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Description

Domino tries to emulate the Windows 8 Start Screen you can see all over the internet nowadays.
This is a project started by me and now became Dejco's as much as mine with all his contribution.

Changelog:
version numbering has been also changed, most recent is RC2!
v0.5.4.0 (RC2):
- new tile framework
- moving the tiles with mouse
- new tiles config file (xml)
- hooking start button of Windows (optional)
- upon application crash, you're able to start Domino in Safe Mode (this will erease all your settings!)
- when "going to settings dialog and not changing the background colors, it set it back to white" bug fixed
- new animation when loading fullscreen tile or going back to tiles view
- improvements in the code
- fixed add/remove tiles function on settings dialog (with the new tiles framework it was not working)
- added threading (faster loading) to several tiles
- new Gmail tile with fullscreen ui (settings & mail preview of the last few mails)
- new pictures tile (no fullscreen ui yet but improved code with threading so much faster)
- less memory & cpu usage
- error reports are now saved to Domino\Logs\Error\ folder
(release is not available via update at the moment, please download it from here - please make sure to delete previous version of Domino!)

1.1.0.0
- code clean-up and optimization
- bug fixes
10/08/11:
- show desktop under tiles option - side bar issue has been fixed
29/08/11:
- with new animations you can get more from the real feeling of windows 8 start menu (u012 update) - thanks a lot to Dejco for the contribution again!

1.0.2.1 (via updater, please see below, latest version BETA 2):
- updater version changed to 1.2
- application now able to update tiles and the updater itself
- while updating, you'll see the update number (uXXX) and a short description of the update
- added Update histroy
- updates are coming from JoeJoe.org server now, thanks a lot to JoeJoe
- updater is now able to install multiple updates (please download it from below link)
- about tile has been added as well
- due to changed updater, the update script has been changed
3/07/11:
- ability to add background image as wallpaper instead of fixed colors (improved way of using this feature)
- date and time is now showen according to your current cultural settings in Windows (thanks dejco for the tip!)
- ability to disable automatic updates
4/07/11:
- new feature: multiple pages for tiles with page indicator
7/07/11: BETA 2
- improved tile page load speed
- updated updater (v.1.3)
- bug fixes
17/07/11: RC1
- window sits on desktop (on activation, it might come to front, i'm trying to fix this issue)
- animations
- gmail tiles loads gmail or e-mail client on click
- FB tile loads FB
- net "hungry" apps should not "stop working" if no internet connection alive
- bug fixes

1.0.2.0:

- .net framework version check on startup added (silent, only visible if you don't have the required .net framework version)
- Error reporting added
- Auto-updater added
- Main window's background colors can be changed through settings
- sidebar and clock disappear animation is speeded up (almost not visible)
- application icon added (supports vista/win7 icon scaling)
- bug fixes
- CurrentWeather tile has been removed
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adni18's avatar
I wanted to try it but crashes for me too, I got this error: (Windows 7 - 64 bit):

Domino by ~dotnext



An unhandled exception occurred: Collection index must be in the range 1 to the size of the collection.

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Collection.IndexCheck(Int32 Index)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Collection.get_Item(Int32 Index)
at Winamp.Tile.Tile_Loaded(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(Object target, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(Object source, RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean reRaised)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(DependencyObject sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(RoutedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.BroadcastEventHelper.BroadcastEvent(DependencyObject root, RoutedEvent routedEvent)
at System.Windows.BroadcastEventHelper.BroadcastLoadedEvent(Object root)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)