Object Desktop 2007 nears

A big year for skinning is about to begin...

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Stardock is starting to put the final touches onto Object Desktop 2007.  Object Desktop is the company's flag-ship product and it is content for Object Desktop that make up most of the top galleries here on WinCustomize.com.  Object Desktop 2007 is essentially a CD snapshot of where Object Desktop is today. 

Object Desktop is a suite of utilities that enhance the Windows experience. Popular programs of Object Desktop include WindowBlinds, DesktopX, IconPackager, WindowFX, and more.  The entire package is only $49.95 and it includes a full year of free updates (and users can continue to get additional updates after that year at a discounted rate).

Object Desktop 2007 is scheduled to come out later this month. The timing is specifically such that users of Windows XP will be able to take XP to its true zenith but also be amongst the first to be able to enhance Windows Vista when it arrives early next year.

A lot of Stardock's development has centered around preparing for the release of Object Desktop 2007.  New enhancements to Keyboard LaunchPad, DesktopX, WindowBlinds, IconPackager, Theme Manager, and more have all be either already done in recent weeks or are in the works for the launch.

One of the new pieces is the Object Desktop Manager which allows users to treat Object Desktop as a single, integrated product.  The manager organizes Object Desktop into its three primary functions: Personalizing Windows, Creating new things for Windows, and extending Windows.  Object Desktop allows users not only to transform how Windows looks, feels, and functions, it also provides the tools necessary for users to create their own enhancements.  In addition, Object Desktop includes utilities that seamlessly extend the functionality of Windows such as the Enhanced File Dialog, RightClick, Virtual Desktops, and much more.

You can learn more about Object Desktop at www.objectdesktop.com.  The next year will be amongst the most exciting times for PC enthusiasts and Object Desktop 2007 is poised to help users make the most of it.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can't wait to see how everything will come together.  
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well I have to ask an asinine question...will current OD subdcribers be able to update to OD 2007, or will we need to re-purchase this version?
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good Question KiloKrash, and will the new Desktop 2007, support vista beta 2 Build 5384, which right now does not allow me to use WB, IconPackager, or many of the Stardock products I've purchased
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
will current OD subdcribers be able to update to OD 2007


If you have an active subscription you'll get all of OD2k7.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Users of Object Desktop regardless of when they purchased, get all updates for 1 year after their initial purchase.

Users who purchase Object Desktop 2007 will get WindowBlinds and such that will work on the released version of Windows Vista since they will get updates that will come out when Windows Vista presumably ships.

But WindowBlinds 5.01 will not work on Windows Vista, it will be an updated version of WindowBlinds by then.  We have WindowBlinds working on Windows Vista internally.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
wow . . . I can't wait for this !! Is there a date set, yet ? ? I do hope, to echo
Citizen nctarheel's comment about the Vista Compatability issues,that this will be addressed . .

Oh... Btw . . Brad - you need to edit the title of the thread,mate .."OBJECT DEKSTOP ?" (Probably easily done in
all the excitement.. hehehe)

Mike
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I’m running the Vista Beta 2 on 1 of my PC’s…..looking at some of the new features and reading about the ones that will be included with the final release…..I’m not sure that I will need to run OD with the new Windows. Can you tell us a little more about how the 07 OD will benefit those of us that upgrade to one of the Vistas’….FMI.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh... Btw . . Brad - you need to edit the title of the thread,mate .."OBJECT DEKSTOP ?"

Done.... Spell checker

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
(looking for the drool smiley.....where is it?)
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I feel sorry for the folks that won't spend the $50. The Stardock folks are super people and all the others who create skins etc. are super. Thank you all.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks fantastic and I can't wait to experience it.
I do however, have a question that may upset you though...

I notice that it states
Get more stuff at Wincustomize.com
.
Wouldn't it be nice if WC was at least a stable well funtioning site by then. It's still tempermental at best, mostly on the weekends though.


Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have never ever known any software company that keeps it's customers so well informed as you guys.You really have taken customer care and made it a top priority.All I can say is "Thanks guys"It really is appreciated,and I can't wait for the new version of OD.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

We have WindowBlinds working on Windows Vista internally.

Frogboy: What does this mean?

It means that 'private' builds of Windowblinds are working with Vista....however since Vista is only [currently] available as a Beta the [therefore equally] beta of Windowblinds is not for public consumption....I'd imagine not until Vista itself has gone Gold...

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great job.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When it does come im going to order a snapshot cd, now will it come with all the updated programs with it? Because i was going to order a snapshoot cd now but everything is in beta, and you woundnt get the betas. So will everything be a release and not a beta when OD2007 is released? Any idea on a date? Looks sweet! Stardock should release a beta so people can see how it works.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think OD2007 is for folks that don't have a subscription to ODNT and just want the apps (and some of the best skins). Subscribers have access to everything already.

I imagine that it might lead to subscriptions later (and beta access).
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A couple of questions: Since I have been running stand-alone versions of WB, IP, and ObjectDock Plus lately, I am not up to date on Object Desktop. 1 - If I were to subscribe to Object Desktop tomorrow, would I have access to WB 4.6 via Stardock Central? 2 - Will Object Desktop 2007 include access to WB 4.6? I ask this because I have somehow misplaced my archive CD from my former subscription years to ObjectDesktop 2004. Any information would be great.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I know I could just create my own CD but for conversation purposes. Is there a discount for people that already have relatively new subscriptions?

Suppose something I made was included on the CD. I wouldn't mind having a copy for old times sake. I think it would be pretty cool if something I made happened to make it on a cd. If Stardock can make some money off it, good for them and all that is skinning. Getting it at a discount is cooler.   

Obviously it poses a problem that someone could buy at a discount and resell.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm at the edge of my seat... literally, this chair is so small, I need to get a new one
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey Jafo - I am not trying to sound too dumb (I'm not a skinner or developer, just subscribe for all the skins, icons, docks, and the like) but if I understand right, my WB, IP, and most of my stardock app's will still not work right (even with desktop 2007) on a vista beta 2, and not till the final release of vista in Jan 07?!?
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK….Seems to me, that what is being said or not being said………If someone has a current subscription to OD, when OD 07 is released, then you will be able to update to OD 07. But in order to receive updates that will allow OD 07 to work with Vista, you will need to have a current subscription when those updates are made available. And that most likely would be sometime after Vista is release to the public. So, could someone from Stardock/Wincustomize tell us, in a language everyone here can understand, how it will work???
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok. I just reuped my subscription for OD in june, so am I gonna get a new CD with all the new stuff, or what exactly is the deal with this. I saw something the other day about OD 07, but I thought it was a joke. I've had OD for about 4 years now, and don't want to miss out on something.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Not meaning to post twice, but, I don't intend on getting Vista. I'm happy with XP, and also getting kinda fed up with computers,(you have to upgrade every 5 minutes nowadays).
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think you have to buy the cd. Its like $5 then $5 shipping i think. But if Stardock buts you stuff with the new release, you should get a free cd with updates.