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Circle Dock / Re: Requests / Suggestions thread

« on: April 11, 2010, 04:04 PM »

Thanks again for explaining. The test application was never meant to do anything useful. It's just to test if the concept would "feel right" or not. And I think it does. It's the kind of movement that turns into a reflex after a while, and I would use it without taking focus away from my current task.

I'm beginning to wonder if we are talking about two different projects. I get a feeling that you see CircleDock as a start menu replacement, while I saw your project as a way to get lightning quick access to a few common actions. Another thing I thought might be a good idea was context sensitivity, but I see that has been shot down in the forum already.

What I think I want is just a very small subset of all the things CircleDock has to offer, so maybe I will try to do something myself. And probably learn that this is not as simple as I want it to be.

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Circle Dock / Re: Requests / Suggestions thread

« on: April 10, 2010, 05:30 PM »

I just couldn't resist, so I have attached a quick test. Click the middle mouse button in the center of the form, drag and release.

I understand there are a lot of reasons to keep the mouse handling as it is. Middle click-move-left click is certainly quick, but this is the core function of the program, so a small improvement will make a lot of difference. Whether this is an improvement or not is of course debatable.

Thanks for your patience and nice answers! I will shut up now...

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Circle Dock / Re: Requests / Suggestions thread

« on: April 09, 2010, 02:45 PM »

Aww, shucks. I'm having lofty dreams about user interfaces, and you come dragging with those pesky technical details. 

You are probably right (and you certainly decide), but out of curiosity, what would happen if you violated that convention? Would Windows or other applications get confused, or is it the user you are concerned about?

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Circle Dock / Re: Requests / Suggestions thread

« on: April 08, 2010, 02:52 PM »

I agree that this will not work if you do the gesture with the left or right buttons. An example for the right button is that my Opera browser has gestures on the right button that I would not want to loose.

What I meant was to do MouseDown, drag & MouseUp with the middle button (or whatever button I assign). I don't think that will create problems?

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Circle Dock / Re: Requests / Suggestions thread

« on: April 08, 2010, 02:10 PM »

Hi! Just discovered CircleDock, and it seems addictive. 
I had a thought about the way I start something. Currently, it is:
  click (CD pops up), move to icon, click (starts action)
I think that
  MouseDown (CD pops up), drag to icon and MouseUp (starts action)
would be a much quicker and more natural way to use CD. It is also fewer movements. What are your thoughts on this?