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ObjectDock Plus arrives on Friday!

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ObjectDock Plus arrives on Friday!

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ObjectDock is a freeware program that gives users the ability to easily manage their tasks and programs in a very slick way. It also supports plugins in the form of "docklets".

But...

Stardock has also been working on ObjectDock PLUS! The plus version features a ton of new features based off of our own use of ObjectDock and feedback from the thousands of ObjectDock users out there. Things that make ObjectDock Plus a very powerful yet simple program for turbo-charging your Windows desktop. 

Check out this preview to get an idea of what's coming.  ObjectDock Plus should be available in BETA form quite soon.  It will cost $19.95 for new users or $14.95 for current Object Desktop users.

 

ObjectDock Plus supports multiple docks on the desktop of different styles (tabbed and untabbed)

Tabbed docks can have the system tray in them. Hold down the left mouse button on a system tray item and you can change its image.

Taskbar items can be grouped together like the default Windows taskbar.

Docks can be moved to the edge and then docked where only the tabs show until the mouse goes over them. The size of tabs and docks are controlled from the easy to use configuration dialog.

Example of having multiple tabbed docks with just the tabs showing. 

Docks can be set up so that they're always on top (such as where the tabs show up on top of windows) or behave like normal windows that show up on top when you move your mouse to a specific position.

The tabs and dock backgrounds are skinnable. Use the ones in there or download more made by others. Change the color to any color you choose.

Organize your work as you like.

ObjectDock Plus supports Stardock fly-out menus (you have to see it in action to appreciate how cool this is). A great way to zip through graphic files drives, etc.

 

Manage your various docks through the ObjectDock Plus system tray item. Very straight forward to create and modify

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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think this argument over the cost of ODNT and the cost of ObjectDock is just silly. $50.00 for software of ANY kind these days is a really good deal (don't agree? look at how much anti-virus programs cost now - pretty close to $50.00, not really very functional either - it just does one thing). Personally I think the individual prices for the software is more than resonable. I'm talking 20 bucks for WB, 15 buck for IP, etc... the fact that you can get all of ODNT for just 50 bucks is astounding. What's more... you get FREE UPDATES! Can't say that about Norton can you?

Next - Stardock has been very clear from the beginning. ObjectDock is a free program that we are not going to continue to support, but here it is, it's pretty cool. NOW they have gone ahead and released a major update that fixed MOST of the bugs and that program is still free. But IN ADDITION, they decided to give back to the HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of Object Dock users by putting a LOT of EFFORT into developing the software into something that looks REMARKABLY IMPROVED. I for one am very willing and EAGER to PAY MORE MONEY to Stardock for a program that I LOVE and have had for free all this time. The best part is, even if you don't want to pay for it, you can still get the MORE STABLE UPDATED VERSION for FREE!

Way to go Brad et al! Thank you for keeping up the work on Object Dock. Though it may not be essential, it is certainly my favorite piece of wincustomize software.

ScottyK
Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wow, looks amazing! And people, please.... Object Desktop costs 50$ the first year and then 35$/year to renew.  And you get WindowBlinds, DesktopX, IconPackager, SkinStudio, WindowFX and a good dozen other very usefull programs.  For 35 DOLLARS after the first year???  Come on now. It's a joke!  Where else can you get so much for so little.  And it's not enough?  People want to have still more stuff in there?  Now come on, who's being greedy?  Besides, how much was Object Desktop last year?  And the year before? And the year before that?  When was the last time Object Desktop increased in price?  Come on, let's get real!  Man!  Next time I buy a product with a 2 for the price of 1 promo on it, I'm gonna complain that I want 10 for the price of 1! Cause really, they are so greedy to only offer 2 for 1!
Oh! And I forgot to mention that Object Dock Plus seems so different from Object Dock that I don't understand why Stardock used the same name for it.  They should have called it Dock Launchpad or something like that...
Object Desktop - Get all of our enhancement utilities in one suite
Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top
whine, whine, whine . . . it's a shame that people can't just keep their mouths shut if they have complaints. If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all. If you don't want to spend the money, trying to voice your opinion about the measly $15 (or even $20) that it costs for the program isn't going to change anything. Brad, and the gang at Stardock, have to make a living. Do I like spending money to sup up my computer. Not necessarily. But I will gladly spend it if it's important enough to me. If it isn't, I won't buy it. We all have a choice. Let's just make it and keep quiet about it.

IMO, I'm excited about this and say "Hat's off" to your continued creativity, not just for great products, but for great performance and user-friendly applications.

Blessings.
Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top
curious if this will have a trial... i was looking at nextStart, but this looks like it could easily be a shell/browsing enhancement, with those fly out menus. i'd like to check it out
Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This Object Dock Pluslooks very good!

This will replace TLP on my PC soon.

My credit-card is waiting for the purchase today

I agree with paxx.
People, all the things that you get on Object Desktop for $50 first year and $ 35 for each renewing year is just a bargain.

I think the price for OD+ is worth it. Many companies charge much more money for products that can do a lot less.

Reply #58 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Rather than reposting, I'll just link to it: http://draginol.joeuser.com/articleComments.asp?AID=20541

Hopefully, that can be my last post on this issue for awhile. To those who mentioned "Now that there is a plus version, suddenly it should be part of it (ObjectDesktop)?" You're correct, however, ObjectDock wasn't purchasable until now either. I was content when all that was available was the freeware version because it was readily available to everyone. Now a decission has been made to distribute a high-end version and charge for it, but not include ODNT members as the beneficiary of the enhanced version. I keep mentioning ODNT because it is marketed specifically as the flagship utility from Stardock that encompasses "Object" & "Desktop" enhancement tools. What marketing sense does it make to provide a tool titled "Object"Whatever outside of the "ObjectDesktop" compilation? That's a rhetorical question, we've already established the answer above.
Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't work for free and I suspect that most of you don't work for free either. (some probably don't work at all...)

Code development, especially good code development, takes time and money. Why are you expecting something for free? Stardock has never promised or even implied that ObjectDock would be part of ObjectDesktop. That being said, Brad has made a nice gesture of giving ObjectDesktop subscribers a discount and seems interested in considering other types of product bundling/subscriptions that would be a win/win for Stardock and their customers. With constant updates, as Stardock has done with their other products, $20 or $15 for ObjectDock+ is a bargain. If you don't think so, don't buy it...

Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I agree with Attila's comments. I have ODNT and would like to see OD+ as part of it, however if there is a trial version of it and I find it good to use I'll probably pay this small amount for it. On the other side I use Tab Launchpad on ODNT and it does a great job, it just doesn't look as flashy as OD+ in tabbed view.
Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I thoroughly understand and respect development and supporting developers of the products/services I use, which is why I own a copy of ObjectDesktop, I donate to nearly every website I'm a member of, and I donate blood, heh. OD was always marketed as a purchasable product or rather, set of products. I also understand the differences between shareware and freeware. Perhaps an article needs to be penned outlining developer ethics and distinguishing between freeware and shareware and distributed to these developers. You can't deny the practice of Stardock and other, similar companies enticing its users with supposed freeware and then going the shareware route under the same product name. If you're comfortable with that practice, more power to you, if you're apathetic, so be it, but it makes me feel some type of way, obviously
Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm sorry... but do u all REALLY think this looks "cool"?? TABS!!?? The whole point of the dock is to emulate the simplicity and functionality of the Apple dock bar... not to look like some rainbow colored rolodex! I think the whole idea of tabs is just insane, it looks like a kids desktop applications. Now, if it had integrated menus, like the KKMenu app, that would be cool. And flying folders? I can only imagine the resource hoggin now. They take the perfectly fine free version, add some silly bells and whistles and charge u 20 bucks for it. Incredible. and I'm also a paying ODNT member... having to pay for this is crazy. I abandoned ObjectDock a while ago... it diverted too much from what its supposed to be. YzDock and AquaDock are better, faster and smoother. These are my 2 cents on the issue. Everybody's entitled to his/her own opinion, so relax, cuz its America damnit!
Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Agree with WizKidPR! You're absolutely right, man!
Simplicity and functionality is the first and only reason that made me to setup ObjectDock on my PC...

BTW Dragthing is too complicated... tabs are suxx...
Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'd buy that for a dollar (or 15)

I can quite easily go into a shop and walk out with 15 quids worth of magazines, only to have read them cover to cover inside 2 days (quid=£pounds so thats like 25-30 USD )

I've not been using a dock for a long while, but the extras that come with OD+ look good enough to me, so I'll probably buy as soon as Brad presses the big red button to turn on the purchase link.
Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Look, if you don't like ObjectDock, then don't use it.

If you do like ObjectDock, but only need basic functionality - use the free version

If you love ObjectDock and think the extra features are worth the (rediculously low) cost then buy the plus version.

Could it be any more simple?
Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can't believe so much people feel to be forced to buy the plus version... Martin said it all. Regarding CursorXP : The free version just is fine, I only bought it to support a fine company and website, as I didn't need the Plus features at all (They are even still switched off in my config). But I feel the new features in OD+ are quite helpful for everydays work, so I will purchase that, too. And sorry, I can't take any people complaining about Object Desktop being expensive serious.
Reply #70 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The free version of ObjectDock was never part of ODNT, so why should the plus version suddenly 'have' to be?I notice no one complained when they were getting it for free.
Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Interesting. If it was half that price for existing ODNT users I'd pony up the cash, but the extra functionality gained by the plus version of ODock isn't worth the money for me at least.
Now if Stardock started charging for basic ODock I'd have no choice but to pay, since I couldn't live without that now.
Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think it should be part of ODNT too. If the curent price of ODNT doesn't cover it, up the price a little and add CursorXP to the pot.
Reply #73 from WinCustomize Forums Top
c242: that's precisely the point. I don't feel forced to buy the Plus version at all, just like I never saw any reason to buy CXP+. But, on the other hand, an ODNT+ including OD and CXP and anything to come would feel much more interesting.

I'm definitely not taking out my credit card just for dock tabs (no matter how handy it can be to have tabs on all my desktop's side, like that OS9 feature I forget the name of). No matter how good OD+ is, many people won't be willing to fork out $15 just for tabs (and multiple docks, but you can alrady have multiple dock by using other docks at the same time).
Reply #74 from WinCustomize Forums Top
c242: well since you feel so supportive for stardock, meybe you could buy a couple of us a copy of OD+ that way you can support stardock even more. Frankly I thought this release would be available to ODNT for the Beta at least for free, and maybe charge us a $5.00 upity charge for it. I think people shoule read Attila's posts more and really see his point, at this moment, Stardock fills the ODNT with a bunch of cool stuff, but it also has a lot of underdated useless junk like Control Center, BandVWM, Spring Folders... I would rather pay 10 bucks more collectively and get everything else into ODNT. I do confess that while I am a subscriber of ODNT, I do have Cursor XP+, cracked in my pc. Why? because I find it ridiculous to pay 115bucks for something I use sometimes... though I would buy it in odnt if they included it sometime.

About the ODNT $99 bucks deal, I just think, that Stardock should get permission from Microsoft, and sell a customized license of XP with all this mumbojumbo installed into the OS and configured so that form the install of the OS you get all the gui and stuff already installed in your PC. I think that that would be more eye attracking to anyone than anything else at this point.
Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I subscribe to ODNT , and all I run is WindowBlinds and IconPackager. DesktopX is great, if I could use my show desktop button without it mimizing DX too. I too wish OD+ was part of ODNT, but I suppose they have to make their money somehow. I did buy CursorXP+ but don't use the extra features.

I don't use but pay for:

Treeview, object sweeper, tab launch pad, spring folders, tweak shell, object edit, bandVWM, control centre, object zip, object dock, drive scan, object media, component tray, keyboard launchpad, skinstudio professional, icon developer, winFX or theme manager.


If I agree to never use any of those, can I get OD+ for free?
Or maybe you could make an ODNT Lite, with WindowBlinds, IconPackager, and OD+ ?