How did you find out about Object Desktop?
Sunday, October 2, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
For those of you who have Object Desktop, we're curious to hear your story on how you found out about it in the first place.
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Nick Blade
Reply #22 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:47 AM
Reply #22 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:47 AM
about two weeks ago a friend of mine and i where talking about computers and graphics and stuff like that and he said... "i came across this site that has diferent looks than XP cames with and he said it was wincustomizing or something. my wife was gone for the week end and i was feeling kind of lonely and so, i went to the net to pass the time. after i had run out of things to look for i remembered what my friend had said about changeing the look of the GUI and started searching untill i found this wonderful place and quickly started the download for windowblinds. i used a few of the skins that came with the program and thought it would be cool to make one for my self and downloded skinstudio. while looking for ways to do things with the program i started a topic in the forums to say how much i liked this place "awsume place for a graphics pro" made a few budies very quickly and got hooked on how EASY it is to make a windowblind thanks to the great programs avialable here at stardock. posted my first windowblind and it has gone over well, better than i expected anyway! thanks for the support people! when my wife came home i got the card from her and purchased object desktop and a subscription monday night! 
some one said i should be careful so i don't get hooked on this and someone else said it's to late, he allready took the pill. and yes i can say that after ten days of doing this DRUG! i am most definatly hooked on it and will be here for a long time getting what is refered to as "my fix" my wife alredy wonders why i spend so much time at the computer and thinks i'm haveing an online afair! IF SHE ONLY KNEW JUST HOW CORRECT SHE IS!
i just noticed how long this is! i think i've explaned it well enough but, its just so fresh in my mind that it just apilled out onto the keyboard waiting for the coffee to get done so i can have my first cup!
some one said i should be careful so i don't get hooked on this and someone else said it's to late, he allready took the pill. and yes i can say that after ten days of doing this DRUG! i am most definatly hooked on it and will be here for a long time getting what is refered to as "my fix" my wife alredy wonders why i spend so much time at the computer and thinks i'm haveing an online afair! IF SHE ONLY KNEW JUST HOW CORRECT SHE IS!i just noticed how long this is! i think i've explaned it well enough but, its just so fresh in my mind that it just apilled out onto the keyboard waiting for the coffee to get done so i can have my first cup!
crissy14
Reply #24 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:06 AM
Reply #24 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:06 AM
About 3.5 or 4 years ago while surfing, I stumbled accross Wincustomize. I didnt know anything about skinning, but the site immediadley intriged me. I was facinated by windowblinds and the fact basically all of a PC's GUI can be altered to look like pretty much anything one desired. I hung around on the forums for a while and got to know a few of the regulars and I learned a few things. I then found out that a friend of mine had Windowblinds (a shareware version I think). When I was actually able to see the blinds applied, I was HOOKED!! I purchased OD for myself, then I discoveed the fantastic array of other neat programs packaged with it. My facination however, went beyond just downloading and using the skins, I wanted to contribute and become part of the WC community. I then purchased a WC subsription and then tried my hand at skinning WB's. There was a short time this year that both my subscriptions to OD and WC had lapsed (due to financial problems) but other than that, I have been faithfully subscribing to both and intend to continue doing so. I think Stardock products are GREAT and WC is a GREAT site/community!
Island Dog
Reply #25 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:12 AM
Reply #25 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:12 AM
I tried Windowblinds several years ago, and to be honest, I wasn't really impressed. However I was browsing download.com and found that Windowblinds was updated so I tried it again. It was great. I ran the shareware version for a while until I decided to buy the full version.
I had also tried out DesktopX and didn't care for it, but after another update it impressed me also. After that I purchased a full OD subscription, have renewed since, and am very happy.
ZubaZ
Reply #26 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:20 AM
Reply #26 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:20 AM
I was an OS/2 user back in '95 or '96. It was an awesome OS but lacked panache. I used the TabLaunchPad, Control Center, and of course, skinning.
I switched over to Windows (3.1 and soon after Win95) about that same time because it was obvious that they were going somewhere and OS/2 wasn't. Windowblinds was there with me. I used the shareware version of that for years. Soem builds were slow and buggy but each release was better and it was worth it to have something other than the default look of Windows.
In 2001 or so I, wanted more than the shareware offered and wanted to customize more than just the Windows skins.
Enter ODNT. I've never looked back.
In the meantime I've subscribed to wincustomize, bought Natural Desktop, Unorthodox Skinpack, CursorXP+, ObjectDock+, TotalGaming subscription, and ThinkDesk.
Stardock makes some amazing software. A lot of it I don't use all the time (ND is a good example) but the development that they do is worth the investment. In fact, I think it's worth more than the cost. Would I pay more for it? Yes I would. Would my wife give me THAT look? Yes, she would. Could I buy her something pretty to justify the cost? I have and will again.
I switched over to Windows (3.1 and soon after Win95) about that same time because it was obvious that they were going somewhere and OS/2 wasn't. Windowblinds was there with me. I used the shareware version of that for years. Soem builds were slow and buggy but each release was better and it was worth it to have something other than the default look of Windows.
In 2001 or so I, wanted more than the shareware offered and wanted to customize more than just the Windows skins.
Enter ODNT. I've never looked back.
In the meantime I've subscribed to wincustomize, bought Natural Desktop, Unorthodox Skinpack, CursorXP+, ObjectDock+, TotalGaming subscription, and ThinkDesk.
Stardock makes some amazing software. A lot of it I don't use all the time (ND is a good example) but the development that they do is worth the investment. In fact, I think it's worth more than the cost. Would I pay more for it? Yes I would. Would my wife give me THAT look? Yes, she would. Could I buy her something pretty to justify the cost? I have and will again.
thomassen
Reply #27 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:42 AM
Reply #27 Monday, October 3, 2005 9:42 AM
hm.... I think it was while Win95 was still a current OS. I was playing around iwht many apps to make the computer look cool. Espesially inspired by sci-fi films. I came across WB, version 2 something then I think. I used the shareware for ages, on and off. (Win9x+Skinning=NotGood) The freaquent updates to WB made me come back and keep trying it out. I assume it's from there I came across the rest of the ODNT suite.
RPGFX
Reply #28 Monday, October 3, 2005 10:00 AM
Reply #28 Monday, October 3, 2005 10:00 AM
I stumbled upon WC while googling for custom icons. I never knew then that you could change the way your GUI looked so drastically. Once I realized what I could do, the rest, as they say, is history. "Sage" by Pixtudio was the first windowblind I ever used. It is such an amazing skin, I still go back to it every now and then.
MountainDragon
Reply #29 Monday, October 3, 2005 11:16 AM
Reply #29 Monday, October 3, 2005 11:16 AM
It was from a magazine article - PC Mag, or PC World. I actually found it twice, once about 3 or 4 years ago, and then just last February. The first time I just wasn't ready.
CaptainWin
Reply #30 Monday, October 3, 2005 1:44 PM
Reply #30 Monday, October 3, 2005 1:44 PM
I found out about it through an email from a friend who uses NextStart and compared a dock in it with a program called ObjectDock. Well, I, as an Object Desktop and Wincustomize subscriber must of been blind not to have known about it. So, I tried the free version and bought the plus version just the other day! 
GhoS
Reply #31 Monday, October 3, 2005 2:37 PM
Reply #31 Monday, October 3, 2005 2:37 PM
I originally used just WB which I had discovered by visiting the skinz.org site when I got interested in Winamp's skinning. Then Wincustomize.com came along and I planted myself here. I still only used WB but had interest in other programs. However WB wasn't always stable on Win98 so I just kept with it.
However once XP hit the scene, things were so stable I was impressed. I decided I now had a machine that could support what OD had to offer so I jumped in. It hasn't failed me yet.
However once XP hit the scene, things were so stable I was impressed. I decided I now had a machine that could support what OD had to offer so I jumped in. It hasn't failed me yet.
Cyberworld
Reply #32 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:04 PM
Reply #32 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:04 PM
A PC Magazine called "Computers For All",the only respactable PC magazine had an article on desktop customization some years ago. That's when i first saw Windowblinds and the link towards Skinz.org,since then been following Skinz.org to WC,and when OD came about i just knew from news bulletins here and at Stardock's home...
joetheblow
Reply #33 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:25 PM
Reply #33 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:25 PM
Well. I remember how I came here. It was because of school. I was in a IT program and we got laptops and was on-line in class and eventually I was online at home too through Juno.
I somehow came across the WinAmp site. Not sure why or what made me go there. I installed WinAmp and downloaded at least 100 skins.
Then, somewhere in 2002... maybe January or February... I was looking for more Winamp skins and came to wincustomize (and deviantart too). I downloaded the free trial of windowblinds... then bought windowblinds... then I bought OD.
My friends in school were inpressed with my new laptop look. Even my profesors.
I somehow came across the WinAmp site. Not sure why or what made me go there. I installed WinAmp and downloaded at least 100 skins.
Then, somewhere in 2002... maybe January or February... I was looking for more Winamp skins and came to wincustomize (and deviantart too). I downloaded the free trial of windowblinds... then bought windowblinds... then I bought OD.
My friends in school were inpressed with my new laptop look. Even my profesors.
Reppiks
Reply #34 Monday, October 3, 2005 6:48 PM
Reply #34 Monday, October 3, 2005 6:48 PM
Sometime late in the last millenium while looking at graphic applications in the archives of "HotfilesDotCom, I kept seeing references to Stardocks products which sounded very interesting. It wasn't untill doing a web search for something other than the Win98 "clouds" wallpaper that I was directed to the WinCustomize galeries. Thats when the kid in the candy store took over my mouse, and here I am...still! 
tjesterb
Reply #35 Monday, October 3, 2005 6:51 PM
Reply #35 Monday, October 3, 2005 6:51 PM
I did a search for "Desktop Customization software" on Download dot com.
I liked what I read about DesktopX, so I purchased that, I think there was some kind of special bundling it with CursorXP.
It only took an hour or two before I bought an upgrade to the whole OD suite.
Definitely one of the best purchases I've made.
I liked what I read about DesktopX, so I purchased that, I think there was some kind of special bundling it with CursorXP.
It only took an hour or two before I bought an upgrade to the whole OD suite.
Definitely one of the best purchases I've made.
Chris TH
Reply #36 Monday, October 3, 2005 11:29 PM
Reply #36 Monday, October 3, 2005 11:29 PM
From you (Brad) mentioning it in comp.os.os2.apps 
sometime in 1994-1996
From there it was a matter of evolution much like Zubaz (#26).
sometime in 1994-1996From there it was a matter of evolution much like Zubaz (#26).
bussie
Reply #37 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 2:38 PM
Reply #37 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 2:38 PM
I already use OD a long time.. since the OS2 days.
Still i like the product very much!
Keep up the good work Stardock.
Still i like the product very much!
Keep up the good work Stardock.
Stupendous Man
Reply #38 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 2:59 PM
Reply #38 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 2:59 PM
I'm one of those people that like change. When it came to Windows, every time I found out that there was something that could be changed (Wallpapers, colors, sound, etc.), I did it. Then after using a desktop theme program for a couple of years, I was looking for a new wallpaper, was lead to this place by Google and was immediately HOOKED! The rest as they say, is history. (Who says history is boring?)
liquidguru
Reply #40 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:14 PM
me too , exaactly for this reason....i hate the green start button...it still freaks me out when i see it on non-customized pc's
Reply #40 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:14 PM
| Stumbled upon it drastically looking for ways to rid myself of the green start button |
me too
, exaactly for this reason....i hate the green start button...it still freaks me out when i see it on non-customized pc'sPlease login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
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Reply #21 Monday, October 3, 2005 5:00 AM
My sentiments exactly!!!!