Ultramon replacement

[johngalt]

Straight from the dev's mouth - Thanks Jon!!!

Oh, and it works just as good as the previous Beta - thanks again!

 

[swarfega]

What Im getting at is, it would be nice to have a native 64-bit program rather than a 32-bit program in a 64-bit OS.

 

[rako]

correct me if I'm wrong but since it is .net. it can be both x64 and x86. dot net is not exactly native (x86 or x64) but the clr (common language runtime) can run it as a x86 or x64 depending on your operating system and the compilation options. but just because a dot net program can run as x64 does not mean it is optimised to do so.

If you look at the processes tab in windows task bar the x86 applications have a *32 at the end of there name yet DF does not.

So DF is a close to native x64 as you can get without programming it in c++ or another native language that compiles into machine code.

 

[swarfega]

Yes I know but Im just asking for a 64-bit compiled version.

 

[johngalt]

For various reasons I am not sure you'll get this request filled - but in particular, b/c of the duality of having to maintain multiple builds that are arch type *and* having to build said builds....

I'll wait for a day and see if Jon responds - if not I'll nudge him to come read your request....

 

[swarfega]

Thanks

 

[ctrlbrk]

Glad to see I am not alone, based on all the responses to this thread!

I am back to running UltraMon after trying the latest 3.0.3 beta of DisplayFusion, because I would rather have uglier taskbars than have every single program window on the main taskbar. At least UltraMon doesn't have this issue, it only shows programs on their relevant taskbar. The author of DisplayFusion indicated he is working on a fix.

Mike

 

[johngalt]

That's b/c this is currently a workaround, as Jon hasn't figured out the fully integrated taskbar yet.

 

[johngalt]

Good news.

Jon has now gotten desktop previews working b/c the latest Beta (which I am using) now integrates with DWM - making it work a *lot* better with Vista and W7.

Check out the screen shot....



Mind you this is another baby step - but it shows that Jon is furiously working on this, and that it would not be unreasonable to expect more goodies, including (fingers crossed) the ability to show only relevant windows on both screens' task bars....

 

[kensiko]

Does it use the GPU or the CPU to generate these windows previews?

 

[softwerx]

Another Ultramon Replacement

Task Se7en is another Ultramon replacement. It's still under initial development, however, it is capable of showing only buttons for the windows on the same monitor as it is on - as well as adding/removing them from the Windows taskbar as needed.. Ex: Notepad is dragged from monitor A to monitor B > the Notepad taskbar button is removed from Windows taskbar and placed on Task Se7en taskbar. And vice versa.
Task Se7en also uses DWM live thumbnails and matches the current window theme.

 

[kensiko]

Ok great news, so DWM is a standard in WinVista and Se7en and it's using the GPU.

Edit:
Task Se7en seems to do everything that we want. It's like you copied 2 desktop captures together! (without start button)

 

[swarfega]

Nice program! Anything available to download currently?

 

[softwerx]

Nice program! Anything available to download currently?

Thank you. Currently there is no download available for Task Se7en.
I'm actually working on it as I type this... I'll post a download link when I feel that it's in a decent beta condition. There are a few bugs I want to fix beforehand.

 

[swarfega]

If you need a beta tester, let me know

 

[softwerx]

When the time comes and a beta is available this forum will be the first to hear about it

 

[Monga]

When the time comes and a beta is available this forum will be the first to hear about it

Well, until then I'm doing something NO ONE has ever thought of, and I only found by chance!

Ultramon was installed, moved to Display fusion (forgetting to remove ultramon from the startup list) and now they're combining and working fantasticly together

With just display fusion running, its what you see in the screenshot but applications showing on both primary and secondary monitor.

Ultramon sorts out the taskbar work while display fusion provides the full size task bar. (ultramon itself just has a tiny bar that firefox covers over, useless basicly)

So if anyone owns both programs but is just using one, this may be for you.

 

[johngalt]

Does it use the GPU or the CPU to generate these windows previews?

Glad you answered your own question - sorry I have been away so much....

Task Se7en is another Ultramon replacement. It's still under initial development, however, it is capable of showing only buttons for the windows on the same monitor as it is on - as well as adding/removing them from the Windows taskbar as needed.. Ex: Notepad is dragged from monitor A to monitor B > the Notepad taskbar button is removed from Windows taskbar and placed on Task Se7en taskbar. And vice versa.
Task Se7en also uses DWM live thumbnails and matches the current window theme.

That is one sweet looking prototype, dude....I'm gonna nudge Jon to come take a look at it for Display Fusion (I like what yours *looks* like but the functionality of DF vis a vis the price simply cannot be beat - and I have already bought DF

Ok great news, so DWM is a standard in WinVista and Se7en and it's using the GPU.

Edit:
Task Se7en seems to do everything that we want. It's like you copied 2 desktop captures together! (without start button)

Doesn't it though! Very smooth!

Thank you. Currently there is no download available for Task Se7en.
I'm actually working on it as I type this... I'll post a download link when I feel that it's in a decent beta condition. There are a few bugs I want to fix beforehand.

When the time comes and a beta is available this forum will be the first to hear about it

Good to hear - I definitely want to play with this puppy....

Well, until then I'm doing something NO ONE has ever thought of, and I only found by chance!

Ultramon was installed, moved to Display fusion (forgetting to remove ultramon from the startup list) and now they're combining and working fantasticly together

With just display fusion running, its what you see in the screenshot but applications showing on both primary and secondary monitor.

Ultramon sorts out the taskbar work while display fusion provides the full size task bar. (ultramon itself just has a tiny bar that firefox covers over, useless basicly)

So if anyone owns both programs but is just using one, this may be for you.

That is something I would never have thought of doing, but if it works I might have to dust off UM 3.0.4 beta and run them together to see what sorts of neat things I can get them to do together....

 

[softwerx]

Looking for pre-beta testers...

Is anyone interested in testing a pre-beta version of Task Se7en?

If you're interested let me know. This pre-beta will not be bug free and quite likely you'll run into a few snags while using it.
If anyone is interested just let me know.. If there are 5+ willing testers I'll post a link to a pre-beta version, along with a list of known issues, on Monday, May 4, 2009.

** If you know anyone that would be interested in this pre-beta be sure to have them register with this forum and let me know.

*** Known issue #1: At this point, Task Se7en will only work on systems with dual monitors or if assigned to a single secondary monitor (on systems with > 2 monitors).
Single and multi-monitor (>2 monitors) systems will be supported in the future.

 

[end1r]

Hi,

I am running Win7 b7100 (RC), I would love to try Se7en and provide some feedback. Does it generate any log files?

Thanks