Stardock & Vista Compatibility
A quick look at the next few months
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: OS Customization
NOTICE: THIS POST IS NO LONGER CURRENT.
With the launch of Windows Vista this week, questions are coming up regarding our plans to update our software to support the new operating system. You've already seen Brad's article on our product roadmap where he discusses programs such as LogonStudio Vista and the new versions of IconPackager, WindowBlinds and DesktopX. The article is a great look at what we've got cooking for the next few months.
However, people have been looking for some sort of compatibility list for our applications, to know what they can use right now with Vista, and when they can expect the rest of their favorite applications to reach a "Vista Ready" state. To help everyone out, I've put together the following chart for what we have in the pipe right now. This is a sort of sneak-peak into our release schedule up through the first half of 2007. If you don't see a product on this list, it means it's either not on our first half 2007 calendar, or we are still investigating what will need to be done to update the program for Vista. Do not take an omission from this list to mean that a given program is being abandoned.
| Vista Status | Vista Version | Testing Phase | Targeted Release | |
| DeskScapes | Ready | 1.0 | February 2007 | |
| BootSkin Vista | In Development | 1.0 | Spring 2007 | |
| LogonStudio Vista | In Testing | 2.0 | Beta | Spring 2007 |
| CursorVista | In Development | 1.0 | Spring 2007 | |
| TweakVista | In Development | 1.0 | Spring 2007 | |
| WindowBlinds | Ready | 5.5 | February 2007 | |
| IconPackager | In Testing | 3.5 | Beta | February 2007 |
| DesktopX | In Testing | 3.5 | Alpha | Spring 2007 |
| ObjectDock | Ready | 1.5 | Currently Available | |
| IconDeveloper | Ready | 1.5 | Currently Available | |
| SkinStudio | In Testing | 5.5 | Alpha | Spring 2007 |
| Theme Manager | In Development | 3.0 | Spring 2007 | |
| KeepSafe | In Testing | Alpha | Unknown | |
| Multiplicity | Ready | 1.1 |
We will periodically post updates to this chart to keep everyone as up-to-date as we can on our progress towards Vista compatibility. As you can see from the chart, we already have our flagship product, WindowBlinds, ready for Vista, and other core customization applications such as IconPackager and DesktopX are very close to being released. On top of that you can see some of the brand new products we're developing just for Vista such as TweakVista.
With the launch of Vista, it's a very exciting time for GUI customization and we're working as fast as we can to deliver the next generation of customization software.
EDIT: Fixed bad info on Multiplicity. Version 1.1 works fine with Vista.
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Reply #42 Friday, April 27, 2007 6:02 PM
Spring?
Well I guess technically if you count June 20th!
Hope all is going well!!!
This page is teasing me. Please delete it
https://www.stardock.com/newsitem.asp?id=942
Gadgets: The Next Generation = DesktopX
...Stardock also has developed a technology that allows users to create gadgets in .NET (including WPF gadgets). We'll be talking more about that soon.
Availability: Late February Beta for Object Desktop users
Changing Icons for Windows Vista: IconPackager 2.5
...they have "live previews". But no worry, we've got that nailed down now and you can now even change the live folder preview icons and still get live previews!
Availability: Early February in beta on Object Desktop.
Your own boot screen: BootSkin Vista
Stardock BootSkin allows users of Windows XP to change their boot screens.
Availability: Mid March for beta on Object Desktop.
Tweak Vista with...TweakVista!
We've partnered up with TweakVista.com to bring you a new program called TweakVista.
Availability: Mid March beta.
Better Cursors for Vista: CursorVista
We are getting fairly close to having a beta of this available. If you have Windows XP, you can get CursorXP at www.cursorxp.com
Availability: Early Spring
Reply #43 Sunday, May 13, 2007 2:07 AM
and could you sort the Vista ready between x32 and x64, please?
Reply #44 Sunday, May 13, 2007 12:57 PM
I just got an updated list of products, their estimated beta and final release dates from the head of dev. I will be posting an updated article this coming week with the new information (it will still however be incomplete and not list all apps, just what's on the horizon through to fall).
I don't know if I'm going to be able to get the x32/x64 information sorted though. I'll try my best.
Reply #47 Friday, June 1, 2007 5:39 PM
(I need it O-O !!!)
be cool, its all right i feel fine ^^' (now... O-O)
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Reply #53 Thursday, June 5, 2008 2:37 AM
OBJECT DOCK NOT FULLY VISTA 64BIT COMPATIBLE WAIT TILL VERSION 2.0
Reply #54 Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:05 AM
Through Impulse, it is very easy to update programs such as ObjectDock. I am running Vista Ultimate x64, and had a couple of issues at first, but as soon as I updated through impulse, my problems went away.
Reply #55 Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:50 AM
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Reply #41 Sunday, April 22, 2007 7:13 PM