ObjectBar 2 Beta arrives on ODNT..

Worth the wait?

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

At long last the ObjectBar 2 beta has arrived.  ObjectBar 2 will replace both ObjectBar and ControlCenter as it will be a superset of both programs.

The beta is still very early in its overall development but contains 3 key features:

The three big features in this beta are:

  1. New virtual desktop manager. It's VERY early please keep in mind we'll be adding a lot of new features to this.
  2. All new cleaned up user interface designed to make it much easier to work with bars and such.
  3. Widget support.  You can embedd DesktopX widgets into your ObjectBar. This is incredibly cool. However, this feature is not designed so that end users will start stuffing widgets into their bars arbitrarily but rather for ObjectBar theme creators to be able to have a lot more flexibility. In other words, it is not being designed so that you can just go out and grab any old widget and throw it in there. The widget should be designed with being put into ObjectBar (so while you can put swimming fish into your bar, it's not designed for that and it'll do weird things no doubt).

You have to have Object Desktop to get this beta. If you don't have Object Desktop you can get it at www.objectdesktop.com.

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JoeWang
Reply #21 Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:04 PM
Yes, it still loads the old themes.

Thomas Thomassen
Reply #22 Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:37 PM
Mr fudoshi: At the bottom of the list of progams in SDC, tick the box that says "Show pre-release versions." (Note: remember that this will show version of programs that aren't finished and likely to have a couple of bugs.)

dabe
Reply #23 Wednesday, December 22, 2004 2:23 PM
Right now it's a bit early to worry about reporting bugs. We've got a long list of them and we'll be putting out a bunch of updates after the holidays. We just wanted to get something out before we left for vacations.


Thanks, Frogboy. I'll be looking forward to it. Alot.

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PurrBall
Reply #24 Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:46 PM
It keeps saying I need Windows 98 or above installed but I already do have it installed.

fudoshi
Reply #25 Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:45 PM
thank you for the info have a great xmas stardock staff roy

TexasWolf
Reply #26 Saturday, December 25, 2004 7:18 PM
The problem I'm having is it seems with any open program that I rest the cursor on
it vanishes. The theme wasn't set too do this, it happens with any thene I use.

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fudoshi
Reply #27 Saturday, December 25, 2004 8:18 PM
object bar two, frogboy little help please i have update ie 1 99 b 003 but i dont get the theme editor as in screen shot as yours ? showing avaliable elements or active elements i get object bar theme browser ? so how do i get the object bar so how do i get it please as the screen shot

Gran Nilsson
Reply #28 Monday, December 27, 2004 11:38 AM

Mister Mike
Reply #29 Monday, December 27, 2004 3:27 PM
I tried to update but received an error msg that I need Win Me. I have Win Me. I have been receiving this msg when trying to download FX And may other OD Apps. Can You Help?

mtt
Reply #30 Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:09 AM
Not current with my ObjectDesktop subscription... OB was one of my favorite parts, but I stopped using it because it was too limited and used too many resources.

Does the new ObjectBar handle corner activations for switching desktops and activating menus? I really liked Litestep for these capabilities. Will it be possible to run ObjectBar instead of explorer.exe rather than just in addition?

Joan Polishan
Reply #31 Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:11 AM
Mike if you can not update, what i do is go to search and find it then throw it away and then download it again, i hope this will help

Mister Mike
Reply #32 Sunday, January 2, 2005 2:18 AM
Thanks Joan I tried that But it didn't help. I've also Emailed Tech support but I never heard back. I honestly don't mean to be such a grump. I just wish I could get it to work. I sincerely do appreciate you reply though.
Mike

Bulbeni42
Reply #33 Sunday, January 2, 2005 4:15 AM
Thanks, great jop on this One Stardock... Felicitations

Steve Politte
Reply #34 Sunday, January 2, 2005 3:54 PM
I don't have ObjectBar 2 Beta. How do I get it? Everything I've downloaded from Stardock Central has worked just fine for me. What does ODNT mean? I'm new at this. What is everyone having problems with? Will appreciate a response. Thank You!

Deacon Steve

Kryten4b
Reply #35 Monday, January 17, 2005 12:33 PM
I bought a copy of Objectbar and would like to get the new Beta... But I do not want to buy Objectdesktop. How do I get it?....

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