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zmjjmz
October 14th, 2008, 11:57 PM
It's an FOSS tiling "Window Manager" for XP/Vista, and I'm bound to install it on my XP machine when I turn it on again (after the PSAT's are over).
http://dockbox.demonastery.org/
-grubby
October 14th, 2008, 11:58 PM
Yay! Tiling for Windows! If I get xp installed again, this is probably something I'm going to try
cardinals_fan
October 15th, 2008, 12:05 AM
Very nice, I'll install that next time I boot up Windows.
zmjjmz
October 15th, 2008, 02:49 PM
Crap, it looks like the server is down.
Whoops, it's fine now.
ZaneA
October 15th, 2008, 04:57 PM
And down again :P I have very unstable internet + dynamic IP which means I have to manually update the DNS entries all the time. Apologies for the inconvenience. If you have any questions feel free to ask here and I'll do my best to respond :)
zmjjmz
October 15th, 2008, 08:38 PM
And down again :P I have very unstable internet + dynamic IP which means I have to manually update the DNS entries all the time. Apologies for the inconvenience. If you have any questions feel free to ask here and I'll do my best to respond :)

Ok, so before I install it and possibly screw my computer up, I want to know if it reacts well to a healthy dose of VirtuaWin.
ZaneA
October 15th, 2008, 10:57 PM
Shouldn't have any adverse effects, DockBox doesn't use the multiple desktop functionality that is hidden in Windows. It simply minimizes or hides windows depending on the workspace. Also I think the hotkeys have possibly changed, so if Ctrl + Alt wont work, try the Windows key instead.
zmjjmz
October 15th, 2008, 10:58 PM
Shouldn't have any adverse effects, DockBox doesn't use the multiple desktop functionality that is hidden in Windows. It simply minimizes or hides windows depending on the workspace.
Cool, will I be able to run multiple instances of DockBox / workspace?
ZaneA
October 16th, 2008, 12:03 AM
Probably not without having seperate configs for each one, although the source is there if you want to change that. :)
Sorivenul
October 16th, 2008, 02:02 AM
Looks like fun, but I think my wife would kill me if I put this on her machine. Might make a fun April Fools joke or gag Holiday "gift"...
zmjjmz
October 16th, 2008, 03:40 PM
Ok, so this computer does not have a Windows key, so I went into config.ini and changed all the instances of w to cs. Is that going to work?
ZaneA
October 16th, 2008, 06:21 PM
As long as those hotkeys aren't already bound to something else then it should work fine :)