Focus only on Windows Vista & 7. I'd also like a complete backup app included in OD or Impulse that would back up everything skin installed or perhaps just the themes that can be restored after reinstalling OD. I get tired of reinstalling all my favorite themes after a reformat which I do every 4 to 6 months.

 A single place for content. Put everything in Documents, or Public Documents, or Program Files, or somewhere else....... but keep them all together!

 As-is, It makes backing up everything a major pain.

Oh man, so say we all to THAT.

With deference and gratitude to the single individual most responsible for my interest in skinning (Jafo), abandoning XP support would likely result in a lot of folks, such as me, abandoning Object Desktop.  There would be no reason to renew - W7 is not in my future for at least another year, probably two.  The market base for Master Skinners would likely contract considerably, too.

Perhaps there will be enough W7 users to replace us, perhaps not.  0.02

Exactly.  

No one was talking about abandoning XP. Everything that works on XP now, would continue to work on XP. And continue to be available.

Just any future development would, and should, be geared towards 7 and eventually 8.

Looking backwards just isn't cutting edge, as Stardock used to be known for.

Just a redneck opinion.

OD does create backups of the various themes you have to do it manually,as for reformat issue one assumes it's not major hardware changes like mobo,then macrium reflect is free or any of the other two commercial imaging progs should suffice reinstall issue solved. (create one time images at various stages of OS reinstall,at the 2nd or 3rd stage install most used apps or favourite apps like od etc with little or no other software apart from updated OS use that as your base to reinstall from) ?

ps: doesn't matter if you change graphic card or other such smaller hardware, drivers & software for them can be uninstalle once image applied

RD -

Point being there'd be no incentive for XP users to renew, just keep the existing XP-compatible apps since they wouldn't be further updated (for XP) anyway.  Why would we pay for app improvements that wouldn't apply to us?  I mean, aside from making what amounts to a donation, something some might consider simply to support SD I suppose (doubtful).

Perhaps we deserve to be left behind; I just don't feel so warm & fuzzy about it having supported SD with my subscriptions for a fairly long time.  Brad's a straightforward businessman, something I respect; he'll do what the numbers tell him makes business sense & I don't expect sentimentality to play much of a role in his decision-making.  If XP users are no longer his customers come OD 2011, c'est la vie.

OK, I see your point, but you do realize that sooner  or later, XP WILL be left behind, right. I'm mean surely you don't expect XP to be supported forever?

Of course not.  But it will be left behind sooner than it needs to be - it's a perfectly functional OS.  However, that's a whole different discussion.

There will remain a large base of XP users for at least the next couple of years, despite MS pulling the plug and despite SD moving on, should they stop development for it.  I'm not in begging mode here; I just think it would be a shame if they did so.  Should that be the case, I'll be back when I ultimately get a new machine with W7 (or W8).  There would be no point in renewing until then is all I'm saying.

WindowFX was supposed to get some "major effort" put toward it this year...I'd love to see it released as well as the rewrite of RightClick.

Can't You people read ? I thought it was clear we do OS-wars in another thread...

  from the other thread: https://forums.wincustomize.com/396584

Oops... Okay. I apologize.

'OS-wars'?

Kind of pointless to share what you'd like to see in OD 2011 if you ain't gonna see it on your OS.

A good virtual desktop solution is very important to me. It has to work on 64-bit Windows.

My only other comment would be to focus development on 32-bit Windows XP, and 64-bit Windows 7. That should keep the majority of users happy.

My best wish is for the program to automatically install the various elements of a download into their proper folders; create the folders if necessary. Ron

Which applications are not installing downloads in the right place?

I actually had one of my master skins knocked down from master to 'normal' because it didnt have all 3 os's i was told via pm it had to include all 3 os's and i was told on the forums too.....(forgot who by but)

I think its alot of work..........but Im used to it so I just dont mind anymore.

as for object dock...include a full version of cursorfx in it please. (saves me shelling out extra bucks)

and while your listening.

fix the mess that is formally called skin studio, every time yr guys fix something, they break something else.

its getting old really fast. especially when its the only tool windowblind skinners have to use to make a windowblind and wb is supposed to be one of your main meats in the stew.