JMBdev: I have reported the same proplem as the mouse freezing earlier in this thread.

The actual pointer stops moving like a system hardlock, even if it is not currently over OD+. I'm running Vista with an ATI x850xt and a dual core AMD.

With regard to the freezing, I've found that having "Reserve edge of screen" turned on causes far more freezing/stuttering that with it off. I've also observed the Start button being constantly redrawn during the stuttering.
OD is configured with a normal dock on the bottom (showing some shortcuts & running tasks) and a tabbed dock on the top edge set to auto hide. "Reserve edge of screen" was set for the bottom dock. This is all on Vista Ultimate 32bit if it matters.

A couple of other issues I've noted:
1) On XP, when the screensaver comes on it seems to kill OD
2) Certain systray apps do not respond to either double-click or displaying their context menus e.g. Windows Live Messenger.

Samurai303/Lotherius:

Trying to track this down...are you using System Trays on any docks / in any tabbed docks? If so, can you try removing them and restarting and seeing if the problem goes away? I'm concerned that this could have to do with the tray functionality. Trying to figure this one out.....

JMBdev: As Lotherius responded, the mouse cursor itself freezes temporarily. I am using a single zooming bar, normal layering, no tasks in the bar, and "Reserve edge of screen" is unchecked. This is an XP machine with Intel graphics and a Logitech mouse. Version 1.58(.008 is the last version that does not exhibit mouse freezing for me.

I just updated OD Plus v 1.60 build 531U. Stardock Central lists that 1.59b.010 is installed but the OD about says it's 1.60 etc preview. Not much works. My internet links go to my homepage. Also when I right click on an icon there is nothing in the menu to change it or to view the link/shortcuts to any of my programs. I'm referring to the dock. Frustrated.... wish I wouldn't have updated. Is it possible to go back to my prior version? Running WindowsXP Media Thanks

Sorry, I previously posted this in the wrong place.

JMBdev: Tried on Windows XP both with and without the tray and can't say that there is much to choose between them, although, for me at least, the effect is not as noticable on XP as it is on Vista.
I'll try it on Vista later when I get home from work.

Samurai303: so having the lagging problem on both XP / Vista, with and without the tray. Hrm :-/ Alright. Have you tried temporarilly disabling docklets? Look at the bottom of the Advanced Dialog for an option to temporarilly turn them off. Not sure if you're running any or not. Might want to try temporarilly removing the Weather item as well (which technically isn't a docklet anymore, but i should have that disable when "disable docklets" is checked...)

Thank you very much for the help...

I am recieving same bugs on both vista ultimate and xp home.

If the dock is place anywhere but at the bottom it does not work properly.It is near impossible to click icons if dock is place on sides. You have to fumble around and hit it just right to get it to launch.Also on xp with dock at bottom the taskbar is having issues unhiding.I normally use auto hide not the hide function from the dock.

Updated to 1.59[b].010 .... still no right click menu for dialup connection icon, in systray.

Love the new "Spacing and Alignment" settings. I've wanted that alignment slider for a very long time.

Koasti: XP or Vista? Wireless or plugged? Thanks

Yeah new build is coming today. Feature-complete so hoping this can be a final beta, we'll see how it goes. Amoung some other things, there is a new "Troubleshooting" dialog that should allow for quicker troubleshooting of problems by providing quick-access to disabling abilities of ObjectDock. Hopfully this will help us out in troubleshooting the mouse-lagging problem some have seen

XP, and plugged.



That's sounds interesting.

JMBdev: Right, done some more testing. I'm not sure that XP is so much of an issue now - maybe it was an earlier build as it seemed fine all afternoon.
As to Vista, I've managed to get a reproducible scenario where the cursor lag/stutter is in effect:
Set OD to Reserve edge of screen & Always on top (in fact just doing that causes some lag)
Start Internet Explorer and then immediately launch Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. If you move the mouse at all, then it lags all over the screen.
Observations on the above:
The IE icon remains in the "Bounced" state until the lag has stopped
The Task Manager icon does not appear until the lag has stopped, although its window does
With IE running, starting Task Manager it takes approx 20 secs for the lagging to stop & the icon to appear. Closing Task Manager takes around 13 secs, and, although the icon disappears straight off, the space it occupies remains with the lagging.

The other most notable area fo lagging is when playing movie files, although this is not as readily reproducable as the above.

Set OD to not reserve the edge & Hide off screen when not in use and all is fine. It also doesn't make any noticable difference whether the tray is on or off, or if Docklets are disabled (don't think I'm running any anyway)

Hope the above is of some use!

I have reinstalled windows since I tested OD+ last.. but yes, I did have a system tray active as well. The way Samurai303 describes the problem sounds very close to what was happening to me.

Lortherius/Samurai/rickbert: the laggy mouse problem has been solved! I'm going to update again tomorrow evening (Wednesday) with the fix. I think that was the last major problem we were seeing, was it not? Did I miss anything? Last build takes care of everything else pretty much I feel. (Yes I know, the troubleshooting button isn't hooked up properly if you click it from a *tabbed* dock's properties dialog )

-Jeff

For some unknown reason odplus closes occasionally and also 2 odplus icons are appearing in my system tray.