What is the animation docklet for?

Published on October 10, 2003 By digital_trucker In WinCustomize Talk

All you can do is change the image, you can't use it as a shortcut or nuthin'.

Comments (Page 1)

MikeB314

on Oct 10, 2003

It's just an example of what can be done. I don't think it serves any purpose other than that.

digital_trucker

on Oct 10, 2003

Aww, nutz. Hey AndreasV! How making a docklet that acts like a normal shorcut but uses the animation doodad for the icon?

I.R. Brainiac

on Oct 10, 2003

Thats what I was wondering.

AndreasV

on Oct 11, 2003

digital_trucker, that can be done, but would it be of any *real* use?

digital_trucker

on Oct 11, 2003

Sure it would! Wouldn't it be slick to have animated icons for regular OD objects? A spinning globe for your web browser, a spraying paint can for your painting software, and so on. There are all kinds of fun possibilities that would open up.

AndreasV

on Oct 12, 2003

OK, I will create it:)

AndreasV

on Oct 18, 2003

it's there, http://home.hccnet.nl/averhoev.2/AnimatedShortcut.zip

Have fun with it.

I.R. Brainiac

on Oct 18, 2003

Thats very cool! and it works Some editable parameters would be cool too.Speed,only on mouseover,animate once ,etc..

How does it know how many images are in the animation?
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AndreasV

on Oct 18, 2003

Speed can be done, Animate once can be done, On Mouseover can not be done, because there is no mouseover support in the object dock (yet).

Number of images in the animation: Magic

I.R. Brainiac

on Oct 18, 2003

animate once on mouseover I mean.
If I want to make an animation,does it matter then how many images are in the .png?

this could be interesting
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AndreasV

on Oct 18, 2003

animate once on mouseover can't be done now, because there is no support for mouseover in object dock yet

Animation, uuhm do you have a Windows Messenger address or something?

I.R. Brainiac

on Oct 18, 2003

Icq only right now.My email is in my profile.
Shame about the mouseover prob,that would be important if more people make some animated OD icons.You might not want them all running at once.

You havnt released this as a docklet yet have you?

I.R. Brainiac

on Oct 18, 2003

the speed its set at now is probably fine for most animations.Probably nothing you can do about it pausing when you move the mouse,may even be neccessary for the dock to expand an icon.

AndreasV

on Oct 18, 2003

I did, but it didn't show up yet. I am trying to implement the mouseover myself now.

I.R. Brainiac

on Oct 18, 2003

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