ObjectBar 0.65 PUBLICLY available

Thursday, November 1, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Stardock has made ObjectBar 0.65 available for public beta (this is the first public beta of it).

Info:
ObjectBar is a brand new program from Stardock, makers of WindowBlinds and DesktopX. It is designed to be the ultimate Start bar extender/replacement. Stardock has gone and integrated the best features of non-Windows OSes into it as well as adding its own features. Every OS has its own bar-like interface - MacOS has the Finder, Linux has its wharfs, NeXT had a dock, OS/2 has a warpcenter, etc. ObjectBar can provide the features found in those OSes plus what's in Windows XP such as taskbar grouping and extended quicklaunch features. Additionally, it supports plugins, skinning (and its skins are theme independent, a first for this type of program), tear off menus and more. Stardock teamed up with the author of MacVision to create this. This version includes themes that emulate the MacOS classic look, QNX and a custom one. The enhanced version allows people to download any of the dozens of additional themes out there (such as ones that give WinME/2000/98 the ability to have an XP Start bar).

It is also the first program to work with Explorer to provide fully skinnable system trays (you can move your system tray anywhere) along with theme independent skins (take a skin from one theme and use it in another).

Users can download it at https://www.stardock.com/products/objectbar
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HeyYou
Reply #1 Thursday, November 1, 2001 11:40 PM
no uninstaller?
reaked havoc on my computer, the systemtray thing didn't like playing with traysaver. crash on startup, no shell
all back to normal, but still no uninstaller?

feline
Reply #2 Friday, November 2, 2001 8:13 AM
did you reboot after installing?

trayserver only picks up programs that appear after it loads, so this normally requires a reboot before you get a working system tray

HeyYou
Reply #3 Friday, November 2, 2001 11:17 AM
the problems occured AFTER the reboot.
and it wasn't that it wasn't grabbing the icons, it didn't like playing with traysaver, a similar program that i already had installed.
i'm still looking for an uninstaller, cause i can't believe this would be a plain delete.

DarkElf
Reply #4 Friday, November 2, 2001 11:38 AM
It works great on winXP, the only bad thing is no skins... (or not that many)

Aschell
Reply #5 Friday, November 2, 2001 1:16 PM
DarkElf, hopefully there will be more skins made now that a public preview is available, and more people have a chance to play.

_Martin_
Reply #6 Friday, November 2, 2001 1:45 PM
HeyYou, you could always uninstall your other trayserver?

_Martin_
Reply #7 Friday, November 2, 2001 1:47 PM
Oh yes, and on positive note, great work, this is an awesome incredibly flexible app!

HeyYou
Reply #8 Friday, November 2, 2001 9:21 PM
not the point, i want to uninstall object bar now

aditnet
Reply #9 Friday, November 2, 2001 10:50 PM
this free version doesnt allow you to use other skins besides the default ones.
it also crashes my computer a few times..sumthing to do with the trayserver...+(

Firestorm
Reply #10 Saturday, November 3, 2001 3:24 AM
aditnet, how about uninstalling traysaver BEFORE installing OB?

Firestorm
Reply #11 Saturday, November 3, 2001 3:25 AM
aditnet, how about uninstalling traysaver BEFORE installing OB?

Firestorm
Reply #12 Saturday, November 3, 2001 3:25 AM
Oops

Aeroe
Reply #13 Sunday, November 4, 2001 10:11 AM
bah.... at betanews.com they say it's freeware. nice false advertising, it's a restricted demo that allows 3 skins. Whoopie, try again stardock...

Surj
Reply #14 Sunday, November 4, 2001 11:21 AM
i guess they should live in alleys off of scraps people toss out so they can release products for free. Sheesh. Incase you havent noticed the industry is suffering, so have a lil compassion.

sjonnie
Reply #15 Sunday, November 4, 2001 2:23 PM
Works great on my Win2K, looks awesome and is easily customizable. The wood fits perfect with wb wood skin. Again, awesome.

rugglez
Reply #16 Monday, November 5, 2001 12:44 AM
I think this freeware si bogus if nayone has the crack or full version please let me know how without paying. Not worth the buy!

HeyYou
Reply #17 Monday, November 5, 2001 1:08 AM
rugglez, not to bright, this site is owned by stardock, the same people that make that program.

Firestorm
Reply #18 Monday, November 5, 2001 10:39 AM
Ever notice all the warez kiddies are unable to write two sentences without at least a couple of typos?

Frogboy
Reply #19 Monday, November 5, 2001 12:08 PM
Stardock never claimed it was freeware. If Betanews is saying it's freeware, talk to them.

migellito
Reply #20 Monday, November 5, 2001 5:39 PM
after doing some of the personal customisation possible with ob, i continually find it difficult to go back to 'regular' windows - xp or otherwise.

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