WBDock and WBDock 2 Released

[thomas]

Originally Posted by Weaselrama

Thomas - I have a bug report to file regarding the CPU usage on WBDock

There is a 50 Hz pulse sent to each dock icon in case it needs to animate. This could cause a basic load on the CPU. But it should be far from "running hot".

[Weaselrama]

Originally Posted by thomas

There is a 50 Hz pulse sent to each dock icon in case it needs to animate. This could cause a basic load on the CPU. But it should be far from "running hot".

Ok, here are the behaviors I'm seeing. NOTE: This is 3.9 running in FS-UAE. I understand that running an emulator may not mirror the app running on actualy hardware.

1. When I run it from startup-sequence the screen flashes an odd orange to white. Same if I create a link and run it from WBStartup.

2. With use the animations get slower. Opening windows cause icons to populate more slowly with time and AmigaAMP performance starts to degrade. When I take it out of WBStartup and run AmiDock, these behaviors disappear.

I run a 2019 13" Macbook Pro which already runs pretty warm because it's an ultra-thin and has poor cooling - y'know, because it's a feature, not a bug. Running FS-UAE the average CPU temp is about 93-95C. With WBDock the average is about 97-100C with fans running full. Temperature really isn't an issue and I can switch on a small desk fan which greatly improves the situation.

I'm not knocking the app. I think it's brilliant and will only improve with time. I love the "dockies" as well. I'm reporting what it does *in my configuration* not someone else's.

I used to have the odd screen-flashing behavior last Spring running "Click-to-Front"from WBStartup but I'm afraid I don't recall what the fix was.

[Gorf]

Originally Posted by thomas

There is a 50 Hz pulse sent to each dock icon in case it needs to animate. This could cause a basic load on the CPU. But it should be far from "running hot".

Constantly or only if something changes? there could be more elegant ways of messaging...

[Weaselrama]

Originally Posted by Gorf

Constantly or only if something changes? there could be more elegant ways of messaging...

That reminds me - when I start WBDock it says "screenmessage.library" (I think that was the name of it) not found. If that was documented, I missed it. I believe it's available on Aminet but I don't know what functionality it provides.

I checked and re-checked what I wrote above. If I start it manually I don't get any of the screen flashing but it eventually slows down the WB and the Mac's CPU (without additional external cooling such as the desk fan) hits 100C.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Sorry thomas if I bother you again, is there a way in "Funny Style" mode to "not make the icons bigger" when they are raised by the click?

Another question why on AfA OS the toolbar (AmiDock, Magic, ToolManager) is fixed and can't be moved?

I created these skins for "Style Funny". (note a small empty space longer on the right side than the left !)

[malko]

Missed this thread. Thanks for the application @thomas & the information @AMIGASYSTEM.
Will give a go to the 1.3 dock

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Update WBDock v1.10 WBDock2 v2.309, info and download links on the first page.

[quantum8]

This looks like quite a nice update. I'll have to give it a go on my rig soon.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

@thomas
I noticed that Funny Style on RTG screens, creates a graphic overlay of the Skin on Windows or Icons on the Workbench if you approach the Skin.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Update WBDock2 v2.312

@thomas
I noticed that some DualPNG Icons look bad, there is also the problem shown in the screenshot the windows are hidden if moved towards the bar.

EDIT:
Solved, discovered that the problem was caused by the WBDock2 startup done after loading the Workbench

The fact remains that the DualPNG icons are not displayed in a perfect way, see second screenshot

[AMIGASYSTEM]

@Thomas

Excuse me if I'm talking about AROS 68k, but even in the new versions of WBDock2 the graphic problem with "MagicWB Style" remains, with "Funny" I found instead an improvement, only a few small imperfections remain on the icon border (DualPNG), see screenshot.

I take this opportunity to say that NewMeter on AROS One 68k does not work well GUI aperture and graphics problems.

[kamelito]

I had a bug while testing it from RAM: I don't have the step to repro though but all my memory was gone. (out of memory).

[ancalimon]

The new version added Smart refresh and this fixes the flickering issues. Thanks

[matburton]

Just wanted to say thanks this is a lovely addition to my WB1.3 setup!

[Firestone]

Oh nice! Thanks, I've been looking for a Toolmanager/Amidock replacement!

[mateusz_s]

Looks awesome, Thank you very much for that soft.

[TuKo]

Awesome software !

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Update v2.327, removed static ChipRAM allocation

[Firestone]

@AMIGASYSTEM
Is it possible to remove that icon flash-effect when you click on one of the icons, or even better, make it optional?

The effect here on my A3000 is that I click the icon for for example Dopus5, and then the icon has to flash three times including the actual mouse-click before the application starts to launch.

Forgive me if there is a setting for this somewhere, I might have missed it

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Hi Firestone, I'm not the developer, I just made the News, anyway the good thomas will probably read this request of yours.

The flash-effect on my systems don't bother, the animation in my opinion is nice, then however it also depends on the type of icons.