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Reply to How Stardock failed the skinning community in 2006 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I think to help bring along new skinners, you'll actually need a separate area, a beta area if you want. Where people can start developing a skin, and then get constructive feedback. The comments could be tied to the version of the skin, so each version would 'start fresh'. You could keep an archive of the previous comments and allow the author to make notes on each comment on why or why not they took a suggestion (yes, they can do this with adding

Reply to No Themes for Object Bar 2 in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

I think the main problem is that people just look at OB 2.0 and wonder what actually is new? Object 1.65 bars and skins work just fine. And I think people look at the fact that they can put in DesktopX stuff into object bar and go 'meh'. I haven't found any that I would like embedded in the bar. The only think I would want is something that can read bookmarks in firefox/opera/ie format so you can have it work with your favorite browser. However I don't have the time to look at how to script

Reply to It's all gone quiet again ... in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

I think he means in the ObjectBar realm I first posted the "What's Going On" thread on Dec. 19th 2005, which this current version of Object Bar had already been around for a bit. Brad posted about needing to keep us more informed on March 17th, and since then...nothing. Nothing doesn't mean bad, it could mean that they actually listened to us in our complaints about the object bar editor, a

Reply to ObjectBar lives! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

My post on the object bar forums lately https://forums.stardock.com/?ForumID=190&AID=110470 And taken from my newsgroup posting on 12/24/2004 8) I understand while people are grumbling about removing the advanced editor. It really makes it a pain to jump in and out of bars by double clicking on a popup menu item (I still hate that name), and the hitting that button that appears well away from the list to go back to the parent. Fi

Reply to ObjectBar lives! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I'm not talking about a skin editor, I'm talking about the theme editor, i.e. how you create your bars. And its central to how object bar is useful.

ObjectBar 1.99g[b].003 good, bad, and wishlist in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

The Good ------------- Autohid bars are snappy in poping up, though they can sometimes get stuck behind other apps (like visual studio). Loading large folders in a popup bar seems to have been sped up. In general object bar seems to have shaken it's speed problems (for today at least). No longer crashes when double clicking on the MyDocuments link on a bar You fixed the send to problem on the system menu, woot!

Reply to ObjectBar lives! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Quote : "We're way beyond the "wishlist" stage though. As many reading this probably agree, it's time for 2.0 to be released. So wishlist stuff can go into 2.x. Stability, bugs, etc. are things we're looking to resolve at this stage." This statement worries me somewhat. You don't release something just because it's time (though this thing is really behind), you do it because its ready. Unfortunatly, object bar isn't there yet. The theme

Reply to What's Going on with ObjectBar 2.0? in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

You know, no one has answered my original question.

What's Going on with ObjectBar 2.0? in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

Its been a while since we've heard any updates about this. Anyone want to tell us what's going on? When I saw the message for my ObjectDesktop renewal notice come up, I realized that at this point last year, I renewed it for a new and improved Object Bar 2.0 coming soon..... I don't mind that it takes time, but I would like to see some more progress. Especially if I'm going to throw down some more $$$.

Reply to IconPackager 3.1 released! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Hey, have they fixed the problem Valve's Steam & Half-Life 2 working with icon packager?

Reply to ObjectBar 2 beta updated in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

I can't seem to get the new beta, it tells me I have the latest installed, which was last updated on 10/7/2005

Reply to ObjectBar 1.99e[b].002 folder problem in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

This issue happens very consistently with folders links on a bar only. To clarify, if I have a folder that acts like a meun on a bar, and I navigate and double click on a folder, there is no problem. HOWEVER, If i have a folder that does NOT act like a menu on a sub-bar, after clicking on the folder, the sub-bar hangs around. This does NOT happen with application links. Just folders. And yes, I only got this problem after upgrading, previous beta versions have had no problems.<br/

ObjectBar 1.99e[b].002 folder problem in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

When launching a folder from a sub-bar (with "Show as menu" turned off), the sub-bar will now stick around after the mouse click. I have example screenshots here http://www.faier.net/scott/ShowSelection.gif -> shows the sub-bar http://www.faier.net/scott/BarLeftBehind.gif -> shows the results of selecting a folder from the sub-bar. -Scott MacDonald

Reply to Release of 2.0 in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

I completely agree, though I have been worried about the lack of any new betas published to the public in the last months showing a lack of support for this. I'd rather it take time and be done right, then just shoved out there. The beta out there now is functional, though I agree not satisfactory yet. -Scott

More feedback on 1.99d[b].002 in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

I recently had cause to create a new popup bar that came up from my side bar, and I was concerned about what a pain in the ass it was. I first just did a new bar (i.e. the old way) and when the bar was on the screen I dragged the file links I was interested in to it. But when I then added a new popup-item, there was no option to link to that newly created bar! OK, so I deleted that bar, and started working with the new popup-

Progress on next test release? in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

Its been a while since the last beta release of object bar, and I was curious on the progress. My birthday is in a couple days, it would be a great gift to have a new beta out by then -Scott MacDonald

Reply to Object Bar system tray not working in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

You probably don't have trayserver.exe running, do a search for it on your machine and launch it, then restart object bar. Everything should be fine then. Otherwise, search these forums for the last time someone posted a link to it (for some reason it isn't included in the install). You can also upgrade to the latest 1.99 beta. They system tray works fine there. -Scott MacDonald

Reply to problems with latest OB in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

The sizing settings no longer apply to the new object bar, sizing is pretty much handled for you. Stardock is right and wrong on this. The old way of doing pixel values was not very scaleable to different resolutions. Also by doing it all automatically and having that 'extra space' value there to push things to the side/bottom will cover a lot of the happy path object bars, and make it easier for people to set them up. However, it does put l

Reply to System Tray of Object bar not working in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

Trayserver does have that problem from time to time, what I've found mostly works, is after boot-up, quit object bar and relaunch it. On a wierd note, once you get everything, you won't have to do that again for a long while, at least, I didn't. The easiest way to fix this is to move to the next beta, some people have problems with the editor interface, but it is pretty stable now, and the system tray seems to work fine.

Reply to 1.99d[b].002 Feedback in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

You have to add a multi-function item to your bar, and then under its properties select an object bar command. Advanced Theme Editor should be in there.

Reply to New ObjectBar Skins in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

Mostly because the upgrade isn't finished yet. I am planning on updating my Developer bar, but I'm waiting to see what else gets put in there. I'm also looking at doing a plugin, so you can have your firefox bookmarks showup in a popup. Actually the current version of Developer would work with the tronnix theme, simply change the skin of the bar to use the windowblinds skin instead of what is packaged <img src="http://images.stardock.com/J

1.99d[b].002 Feedback in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

Again, this is based on my Developer theme on wincustomize. The good: 1)The working directory problem seems to be fixed. Though the first time I ran my test it used c:\winnt\system32 for some reason. Every other time after that its been working flawlessly though, so who cares 2) Resizing the bar (i.e. changing the width on a left docked bar) w

Reply to newest OB still does not let you add icons for submenus in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

Yes it does, http://webpages.charter.net/samus42/Desktop-IconsSubmenus.jpg On any item, go to properties, on the General tab is a change image button. Unless I'm misunderstanding what your concern is. -Scott

Reply to Version 1.99b[b] Feedback in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

As for #6, I didn't mean Close as in closing the bar, I meant closing the properties dialog by hitting the X or OK button. And for #21, once the folder is loaded, it stays loaded, so I think it's icons as well -Scott

Reply to Roadmap for ObjectBar 2.0? in ObjectBar Stardock Forums

This seems to be the new place for feedback, I'd start a new thread like my Version 1.99b[b] feedback thread and post your comments there.