[quote who="Mirsguy" reply="10" id="2464444"] ObjectDock Plus is a main staple on my 2 machines. Running it on W7 Pro x64 with no issues (except for the known start menu/sys tray issues). Works wonderfully. [/quote] You mean to tell me that you cannot reproduce any of the bugs that are mentioned in the bugs' thread?
[quote who="Chasbo" reply="8" id="2464386"]What problems do you all have? I am using win 7 64 bit and haven't had any problems with object dock. I use it just to dock folders and apps. Haven't used it for much else since going to win 7 but for that it's perfect here. I understand Rocket Dock works on win 7. I used Rocket Dock on my XP rig and it worked fine.[/quote] Chasbo, have you seen this thread: <a title="https://forums.stardock.com/357439" href="https://forums.stardock.com/35743
A new version will be released, no doubt there. When it will be released? Now that's a question on everyone's lips. It hasn't been released in the past 2 & 1/2 years, it won't be released in time for Christmas like I've predicted 4 months ago and beyond that it's anyone's guess. Customers' frustrations are falling on deaf ears at Stardock :(
[quote who="mickeko" reply="8" id="2440473"] Somehow ObjectDock Plus changed the "last updated"-date to 11/11 today though... With nothing really updated. [/quote] Perhaps they updated the build that sits on Impulse to include the correct Weather docklet, instead of users having download a fixed one separately. That's just a speculation though. There's no official changelog (version history) beyond the 1.90 release. [quote who="Gargabee" reply="11" id="2441432"
[quote who="Jafo" reply="73" id="2437729"]BNXMike, I'm sorry you do not appreciate my tone. It was/is intended as a debate between myself and one other person on this thread about the logic of using a product which has not yet been officially supported by the manufacturer for the OS he uses. You too appear to have struck the same problem, hence your comment point '2'. If you require assistance specifically for your software use the appropriate link is support@stard
[quote who="AzDude" reply="68" id="2433034"]it's working just find on my PC - win7 home edition [/quote] Please see this post: https://forums.stardock.com/367035/get;2430252
[quote who="zakai1369" reply="66" id="2432764"] Unfortunately though, for those who go about complaining in the repetitive way that some do, it would just serve as a list of things for them to make complaints about (such as: "X has been on the list for X# of days why isn't it fixed yet?" or " X had an eta of x/xx/xx and it is now 3 minutes into the next day why haven't we seen a new version yet?") [/quote] Cross my heart that I won't be one of those. Like vStyler said: 'not know
OK, let's not get sidetracked here ;) As you've said, Bitdefender is now Win 7 compatible, which is another example of a company who updated their software ahead of Stardock. Also, in not so many words, you suggested that I stop using OD+ on my Win 7 system. That was my interpretation and I'm sceptical if that's the message that you should be sending. Do you use OD+ on your Win 7 PC? What is there to inspire customer confidence in Stardock?
Yes, the steps that you, Jafo, describe are almost correct. Before moving to Win 7, I also used OD+ on Vista for which OD is claimed to be ready. Yet I experienced and reported bugs that to this day have not been resolved. What is supposed to happen in this type of situation? Re: Bitdefender, perhaps you should switch to Norton. I had NIS 09 and got a free upgrade to NIS 2010, which I took upon, but 2009 users got updates to make their version compatible with Windows 7 if they did not
[quote who="MichaelG04" reply="55" id="2430200"]i'm running it on Windows 7 x64 with no issues[/quote]It's difficult to interpret that one. I know that SD won't put "64-bit compatible" on OD+ if a group of people report it as "no issues" and other have say the opposite. Seems to be a mixed experience. Have you had look in the bugs thread? You don't get the issues that I've reported: after hibernation? Start menu? "Recent Places" when browsing for a replacement icon? Pinned to Taskbar items is
[quote who="Jafo" reply="50" id="2430059"] Is it the fault of the program that your OS is perhaps now incompatible? The program didn't change your OS...[/quote] I think you phrased it inappropriately. It's not the OS that is incompatible, but the said proggy. The OS is this global layer and, as it changes, proggies should "roll with the punches". OD, for one, didn't...yet ;) [quote who="RPGFX" reply="51" id="2430066"]What about this. Stardock never has
No, I would not [personally] like for you to rattle them off. Then again, they don't appear in the top of Stardock's most popular software, like OD does -- at no. 5. It's a shame that this matter is outside of your influence, but perhaps you can get the attention of people who are the policy-makers and point them to this thread/forum (if they aren't aware already)? Thanks. Sure, you're right that if end users use a proggy within an OS for which said proggy wasn't developed then they s
[quote who="Jafo" reply="46" id="2429526"] No, I don't, but others might. Afterall not everyone is on the same page...all the time... More often than not, Stardock limits access to betas to people who will be more willing to accept that what they are using IS a beta and thus may break things, mildly or 'dramatically'....such as Object Desktop Subscribers, people who typically have more exposure to and thus more experience with Stardock's range of software. Ski
[quote who="Jafo" reply="44" id="2429471"] Well, yes...it actually NEEDS to be reactive and NOT proactive, as it is the MS coders and not Stardock who create and modify the OS. Windows 7 may have been around for several months [I know I've been using it since about July on a permanent basis]...but what is deemed [By MS] as 'final' was/is the RTM which has not been out all that long. Revisions [by MS] to the OS break things so that rather than play catch-up with the MS coders
[quote who="Jafo" reply="41" id="2428208"] How about "I am eagerly awaiting Official 64bit compatibility as I intend to upgrade to a 64bit OS soon." ... [/quote] That's a nice and politically-correct PR spin on the matter. However, as nice as that sounds, it makes Stardock's software development look reactive rather than proactive. After all, that's one of the reasons why Microsoft provide partners with pre-retail builds of their operating systems -- to ensure that the
I am not complaining about something I haven't tried yet. I am complaining about bugs in Win 7 32-bit. They exist, just look at the bugs thread here. I am also complaining about something that OD+ doesn't officially have, and that's 64-bit compatibility. Stardock haven't announced that it's fully 64-bit compatible and that is one my main gripes.
[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="35" id="2427663"]Are there any apps that you personally want to access in the 64 bit System32 folder?[/quote] Not at the moment, because I have not upgraded to 64-bit Windows 7 yet. Will probably do it next weekend and let you of my experience then. In the meantime, there are plenty of Win 7 (and not just specific to that OS) bugs for SD to be busy with :P
[quote who="zakai1369" reply="31" id="2426951"] 1.) because you have already stated your issues with the program and made Stardock and the community aware of them. 3.) because stating the same issues over and over in multiple threads won't magically make the problems go away quicker. 5.) because not everyone wants to read your problem with Stardock/OD in every single thread they click on that has OD in the title 7.) because common sense would say that hounding som
[quote who="zakai1369" reply="29" id="2426781"] the same could be said for your need to comment in every thread you find about OD and saying the same things over and over. [/quote] I and other people wouldn't be complaining in this forum if ObjectDock worked bug-free and fully-compatible. Considering that it's not I don't see why people like me should stop voicing their frustration and disappointment.
[quote who="mickeko" reply="27" id="2426623"]That doesn't mean OD currently is 64bit compatible though, because it isn't, and Stardock doesn't claim it is either.[/quote]That's the problem. Win XP has 64-bit version, Vista has a 64-bit edition and Win 7 has 64-bit flavour too. Yet Stardock hasn't made OD 64-bit compatible and it's getting long in the tooth.
Once again, it's a workaround, it's not a solution -- the fact remains that 32-bit OD can't access 64-bit programs, that's what SD need to be working on.
[quote who="killajosh" reply="16" id="2425532"]I ran Win7 x64 RC for months and had not one single issue with OD+.... in fact I have the entire ObjectDesktop suite and never had a single issue. I have come to realize that 99% of the time the user is the issue, not the proggie........[/quote] I am glad that you had no issues whatsoever. I hope the same will be for me after this weekend. However, a lot of people on the forums have had quite the opposite experience. I don't think it is t
[quote who="tazgecko" reply="14" id="2424927"]and spend it on a . Come on ... $20 is not that much. I have used my $20 worth over and over again.[/quote]Let's please not try to make excuses for ObjectDock/Stardock. Granted, it is a good piece of software when it has no incompatibility issues or bugs. Currently, if a person buys OD+ to use on a Win 7 machine then I cannot say that they are making a good investment, even less so if they'll be deploying it to a 64-bit PC. Over the course of th
[quote who="Excalpius" reply="9" id="2424590"]Search forum threads for the solution on how to get systray and startmenu support working under 64 bit, Windows 7, etc. 8)[/quote]One shouldn't have to resolve to those "workarounds". Stardock need to fix their software so it's compatible, period.
[quote who="Mirsguy" reply="4" id="2421012"]Except for start menu & sys tray, it works great![/quote]Those aren't exactly small potatoes! Start menu is a big deal and Sys Tray is essential, otherwise taskbar cannot be hidden, which reduces the overall usefulness of OD by a lot.