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http://circledock.wikidot.com
I recommend all Circle Dock 0.9.2 Alpha 7 users to upgrade to Alpha 8 because of all the bug fixes and some new features added. Alpha 8 includes some new language files and backgrounds thanks to the people listed on http://circledock.wikidot.com/credit-list. Visit the Circle Dock homepage to see examples of the new backgrounds: http://circledock.wikidot.com
Please note that there is a new recommended way of upgrading from Alpha 7 to Alpha 8. Please see the information at http://circledock.wikidot.com/how-to-upgrade. It is important you follow the instructions listed there or the program may not start properly and give you an error message.
Note that some language files are not up to date. They will still load but you will get "?????" in place of missing translations.
From the Change Log:
September 14th, 2008
- Circle Dock 0.9.2 Alpha 8 Official Release is made available.
- Many bug fixes and some new features added.
- There is a new recommended way of upgrading to Alpha 8 - see How to Upgrade
- Added the ability to run multiple docks at the same time by allowing multiple Circle Dock instances to run from separate folders.
- Circle Dock will now seek the target file for shortcuts dropped onto the dock.
- Added ability to lock the dock at a specific position (Settings Panel -> Location).
- The .ini file reader for Circle Dock is now unicode compatible with non-western script characters. This solves the problem of garbled language files.
- There are new language files included, such as Chinese, Indonesian, and Hungarian. Some language files have not been updated. Missing translations will show up in Circle Dock as "?????".
- New circular backgrounds are included.
- Added an "Item Properties" panel for each dock item to allow you to edit the link properties.
- Added an option in the right-click menu for the centre object, background, and the tray icon to temporarily pause the mouse toggling for gamers or other people that need it.
- The screen edge toggling has been improved. Circle Dock won't toggle the visibility if you are holding a mouse button down near the screen edges. There is also a new option for the dwell time required.
- The "Toggling" and "File -> Icon Associations" panels in the "Settings Panel" have been simplified.
- Added ability to turn off labels.
- Added a new format to the circle shape option in Settings Panel - Dock Shape (maximum number of items that can be fit on a circle without overlap).
- Added option to use the same rotation angle for all dock folders under Settings Panel -> General.
- Added a numeric box to finely adjust the rotation angle of the dock under Settings Panel -> General.
- Added a "Portability Mode" option to Settings Panel -> General. With this option selected, Circle Dock will automatically try to find the links of the dock item by using the drive letter of the Circle Dock directory. This is meant for USB thumbdrive usage where the drive letters may change but you want Circle Dock to self-reference files.
- Added a "Always on Bottom" option to Settings Panel -> General. Note that this mode is not fully completed since there are a few bugs to be worked out. Mostly there is a flickering issue. It is recommended to use the "Topmost" or "Normal" modes for the z-level.
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can't open these links :(
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The links are all working for me. Maybe it's your internet service provider or firewall blocking it?
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i have never opened all your 4 links.my firewall have not asked me for it.i use comodo firewall pro and it's default settings.
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i downloaded alpha 7.6 and 8 debug at http://circledock.wdfiles.com/...,this link works,but this time no files found:)
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can u put it to this link:
http://circledock.wdfiles.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8.zip?
because this link works for me.thanx ;D
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Try: http://circledock.wikidot.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8_OfficialRelease.zip for the direct link. Also, to carry over your current settings, copy over your System -> Settings folder into the new Circle Dock directory.
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This is good, going to set it up for general use for sure.
What I would like to be able to do is to set up the rings with app groups (Adobe Creative Suite ring, Microsoft Office ring, Games ring etc.) how could this be done (as there are differing quantities in each group).
Cheers 8)
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There isn't any ring grouping that can be done right now. However, you can move the icons from spot to spot by dragging and dropping them over each other. Right now, the circle shape is designed to fill the centre first and then go outwards.
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Excellent job Eric! Great new Circle Dock Alpha 8 :up: :Thmbsup:
Now I have one question is, how to link the target to Windows Special Links like "My Computer", "My Document", "Control Panel" & etc?
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http://circledock.wikidot.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8_OfficialRelease.zip
-VideoInPicture
sorry,the link doesn't work for me :(
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terrible!only this link :
http://circledock.wdfiles.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8_OfficialRelease.zip
works for me.what happened?
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Excellent job Eric! Great new Circle Dock Alpha 8 :up: :Thmbsup:
Now I have one question is, how to link the target to Windows Special Links like "My Computer", "My Document", "Control Panel" & etc?
-Boba-Fett
Those are referenced by CSLID's which I cannot figure out how to get from a drag and drop operation. The recommended method for these types of links is to create an actual Windows shortcut to them and then add these shortcuts to Circle Dock.
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terrible!only this link :
http://circledock.wdfiles.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8_OfficialRelease.zip
works for me.what happened?
-stockgod
What are you using for a browser and downloading? The screenshot doesn't show a standard Firefox browser.
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terrible!only this link :
http://circledock.wdfiles.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8_OfficialRelease.zip
works for me.what happened?
-stockgod
What are you using for a browser and downloading? The screenshot doesn't show a standard Firefox browser.
-VideoInPicture
i use firefox,the downthemall! is a firefox download tool.that link is too slow to download.
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That is weird, I'm getting a sustained download speed of 260 kb/sec on my end, which is quite fast. I'm using both IE and Google Chrome. Maybe you should wait until tomorrow for Wikidot's servers to propagate the files through their system so it's closer to your location.
Anyone else having download problems?
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thanx :'(
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Let's visit this photostream website got many Windows Se7en, Windows Live Messenger 2009 and New Windows Live Center Screenshots
Flickr: Xazac's Windows Se7en Screenshots (http://www.flickr.com/photos/xazac/)
As well as also got Windows Se7en Circular Dock!
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http://circledock.wikidot.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CD_0_9_2_Alpha8.zip
Above is a second link for downloading Alpha 8.
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http://circledock.wikidot.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CD_0_9_2_Alpha8.zip
Above is a second link for downloading Alpha 8.
-VideoInPicture
any link include the word "wikidot" doesn't work for me.i have downloaded it at last from the only link:
http://circledock.wdfiles.com/local--files/download-circle-dock/CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8_OfficialRelease.zip
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Sweet! :-* This is the best pop launcher I've ever seen! Keep up the great work. I would like the option to keep the program/folder names visible though...
Oh, noob question: How do you get two rings of icons?
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Hey people :)
I dicovered CD today and played a little with alpha8, and I found somme suffestions for future improvements maybe :
- on my mouse (logitech mx 500) / vista 64 with no mouseware (I.E. using microsoft regular drivers), CD thinks that buttons Xbutton1 and Xbutton2 are the same (whereas firefox doesn't)
- under "normal" window behavior, toggling visibility (for exemple moving the mouse to the edge) does NOT show CD if it is under other windows, you have to go to the border a second time to show CD above the other windows ... could it possibly bring the window to front if it is not, the first time I toggle visibility ? (I set CD not to disappear when a file is clicked)
- could there be an option to lock CD content ? it would prevent accidental drag'n'drop to the center of the dock
Added to other suggestions I've seen in the alpha7 discussion, that's it, rocking app !!! :)
edit : is that just on my system, or CD does not remember the positition where it was shut off ?
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Hi
As a total newbie to CD, I apologise if I have put this question in the wrong section and also if the question sounds silly but I looked for somewhere to ask and this seemed appropriate, although it probably isn't?
Could sombody please help with telling me how (and where they are) I put the 'target' into the icon settings options please, so that when I click the icon, it opens up the program, website etc., that I want to use? I have used ObjectDock a couple of times and think that was easier to get the target as you just had to copy and paste the target for wherever it was into the ObjectDock Icon settings. I can see that in the 'target' settings, it has numbers and dashes (0- 19- ex) but as a total divvy, I am afraid I don't know or understand what this means? Again, sorry to be the proverbial pain but if you don't ask, you will never find out - apparently? Thanks in advance for any assistance. :-[ :tellme: :Thmbsup:
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Could sombody please help with telling me how (and where they are) I put the 'target' into the icon settings options please, so that when I click the icon, it opens up the program, website etc., that I want to use? I have used ObjectDock a couple of times and think that was easier to get the target as you just had to copy and paste the target for wherever it was into the ObjectDock Icon settings. I can see that in the 'target' settings, it has numbers and dashes (0- 19- ex) but as a total divvy, I am afraid I don't know or understand what this means? Again, sorry to be the proverbial pain but if you don't ask, you will never find out - apparently? Thanks in advance for any assistance. :-[ :tellme: :Thmbsup:
-mickelmass
Hello, welcome to Donation Coder. Based on the fact that you see numbers in the "Target" field of the item settings panel, it means that you have right-clicked on a dock folder which is special and you cannot modify the target of a dock folder your self. You can add items to the dock by drag and dropping their icons onto it (virtual folders like My Computer, My Documents need Windows shortcuts created first). The other way is to right click on the dock and go Add -> Blank Icon and then you can edit the target field or click the browse buttons.
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Sweet! :-* This is the best pop launcher I've ever seen! Keep up the great work. I would like the option to keep the program/folder names visible though...
Oh, noob question: How do you get two rings of icons?
-Mugwamp
Hello, Welcome!
It is possible for me to allow all the program names to be shown but when I tried that out during coding, it looked very messy in a dock so I left the option to always make the labels visible out.
You will automatically get concentric rings of icons if you have lots of icons on the dock. To set the number of icons per circle, go to Settings -> Dock Shape. The backgrounds for the double rings are in the Circle Dock folder under System -> Background.
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- on my mouse (logitech mx 500) / vista 64 with no mouseware (I.E. using microsoft regular drivers), CD thinks that buttons Xbutton1 and Xbutton2 are the same (whereas firefox doesn't)
- under "normal" window behavior, toggling visibility (for exemple moving the mouse to the edge) does NOT show CD if it is under other windows, you have to go to the border a second time to show CD above the other windows ... could it possibly bring the window to front if it is not, the first time I toggle visibility ? (I set CD not to disappear when a file is clicked)
- could there be an option to lock CD content ? it would prevent accidental drag'n'drop to the center of the dock
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edit : is that just on my system, or CD does not remember the positition where it was shut off ?
-terminou
For the x-mouse buttons, there is a problem with the C++ dll hook that I'm using from the Orbit Dock project. I have to recode that to fix the x-mouse button issue and sometimes the issue of not giving Circle Dock focus when it activates it.
For the "normal" window behavior, yes, I have to do some polishing on it and the "Always on Bottom" modes.
For an option to lock the dock contents, that can be added in a future release.
As for the Circle Dock position, you can lock the position of the dock to a specific point by going to Settings -> Location and selecting the second option.
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Thanks for the great update! I've set up a second dock as my permadock and am loving it. Thanks for including that change in the update! All the improvements are great.
i've found a bug though: when the opacity of the center button is set as a low value, but then you click the center button to bring up the start menu, the center button loses all transparency on-screen. In the settings the value does not change. If you fiddle with the opacity slider the center button corrects itself again. However, this is kind of annoying since I have the opacity set to 1 on one of my docks so that I don't see the center button but can still bring up the start menu.
Also, I was wondering if you still had any plans on allowing an elliptical form for the dock (say, in Alpha 9). It would be cool to have the permadock a bit elongated so it does not penetrate towards the center of the window too much.
Again, great job with the update :Thmbsup:
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i've found a bug though: when the opacity of the center button is set as a low value, but then you click the center button to bring up the start menu, the center button loses all transparency on-screen. In the settings the value does not change. If you fiddle with the opacity slider the center button corrects itself again. However, this is kind of annoying since I have the opacity set to 1 on one of my docks so that I don't see the center button but can still bring up the start menu.
Also, I was wondering if you still had any plans on allowing an elliptical form for the dock (say, in Alpha 9). It would be cool to have the permadock a bit elongated so it does not penetrate towards the center of the window too much.
Again, great job with the update :Thmbsup:
-Rostam
Bug noted, I'll make the transparency a minimum of 1 for the change in transparency when it is not 0.
As for the elliptical form, I need to get an equation for the points around the circumference of an ellipse given it's height and width and using a rotation value as the changing variable in the equation. If I can get this, I can easily program it in since it will just be a few lines of code. Can someone mathematically talented help?
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thanks for your fast replies :) (locking the dock position without going in the menus would be cool :D)
x²/w² + y²/e² = 1/4
where w= elipse's FULL width
e = elipse's FULL height
(FULL because at school we generaly learn the half width and height so that the equation ends with " = 1" ^^)
HO !!! I nearly forgot : tried to install visual C# 2008 sp1 on vista 64 home premium (to read source)(which installed a lot of things like .net framework 3.5 sp1), and it messed up CD quite a lot : when loading CD the mouse was becoming unresponsive (but not the keyboard) and it displayed strange dark frames ... uninstalled vc# (and additionnal stuff) and everithing was back to normal when loading CD (no mouse freeze)... don't know what happens but it's not really cool. any idea ?
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thanks for your fast replies :) (locking the dock position without going in the menus would be cool :D)
x²/w² + y²/e² = 1/4
where w= elipse's FULL width
e = elipse's FULL height
(FULL because at school we generaly learn the half width and height so that the equation ends with " = 1" ^^)
HO !!! I nearly forgot : tried to install visual C# 2008 sp1 on vista 64 home premium (to read source)(which installed a lot of things like .net framework 3.5 sp1), and it messed up CD quite a lot : when loading CD the mouse was becoming unresponsive (but not the keyboard) and it displayed strange dark frames ... uninstalled vc# (and additionnal stuff) and everithing was back to normal when loading CD (no mouse freeze)... don't know what happens but it's not really cool. any idea ?
-terminou
I think it may be possible to put the lock option on one of the right-click menus. I'll think about it and see if it's a good place for it.
Thanks for the ellipse equation. I think I'm just going to program in the ellipse function for fun and see how it looks. Now that I think about it, I don't think it's possible to express the equation of an ellipse as just a function of one variable so I'll use the equation you gave. The one thing I'm concerned about is that the icons may bunch up at the pointed ends of the ellipse but I'll see how it looks.
As for the problem with Visual C# 2008 SP1, I installed downloaded that or .Net 3.5 SP1 on my computer since they just came out last month. I do have the download on my computer though but I can't explain why it would freeze up on you like that running the code.
I assume you are using the Express version of C#. When you opened the source code for Circle Dock, did Visual C# tell you that it needs to convert it to a new file format? It might have changed the instruction to compile the code as an x64 instead of as x86, which would cause it to crash on a 64-bit machine. The Express editions of Visual Studio don't make it clear that they do that by default and it can mess up a lot of programs.
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Thx for the updated Alpha, been using it since yesterday, no bugs to report.
Using at work on a HP DC7700 (Core2Duo 2GB ram, XP SP3) and it's smooth as silk.
Keep up the good work. :Thmbsup:
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Thanks for the ellipse equation. I think I'm just going to program in the ellipse function for fun and see how it looks. Now that I think about it, I don't think it's possible to express the equation of an ellipse as just a function of one variable so I'll use the equation you gave. The one thing I'm concerned about is that the icons may bunch up at the pointed ends of the ellipse but I'll see how it looks.
-VideoInPicture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipse, this is a decent article with several equations that describe the ellipse. At the end there is also some JavaScript code for drawing an ellipse, which may or may not be useful for you. It looks like it is possible to express an ellipse as a function of one variable if you mean to have something like the radius being a function of the angle. However, this won't be the case if you want to have the "center" of the dock at the center of the ellipse: it would have to be made in reference to one of the foci.
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Thank you very much! Now I have a good idea of what I have been doing wrong and I will sort it now! Cheers!
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Just thought I'd share my Red Vista orb. I made one since I have an XPS m1330 that has a Product Red theme on it. :-*
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/hikarisenshi/Vista-Aero-Start-orb---Red.png)
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I think it may be possible to put the lock option on one of the right-click menus. I'll think about it and see if it's a good place for it.
Thanks for the ellipse equation. I think I'm just going to program in the ellipse function for fun and see how it looks. Now that I think about it, I don't think it's possible to express the equation of an ellipse as just a function of one variable so I'll use the equation you gave. The one thing I'm concerned about is that the icons may bunch up at the pointed ends of the ellipse but I'll see how it looks.
As for the problem with Visual C# 2008 SP1, I installed downloaded that or .Net 3.5 SP1 on my computer since they just came out last month. I do have the download on my computer though but I can't explain why it would freeze up on you like that running the code.
I assume you are using the Express version of C#. When you opened the source code for Circle Dock, did Visual C# tell you that it needs to convert it to a new file format? It might have changed the instruction to compile the code as an x64 instead of as x86, which would cause it to crash on a 64-bit machine. The Express editions of Visual Studio don't make it clear that they do that by default and it can mess up a lot of programs.
-VideoInPicture
yep, express edition, but no warning ... and problem without compiling, just because it is there. As if Circle Dock was using a dll updated by VC# sp1 that it really doesn't like . anyway, i'll install it on a clean virtual machine to test
(Rostam has it, if you plan to change the center of the elipse, read the wikipedia page it should explain clearly how to)
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Just thought I'd share my Red Vista orb. I made one since I have an XPS m1330 that has a Product Red theme on it. :-*
-alphaphoenix
Sweet image, thanks. Using it now...
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Another issue, though I'm not sure if this is workable to get around: if I have the taskbar set on auto-hide, then whenever I click the center button to call the start menu, CD seems to have to wait for the taskbar to slide back into view. This makes it take about a second to appear, and in fact sometimes does not even work (the taskbar will unhide, but no start menu will appear) unless I have made the regular start menu appear recently. Any idea if there is a fix for either of these issues?
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Hi, I've create a new Circle Dock background "Dual Ring" to transparent glass. Now I share this new "Dual Ring_Glass" to all Circle Dock user, If any user is using Windows Vista and this background should have good match. Hopefully All User Like it...
Here is screenshots:
(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3609/dualringglassco7.jpg)
Here is Background:
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Another issue, though I'm not sure if this is workable to get around: if I have the taskbar set on auto-hide, then whenever I click the center button to call the start menu, CD seems to have to wait for the taskbar to slide back into view. This makes it take about a second to appear, and in fact sometimes does not even work (the taskbar will unhide, but no start menu will appear) unless I have made the regular start menu appear recently. Any idea if there is a fix for either of these issues?
-Rostam
This is related to how CD gets the start menu to show up. I still haven't found any code that reliably calls up the start menu like in regular docklets since none of the code is published.
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Hi,
I downloaded CD 0.0.2 Alpha 8 yesterday, love it! I was wondering, is there a way to make the dock icons zoom out then the mouse hovers over them (like on RocketDock or ObjectDock)?
Terrific work! It's a great program... Nixo
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I have found a bug in the new release, hopefully it can be fixed soon. When I position the dock in the lower left corner of my screen, so the center icon looks like the start orb, and I click the center icon to open start menu, as soon as I move my mouse, the menu disappears, and I am unable to use it. Actually, I just noticed, if I set it to toggle anywhere on bottom of screen the problem continues. Anywhere about 3/4 of the way down my screen. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.
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Hi,
I downloaded CD 0.0.2 Alpha 8 yesterday, love it! I was wondering, is there a way to make the dock icons zoom out then the mouse hovers over them (like on RocketDock or ObjectDock)?
Terrific work! It's a great program... Nixo
-nixo
Not currently. I'm working on Alpha 9, which is focused on giving Circle Dock better performance and more animation so I expect to get that working for it.
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Not currently. I'm working on Alpha 9, which is focused on giving Circle Dock better performance and more animation so I expect to get that working for it.
-VideoInPicture
Cool.
You have done an awesome job on CD. I have been using it every day, and it works perfectly. Thank you for sharing it with everyone... :Thmbsup: