October 12, 2010 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

Stardock has released the long awaited update to the popular ObjectDock application.  ObjectDock is an application that gives users the ability to organize shortcuts, programs, running tasks, etc. into an animated dock for Windows.  This new version is a significant update with a variety of new features.

ObjectDock 2 new features:

  • New user interface.
  • Icon reflections.
  • Background blur-behind (Win7/Vista)
  • New mouseover effects
  • New “Ghost-mode”
  • Aero Peek-like feature
  • Folder-View tabs (Plus version)
  • And much more!

You can take a walkthrough of some of these new features here.  ObjectDock has both a free and Plus version.  Current ObjectDock Plus users can upgrade to 2.0 for $9.95, and the Plus version is $19.95.  Users who pre-ordered OD+2 can update via Impulse.

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

The free version of ObjectDock 2 can be downloaded from Download.com!

10-12-2010 5-23-58 PM     10-12-2010 5-27-53 PM


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on Oct 14, 2010

No Impulse shows Object Dock Plus and Object Dock Plus2

on Oct 14, 2010

WebGizmos

I have 2.0 but use 1.9


Didn't the final release remove your 1.9 version?

It didn't for me. I still have both but I see no further need for 1.9. ODPlus 2.0 does almost everything better than the old version. I'll hang on to it for a bit then say farewell.   

on Oct 14, 2010

I have not seen anyone ask this yet so maybe I am the only one experiencing?

 

I have set the new ObjectDock (Free) to open when Windows Starts.  When it loads, it also loads and displays the settings dialog. How do I diable to settings dialog from coming up everytime automaticially?

NOTE - ISSUE FIXED - It had to do with some leftover startup shortcuts from my Object 1.9 install. Once extra old shortcut removed, the settings dialog did not appear anymore.

on Oct 14, 2010
There is no "Load previous dock" or "Save current dock"??? It is very important option for customization!
on Oct 14, 2010

 

I have also noticed that the "folder view" tabs do not work well at all. I have had to do a restart four separate times while trying to set these up.

I have had issues with "folder view" tabs also, including having to quit OD several times.  In addition, I have had issues with the background color of the folder tab.  I had another tabbed dock (not folder view) that had a black background. Even though I changed that dock to a default theme, the "folder view" tab still has a black background.  Not sure what else to try short of resetting all my docks and rebuilding them from scratch.

Oh, one more thing about folder-view.... Maybe its just me, but when creating a new "folder view" tab a dialog box comes up titled "Choose a Folder", but I cant actually choose a folder... I have to choose a file in that folder?!?!?!?  Annoying if the folder I'm trying to choose only has folders in it. I know I can temporarily put a file or shortcut in there so I CAN choose it, but I shouldn't have to.  And, because of this there is no way to choose "My Computer" for a folder view tab. 

on Oct 16, 2010

Well, ObjectDock 2 works great - no problems here, ...but: the flyout-menu is still bad. I have a flyout-menu with all my programs and it's still confusing. What about a menu like the Mac one?

on Oct 16, 2010

I take it that there is now a Start menu option that works with Windows 7?

on Oct 16, 2010

I posted this on the sapport site and I guess the poor Techs are doing the best they can, one had me try verifing the install through impulse and the other one had me delete a bunch of folders to see if that fixed it. The little I know, I know that it's a C++ problem and the way objectdock plus 2 was compiled, I'm still waiting for a fix! Maybe you guys in the comunity might know one. here is the error. Thanks guys... Roger

Debug Assertion Failed!

Program: C:\Program Files
(x86)\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus2\ObjectDock.exe
File f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\dbgheap.c
Line: 1317

Expression: _CrtlsValidHeapPointer(pUserData)

For Information on how your program can cause an assertion
failure, see the visual C++ documentation on asserts.

(Press Retry to debug the application)

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