And on top of that, Object Desktop users get discounts on other Stardock offerings such as ObjectDock Plus, CursorXP, Premium Suites, etc. And if we add anything new to Object Desktop (in 2003 we added Keyboard LaunchPad and IconDeveloper for example) you get those too. So you've got going on $200 of software all together and not only do you get all this stuff, but you get all the updates made to them for an entire year afterwards. ObjectZIP extends the compressed folders on XP (And provides the ability to Win9x users and Win2K users) with a host of new features. So I can control my MP3 player with it, paste saved clipboards with it, visit a particular webpage (Ctrl-Shift-W takes me to for instance), and of course launch programs. It lets you take almost any action and assign it to a hot key. For me, I can't imagine working without it. ![]() Keyboard LaunchPad isn't pictured but it is also one of the most useful programs out there. You can build and make use of Suites too! It lets you treat all these customization programs as a single entity and work with them from a single interface. Tab LaunchPad is only available on Object Desktop. Tab LaunchPad isn't pictured but it lets you organize your programs through a handy tabbed interface. IconX will be $10 when it's made available on its own. Totally configurable (so you can have them not grow but only glow or play a sound or do nothing at all except have a subtle shadow, it's up to you). When I move my mouse over them, they grow. See how they have shadows? That's only part of the story. IconX is what is letting me have my icons on my desktop look so good. Just take a graphics image and it'll turn it into a Windows icon and even provide the most common sizes for you. IconDeveloper is an outstanding way for regular people to create their own icons. ObjectBar (not pictured) can do some pretty amazing things such as manipulate the system tray (make it into a menu for instance), create alternative Start bars, emulate any type of bar, wharf, finder, whatever you want to call it. If you have SkinStudio installed, WindowBlinds can make use of not just WindowBlinds skins but MSStyles as well without having to hack your system DLLs. It is the ONLY program that can create skins for Microsoft's Windows Media Player (as well as WindowBlinds of course). SkinStudio Pro lets you create skins for several different programs but most notably WindowBlinds and Windows Media Player. It's quite a unique program and if you have a good video card, it's quite cool. WindowFX lets you have shadows, scale windows on the fly, add special effects to minimizing and maximizing. To try to do that with another package would cost hundreds of dollars. It's the only program on the PC that can do widgets, fluid alpha blended animations, and desktop security in a single package. It can do some pretty amazing things and it's arguably worth far more than even $25. ![]() DesktopX is $19.95 (soon to be $24.95) on its own. See the clock and CPU meter? Those are some DesktopX widgets in action. ĭesktopX lets you build your own desktop or extend your existing desktop. ![]() IconPackager is $15 on its own and is one of the most popular downloads of all time on the net. It can also change virtually any icon, including program icons, on an individual basis. IconPackager is the defacto standard way of changing all your Windows icons at once to other icons. On its own it's $19.95 and GUI skinning programs or enablers have traditionally cost about $20 as well. That's the title bar, push buttons, progress animations, Start bar, scrollbars, Explorer views, etc. Today, Object Desktop consists of WindowBlinds 4, DesktopX 2, ObjectBar, IconPackager, Tab LaunchPad, IconDeveloper, SkinStudio Pro, WindowFX, IconX, DriveScan, Component Tray, Theme Manager, and Keyboard LaunchPad (along with a few other small programs). ![]() Object Desktop in 1999 consisted of WindowBlinds 1.0, which was slow and flakey by today's standards, IconPackager, ControlCenter, Tab LaunchPad, and Association Wizard. Loyal Stardock customers purchased Object Desktop for Windows in 1998 even though there was little to it at the time. It was loyal customers that saved Stardock when the OS/2 market collapsed and the company had to migrate to Windows. Take customers for granted and sooner or later, your company will find itself on hard times without loyal customers to see you through it. That is especially true of small companies. Without customer loyalty, a company is doomed.
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