Comments on: My move from OS X to Vista - Day 5 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Unprivileged Nobody http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-105773 Unprivileged Nobody Wed, 23 May 2007 08:09:22 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-105773 I felt the same way about object dock. Check out rocketdock, it is nice. I put it on the left side of the screen and set it to autohide, but sometimes it pops up when move the mouse over to the side to click on something else. And the the popup delay doesnt work. But other than that slight inconvenience, it works great, even lets you minimize apps to the dock (although I think object dock does as well). Regards I felt the same way about object dock. Check out rocketdock, it is nice. I put it on the left side of the screen and set it to autohide, but sometimes it pops up when move the mouse over to the side to click on something else. And the the popup delay doesnt work. But other than that slight inconvenience, it works great, even lets you minimize apps to the dock (although I think object dock does as well).

Regards

]]> By: Horst-Christian http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104778 Horst-Christian Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:41:56 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104778 Sorry, but I forgot to click on "notify me..." But now it is done. Sorry, but I forgot to click on “notify me…”
But now it is done.

]]> By: Horst-Christian http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104777 Horst-Christian Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:35:34 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104777 Hi Tom, I switched to Vista a week ago. If you want to hide the taskbar, you can have a clock in the sidebar (not taskbar!). In the sidebar you can switch each gadget to be transparent in % - from 20 to 100%. You can change between some designs of the clock - it funny. But my favoutite gadget is the web-radio - really great - changing the channels with one click... and always having fine sound. Hi Tom,

I switched to Vista a week ago. If you want to hide the taskbar, you can have a clock in the sidebar (not taskbar!). In the sidebar you can switch each gadget to be transparent in % - from 20 to 100%. You can change between some designs of the clock - it funny. But my favoutite gadget is the web-radio - really great - changing the channels with one click… and always having fine sound.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104576 Tom Raftery Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:57:00 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104576 John - I installed objectdock, thanks. It is a bit cartoonish for my taste but I will play with it and see how I get on, thanks again. hostyle, this looks like the business. Seriously nice. Excellent suggestion, thanks. John - I installed objectdock, thanks. It is a bit cartoonish for my taste but I will play with it and see how I get on, thanks again.

hostyle, this looks like the business. Seriously nice. Excellent suggestion, thanks.

]]> By: hostyle http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104568 hostyle Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:15:33 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104568 http://www.geoshell.com/ - very lightweight, very customisable. I dont use it currently but it can easily do what you want - set normal windows taskbar to minimise and run geoshell as a bar along the top - it has a module to pick up the notification bar icons and a clock module, and a start menu module. Just pick the ones you want. You can replace the windows shell entirely, or run them concurrently. http://www.geoshell.com/ - very lightweight, very customisable. I dont use it currently but it can easily do what you want - set normal windows taskbar to minimise and run geoshell as a bar along the top - it has a module to pick up the notification bar icons and a clock module, and a start menu module. Just pick the ones you want. You can replace the windows shell entirely, or run them concurrently.

]]> By: John Butler http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104566 John Butler Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:48:34 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104566 Tom, you could look at objectdock from stardock.com to get dock functionality on windows, it's not the same as on OSX but does improve the windows desktop experience. Tom, you could look at objectdock from stardock.com to get dock functionality on windows, it’s not the same as on OSX but does improve the windows desktop experience.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104562 Tom Raftery Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:09:17 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104562 John Collins - your comment ended up in my Akismet queue for some reason. I noticed it there this morning and de-spammed it. You might want to be aware that Akismet doesn't trust you. In the meantime, I'll look into the gadgets suggestion, thanks. John Collins - your comment ended up in my Akismet queue for some reason. I noticed it there this morning and de-spammed it. You might want to be aware that Akismet doesn’t trust you.

In the meantime, I’ll look into the gadgets suggestion, thanks.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104517 Tom Raftery Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:25:23 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104517 Sorry John, I obviously wasn't clear in my post. In OS X when I hide the Dock, I can still see all the info in the Menubar at the top of the screen. Whereas in Vista, if I hide the taskbar, I can no longer see the info in the statusbar. Big downer! Sorry John, I obviously wasn’t clear in my post.

In OS X when I hide the Dock, I can still see all the info in the Menubar at the top of the screen. Whereas in Vista, if I hide the taskbar, I can no longer see the info in the statusbar. Big downer!

]]> By: John Handelaar http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104512 John Handelaar Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:41:29 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104512 I'm certain that you can jam up your system tray (or whatever the new equivalent is) with as much shite as you like - indeed, just you try stopping third-party vendors from doing just that without asking you. Me, I've got all that stuff in the same screen position in Gnome. I’m certain that you can jam up your system tray (or whatever the new equivalent is) with as much shite as you like - indeed, just you try stopping third-party vendors from doing just that without asking you.

Me, I’ve got all that stuff in the same screen position in Gnome.

]]> By: savers » My move from OS X to Vista - Day 5 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104505 savers » My move from OS X to Vista - Day 5 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:33:29 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104505 [...] Damian wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptTo get the most out of these screen resolutions on the Mac, I position the Dock on the right hand side and turn Hiding on. I put the Dock on the right (as opposed to the default option of the bottom) because the laptop display is … [...] [...] Damian wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptTo get the most out of these screen resolutions on the Mac, I position the Dock on the right hand side and turn Hiding on. I put the Dock on the right (as opposed to the default option of the bottom) because the laptop display is … [...]

]]> By: John Collins http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104503 John Collins Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:23:03 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/my-move-from-os-x-to-vista-day-5/#comment-104503 To work around the clock issue install Google Desktop gadgets - nice selection of clocks and other useful gadgets available for that. To work around the clock issue install Google Desktop gadgets - nice selection of clocks and other useful gadgets available for that.

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