"Of The Bay"

[Patrice Terrier]

This is the final public version of my GDImage Dock Bar project.

You can try it there

Screen shot:

[Marc Giao]

He does it again

Hi Patrice,

Really nice work. What's the plan for the "private" version. Differences? Price? You know, the really unimportant stuff

[Patrice Terrier]

What's the plan for the "private" version. Differences? Price? You know, the really unimportant stuff

Marc,

Thank you for the compliment.

To answer you, there is not realy a private version, except if you buy GDImage Pro, then you will be able to customize the source code.

There are already many utilities like this over the Net, and the most wellknown is "RocketDock", however it uses twice more CPU %, and doesn't hide existing shorcuts automaticaly.

For those curious about the name i have used, then remember the Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of The Bay!
Thanks to jcfuller for correcting my mistake.


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[jcfuller]

Platters song?

I thought it was a reference to: Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of The Bay!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrXc68gNjQ

James

[Patrice Terrier]

James

Yep, that is correct (it was my mistake)

[Patrice Terrier]

New version 1.10

The ZIP file has been updated to version 1.10 (see first post of this thread)

Several new icon frames and backgrounds with some more subtile changes.

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[Dominique Bodin]

Beautyfull

Hello,

it looks great, bravo !

One suggestion:

could you add this: when one pass the mouse cursor over the left or the right you scroll automaticaly the icons to left or right accordingly ?

Or when the mouse button stay clicked, the scroll goes on . . .

All of that to not to have to click so many times to see the icon needed to be clicked !

Thank's

Dominique

[Patrice Terrier]

Dominique,

Perhaps with smooth scrolling, let me think of it ...

[Patrice Terrier]

I heard you!

Petr, Dominique,

I heard you!

Here is "Of The Bay" version 1.20, with drag and drop and smooth scrolling.

• Drag and drop
  Now you can start BassBox and MovieBox just as you did with the standard desktop icon.

• Smooth scrolling
  Starts when the mouse hover either the left or right arrow, if you click on the arrow you scroll the content either from the start or to the end.

The new zip file is available from the link in the first post of this thread.

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[Dominique Bodin]

Great

Thank's

it works great on vista.

Dominique

[Patrice Terrier]

OTB has been updated to version 1.20

"OfTheBay" has been updated with some new subtle theme like this very diaphane glass one:




The lattest public version is there

[Laurence Jackson]

Patrice, this is really beautiful! However, it doesn't seem to work with group (folder) shortcuts. That is, they disappear from the desktop, but they don't show up on the bar. This is preventing me from using it. XP pro, SP3.

[Patrice Terrier]

Sorry, but i don't know what a "group (folder) shortcuts" means/is

[Laurence Jackson]

It means that the "Desktop" folder has sub-folders. The names of these folders appear on the desktop as shortcuts (they show as folder icons unless another icon is assigned to them). When the folder shortcut is clicked, an explorer window opens up to show shortcuts contained in the sub-folder (kinda like Windows 3.1 used to be organized).

I started organizing my desktop like this when the number of desktop shortcuts go out of hand. It helps to have the shortcuts arranged in categories also - I can find them quicker.

[Patrice Terrier]

the "Desktop" folder has sub-folders

If you look at the project source code (José Roca's forum) then you will understand why i can't detect this case yet.

But you can ask "OfTheBay" to show the shorcuts instead of hidding them.
See in the popup contextual menu options.

Added:
will think of it ...

[Laurence Jackson]

Thanks Patrice. I only mentioned it in case you didn't know. It's not that important - the scheme I have adopted on the desktop is more appropriate to the 'Programs' menu anyway - only the more frequently used items should be directly on the desktop (or on OTB) . It's a wonderful piece of work - thanks for sharing it with us.

[Patrice Terrier]

Laurence

I did it, and i have updated the zip file, thank you for the feedback.

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[Roger Garstang]

Wow, this looks really cool and runs pretty well. Only enhancements I'd see is making the Open Dialog for background and icon frame open centered to Desktop and not to the bar. A 10 pixel snap to effect when moving it would be cool too.

[Patrice Terrier]

updated to version 1.22

A 10 pixel snap to effect when moving it would be cool too

Sorry, but i do not understand what you mean there?



By the way "Of The Bay" has been updated to version 1.22.

- I have added special "text contrast" to increase readability while hover a white background.

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[Roger Garstang]

A Basic Snap To Effect. I have code somewhere at home to use I'll post if you need it. If I recall it used 10 pixel as the jump point (Within 10 pixels and it snaps to edge of screen/taskbar, or if you move more than 10 pixels again you can move it again from the snap to point, etc.) Just a reference, any other number that works well can be used.