The Screen Savers
Thursday, July 31, 2003 by Dreamdesign3d | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
They just said there is nothing for windows that can do what Konfabulator does for Mac OS X. I tried to tell them about DesktopX 2 in the live chat but Leo didn’t respond. Maybe he would listen to one of you. Ok, ok maybe he missed it the first time I said it but after about the 7nth time I highly doubt it.
Almost done with the Toon Shark: http://www.dreamdesign3d.com/images/Shark_Ruff_Draft_Side.jpg
But I still have a little tweaken to do with the mesh, and the unwrap UVW is starting to tick me off a bit its the first time that I have ever tryed to map a object this way.
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Almost done with the Toon Shark: http://www.dreamdesign3d.com/images/Shark_Ruff_Draft_Side.jpg
But I still have a little tweaken to do with the mesh, and the unwrap UVW is starting to tick me off a bit its the first time that I have ever tryed to map a object this way.
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Dreamdesign3d
Reply #2 Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:29 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:29 PM
Thanks Brainiac, still have alot to do on him.
Orion
Reply #5 Saturday, August 2, 2003 7:49 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, August 2, 2003 7:49 AM
Leo is a b00b. Patrick is a little better (but not by much). I usually have to change the channel when the Screen Savers is on, because all I end up doing is yelling at the TV. 
patrj
Reply #6 Saturday, August 2, 2003 9:27 AM
Reply #6 Saturday, August 2, 2003 9:27 AM
I sent an email to screensavers informing them about desktopx 2 public beta. I hope it gets through during next weeks shows. Or at least they could do a 5 min demo.
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Frogboy
Reply #7 Saturday, August 2, 2003 2:03 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, August 2, 2003 2:03 PM
We even have that Leo object going internally on DesktopX. And I suspect it's a LOT easier to do stuff like that with DesktopX. Konfabulator is a nice program but feature to feature, it isn't up to DesktopX 2's level.
What Konfabulator does have going for it is polish. Arlo (the developer of it) is one of the best developers/designers out there. He knows how to write software AND knows how to create very slick content for it. This is an area we're very weak at.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that Konfabulator can do that DesktopX cannot do. And in most cases, it's easier to do on DesktopX.
The question then arrises, how do we get people to make "Stuff" for DesktopX? I personally demoed DesktopX on The Screen Savers last year with Leo. But the problem is that it all gets mushed together as Object Desktop. Perhaps I should focus on each component on its own.
Hopefully there are some cool objects for DesktopX in the works. There's a PC version of Konfabulator in the works, it would be ironic if a Macintosh program took over the GUI "widgets" arena.
It would certainly demonstrate a failing in our marketing -- DesktopX, technologically, is far ahead of Konfabulator. But can Stardock build support for it?
What Konfabulator does have going for it is polish. Arlo (the developer of it) is one of the best developers/designers out there. He knows how to write software AND knows how to create very slick content for it. This is an area we're very weak at.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that Konfabulator can do that DesktopX cannot do. And in most cases, it's easier to do on DesktopX.
The question then arrises, how do we get people to make "Stuff" for DesktopX? I personally demoed DesktopX on The Screen Savers last year with Leo. But the problem is that it all gets mushed together as Object Desktop. Perhaps I should focus on each component on its own.
Hopefully there are some cool objects for DesktopX in the works. There's a PC version of Konfabulator in the works, it would be ironic if a Macintosh program took over the GUI "widgets" arena.
It would certainly demonstrate a failing in our marketing -- DesktopX, technologically, is far ahead of Konfabulator. But can Stardock build support for it?
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Reply #1 Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:25 PM