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Tiny ObjectDock 2 beta video demo

March 21, 2010 3:00:33 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

The beta begins this month…really!

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Reply #1 March 21, 2010 3:13:09 PM
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This is way cool.

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Reply #2 March 21, 2010 3:22:04 PM
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Very clean man. That is one of the best configuration forms I've seen in a long while.

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Reply #3 March 21, 2010 3:27:13 PM
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I love how you can move the tabs around like that.  SWEET!

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Reply #4 March 21, 2010 3:30:38 PM
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Kewl Deal Frogdude

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Reply #5 March 21, 2010 3:35:01 PM
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I don't use it and I'm drooling!!

 

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Reply #6 March 21, 2010 3:36:47 PM
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looking great Brad, hopefully the reflection positioning and opacity is adjustable, or not finished yet.. looks off atm.

 

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Reply #7 March 21, 2010 3:46:16 PM
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hopefully the reflection positioning and opacity is adjustable

would be good

 

Very nice Frogman.

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Reply #8 March 21, 2010 4:26:14 PM
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Looks awesome Brad!

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Reply #9 March 21, 2010 5:08:17 PM
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A very nice demo and I have to say that it would appear the wait for 2.0 will be justified.

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Reply #10 March 21, 2010 6:49:00 PM
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hopefully the reflection positioning and opacity is adjustable, or not finished yet.. looks off atm.

I've been running it here for a while now...and the reflections look fine...

OD2 finally convinced me to not have quite so many desktop icons all over .....the desktop, with or without Fences...

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Reply #11 March 21, 2010 7:06:58 PM
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Quoting Jafo,
reply 10

hopefully the reflection positioning and opacity is adjustable, or not finished yet.. looks off atm.


I've been running it here for a while now...and the reflections look fine...

OD2 finally convinced me to not have quite so many desktop icons all over .....the desktop, with or without Fences...

 

I don't have my copy yet.....you must be using the masterbeta.....             

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Reply #12 March 21, 2010 7:15:22 PM
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and the reflections look fine...

 

Not even close... they dont. far too opaque and not lining up correctly vertically or perspectively, at least in this video. How is a reflection going to be higher than what is being reflected... and the opacity..well...  ... its a reflection but looks more like  another icon, upside down, underneath.. just is way too strong imho. It should also get more translucent as it moves away from the icon for a better look.  try using your trained eye Paul 

 

Anyway, I assume you all want feedback... thats mine. The rest looks fabulous.

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Reply #13 March 21, 2010 7:16:06 PM
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I love the tabs how you can drag them around. I hope you can have the text of the tab (game, etc) on the bottom also like we do now instead of just the top.

I like the apple dock flat look. I think it looks better then my friends mac. Did you add any more themes to 2.0?

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Reply #14 March 21, 2010 7:22:50 PM
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Much improved...and I'll bet we aren't seeing all the features. 

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Reply #15 March 22, 2010 7:58:06 AM
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The beta begins this month…really!

 

oOOOOOOoooooo.

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Reply #16 March 22, 2010 8:28:52 AM
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John....as someone who can generate a perspective with a tee square and set-square...and has done so professionally since 1972 I know 'all' about perspective, sciagraphy and reflection planes, so when I say the reflections look fine I mean they can be demonstrated/explained/reproduced as accurate by mathematical argument - assuming viewpoint.

In other words they are fine....

As for 'opaque'...are we presuming indices of refraction are what.....only acceptable if the conform to one person's criterium?

Perhaps what you mean is...it'd be nice if people could mess with how any such reflections are 'handled'.

If they are not to be adjustable that still will not make them 'wrong'...

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Reply #17 March 22, 2010 9:16:17 AM
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Is the reflection on the magnifying glass in the video correct?  Is it possible, in the real world, for the bottom of the handle to reflect above the bottom of the actual icon?  That seems a bit off.  I can't do this though:

generate a perspective with a tee square and set-square...

so I may be off in the head...but that doesn't look right to me either.

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Reply #18 March 22, 2010 9:33:27 AM
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Is the reflection on the magnifying glass in the video correct? Is it possible, in the real world, for the bottom of the handle to reflect above the bottom of the actual icon? That seems a bit off. I can't do this though:

Pretty-well anything is possible...particularly if/when the PP is penetrated...

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Reply #19 March 22, 2010 11:18:27 AM
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A very promising start...
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Reply #20 March 22, 2010 11:27:26 AM
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As for 'opaque'...are we presuming indices of refraction are what.....only acceptable if the conform to one person's criterium?

 

yep, just my humble opinion. SD is free to disregard. would just look better..to me and maybe a few others.. if they didn't.

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Reply #21 March 22, 2010 11:32:43 AM
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particularly if/when the PP is penetrated...

none of that talk here.

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Reply #22 March 22, 2010 12:55:31 PM
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particularly if/when the PP is penetrated...

none of that talk here.

 

Yeah, thanks.. my toenails just curled under..

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Reply #23 March 22, 2010 2:14:27 PM
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If they are not to be adjustable that still will not make them 'wrong'...

 

Sorry Jafo...I disagree...the reflections as they show in the video are impossible. A reflection cant be behind or higher than the reflected object. It CAN be lower...if the object is floating...that would at least look realistic.

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Reply #24 March 22, 2010 8:44:19 PM
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I hope the "new and improved" coloring function works much like the one in Windowblinds so we can more accurately recolor the docks to match the blinds. As it is right now in 1.9, it recolors the whole thing to one color, whether the original dock bg was a multi-hue gradient or not (ie not smart coloring).

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Reply #25 March 23, 2010 7:57:25 AM
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Quoting Bebi Bulma,
reply 24
I hope the "new and improved" coloring function works much like the one in Windowblinds so we can more accurately recolor the docks to match the blinds. As it is right now in 1.9, it recolors the whole thing to one color, whether the original dock bg was a multi-hue gradient or not (ie not smart coloring).

 

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