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Objeckdock is dead so sad

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Whoever works for SD that post a picture of OD 2.0 promise a beta by end of the year. I am now convince the picture was fake or SD lied. All windows docks pretty much are dead Nexus, Rocketdock etc. and now Objeckdock.

 

Stardock claims Objectdock is the most popular dock and software they have. Still this doesn't make them want to show it any love, It really sad.

 

Stardock focus now is selling other software makers games and they just don't care for OD any more. We the die hard fan needs to face that and move on I think we will all feel better when we put Objectdock to rest.

 

If I am wrong and a couple years we see the vaperware OD 2 (The Duke Nukem of apps) then great.

 

 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I did NOT expect/presume/demand that it followed my changes of OS. They were MY choice, NOT Stardock's.

Unfortunately there are several people [a few] who presume 'development' must mean "a proggy will follow your choice of OS's ...no matter what they are or when they happen".
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I think another point that's too often missed is that Stardock is not Microsoft, Adobe, Corel, etc.... that it is a small company with a smaller than Microsoft staff base.

Sure, I'd like OD's tray tools to run in Win 7 x64... Rightclick, also, but I realise that Stardock doesn't have the developer resources of much larger software companies and, therefore, it can not jump to my wants, needs and desires... just because I changed to an OS for which the apps were not written.

I am confident, however, that Stardock is working on ObjectDock and Rightclick, that these will be released for Win 7 x64 (and updated for alll current Windows OSes) as soon as is humanly possible.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Gary, reply 24
Everyone has good points-- yes that can happen.  Being Stardock has several apologists all over the forums I'll chime in on the complaint side.  Been buying thier stuff since 2003 and love it.  Have OD and loved it until Windows 7 64 bit and now can't use it nor much of anything else SD has in desktop software.  Obviously, my opinion only but the desktop programs have become what seems like an orphan child to Stardock.  I subscribe to their various newsletters via email and am bombarded by games right and left.  It is no doubt a big part of their business now and can't be given a backseat to desktop apps, but SD was just plain caught with their pants down on Win 7 and 64 bit in particular when it comes to ddesktop applications.  Object Dock not working, Deskscapes 3 releasd and not working on 64 bit.  I owned a subscription to Object Desktop and let it expire recently because there is just too much wrong.  Now with the win 7 64 bit problems even my standalone stuff isn't working.  Impulse is not updating to let you know what is and isn't ready and on and on.
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Deskscapes has supported 64 bit OSes since it was first released and Deskscapes 3 was no different and it includes Win 7 bit support.

Why do you believe it does not work on 64 bit?

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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

And ObjectDock Plus works fine for me on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.  Where is all this coming from?

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And ObjectDock Plus works fine for me on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Where is all this coming from?
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The whine cellar! ;P

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

OD and deskscapes both run well on my vista 64..

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

SD have to wark

 

i tested nexus and this was much greater than OD !!

 

64bits are greatly supported and transisition are much smoother

 

many more options for a better price

 

Bye bye OD :banhammer:

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

DiabloV, I use both... no reason (especially now that OD2Beta is expected) to say buhbye...unless you say a hello too!  :)

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Kyanar, reply 28
And ObjectDock Plus works fine for me on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.  Where is all this coming from?
End of Kyanar's quote

There are hundreds of posts describing the issues. Just because things seem all fine to you doesn't mean the software is without problems. If it works for you, then good for you. Posting comments like this doesn't help anyone, it serves only to anger people who (rightly or wrongly) feel they have unacceptable issues.

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I am confident, however, that Stardock is working on ObjectDock and Rightclick, that these will be released for Win 7 x64
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Not RightClick.  Brad said that RC is basically dead.  Although he said something similar is being worked on as a replacement...

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use Nexus and the current version of OD in my Windows 7 74 bit without any major problems.

Reply #36 from Stardock Forums Top

Take a look here....

LINK 

OD+ is coming.

That was almost a year ago, it's February 2010 now got any updates more recent and relevant to THIS year?

Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting ZoneMaster60, reply 36

Take a look here....

LINK 

OD+ is coming.

That was almost a year ago, it's February 2010 now got any updates more recent and relevant to THIS year?
End of ZoneMaster60's quote

 

https://forums.wincustomize.com/376152

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i have a feeling there will be fences pro and object dock 2 integration

 

there i said it

Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting MichaelG04, reply 38
i have a feeling there will be fences pro and object dock 2 integration

 

there i said it
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A fence is really nothing other than a multiline dock. This is why I feel fences should have been added as a new feature in objectdock rather than being a separate app.

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

A fence is really nothing other than a multiline dock. This is why I feel fences should have been added as a new feature in objectdock rather than being a separate app.
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Oh I hope the hell that doesn't happen! It will really be dead then...for me at least.

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh I hope the hell that doesn't happen! It will really be dead then...for me at least.
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me to  I have tred Fence and did not like it

Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 40

A fence is really nothing other than a multiline dock. This is why I feel fences should have been added as a new feature in objectdock rather than being a separate app.
Oh I hope the hell that doesn't happen! It will really be dead then...for me at least.
End of WebGizmos's quote

why?  it would be awesome to click a stack for the different icon groups from fences so u don't have to minimize stuff to get at it.

Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 40

Oh I hope the hell that doesn't happen! It will really be dead then...for me at least.
End of WebGizmos's quote

Quoting DisturbedComputer, reply 41

me to  I have tred Fence and did not like it
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So you're saying that an app is useless if it has features you're not interested in? It'd be interesting to know what range of extremely specialized applications you have installed on your computer if that's the case. It's like saying illustrator is dead because they added an autotrace feature you'll never use.

Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top

why?
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Because when you start merging one program with another you end up with more bugs. I didn't care for fences to much since it causes problems with others apps and OD doesn't have that problem. I'd much prefer they didn't do it for that reason.

Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 44

Because when you start merging one program with another you end up with more bugs. I didn't care for fences to much since it causes problems with others apps and OD doesn't have that problem. I'd much prefer they didn't do it for that reason.
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I don't see how that's any different from any other feature being added... There's always a risk of something going wrong. And like the current "stable" Objectdock, you can always just stay clear of the troublesome areas, and just use whatever features of the software that works for you.

I think Objectdock would have benefited from having a new "killer feature" like fences. There's a need for something like that to make it stand out among all the different docks available.

Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ObjectDock and Fences really are meant to do different things.  I use both. 

Could the features of Fences been incorporated in with ObjectDock, hard to say, probably need to ask the developers/programers that question.

In my opinion they are both good programs, not really sure if that would hold true if their features were combined. :sun:

Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Philly0381, reply 46
ObjectDock and Fences really are meant to do different things.  I use both. 
 
End of Philly0381's quote

 

I also use both. I don't agree with you in that they do different things though. The difference is in presentation, not function.

They'll not merge the two now anyway, it's too late for that, doesn't really matter if it would make sense or not. :)

Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i can't find the info now, but this was stated by stardock in the past that there would be some conectivity between the two.  maybe when the first ads were put up for fences a long time ago, but i do remember seeing it from stardock