A Good Dock

right im in need of a third dock, i already have objectdock free and rocketdock so please dont say them, i need a dock that will allow me to add buttons to log off, shutdown and restart i have tried y'z as well as rh launcher none of wich worked int he way i needed them, y'z dock was only for XP and i cant find any docklets that will work with rh launcher, any other suggestions?

 

May I ask why you need 3 docks?

 

ive got one thst replaced the windows bar, that contains the start button, my computer, my documents, videos, my pictures, control panel, movies, media centre, games, recylce bin remove hardware

while the second if for some apps, 3ds max, photoshop, office, tuneup utilities, security, performance, IE, firefox, safari, MSN messenger and yahoo messenger.

 

Are you familiar with Launchy? If not, I recommend taking a look. Why have 3 docks...besides the fact they each consume a decent amount of resources, 3 docks on a single monitor is overkill, imo.

 

I left the Windows Taskbar (at the bottom) for the System Tray, Start Menu, and Running Programs. I have my frequently used programs on RocketDock (at the top) like this. Both in autohide mode.

I hear that you can have more than one, and tabbed docks, too, with the paid version of ObjectDock.

 

What is the resource usage on these docks? I would like to get one but I'm real conservative with how my system resources are allocated lol

 

They are not to bad. Depending on what you have, and how you have it set up "Like High Quality, fast lookup" etc.

My ObjectDock right now is using 2,168 K Memory, and 00 CPU.

They don't take up alot of resources, and they are VERY nice to have if you want to free up, and organize some space on your desktop, and not to mention make it look perty.

 

Oh, and also to add. You can always download it, try it, and the un-install it if you don't like it. Not like it's permanent.

 

lol yup just did it! Not finding it particularly useful though, but it does look pretty

 

RocketDock is the best, I'm hoping they add a 2nd dock option badly...I might even buy it. (Yes, I know about Objectdock, I use it as well...)

 

Why don't use Stacks Docklet and put them in one folder?

ObjectDock(10 icons) uses less than 5MB on average for me, it has a performance option, Optimize for Performance or Memory, which I notice no difference at all.

 

Most people like it because they can free up alot of their desk space for things like Rainmeter, Windows Sidebar, Yahoo! Widgets, etc etc.

But if your like me, and used to putting anything and everything on your desktop untill it looks like a mine field of applications, than the change can be a little hard to get used to.

 

Try this? http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=256d9a65-763a-4423-9d9c-81598bd89d8e

 

rk launcher is another dock, quite popular

 

well i will only have two on the screen and the third will be hidden unless i hoverover the area, i plan on upgrading my ram anyway. at the moment objectkdock is using 9,092k and rocketdock is using 4,700k and look at it they dont seen to go much higher, after chaning its performance it now is using 4,600k s together they are only using just over 9MB

i have that, but i cant find docklets for it, it says that it can use objectdock docklets and ive tried that but it still doesnt work, any ideas?

 

i dont like the sidebar as it uses a lot more memory, without anything being on it its using 27,000k both obkectdock and rocketdock doesnt use that much memory

 

RocketDock is freeware.

 

objectdock is also free, but there is a paid option that gives you more options and allows you to use a second dock maybe thats what Guitarrasdeamor meant

 

right ive got rk launcher and i have Lock computer docklet and shutdown computer docklet i just need logoff and restart, if anyone can help please do

 

Jesus. I just have Launchy and my Windows taskbar. Try that.