Y'z Dock 0.8.3 : Readme_en.txt
                                                            Since: 03-Nov-2002
                                                      Last Change: 04-Jun-2003.
Requirements

    OS: Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
        Please use 16 bits (65536 colors) of screen color depth or higher.

    Caution: This software does not work in Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000.

Copyright/Reproduction

    The author (M.Yamaguchi) owns the full copyright to Y'z Dock.
    I choose to allow the use, reproduction, and distribution of this software 
    in a free manner, but only under the assumption that the contents of this 
    archive are not changed or altered in any way, and it's contents are intact.
    (for any sort of reproduction please notify me first)
    The author assumes no responsibility, or gives any sort of guarantees for
    damages that may occur from using this software.

Downloads of the latest versions / Contact / Discussion

    - Web page [Y'z@Home]
      http://yz.designtechnika.com/

    - E-Mail: General     : yz@designtechnika.com
              Suggestions : yzsuggestions@designtechnika.com
              Bug reports : yzbugs@designtechnika.com

    - Discussion forum
        Design Technika2 : http://www.designtechnika.com/

History

    Ver.0.8.3 : 04-Jun-2003
      [Bug fixes]
        - Fixed the bug of shows the label and positioning of Dock when
          multi-monitor use.

    Ver.0.8.2 : 03-Jun-2003
      [New features]
        - The default icon of each Docklets now display in the 'Add Docklet' dialog.
          To the Docklet developerr:
            Please include an icon resource to your Docklet.
            If there is no icon resource added, the DLL icon from Windows will be
            displayed.
            I do not permit reusing the icons of the Clock, CPUMonitor, and RecycleBin
            which are contained in original Y'z Dock.
        - The option to enable or disable multi-monitor support has been added.

      [Bug fixes]
        - The bug of the folder menu when the "Add sub menu to shortcut of folder"
          is ON has been fixed.
        - Fixed the bug when the dock sometimes raises to the top.
        - The multi-monitor support bug was fixed.
          In case the problem is not corrected in certain cases, please use the
          feature that has been added to disable multi-monitor support.
        - Fixed some minor bugs.

    Ver.0.8.1 : 25-May-2003
      [Bug fix]
        - Fixed the dock flickers on a screen saver when "Always on top" is ON.

    Ver.0.8.0 : 24-May-2003
      [New features]
        - The Slate icons set has been added as the default icons for Y'z Dock
          (created by Marvilla).
        - The item text labels can now be varied with many new options
          (vertical and horizontal gradients, degrees of transparency of the text
           shadow, etc.).
        - Separators can now be easily added, moved or deleted.
          (They are now added through the main menu. Ctrl+drag to move the
           separators. And they are deleted the same way a shortcut icon is deleted,
           by dragging off the dock)
        - The maximum magnification size can now be changed by dragging the
          separator.
          (Please drag with a wheel button on separator)
        - The maximum magnification size has been increased from 160 pixels to 192
          pixels.
        - Multi-monitor support has now been added.
        - New magnification mode has now been added.
        - With folder menus, the option which gives a sub menu a folder
          shortcut like an actual folder has been added.
        - The highlight color of a clicked icon can now be changed.
        - The number of times of the icon's 'bounce' can now be changed.
        - An icon can be chosen for the docklets from their own specific Docklet
          installation folders.
          (Only for Docklet icons)
        - When adding new Clock and RecycleBin Docklets, they will be automatically
          set up with their default icons which can be later changed by the user.
          (Those icons are in the docklets/Clock/icons and the
           docklets/RecycleBin/icons folders)

      [Bug fixes]
        - When it reduces during icon bounce, the flickering near an icon has been
          corrected.
        - It has been fixed so that the dock will remain on top as much as possible
          when "Always on top" is ON.
        - Fixed some minor bugs.

    Ver.0.7.5 beta : 24-Apr-2003
      [New features]
        - Added the option of returning the focus to the last active window when the
          mouse is removed.
        - Added the option of not having a sub menu for removable drive(s).
        - Added the option of choosing the degree of transitional smoothness in the
          magnification process.
        - Added the option to show the number of items and file size to the
          RecycleBin docklet.

      [Bug fixes]
        - Fixed the bug where in some systems the program crashed when the dock
          icons were locked.
        - Fixed the bug where in some systems all icons disappeared after removing
          any icon from the dock.
        - Fixed some minor bugs.

    Ver.0.7.0 beta : 12-Apr-2003

      Important:
        The structure of YzDock.ini and itemlist.ini have been changed. You will
        need to do a fresh installation with this 0.7.0b version of Y'z Dock.

      [New features]
        - Improved CPU and memory usage.
        - The Dock can now be docked to any edge of the user screen area.
        - The settings dialogs have been reorganized.
        - The ability to lock item movement and deletion of items has been
          implemented.
        - Implemented to cancel an item dragged by the ESC key.
        - System icon support.
        - .ico file support. You can now use both .ico files and\or PNG image files
          for your program shortcuts on the dock.
        - The icons folder now supports deep sub-folders.
        - You can now add a text file inside any of the icons folders to include any
          extra information (artist name, copyright information, etc.) pertaining to
          the icons in each folder. The text file that is placed in the folder will be
          viewable in the 'choose icon' dialog window. You can see this new 'Extra
          Information' feature if you look at the icons\Brights folder through
          Property of Dock Item\Change Icon\Please Choose Icon dialog.
        - A drop shadow can be simulated in a background image. Please see
          backgrounds/default/bg.png and backgrounds/Brushed Metal/bg.png for the
          templates on what the image must look like to achieve a drop shadow type
          effect, and also see the bg.ini file for the specific tiling settings.
        - Dock can be easily assigned to any position of the screen edges in the
          Settings\Position tab dialog. You can also fine tune the position of the
          dock when choosing the Top-Left, Top-Right, Left-Top, Right-Top,
          Left-Bottom, Right-Bottom, Bottom-Left or Bottom-Right settings by using the
          'Margin' slider to further move your dock's position.
        - Folder menus now support 32x32 pixel  icons by using the
          Settings\Menu\Icon size.
        - The ability to show or hide file name extensions within folder menus has
          been implemented.
        - Enabled the ability to hide and\or edit the label for "Show in Explorer"
          for a folder menu.
        - The ability to choose the icon image quality in the
          reduction\magnification process of the dock has been implemented.
        - The ability to choose the icon image quality when moving the mouse
          over the dock Dock has been implemented.
        - The ability to choose the number of iteration movements the benchmark test
          will perform has been implemented.(10 times/100 times/1000 times)
        - A confirm dialog no longer appears when files are dropped into the
          RecycleBin Docklet.

      [Bug fixes]
        - A shortcut dead link error message will no longer appear when there is a
          dead shortcut in a folder menu.
        - Fixed setting of 'Always on top' not to load upon Y'z Dock reboot.
        - Fixed some minor bugs.

    Ver.0.6.0 beta : 10-Feb-2003
      [Functional additions]
        - Application launching by drag and drop file(s) to an icon has been implemented.
        - File deletion by drag and drop file(s) to RecycleBin Docklet has been implemented.
          (Targets of file drops are application icon and RecycleBin Docklet.)
        - The page file used on CPU monitor docklet has been implemented.
        - The folder contents menu has been implemented.
          (It pop-up by long press left button or Ctrl+left button click or mouse
           wheel click. Target is only a folder, My computer and Drive folders. It has
           no action, Control Panel, etc.)
        - Used language change by the language selection dialog has been implemented.

    Ver.0.5.2 beta : 10-Jan-2003
      [Bug fixes]
        - Aagain, The shell context menu item and "Property of Dock item" conflict
          was corrected.
          (It was not corrected completely at 0.5.1 beta.)

      [Others]
        - Expansion and reduction of dock are improved.

    Ver.0.5.1 beta : 08-Jan-2003
      [Bug fixes]
        - The shell context menu item and "Property of Dock item" conflict was corrected.
        - The problem of a Docklet addition was corrected.

    Ver.0.5 beta : 06-Jan-2003
      [Functional additions and others]
        - Multi-separators can now be added. (it can now be done by directly editing
          the itemlist.ini. Please insert '-----')
        - The separator space has been reduced.
        - The Icon list dialog has been implemented.
        - A shortcut's location folder can now be opened by using SHIFT + Left-click.
          (In the case of a folder, the parent folder will open.)
        - The benchmark test can now be started from the Setting dialog.
        - The shell context menu has been implemented.
        - The 'bold' and the 'italic' options for the fonts has been implemented.
        - It responds appropriately to screen resolution changes.
        - Animation (bouncing) has been added for system applications.
        - Performance improved.
        - The processing which raises a dock window to foreground has been improved.
          (Special thanks to Bryan Ashby)
        - Plug-ins are now implemented. They are called 'Docklet'.
        - Use the 'Add Docklet' to add the clock plug-in.
          (Tips:The date format can be added in the Docklet Args1.)
        - Use the 'Add Docklet' to add the recycle-bin plug-in.
        - Use the 'Add Docklet' to add the CPU usage monitor plug-in.

        (Since the specification of Docklet-API and SDK is not fixed,
         it is not in the stage which can release them yet now.)

      [Bug fixes]
        - The problem in a 16-bit color environment has been corrected.
        - The problem with the overlay display when using TV tuner software has been
          corrected.
        - Some minor bugs have been corrected.

    Ver.0.4.2 beta : 02-Dec-2002
      [Bug fixes]
        - The bug to which Y'z Dock may crash is corrected.
        - The ShortPopUp application bug with Y'z Dock was corrected.
          (The work folder was not operating correctly.)
        - When the floppy disk drive is on dock, the "when Y'z Dock was started
          the floppy was trying to be accessed" bug has been fixed.

    Ver.0.4.1 beta : 29-Nov-2002
      [Bug fixes]
        - "Always on top" is Uncheck and "Auto-hide" is Uncheck,
          And if window maximized, dock will not appear by mouse.
          It was corrected.
          (Occasionally, this is the specification of WindowsXP although
           dock may not up to the top of other windows.)
        - Memory leak problem is corrected.
          (Special thanks to Masato Atsumi)
        - Some little bugs were corrected.
      [Others]
        - Timing adjustment of the icon which bounds.
        - It was made for explorer.exe not to regard it as application.
          (An indicator is not attached to explorer.exe. Moreover, it does not bound.)

    Ver.0.4 beta : 26-Nov-2002
      [It is important]
        - It stopped using an images folder from 0.4 beta.
          An indicators folder and a poofs folder are used newly.
      [Functional addition]
        - The multi-frame poof effect.
          (Please see poofs/*.png)
        - Bouncing icon. (application only.)
        - The indicator of running applications.
          (Please see indicators/*.png)
        - Shortcuts on dock to system (my computer, my network, etc...).
          It is not perfect. For example, Internet Explorer cannot be launched.
          You should carry out the item addition of the iexplorer.exe.
        - Fill mode of a background (tile or stretch).
          (FillMode=tile and FillMode=stretch is specified in bg.ini)
      [Bug fix]
        - Two rows for the icons in the icon property dialog box.
      [Other]
        - Performance optimization.

    Ver.0.3.1 beta : 16-Nov-2002
      [Bug fix]
        - The bug of the auto-hide option was fixed.

    Ver.0.3 beta : 16-Nov-2002
      [Functional additions]
        - The ability to add sub-folders to the main icons folder has been added.
          You can now create category specific sub-folders in the main icons folder
          and can place the icons accordingly, each in it's own category.
        - The 'Always on Top' feature has been added.
      [Others]
        - Performance optimization MP3 and DVD skipping issues have been resolved.
        - Further optimization of the dock for better performance.

    Ver.0.2 beta : 11-Nov-2002
      [Functional additions]
        - The option of auto-hiding the dock had been added.
        - The option to position the dock at the top of the screen has been added.
        - The option to change font type,font size,font color and font border color
          has been added.
        - A puff of smoke now appears when an item is deleted from the dock.

    Ver.0.1.1 beta : 04-Nov-2002
      [Bug fix]
        - The setting of Y'z Dock is not saved by the windows shutdown is
          corrected. 

    Ver.0.1 beta : 03-Nov-2002
        - The first release.

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