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cavalierex

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Reply to DX Tutorial what do you want to see? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

1. Start small: A "Hello World" widget... Basically, just a widget that says (in text and/or graphics, "Hello World"). 2. Next, a widget with a little interactivity: Two or three buttons that you can click to make a message window appear. 3. How to incorporate coding/scripting into the widget, so it can do more complex things. 4. How to store settings, such as configuration settings and user input. 5. How to retrieve info from your computer (system settings, r

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Installing Wacom tablet makes Vista think you have a Tablet PC in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Hey there, everyone. So, after installing the new Wacom drivers for my Intuos 3 tablet -- which I only use for graphics design purposes -- Vista Ultimate now thinks my laptop is a Tablet PC. It has installed/enabled all these features, such as a floating toolbar for handwritten text entry and a logon-screen onscreen soft keyboard. I managed to turn off the floating toolbar so it doesn't appear anymore, but I can't figure out how to disable the onscreen keyboard at logon. (I o

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Reply to Stardock's Windows Vista Road-Map in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

@Zubaz, Sort of like OD Launchpad -- but the difference is, instead of just having a launchpad that opens the different programs, the OD Control Panel would basically give you all of the available options in one location (kind of like the Display Properties window gives you access to many different things; or like TweakUI does). Basically, if you can bring everything to one central location, then new users won't be left wondering "where was that option?" or "what program do I u

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Reply to Stardock's Windows Vista Road-Map in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

All of this is absolutely TREMENDOUS!! Congrats on all the success so far, and keep up the great work! One comment, though: Any way to integrate all the different programs into one mega control panel? Many of us have "grown" alongside ObjectDesktop for years, now, so we're used to all the different names for each program you've released... but I fear that, as more and more Vista users are introduced to OD and other Stardock products, they are bound to get caught up in the names and forg

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Reply to Which console do you guys prefer? Xbox360 or Wii? in Open Talk Stardock Forums

@Yarlen, thanks for the great reply, especially your points about Zephyr. Regarding RPGs, in most cases that I've encountered, they seem to be better on the PC than on a console. But what do you think about LotR: Battle for Middle Earth II on the Xbox360? (Although that might be considered more of a strategy game than RPG.) Thanks.

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Reply to The Master Skins! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I never understood why people get angry about this sort of thing -- It's as if they have some sense of 'entitlement' to skins. But no one has a 'right' to have all the new things. That's the same mentality of people who pirate software. If a skinner is having fun and just wants to share his work (for free), then that's his prerogative. When producing those high-quality, professional skins becomes laborious, time consuming, and the skinner has to sacrifice other activities to finish a pr

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Which console do you guys prefer? Xbox360 or Wii? in Open Talk Stardock Forums

I'm 30yo, and it's been awhile since I played video games. Growing up, I liked arcade games the best, but gradually learned to like strategy games like Civilization. The Real World made time scarce, and I haven't played games in a long time. But strangely, I have an increasing craving for them recently. I'm kindof drawn to both the Xbox 360 and the Wii, for different reasons; I like the games available for the Xbox, and I like its compatibility with Windows Media Center in Vist

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Reply to Next version of XBox360 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The larger hard disk is nice, since it would increase DVR capacity. Also, I'm not sure if the HD-DVD will be integrated (or still a separate module, as at present). How much of a difference is the promised 1080p versus the present 1080i? Is it even noticeable? Thanks!

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Next version of XBox360 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hey there, everyone. I'm considering buying an XBox360... Mainly, I like the concept of integration with Windows Vista Media Center, so I can use it to serve my digital media, as well as use it as a television DVR and HD-DVD player. Of course, it has the added advantage of being able to play video games (which I've been craving recently, after many years of having given them up However, I heard rum

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Reply to Cisco to Apple: iSue in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The suit over the name will be resolved in no time. Either Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Incorporated will purchase the rights to the name 'iPhone,' or they'll just call it the 'Apple Phone,' like they re-dubbed the formerly-known-as-'iTV' as the 'AppleTV.' I was quite impressed with Apple's iPhone. Granted, not everything in it is totally new (although they would have you to believe it that way). My T-Mobile MDA running Windows Mobile 5 has a LOT of the same PDA and phone features,

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Reply to Touring Windows Vista - Part 2: UI Changes & Additions in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

@Zoomba: Macs have a much more refined overall look and feel (beyond what you can get through basic UI skinning). But when will Windows become more refined and elegant? It doesn't seem to be here with Vista. Will it finally happen with Fiji (Vista R2) in 2008, or do we have to wait for Vienna aro

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

One more thought re: the skinner sub-site: Allow for collaboration between artists and the technical gurus. I'm sure there are many artists (like myself) who would love to participate in the creation of skins, themes, icons, suites, widgets, etc., but who lack the technical expertise (or time to figure it out) in order to make the skin. Likewise, as Brad already pointed out, there are many programmers who lack the artistic talent to make their ideas come alive. If you make the

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

Forums: This is the biggest problem, in my opinion. #1 , the forums need to be simplified and streamlined. There are just too many forums! #2 , integrate the usenet newsgroups with the web forums. A lot of the same questions get asked in both places... I, for one, usually post to both places because I'm not sure if the same people who are using usenet also visit the forums, or vice-versa. Make things audience-specific: Split wincustomize into an end-user site a

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Reply to 'Snowfall' screensaver for Mac OSX in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The DesktopX snowflakes I use do not use any CPU at all. I just redownloaded it and tried it now, and the DesktopX snowflakes consume 40% CPU according to the meter; although this does not translate to noticeable performance problems. But I do remember that some people's machines were too sluggish with it, which is why a second version (with no r

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'Snowfall' screensaver for Mac OSX in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

My office is about 3/4 Mac OSX and 1/4 WinXP (no Vista yet). One of my coworkers saw a fabulous screensaver at the Apple Store recently and managed to track it down. It's called 'Snowfall' ( http://www.alittlebitofnothingleft.net/snowfall/ ) and it runs through OSX's Quartz framework. As I understand it, Quartz is an OpenGL framework based on Screen PostScript technology developed by Adobe/NeXT. It forms the core infrastructure o

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Reply to Get Into the Spirit of the Season with Christmas Time from Stardock! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Trying to install this theme results in the installation of "Stardock MyColors," which looks a bit like ThemeManager/Suites. If later you decide to uninstall MyColors (why would you want it, if you already have ObjectDesktop with all its components??), the uninstallation routine ends up removing WindowBlinds, IconPackager and ThemeManager, as well! I had to reinstall these three applications via Stardock Central. Why not provide a link to a ThemeManager suite instead o

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'Atmosphere' -- Just like 'Natural Desktop' in New Releases WinCustomize Forums

Download Squad alerted me to the finalists for the Mac 'My Dream App' contest finalists. First place went to 'Atmosphere': 1st Place: Cameron Westland - ATMOSPHERE . "A virtual window to the outdoors for your desktop. View a virtual representation of your area's weather when too busy to go outside." [ http://mydreamapp.com/contest

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Reply to Google to Buy YouTube? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I never understood why these types of deals are worth billions of dollars. Sure, YouTube is nice, but not worth $1.6B, in my opinion. And with Google's video.google.com site [which I tend to prefer over YouTube anyway], the purchase appears principally to be a buy-out of competition, or at least a 'forced' way of getting YouTube devotees to use Google's system. But hey, if the YouTube pioneers can get rich out of this, more power to them. Maybe they'll spring back one day with someth

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