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Curt:
Well, what springs first to mind is TrueLaunchBar followed closely by mouser's own LaunchBar Commander, then ObjectDock/ ObjectBar/ YZDock and MobyDock/ RocketDock/etc...
-Darwin (December 12, 2006, 04:24 PM)
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Thank you! :up:
True Launch Bar is almost impressive (remote control Windows Media Player, Apollo, Foobar, iTunes, J.River, jetAudio, MediaMonkey, Quintessential and Winamp). $20 seems okay.
ObjectDock is candy for the eyes, but will to my understanding not remote control any media players, or tell anything about the system - and you'll need the $20 version to have System Tray Support. But even $20 seems cheap.
ObjectBar is $20 and XP/2003 only. Mine is Win2K...
YZDock tells that "the clock and the trash bin are not yet implemented, but they will be shortly". That was of June 2003...
MobyDock (http://www.download.com/3000-2341-10247255.html) has not been updated since November 2003, and is reported by other users to be a little buggy at first, and to use too much CPU (and I don't have a lot of that).
WinBar looks fine (Winamp only), but progress in development of the program is very slow, if any.
StatBar too looks fine (Winamp only), but has not been updated since July 2003.
Aqua Dock (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4176) may be okay - it's hard to tell from the text: "a free program that allows you to have an “OS X” style, nice animated launchbar / taskbar on your screen that reacts to your mouse when you mouse over it. Users can customize the look of each item on the dock and set various animation options for when the mouse is over an item on the dock. It is very easy to configure."
RK Launcher (http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/) looks very PRO, is though free. The version is 0.4 Beta of October 2005, and have at least one smart feature: "RK Launcher will automatically place a shortcut on the launcher when an application is started for the first time."
But then someone also mentioned RocketDock (http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock) which is new:
RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha-blended application launcher that is similar to ObjectDock. RocketDock renders quickly like MobyDock, has the visual sharpness of Y'z Dock, and the stability that neither seem to possess.
It is compatible with every dock skin format we are aware of. In fact, if you have a skin that doesn't load properly, send it to us, along with a screenshot of what it should look like and we'll see what we can do about integrating the format...
Features:
Compatible with MobyDock, ObjectDock, RK Launcher, and Y'z Dock skins
ObjectDock Docklet support
Unicode compliant
Simple drag-n-drop interface
True multi-monitor support
Supports alpha-blended ICO and PNG icons
Icons zoom and transition smoothly
Auto-hide
Popup on mouse over
Layering options
Horizontal and Vertical offsets
Fully customizable
Runs great on slower computers
Supports many languages and can easily be translated
And best of all...its FREE
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Supported Languages: 38, including Danish :-*
Check out their free ÜberIcon too: http://www.punksoftware.com/ubericon
RocketDock (and ÜberIcon) will be my first choice to try out.
Thank you for naming all these programs! :Thmbsup:
Edvard:
*evil laughter*
PowerPro!
http://powerpro.webeddie.com
CustomBar
Curt:
*evil laughter*
PowerPro!
http://powerpro.webeddie.com
Windows PowerPro is Completely free! No catch!
Windows PowerPro lets you take control of how you use Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. Run commands and configure your system any way you want. PowerPro gives you a compact and powerful launch bar, menu, and tray icon facility. But this is just the start. With a little experimenting with its configuration, you'll find that you can use PowerPro to change the way you work with your Windows system. The source of its power is the way PowerPro integrates three capabilities: Running commands: Tool bars, tray icons, hot keys, mouse actions, menus, timer, scheduler. Controlling other program's windows: Close, minimize, maximize, roll-up to caption, tray minimize, position. Providing utility functions: Send keystrokes to programs, run commands when windows first open, virtual desktops, clipboard extender, keyboard macros, shutdown, show all folder files in a menu, sounds, wallpaper, and screensaver activation and randomization.
-Edvard (December 13, 2006, 03:04 PM)
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It seems to be somewhat difficult to use - I really am an IT-analphabetic :(
Edvard:
Which explains the *evil laughter*
I realize that PowerPro does so many things in so many different ways it is VERY difficult to keep track of what you want to do vs. what can be done, but making a space-saving launcher is easy once you get on the right track. I've been toying with the idea of writing up a PowerPro Mini-tutorial for a few months now, maybe it's getting a bit overdue...
Curt:
DO YOU KNOW of any program like this?
-Curt (December 12, 2006, 03:50 PM)
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For the record:
freewaregenius.com is writing about sTabLaauncher 1.3:
My new favorite launcher!
STabLauncher is a tabbed launcher that resides either on top or bottom of the screen. Mouse over the tabs and they pull down; create as many tabs as you like, in the color(s) of your choice.
I must confess I like this better than Rocketdock, just because the tabs make a lot of sense in terms of organization.
I do have a wishlist for this program, however:
An option to have the tabs disappear altogether until you mouse over them (similar to Rocketdock)
For some reason I was not able to install this in C:\Program files\sTabLauncher. I encountered errors upon launching (yes I did have administrator priviledges), so I had to install it in C:\sTabLauncher instead. Needless to say this has to be addressed.
More skins; I would prefer less of the cutsey colorful tabs and more metallic/modern looking tabs myself.
I’d also like to be able to change settings for all tabs at once, instead of doing it each tab at a time.
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- that was 1.3
New version, 1.4: http://stablauncher.com/
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