Tiles Beta Update

Published on March 25, 2011 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

A new beta update for Tiles was released bringing it to version 0.85. Tiles is a new app from Stardock which current Object Desktop subscribers have access to. It makes managing your running applications and windows much easier than using the Windows taskbar.

Tiles v0.85 update:

Ability to rename shortcuts now via right click menu
Shortcuts dragged to the bar are copied to a different location so the original shortcut being deleted will not break it
Fixes to multitouch support and now supports opening the right click menu using a single finger down + tap of the second finger gesture
A fix for some system tray icons appearing as the app icon rather than their icon (CoreTemp, Process explorer etc)
Opera is now added to the web page as it should have been originally but failed to work for some people due to a case sensitivity issue
Adding special windows installer based shortcuts like ones to Office apps may now show the apps on the page correctly when they are running
Dragging drives to the bar from my computer should now give them a label - note for now please only drag a single drive at a time
Option to change page by bumping up against the screen edge (disabled by default)
Rearranged some menu items
Added option to show the clock or time or both on the bottom of the bar
Explorer windows dragged to a page will hide when that particular window is open and only that explorer window will show on the page
Added tooltips (can be disabled) when you hover over items
Fix for some bar flicker and z order issues
Adding shortcuts to the web tab should allow windows from those exes to show on that page.
Various other fixes including a fix for some shortcuts potentially causing crashes
New icon for system tray installation of tileskinzip files.
Fix for reports that shutdown can be slowed
Horizontal wheel scrolling switches pages
Vertical wheel scrolling over the top area where the page titles are also switches pages

You can download this update via Impulse, and it is not too late to join the beta for this app by becoming an Object Desktop subscriber today!

Comments

Onklifiziert

on Mar 25, 2011

Nice update here ID. When will there be an option to filter programs on the "app" page?

RedneckDude

on Mar 25, 2011

Sweet! And it's purty!!

DaveRI

on Mar 25, 2011

Thanks for the update

WinXPHomeSP3-

Flickering does seem to be fixed, thanks, that helps a lot.

Opera is indeed now showing on web page, thanks.

Not sure about this one - "Size and Location", checking "Reserve desktop space" and unchecking "Pin to top" - Tiles is pinned on top of any regular (not maximized) windows.

Looking better

Lantec

on Mar 25, 2011

karmat

on Mar 25, 2011

Great update, thanks! Especially for the 'cycle pages' option and for the clock/date option!

Island Dog

on Mar 25, 2011

Onklifiziert

reply 1

Nice update here ID. When will there be an option to filter programs on the "app" page?

Put that in over at the feedback thread.

https://forums.wincustomize.com/406271

danioc

on Mar 31, 2011

that's a really cool app!

karmat

on Apr 05, 2011

Neil, I'm really enjoying Tiles, but one thing that would make it perfect would be if programs could be moved up or down on the page so that they could be alphabetical or in groups.

Any chance of that happening in an update?

dsjolie

on Apr 19, 2011

I'm having trouble with User Account Control popups sometimes not being shown on my system (Windows 7 64-bit) since I installed Tiles. It does not happen all the time so it's a bit tricky to debug but it has happened many times when starting installations etc that the UAC request popup just stays in the background. I have to manually Alt-Tab to it in order to proceed.

I have other applications on my system that may be responsible for this but I thought I'd report it here in case someone else sees the same pattern.

/Daniel

DrJBHL

on Sep 23, 2011

Wondering.... The systray app is not appearing for me. I'd like to use it to help install the .Tileskinzip files which have a somewhat laborious installation otherwaise.

How do I get the systray icon to appear?

*Edit:

Answer... no systray icon for Tiles exists at this point.

For those wishing to open the .Tileskinzip extension, right click on the saved skin, choose 'open with' and then browse to

C:Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\Tiles\AddTileSkin.exe and also tick the box that says "Always choose this program to open with",

And you're done.

Thanks for the answer, I.D.

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