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Thread ID: 62666	2005-10-15 03:44:00	Anything like OBJECT DOCK?	zahmad (8963)	Press F1

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396444	2005-10-15 03:44:00	Is there any other programs like objectdock out there that are not as big sized (which are made to look like mac ones!). I need something that is smaller and more efficinet, but has the same sort of features. Help will be appreciated.	zahmad (8963)
396445	2005-10-15 03:48:00	You mean like this? http://www.konfabulator.com/ As in widgets?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
396446	2005-10-15 03:53:00	I meant something like objectdock, but no as big in size! No, not widgets.	zahmad (8963)
396447	2005-10-15 04:43:00	Can you not just reduce the size of object dock, you can go down to 5pixles, or maybe dont have so many icons on it.	Rob99 (151)
396448	2005-10-15 04:54:00	I'm looking for an laternative to Objectdock as it chews up the memory etc of my computer, so I want something that is lite and simple, and still does the job!	zahmad (8963)
396449	2005-10-15 07:26:00	It might be worth it if you add more RAM(s) to your computer rather than spending your time, electricity, processing power, energy etc. googling and searching on the net for RAM-efficiency Windows enchancement program. :cool:No offense meant :D Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
396450	2005-10-15 08:06:00	You can try aquadock (www.majorgeeks.com), but it was buggy as hell last time I tried it, or YZDock (www.majorgeeks.com), but it's still beta	Edward (31)
396451	2005-10-15 08:26:00	It might be worth it if you add more RAM(s) to your computer rather than spending your time, electricity, processing power, energy etc. googling and searching on the net for RAM-efficiency Windows enchancement program. :cool:No offense meant :D Cheers :) Ditto... 128Mb Ram with 8Mb gone to run the graphics on an XP machine isn't enough. I'd be staying well away from anything that needed memory to run and you won't find any sort of docker that runs on nowt as most of them are graphic intensive XP needs 128Mb just for itself and you're 8Mb short of that already. I'd be looking for another 256Mb minimum Other than that I'd be making use of the quicklaunch bar which you can add as many shortcuts to as you like, you can even have 2 rows of them and desktop shortcuts or even creating your own personalised toolbars. Right click the taskbar > Toolbars > New Toolbar	bartsdadhomer (80)
396452	2005-10-15 16:04:00	A good list of faux OSX docks for windows can be found at osx-e.com/downloads/docks (www.osx-e.com). The better one is still cough (imagef1.x10hosting.com)* IMO. Theres a zip file of generic program png icons at IF1 too. But yeah, RAM will only make the real difference. *news with YzDock (from a couple of years ago :/) is that the developer was asked to discontinue coding and distributing YzDock, so yeah...	sal (67)
396453	2005-10-15 16:22:00	gidday, this works well on xp, from the lockergnome caterloges: cheers, robby Is your desktop so cluttered with icons that you can’t see your wallpaper? Do you have to scan for thirty seconds to find the shortcut or file you’re looking for? If you have Windows XP, the solution is only a few clicks and drags away. (This may work with other versions of Windows, too. You can always try.) First, create a file folder on your desktop by right clicking, then selecting New > Folder. Name it whatever you like, but something descriptive, like “Desktop” or “Applications,” or “Left Side.” (That will make more sense in a minute.) Select the Icons you’d like to hide, according to how you’d like to have them displayed on the toolbar. You can create up to three bars, but I only recommend two for reasons I’ll explain. Anyway, drag the icons to the folder you’ve created, and drop them there. Next, drag the folder to either the left side or top of your screen, and let it go. The folder will stay where it was, but - voila! - you'll have a new toolbar on the edge where you dropped the folder. All your icons should be neatly arranged on the bar. If you can't see everything, grab the inside edge of the bar by moving your cursor over it until you get the little two-ended arrow. Then left-click and drag the bar wider. Right-click the bar itself, and select "Auto-Hide," then click your desktop. Your new bar should disappear into the edge of the screen, but it will reappear when you mouse over the edge. You can also click "Always on Top" if you want, then the bar will (usually) pop out even if you have a window open. For reasons known only to the Gods of XP, this doesn't always work. Now, go to the file that's still on the desktop and right click it. Select "Properties," and down at the bottom under "Attributes," check "Hidden," then click "OK." Your folder will disappear from the desktop. (It's still there, but - guess what - it's hidden.) If it doesn't disappear instantly, it will soon. Sometimes they drag their little feet a bit. Alternatively, you can just leave the folder visible on the desktop, where it will take up a lot less space than all those icons. You won't be able to find your hidden folder again without making all your hidden files visible. ( I'm not taking the responsibility of telling you how to do that, if you don't already know, because you can get in trouble messing with hidden files.) You can drag additional icons to your bar by right clicking them, dragging them where you want, and selecting "Move Here" after you release them. You can move icons around on the bar by dragging, as well. I recommend leaving the right side of your screen free, although you can place a bar there if you like. l find that when I go for the "X" to close maximized windows, half the time I pop the bar out instead - not a tragedy, but annoying as heck after the first few times because you have to let it retract before you can close the window. For some reason I do it less with the bar on the top, and there's nothing on the left side to interfere. If, for some reason, you want to get rid of a bar temporarily, don't close it unless you know how to find the hidden file and recreate it. Instead, just right click it, then uncheck it from the "Toolbars" sub-menu. Get it back by right-clicking any toolbar, and checking it again. To move a bar, mouse over the dotted line at the top - or left side - until you get the double arrow. Then drag the bar where you want it and turn it loose. If you want, you can even turn it loose on the desktop, where it will float in its own window. Just remember to drag it back to the edge by the title bar instead of closing the window, which will close the bar as well.	Robby (3123)
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