Desktop Customization

I'm New Group : Member Joined : 16 May 2008

Hi everyone,

I'm still yet very young to the deskmodding scene and till now I am not 100% sure which dock to use under my Win XP.
I've noticed most people use RKLauncher or Object Dock, right now I am using the second one, which works fine for me, still I'd love to know which are the pros and cons of the several available docks, which ones exist besides Object Dock and RKLauncher and what is Ave Desk?

Thanks a lot for your help!

ERDi

Tue 1 Jul 2008 - 0:30

RK Launcher is probably the most widely used, and its a pretty good dock. Objectdock is payware, has tabs and you can add realistic reflections without losing the indicators (in rk launcher you lose the indicators once you move the icons down since there is not seperate option for them)

I think others can explain in much more detail, but thats just some basics
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Senior Member Group : Member Joined : 18 Apr 2008

You don't have to pay for Objectdock, Stardock do a free version of it as well tongue

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Tue 1 Jul 2008 - 0:33

@randomus_r, yes there is a free version and a plus version with more options
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I'm New Group : Member Joined : 16 May 2008

I'd like to only discuss the freeware version of Object Dock at this moment.
Which one needs more resources RKLauncher or OD?
Any special features?
Is RKLauncher able to display minimized windows like OD?

Regular Visitor Group : Member Joined : 18 Feb 2008

forget all of those get Rocketdock its awsome
it has more options as RKl and has the compatibility of objectdock-indicator wise
also no s-curve flaw

its pwnzor with 2d and 3d leopard docks

you can use both skins form ob and rkl

only problem is changing the indicator/you have to do it manually

you can also get tabs via avedesk...

I'm New Group : Member Joined : 16 May 2008

What kind of options does RD offer which RKL hasn't got?
What do you mean with compatibility of OD indicators? (sorry I am a non native..)
What's the s-curve flaw?

Member Group : Member Joined : 27 Apr 2008 From : Germany

monstr says: use rocketdock

I'm New Group : Member Joined : 16 May 2008

monstr, havent we learnt at school to give reasons for our theses/advices?

WHY are you using RocketDock and advicing me to do so too?

Regular Visitor Group : Member Joined : 18 Feb 2008

you know that dock called float you can perfectly emulate it

http://www.galaxygui.com/docks-f7/dock-float-for-od-and-rk-t458.htm

you can use indicators like that

Tue 1 Jul 2008 - 10:46

I'm actually testing the three main ones, i did RK and RD, now i'm OD, the only different thing with OD, is that when you maximize a window, it doesn't go over the dock.
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I'm New Group : Member Joined : 16 May 2008

Hey jayx,

Yes, that's one of the options that you can actually disable if you want to, still I'd love to know which one you like best right now and it would be nice if you would have tested the resources the docks need, having the same skin and icons in use

I'm New Group : Member Joined : 16 May 2008

No more opinions?

Wed 2 Jul 2008 - 18:02

Get RocketDock, there. tongue

Seems like everyone likes it, i wont name every exact thing but try it out.. docks take up barely and resources anyways
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Member Group : Member Joined : 27 Apr 2008 From : Germany

Thu 3 Jul 2008 - 0:16

i prefer rocketdock, it uses less resources and good performances
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Sat 5 Jul 2008 - 20:09

Objectdock has a cool feature where you can search for an icon even through folders which is handy if you have a huge icon collection. happy

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Member Group : Member Joined : 29 Jun 2008 From : Sydney

Welps, ive been using OD for the main reason
that I find it the easiest to configure. confused

Desktop Customization

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Desktop Customization

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Desktop Customization

GUI Requests and Discussion