.NET Blog - Chris Frazier Style

The three icons on the right are the current programs that are running. I don't have it docked all the time... sorry to burst your bubble. I do however have a custom command "blog" in Run++ that starts it, so it is only a few keystrokes away ;)

Last time I tried (only a few weeks ago), ObjectDock didn't work with my multi-screen setup at all. I mailed them and asked about it, thinking it's a standard Windows feature after all... but I was told they don't have enough customers who ask for it and that's why they aren't going to work on a fix.

That missing feature (which I really can't do without) together with the attitude didn't make me a big fan of Stardock, as you can imagine.

I'm using True Launch Bar (www.truelaunchbar.com) instead, although it certainly doesn't look as nice :-)

I've found that it oddly increases the fan speed (as a byproduct of increased heat) on my laptop, even though I don't notice any significant CPU cycles or memory dedicated to it...very odd.

On the other hand, while not as pretty, Apivisions QTbar (http://www.apivision.com/world/qtbar/) doesn't have the same effect.

I've also tried Yz Dock (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-48,GGLD:en&q=yz+dock) which is similar to ObjectDock.

Just some different options you can try out :)

I actually downloaded and am running Y'z Dock - although it seems that apple doesn't like the idea of the guy who wrote it emulating *exactly* what their dock does...

There are also a lot of Themes on www.deviantart.com that have skins that match Y'z Dock - now that I have my laptop working again, I decided to modify the hell out of it.

Wes: consider my bubble officially burst. :) I still maintain that it's cool to see an app you wrote on someone else's desktop.

I didn't download Y'z Dock because it is my understanding that it is no longer being supported because of the pressure from Apple. I have heard that it was pretty nice though.

Interesting finds this week