Purely denials.........................you can not have your cake and eat it too.   

Who has said this ?? Please quote exactly the source from.   People did complain the price,question its sustainability but people who going to pay,they will and vice versa. 

Thanks for pointed out the fact instead of living in the pipe dream/reminiscing the old days. I thought people did aware of these situations. I have been avid user of Windowblinds since 2001,it's quite sad,outside of Stardock,the furore of it has been died out awhile. Yes,people still use it,but then we are talking about a very small percentage of it,how do we rejuvenate/increase of that is the problem. 

I am not in a bad mood,not at all. I just think as a mature and educated man that you should be able to say something based on the fact/reality,disagree or not is your prerogative,though.   

Just keep in mind,when it really does die down,everyone is lose.   

Tis a lively discussion and can be kept that way without all the rhetoric being tossed about. WindowBlinds, Start 10 and IP are IMO essential to a decent desktop. Only ones I use. The iconpack I keep is office because it fits with everything and I have no desire to change it. I do like to change up my WB's to fit my mood. I don't need a wallpaper changer as I am my own wallpaper changer, I go with what I like. If WB goes so goes Start 10. I have my Winstep Xtreme and that will do all I need it to do. And I have my Photoshop so SD will do what it will do. End of story. 

Not at all Don.

The amount of high quality free new skins is an ever decreasing commodity, while new Master skins simply maintain a degree of regularity. This clearly shows a lack of interest in the enjoyment of skinning that once prompted the steady sales of Windowblinds.

I've bought plenty of Master skins even though I don't use Windowblinds anymore. I do it to help support you guys/gals that put the effort in to it.

Face the facts.. those that say they will leave if WB's goes the way of the unicorn are a small percentage of the overall revenue of the business. Sad but true. It's turning in to a dying horse that cannot be healed with the way Windows OS is progressing.

I also don't understand the reasoning behind not caring if 3rd party apps are not able to be skinnned.

When I use my PC I am running programs. If you leave out the apps well, your just using your PC to click around the OS and not actually doing much with it.

Here is my answer. Anyone that uses Microsoft Office will know why. In fact this applies to some non office programs but 3rd party ones. When making a WB. When making a WB especially a darker one. There is are background colors one can set and many do that is made darker because the majority of the skin is dark. You can't read the text or see what you are typing. so that is why I don't really care. However you aren't looking at why this is being mentioned. Staredock would save a lot of money and time if they just keep WB alive for Windows and not what 3rd party apps were skinned. So based on the current situation things are being mentioned that would save SD quite a bit of money.  Enough I have no idea. Just trying to keep Windowblinds alive.

So what you are saying basically is the Masters that upload quality paid skins hardly ever upload a quality free skin. Such a bunch of crap. If it's free or not the skinners make a quality WB. I'm a Master and don't upload paid skins. you may not like all the designs, colors, or style and that is fine. I can assure you the quality is made the same. Doesn't matter if it's mine or other Masters uploading free ones. You don't even use WindowBlinds so how would you even know if it's a quality WB or not? By looking at a screen shot.

I will give you this as it's a known fact by all. The amount of skinners is way down. That has nothing to do with quality. It's this so called new World we live in where people can't walk without a cell phone in their hand.

Well, you asked the question:

Really would want this:

1.  SpaceMonger has fuzzy duplicate file search support, this is really important with trying to recover from drive synchronization errors

Some priority:

1.  ObjectDock dragged into Windows 10 All Versions

2.  "Simple" turn on/turn off function to standard desktop from all of Object Desktop programs.

Nice To Have, Not Urgent

1.  Multiplicity Support for NAS drag and drop over Remote Connections (the NAS attached to the remote device is accessible rather than having a separate connection).

2.  CursorFX works within current Stardock games, particularly Gal Civ III.  Gal Civ III themes are options within Object Desktop.

To switch gears a little bit, I'm thinking of a "new" customization program.  I'm thinking along the lines of ShadowFX which just adds shadows to the default Win10 windows.  Maybe there could be some interest in a small program that just lets users control transparency and blur on the default Win10 windows and taskbar.  That in itself could make a decent difference in Win10.  (Not suggesting it as a replacement for WindowBlinds).  Wouldn't require any skinning, just something any user could use to adjust.  Anyway the thought popped into my head while I was thinking about Win10's default and I thought I'd throw it out.

The reality is a lot of skins are only useful with the OS, and even then Explorer menus can be almost unreadable with some permutations. For 3rd party apps the problems of usability persist if the skinner hasn't used the apps in question. Nonetheless, carefully chosen skins make Win 10 et al far more attractive than what MS offers. I've reduced the hundreds of skins I've tried to some three dozen, and every one makes the Windows experience much better aesthetically. So WB stays with me ad infinitum. So does Start 10, which is far superior to the horrid MS tiles. Cursor FX Plus is just plain fun compared to the MS offerings. OD runs fine on Win 10 and doesn't require much more than choosing an attractive shelf for the icons to cast shadows/reflections on.

I would be sad to see Stardock stop supporting these, but change is always part of reality. Perhaps someday a foundation will run it, and it will become open source. In the here and now, I'm a very happy user.

Well ... I started out here using Start8 -- when MS decided EVERYONE had switched over from Desktops to using touch-screen Tablets and clearly did NOT need a Start Menu anymore!

Then, when I came here, I found out about WindowBlinds and a bunch of other SD apps that made life in Win8x a lot easier -- so I subscribed to OD. I think my usage went up to about a dozen SD apps, and I downloaded LOTS of Blinds.

But over the years, things have changed. Now, I only use WB and Start10.

I also, despite having downloaded probably more than 100 Blinds over the years, have settled on using a half dozen. I like the dark themes but most of them make the text so dark, my (aging) eyes can't see it against the background.

There are alternatives out there to Start10, some free some not, so if that goes, I can use something else.

But ... WB is my main reason for renewing the OD subscription. IF that goes, so do I.

Regardless of financial aspects and usage stats, WB is STILL the 'glue' that keeps us all together. Take that away, you kill what is left of the community - and without it everything else crumbles.

Not everything should be seen in the cold light of numbers.

Well I do hope Stardock comes up with some kind of workable solution.  Seriously, those Win10 window frames really do kind of make me want to gag.  I ran Win10 for awhile before WB came out for it, and I found it to be ... unpleasant.  Every once in awhile I run Win10 naked for a (very) little while for a quick change of pace, and I still find it unpleasant after about 10 minutes.

I'm chiming in late because I've been traveling out of the country for six weeks and just got back. 

I currently use and love WB, Start10, Fences, and SpaceMonger.

Back before I retired I used to run a lot more programs simultaneously and I used ObjectDock, IconPackager, SoundPackager, and the ancient ControlCenter (which I used for virtual desktops).

I too would hate to see WB go away, would rather have some than none.