Comments on: DeskOps Beta 3 http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/ You can do more than breathe for free... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fran http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-18063 Fran Wed, 10 May 2006 15:55:21 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-18063 Hi, Here are my suggestions: - Add the options for the panes to be 'Always on bottom'. That is, that the panes can be covered by other applications, but not from the desktop, so that hitting Win+D does not hide them. - Add right click drag and drop feature. Now dragging and dropping a file to a pannel copies the file to the pannel and I would like to see the "Copy here, Move here, Create shotcut, ..." menu. - Add right click support in panes. And a 'bug': - Dragging and dropping a file from a folder to the same folder pane generates the following message: "Error HRSULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component" Regards, Fran Hi,

Here are my suggestions:

- Add the options for the panes to be ‘Always on bottom’. That is, that the panes can be covered by other applications, but not from the desktop, so that hitting Win+D does not hide them. – Add right click drag and drop feature. Now dragging and dropping a file to a pannel copies the file to the pannel and I would like to see the “Copy here, Move here, Create shotcut, ...” menu. – Add right click support in panes.

And a ‘bug’: – Dragging and dropping a file from a folder to the same folder pane generates the following message:
“Error HRSULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component”

Regards,
Fran

]]> By: Hector Acevedo http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-17850 Hector Acevedo Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:04:55 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-17850 Hi Jaykul! Looks you have created a nice and useful application. Unfortunately I was unable to test it. I downloaded _today_ .NET 2 Framework from M$ site and the version is 2.0.50215. DeskOps is requesting version 2.0.50727 and will not run. The available file in M$ is called Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86), the file is dotnetfx.exe, release date is 3/22/2006 and size is 22.4 MB. I googled for the correct version and had no luck. Can you drop a hint on where I can find it? Many thanks in advance, I surely would like to give DeskOps a try and offer my comments. Hector Hi Jaykul!

Looks you have created a nice and useful application. Unfortunately I was unable to test it. I downloaded today .NET 2 Framework from M$ site and the version is 2.0.50215. DeskOps is requesting version 2.0.50727 and will not run. The available file in M$ is called Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86), the file is dotnetfx.exe, release date is 3/22/2006 and size is 22.4 MB.

I googled for the correct version and had no luck. Can you drop a hint on where I can find it? Many thanks in advance, I surely would like to give DeskOps a try and offer my comments.

Hector

]]> By: Jeff Schallenberg http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16283 Jeff Schallenberg Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:58:09 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-16283 Jaykul, nice beginning! I find it annoying that, when the band loses focus, it becomes a medium gray (OK) with medium gray title (impossible to read). To read the title, I have to click on the band. I think the title should be readable when not focussed, and that mouseover should highlight the band to the same colours (white on blue) as when it has focus. It would also be nice if the bands could be auto-hidden to left or right screen edge, but with a fly-out title on mouseover. (I have acheived something with geOShell bars) - Jeff Jaykul, nice beginning!

I find it annoying that, when the band loses focus, it becomes a medium gray (OK) with medium gray title (impossible to read). To read the title, I have to click on the band.

I think the title should be readable when not focussed, and that mouseover should highlight the band to the same colours (white on blue) as when it has focus.

It would also be nice if the bands could be auto-hidden to left or right screen edge, but with a fly-out title on mouseover.

(I have acheived something with geOShell bars)

- Jeff

]]> By: Dallows http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16132 Dallows Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:39:26 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-16132 Each time I restart and start Deskops I have to resize the dropdown. It doesn't remember my previous setting. Kinda annoying, but overall a very useful app. Maybee you can fix this in your next release Each time I restart and start Deskops I have to resize the dropdown. It doesn’t remember my previous setting. Kinda annoying, but overall a very useful app. Maybee you can fix this in your next release

]]> By: Jaykul http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16088 Jaykul Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:53:14 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-16088 eikonos: yeah, set "Details" as the "ViewAs" value in the config file, but there's no details to view right now... You can do "List" or "SmallIcon" though. Dallows: I think you haven't discovered the right-click menu on the bar. As far as the config ... I made a tactical error and assumed that .config files would be associated with something. The simplest solution _at this point_ is to create a text file on your desktop and change it's extension to .config, then double click it (Windows will ask you what app to open it in: pick notepad or some other text editor). Once you've done that, you can try F1 again (or the right-click menu option). I'll fix that in the next release. eikonos: yeah, set “Details” as the “ViewAs” value in the config file, but there’s no details to view right now… You can do “List” or “SmallIcon” though.

Dallows: I think you haven’t discovered the right-click menu on the bar. As far as the config … I made a tactical error and assumed that .config files would be associated with something. The simplest solution at this point is to create a text file on your desktop and change it’s extension to .config, then double click it (Windows will ask you what app to open it in: pick notepad or some other text editor). Once you’ve done that, you can try F1 again (or the right-click menu option). I’ll fix that in the next release.

]]> By: Dallows http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16082 Dallows Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:03:15 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-16082 I downloadsd the app last night and didn't have too much time to play with it, but is seems good. I like the snap to feature. How do you configure it? I know it is supposed to be F1 but when I go there i get a message telling me where the config file is and when I go and look for it it isn't there. I downloadsd the app last night and didn’t have too much time to play with it, but is seems good. I like the snap to feature. How do you configure it? I know it is supposed to be F1 but when I go there i get a message telling me where the config file is and when I go and look for it it isn’t there.

]]> By: eikonos http://huddledmasses.org/deskops-0-3-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16077 eikonos Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:40:21 +0000 http://www.huddledmasses.org/2006/02/07/deskops-03/#comment-16077 I had a bit of spare time to download and run it on my home computer (where I've got .NET 2 installed already). It runs fine and the UI is fairly intuitive. Solid work in progress and there's a lot of potential. In particular, the RSS plugin will be nice to have. Is it possible to set the folders to 'detail' view so that long file names don't get cut off (as they do in large icon view)? I had a bit of spare time to download and run it on my home computer (where I’ve got .NET 2 installed already). It runs fine and the UI is fairly intuitive. Solid work in progress and there’s a lot of potential. In particular, the RSS plugin will be nice to have. Is it possible to set the folders to ‘detail’ view so that long file names don’t get cut off (as they do in large icon view)?

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