Object Dock

The world’s most popular Windows dock program!
With over 3 million downloads on Download.com, ObjectDock enables you to have more control over how you organize your desktop. Rather than having a bunch of icons on the desktop, these icons can be put into docks. ObjectDock can also be used to replace the Start bar entirely freeing up valuable screen real-estate. With various interaction modes available, you can get the dock availability that’s right for how you work.

This stuff is cool!
Fully customizable, super smoothness in zooming, entertaining alternate mouseover effects, libraries full of high-quality images available for use with the program at WinCustomize.com. The first time you try ObjectDock’s trademarked ReadyView™ weather flyout, there’ll be no going back. And good news for fans - more ReadyView™ flyouts are planned for the future!

The price is right: FREE!
ObjectDock is absolutely free to use and will never nag you to upgrade with popups or interruptions. No arbitrary limitations or hassles that free programs with ‘enhanced versions available’ often have. We keep great pride in maintaining our high-quality free version as well as our exciting Plus version.

ObjectDock Features: Standard Dock
ObjectDock has two types of docks. The standard dock is essentially a single “tray” or “wharf” that can hold short-cuts, running tasks, docklets, and system tray items. The other type of dock, the “Plus” type, is the tabbed dock. The following section discusses the standard dock.

Highly flexible visual appearance
At a basic level, ObjectDock is simply a container for desktop items. It’s been designed to be as flexible as possible to enable users to easily drag and drop their programs and documents onto it. It is also very flexible in enabling users customize the way it looks and feels.

ObjectDock supports more than just programs and running tasks, it also supports “docklets”. These are mini-applications that reside on the dock and are created by third parties. There are docklets for telling you the weather, your email status, network traffic, CPU usage, memory usage, clock, Wi-Fi connection strength, calendar, and much more. Docklets let users add useful information to their docks.

Docks can be vertical (such as in this screenshot) or horizontal, on the top or bottom of the screen. They can be aligned to the middle of the screen or to the left or right. Version 1.3 also adds the ability to have the dock offset from the edge of the screen (both free and Plus versions). The background (skin) of the dock can easily be changed with hundreds of additional skins available on-line to make your dock appear as anything you’d like it to be.

Mouse-Over Zoom effects
Another popular feature of ObjectDock is the ability to have the icons grow on mouse-over. When the mouse is moved over a given icon on the dock, it starts to grow.

This effect can be a “narrow” effect or a “wide” effect to determine how many near-by icons are affected by the mouse over.

Easy replacement of icon images
A minor but key feature of ObjectDock is its ability to allow you to change the icons of items on the dock. Since many icons don’t look good when enlarged, ObjectDock enables users to replace those icons with either other icon files or .PNG files. The popular customization site, WinCustomize.com, includes thousands of replacement icons for virtually every program out there.

Optional Start Bar replacement
ObjectDock can hide the Windows Start bar if the user chooses and take over all of its functionality.

Publisher :Stardock

Filesize : 12 MB

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