ObjectDock 1.9

ObjectDock is a program that enables users to add a dock to their Windows desktop that contains short-cuts, running tasks, and docklets . It is highly configurable, easy to use, and very useful. New in this version:New included Search docklet that can search Google, MSN, Yahoo, or elsewhere.Improved system tray support in Plus version. New languages supported .
Fixes to the per tray icon feature and sysstats integration.Better Unicode support . New and settings folder switch . Separators supported in tabbed docks . Zooming icons in tabbed docks ObjectDock is freeware. A plus version is also available that adds tabs, system tray support, task grouping, and hotspot support.

Weather flyouts, minimize animation in Vista, smoother / quicker drawing with smoothness settings and a variety of improvements. New plus-exclusives include all new improved taskbar status area handling, special taskbar modes, and more!

Features:
>Easy to use shortcut organizer
>Low system resource usage
>Smooth animations
>Fixed up a couple minor resource leaks
>Improved taskbars / thumbnail behavior.
>Simple drag & drop operation
>Convenient autohide and "keep in background" modes
>Weather flyout showing your current conditions & 5-day forecast
>The universal standard for Docklet extensions >Helpful support team and message boards
>Consistent updates - will continue to be updated and improved for years and years to come
>We listen to customer feedback - new features and abilities added to each revision
>Running programs show up on dock, can minimize to it
>Super-smooth minimize animations in Vista >The most popular program of its kind - 3.5 million users to date
>Fully customizable - tons of backgrounds and images freely available
>Added option to turn off tabbed docks' ability to automatically dock to the edge as a drawer when dragging. Option available in "misc options".
>Fixed multimonitor issue with the Start Menu functionality, and added better problem-notification.
>Fixed issue with flyouts where if they contained 9+ items and zooming is disabled, they could show up partially behind the dock.
>UI improvments
>Ability to export backgrounds added to the DockZip packaging format. Try this feature today by right clicking the dock and choosing "Pack images for sharing"
>Dialog flow / layout improved for zooming docks
>Colorizing a background now also colorizes the indicators you've selected to use
>When packing up icons, you can now reliably drag dock items on to the "packager" dialog, and the icon associated with that item will automatically be added to the package you're creating >Improved autohide ability in general. Also, added ability for autohide to give activation back to the window that had it if an autohidden dock gets activated temporarily and then hides.
>Designed to run smoothly even on older computers
>Many languages supported, unicode compliant
>Ability added for ObjectDock to apply included default images for programs that do not have high-resolution icons already included with them. For example, a default Notepad shortcut on XP would use the included custom high-quality icon, but on Vista where a high-quality icon is available for Notepad, ObjectDock will use the actual Notepad icon.
>Improved system tray, should now work more reliably than ever; Outlook 2007 and Windows Live Messenger should both now work reliably. >improved shortcuts so that the dock longer pauses for a moment when you run something
>improved delete-item animation so that there is no longer a delay when you delete something from the dock

and many more.