Convergence arrives!
Tuesday, July 31, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Convergence is the part of Stardock's Object Desktop that ties all the programs together.It allows users to create true "skins suites" called Skin packs. A skin pack is a collection of icons, skins, and themes put together into a single file. When applied, Convergence communicates with your installed programs and directs them to change their various skins to the ones in the skin pack.
So a user wanting to have a particular overall look to Windows would simply apply a single Convergence skin pack instead of having to go to WinAmp, ICQPlus, WindowBlinds, DesktopX, ObjectBar, IconPackager, CursorEx, NeXTStart, etc. and manually load the appropriate files.
In short, Convergence combes the strength of your installed skinnable software into a single super theme.
It is currently only available on Stardock's Object Desktop (www.objectdesktop.com).
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paxx
Reply #22 Thursday, August 2, 2001 6:42 AM
Reply #22 Thursday, August 2, 2001 6:42 AM
Personaly I don't thunk I will ever download a skin pack, since I'm sure they will be a huge download and include application skins I have no interest at all for.
But Wheer the software is interesting is in hte ability for the users to create their own suites from skins here and there and to apply it in one click.
This is why I was suggesting a way where you could choose the skins you want and make your own customized skin pack.
T-Man, Brad, this is the way I see it: In the skin browser software (that could in fact be integrated directly into Convergence itself, that would be awsome), as one would browse around, he would just have to press on a "Add to my Skinpack" button (would work the same as a shopping cart for Ecommerce sites) and continue to browse for skins; he could choose skins that are from different authors and never originally intended to be part of a same suite, and that's the cool thing, the user would design his own suite. Once he's done choosing his skins, he would just click on a "Download my Skinpack" and all the skins are then downloaded one after the other, then they are zipped into a single Skinpack, and then applied to the computer! Bam!
Pretty cool, no? I think it would be awsome.
Anyway, this is my vision of how Convergence could eventually evolve.
But Wheer the software is interesting is in hte ability for the users to create their own suites from skins here and there and to apply it in one click.
This is why I was suggesting a way where you could choose the skins you want and make your own customized skin pack.
T-Man, Brad, this is the way I see it: In the skin browser software (that could in fact be integrated directly into Convergence itself, that would be awsome), as one would browse around, he would just have to press on a "Add to my Skinpack" button (would work the same as a shopping cart for Ecommerce sites) and continue to browse for skins; he could choose skins that are from different authors and never originally intended to be part of a same suite, and that's the cool thing, the user would design his own suite. Once he's done choosing his skins, he would just click on a "Download my Skinpack" and all the skins are then downloaded one after the other, then they are zipped into a single Skinpack, and then applied to the computer! Bam!
Pretty cool, no? I think it would be awsome.
Anyway, this is my vision of how Convergence could eventually evolve.
Frogboy
Reply #23 Thursday, August 2, 2001 10:27 AM
Reply #23 Thursday, August 2, 2001 10:27 AM
Stardock's desktop enhancements are all part of Object Desktop.
Frogboy
Reply #24 Thursday, August 2, 2001 10:28 AM
Reply #24 Thursday, August 2, 2001 10:28 AM
You can make your own skin packs on your own system. It's just not integrated into WinCustomize. You just download the skins you like, run Convergence, and put the skins together.
Attila
Reply #25 Thursday, August 2, 2001 11:08 AM
Reply #25 Thursday, August 2, 2001 11:08 AM
Will there be "light" versions of your Stardock software - distributed as freeware, for those of us who aren't able/willing to dish out money for these things? I know shareware vs. freeware has been an issue in the desktop customization community for a while, I'm just looking for a clear answer.
Frogboy
Reply #26 Thursday, August 2, 2001 2:56 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, August 2, 2001 2:56 PM
There will probably be a shareware version of it eventually but it would be limited to only support Stardock's software.
beaker
Reply #27 Thursday, August 2, 2001 6:05 PM
Reply #27 Thursday, August 2, 2001 6:05 PM
"There will probably be a shareware version of it eventually but it would be limited to only support Stardock's software." You are too much, Brad. You'll support your own apps for free, but support for apps you didn't develop will cost money...you're becoming the new M$.
I know I'm going to be in the minority on this one, but I still think it needs to be said.
I know I'm going to be in the minority on this one, but I still think it needs to be said.
beaker
Reply #28 Thursday, August 2, 2001 6:05 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, August 2, 2001 6:05 PM
"There will probably be a shareware version of it eventually but it would be limited to only support Stardock's software." You are too much, Brad. You'll support your own apps for free, but support for apps you didn't develop will cost money...you're becoming the new M$.
I know I'm going to be in the minority on this one, but I still think it needs to be said.
I know I'm going to be in the minority on this one, but I still think it needs to be said.
Frogboy
Reply #30 Thursday, August 2, 2001 10:25 PM
Reply #30 Thursday, August 2, 2001 10:25 PM
Well hey Beaker, feel free to write your own program. You want people to spend hundreds of hours on software and just give it to you for free? Sheesh. What do you think pays for this site and the development of all this software?
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Reply #21 Thursday, August 2, 2001 2:11 AM