Next Start or Object Bar? Which would you choose?

Sunday, December 14, 2003 by CoderedPL | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Well the title says it all. Which would you choose Nextstart or ObjectBar
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chuckdee68
Reply #21 Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:37 PM
I go through a lot of different applications as far as my desktop is concerned, but the one thing that has always been a constant is NextStart. The right click to get a menu in something that isn't bloated is a winner. And the level of customization- a horizontal bar at the top- or a start button anywhere on the screen. Add to that the possiblities that hotspots and internal commands that are not available in some of the options that have been put out... Yes, a lot more than skinning is available.

I guess to sum it up, with XP, I don't need as much as I did in 95, 98, or 2000. I don't really need another shell, nor anything to replace my desktop. Just a fast way to get to the applications that I use, and the functionality that I need for my everyday use. NextStart gives me all of that in spades.

SGD
Reply #22 Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:56 PM
I agree with wraith808 just a nice easy to use and quick access to my applications. It's one program I would not do without.

joetheblow
Reply #23 Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:03 PM
Object Bar and NextStart... I like NextStart allot and plan on getting it later on, but I think Object bar is easier to set up from what I read of NextStart.


I persoanally would run both... for different reasons. (NextStart for my desktop, Object Bar for my laptop and test computer)


Now all I need is to get the computers...


Also I think Chad Ross is right, you can do the same with DX.

kona0197
Reply #24 Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:07 PM
my comp looks more like Mac OS X Panther than my brother's iMac


impossible. you can never look better than the original.


werewolf
Reply #25 Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:52 PM
I, too, used Object Bar and Nextstart together for a long time, but I ended up using them both for the same purposes. I slowly got away from OB and use NS and most especially WorkShelf. Wouldn't compute without 'em. They both blend in very well with all of the other Stardock applications.

MarkMcQ
Reply #26 Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:54 AM

#13 by Kona0197 - 12/16/2003 7:04:56 PM
LiteSTEP is the best

Put a cork in it.
LS is a shell, ObjectBar and NextStart are not.
I think you're confusing this board with Neowin.


kona0197
Reply #27 Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:01 PM
Wizop Hippy - Frogboy already yelled at me. I do not need to yelled at twice.

Greg Tousensemble
Reply #28 Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:38 PM
I dislike NextStart because i think all themes look like the same and you have more possibility with objectbar . The only bad thing i can say about objectbar is there aren't an update :/ ... when can you see the v2.0 ?

chuckdee68
Reply #29 Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:16 PM
Actually, have you ever played with NextStart? It has *many* more possibilities than object bar. A menu on a click, hotspots to launch menus/applications, the now ubiquitous bar. Not to take anything away from objectbar. It is very good for what it does... being a bar. One last thing- NextStart plays very well with the OS. At times OB doesn't, especially if you're using it on a tablet PC. The themes... well, that's just a personal opinion IMO. If there is a theme you want, you can always create it for NextStart...

mossedmoon
Reply #30 Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:02 PM
werewolf's the only one thus far who does what I do - WorkShelf is great for having all of one's apps instantly and easily at fingertip, as well as remaining hidden until you require it with only a mouse bump... I'm rather curious about ObjectBar 2, though; any more hints about it?

Chris
Reply #31 Friday, December 19, 2003 11:55 AM
I don't understand what "the themes all look alike" means. If you mean that when you apply a Nextstart/Workshelf theme, you still have the same menu content, well that's a good thing.

One of the great things about NextStart and Workshelf is that the theme is separated from configuration and content. Unlike some other apps where if you switch to a new theme, you have to spend time redoing your preferred customization to that theme. With Nextstart and Workshelf, you apply a new theme, and you're off and running with your previous setup.

I use Nextstart and Workshelf in a diffrent fashion than Werewolf. I have many Nextstart menus for the various application and utitlies I used, each organized into approparite sub menus.

I use Workshelf as a mechanism to get at the various folders of the computer: a shelves for the desktop, control panel, my documents and so on. I also have a Workshelf shelves for various projects: a shelf that holds shortcuts to a project's files, folders, an application link to the program I use for that project, and some internet shortcuts to online documentation that I reference for that particular project.

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