hey there, stardockians.

..its been a while..

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after vista failed me on a productivity level, i went mac and havn't seen much of the stardock community since. In fact its been quite a while. this morning i went through the stardock family sites to see what all you creative people have been up to. I'm very impressed at the websites, the styles, and the games.

when last i looked-- 

stardock has just launched the new corporate homepage, with stardock.com and wincustomize meshing together for the first time. 

now--

i see complete integration across the breadth of stardock families - even in new areas such as myColors (great idea, fellas) - everything is different yet is snugly incorporated. Everything is running quickly.. and the new games look fantastic. I see great new ideas to expand on customization when, last i was here, we were discussing how skinning was going to survive in the Vista Age. I'm also seeing evolutions of these original object desktop programs that expand your options yet keep these apps easy to use.

Finally, im happy to see the community here at win cust going strong. 

Keep up the good work. :)

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

..its been a while..
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You got that right...

How's it going, DC? ....;)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey DC.

How's the Mac world treatign you?  Ever miss being able to change this and that?  Any desire to make an Objectbar again?

DeskScapes - Bring your desktop background to life.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Nice to see you again.  Stick around!  :D

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 2
Hey DC.

 Ever miss being able to change this and that?

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YES!! oh yes... I was never comfortable with the interface on Tiger because it was in-consistant (brushed metal itunes, pinstripe finder).. but on Tiger, one could use an application called Shapeshifter—which was much like windowblinds. On leopard there is no such thing - however the look has been refined. I find myself googling regularly for such applications, and its a reason i remembered to check in here [Where is Stardock MacBlinds? :) ]. 

I do not use the dock—at all. Coming from the MSDOS and Winkey+R days which followed, i still run everything in the OS from a 'command line', in this case, a handy application called Quicksilver. Most commands i use keyboard instead of moving mouse.

I still use windows but its been regulated to running in VM, for testing office docs and websites-- or the occasional game (intel macs = native windows on a second partition). I don't use it often enough however, for skinning :( I miss object bar, it was a fantastic tool to explorer different ways of using a computer-- great training on how to think of different ways, now, to use a -website-. 

i'm still designing-- in print, mostly. During the day its casinos and malls, at night its my own thing, whatever i can get my hands on.

Jafo you old fossil,  glad to see you're still sorting our pink dolphins from our brittny spears wallpapers. Still making pretty buildings?

Has anyone spoken to Pas lately?

 

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Has anyone spoken to Pas lately?
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irc.stardock.com?  He's around now and again.  Doing well.  Active in this thread if you want to leave him an off-topic note

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey DC good to see ya pokin around :)