Tell us what you'd like to see in Object Desktop
Wish lists forum welcome!
Thursday, September 21, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion:
Greetings!
This forum has been created so that Object Desktop users from around the world can get together and tell us what they'd like to see in Object Desktop.
A lot of changes are coming to Windows in the next several months with Windows Vista in development. And we want to make sure we're here to serve your needs as users of Windows XP and eventually users of Windows Vista.
So if you have a new program, a tweak, a change, or anything else for that matter, let us know.
Thanks!
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ZubaZ
Reply #2 Friday, September 22, 2006 8:01 AM
An "Installed skins" section under Skins & Themes would be cool.
Reply #2 Friday, September 22, 2006 8:01 AM
| I would like to see stardock come up with an "Skins Viewer" we could download and use to preview skins that we have downloaded |
An "Installed skins" section under Skins & Themes would be cool.
Lantec
Reply #3 Friday, September 22, 2006 8:42 AM
Reply #3 Friday, September 22, 2006 8:42 AM
I'd like to see a program that would allow for wallpaper on the explorer windows background. Something that doesn't "roll up" as you scroll thru programs.
The ability to adjust skin colors with the option NOT to change button colors
A program that controls window size, placement and visibility. Be great if you could tile across multiple displays. Better if it's NOT part of WFX
More available system info meters and meter skinning in OBar via the plug-in.
Multi-Display support for Taskbar in Wblinds.
Sizable RSS "Ticker" in Taskbar. Maybe like a toolbar.
An OBar, DX plugin that works with Outlook for Tasks, Appts. and Contacts.
more to come.........
The ability to adjust skin colors with the option NOT to change button colors
A program that controls window size, placement and visibility. Be great if you could tile across multiple displays. Better if it's NOT part of WFX
More available system info meters and meter skinning in OBar via the plug-in.
Multi-Display support for Taskbar in Wblinds.
Sizable RSS "Ticker" in Taskbar. Maybe like a toolbar.
An OBar, DX plugin that works with Outlook for Tasks, Appts. and Contacts.
more to come.........
Keikonium
Reply #4 Friday, September 22, 2006 9:19 AM
Reply #4 Friday, September 22, 2006 9:19 AM
Rightclick is part of OD correct? If it is...
I have always wanted the ability to edit OTHER rightclick menus and not just the desktop one. I have some nice ideas on how to go about this to make it smooth and simple.
Also have more cross program interaction. WB on Vista already skins "extra" parts of the system by using other sections of the windowblind skin. OB2 can copy your taskbar image and use it for its own bars. Stuff like that for widgets or object dock would be pretty cool.
A program that does for the Task Manager what EFD (Enhanced File Dialog?) did for the save/open menus. Just have it more advanced. Like the ability to "hide" programs that the OS always runs (like Vista did), rename programs so they aren't like sass.exe etc, add custom comments to programs. That sorta thing.
Sort of like above, but something like that for the add/remove programs menu would be nice too. The ability to hide/show programs, rename them, add comments, last used/opened/edited, etc. Just more advanced menus that give more information to the user.
A registry URL bar would be wicked... so it shows the keys location (and you could type ones in also). When getting help many people tell me to "locate HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\etc etc etc". Copy/pasting that location into a bar would be cool. Guess thats more of a tweak that could be put into an existing program than a whole new program lol.
Thats really all I can think of right now
I have always wanted the ability to edit OTHER rightclick menus and not just the desktop one. I have some nice ideas on how to go about this to make it smooth and simple.
Also have more cross program interaction. WB on Vista already skins "extra" parts of the system by using other sections of the windowblind skin. OB2 can copy your taskbar image and use it for its own bars. Stuff like that for widgets or object dock would be pretty cool.
A program that does for the Task Manager what EFD (Enhanced File Dialog?) did for the save/open menus. Just have it more advanced. Like the ability to "hide" programs that the OS always runs (like Vista did), rename programs so they aren't like sass.exe etc, add custom comments to programs. That sorta thing.
Sort of like above, but something like that for the add/remove programs menu would be nice too. The ability to hide/show programs, rename them, add comments, last used/opened/edited, etc. Just more advanced menus that give more information to the user
.A registry URL bar would be wicked... so it shows the keys location (and you could type ones in also). When getting help many people tell me to "locate HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\etc etc etc". Copy/pasting that location into a bar would be cool
. Guess thats more of a tweak that could be put into an existing program than a whole new program lol.Thats really all I can think of right now
KiloKrash
Reply #5 Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:00 PM
I too would Love to see a folder background program. Not in XP, though. I hated to do all the work for every folder...creat the ini then set the system attribute through command prompt...then cut and paste when you wanted to change the background. I know there is already proggies out there for this...but if you could package it with OD 2007 for Vista, well that would be great!
Reply #5 Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:00 PM
| I'd like to see a program that would allow for wallpaper on the explorer windows background. Something that doesn't "roll up" as you scroll thru programs. |
I too would Love to see a folder background program. Not in XP, though. I hated to do all the work for every folder...creat the ini then set the system attribute through command prompt...then cut and paste when you wanted to change the background. I know there is already proggies out there for this...but if you could package it with OD 2007 for Vista, well that would be great!
Dangerousdaze
Reply #6 Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:07 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:07 PM
I'd like to see some mechanism for linking related content together. For example, to link a proposal document to its bidsheet you could hold down a key combination, click and drag the document and drop it on the spreadsheet. You'd then have some visual device to let you know that links exist on the two documents and the ability (possibly from an addition to the context menu) to see a graphical representation of the links for that file, with the ability to click on a linked file and immediately open it or its containing folder. The system would allow whole networks of links to be made.
This would supplement the folder paradigm for collecting related content.
Nick
This would supplement the folder paradigm for collecting related content.
Nick
Dangerousdaze
Reply #8 Sunday, September 24, 2006 1:35 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, September 24, 2006 1:35 PM
Not particularly, that looks to be far too heavyweight for what I was thinking of. There would be no executable application for managing/viewing links and therefore no files to persist them. In fact, the whole idea of storing such link information in a file flies in the face of the concept which is to be able to immediately set and get file relationships from the files themselves without having to read it from somewhere. It would be built into the shell and managed transparently a la KeepSafe.
It could even just be a case of right clicking on the file, which brings up the usual context menu with an added option for "Links >" Selecting this new option would show a list of related files (that you had set earlier) and you just click on one to open it. Maybe you would have a system tray application where you could view all your links in a richer client environment (again a la KeepSafe).
Nick
It could even just be a case of right clicking on the file, which brings up the usual context menu with an added option for "Links >" Selecting this new option would show a list of related files (that you had set earlier) and you just click on one to open it. Maybe you would have a system tray application where you could view all your links in a richer client environment (again a la KeepSafe).
Nick
whiterabbit007
Reply #9 Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:17 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:17 PM
I'd like to see better support for multiple displays accross the board.
I would like to have more control over what goes into the MFU programs list - things like frequency, last date executed, importance, etc.
I already mentioned this in another thread but this one would be more appropriate anyway - for RightClick, I would like to be able to display up to four right-click menus at once, one per each "quadrat", similar to 3ds max's context menus. Of course with control over how it should handle situations when the menus are out of space. Also support for more mouse buttons - in particular I really love the back/forward buttons on my mouse but I'd like to be able to customize (or at least use) their functionality in programs like rightclick and objectbar.
I would like to have more control over what goes into the MFU programs list - things like frequency, last date executed, importance, etc.
I already mentioned this in another thread but this one would be more appropriate anyway - for RightClick, I would like to be able to display up to four right-click menus at once, one per each "quadrat", similar to 3ds max's context menus. Of course with control over how it should handle situations when the menus are out of space. Also support for more mouse buttons - in particular I really love the back/forward buttons on my mouse but I'd like to be able to customize (or at least use) their functionality in programs like rightclick and objectbar.
Koasati
Reply #12 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:32 AM
Yes please!
Reply #12 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:32 AM
| I'd like to see better support for multiple displays accross the board. |
Yes please!
smoovie
Reply #13 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:10 AM
Reply #13 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:10 AM
Yeah, maybe a program similar to UltraMon but designed to enhance the stardock product line for multi-monitor set-ups.
The ability to be able to change ALL system font colors would be a godsend. (if anyone has a reg.hack to do this please post it)
I also like the idea of being able to set an image for window backgrounds.
The ability to be able to change ALL system font colors would be a godsend. (if anyone has a reg.hack to do this please post it)
I also like the idea of being able to set an image for window backgrounds.
smoovie
Reply #15 Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:30 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:30 PM
I've remembered a few more additions to WindowBlinds I'd like to see for XP and Vista since my last post.
The ability to add shadows to the taskbar and start panel would be great. Menu item background and menu item are skinnable on Vista but on XP they just inherit classic colors when you are doing a perpixel skin. Makeing this skinnable when doing a perpixel skin would help alot. The log-off buttons on the start panel in XP when skinned in tga form look pixely unless you add a background image, which defeats the whole purpose of useing a tga file. An update to this would also be welcome.
If anything else comes to mind I'll be sure to post back here.
Thanks.
Just remembered this one too. It would be great if you could use a glass type transparency on the toolbar background as well.
The ability to add shadows to the taskbar and start panel would be great. Menu item background and menu item are skinnable on Vista but on XP they just inherit classic colors when you are doing a perpixel skin. Makeing this skinnable when doing a perpixel skin would help alot. The log-off buttons on the start panel in XP when skinned in tga form look pixely unless you add a background image, which defeats the whole purpose of useing a tga file. An update to this would also be welcome.
If anything else comes to mind I'll be sure to post back here.
Thanks.
Just remembered this one too. It would be great if you could use a glass type transparency on the toolbar background as well.
Bichur
Reply #16 Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:57 PM
Reply #16 Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:57 PM
easy to understand user guide/instruction manual for us noobs who'd like to create something.
Daiwa
Reply #17 Monday, December 25, 2006 12:01 PM
Reply #17 Monday, December 25, 2006 12:01 PM
An updated ObjectBar for Win2K. 
Well... you did ask.
Well... you did ask.
IanAdd
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:53 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:53 PM
Here's my pennyworth..
Right Click to work with MS Office, some sort of ability to set transparency to windows background rather than to windows below, so background can be seen regardless of the number of apps overlaid,
more robust WFX - works fine for a few hours, but I run for days without a reboot and it all goes pear shaped and needs unloading leaving a mess.
DesktopX things that can be seen through transparency in the top-most app - like my request above for Desktop background - For example a calendar object that can always be seen but which is not 'on-top'.
Right Click to work with MS Office, some sort of ability to set transparency to windows background rather than to windows below, so background can be seen regardless of the number of apps overlaid,
more robust WFX - works fine for a few hours, but I run for days without a reboot and it all goes pear shaped and needs unloading leaving a mess.
DesktopX things that can be seen through transparency in the top-most app - like my request above for Desktop background - For example a calendar object that can always be seen but which is not 'on-top'.
dragonmage
Reply #19 Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:49 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:49 PM
I was just wondering what happened to Sound Packager or was that dropped, or did you decide to make that a vista app?
dragonmage
Reply #20 Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:19 PM
Reply #20 Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:19 PM
Easier Theme Builders for ObjectBar and RightClick. I understand that RightClick is really just an Objectbar seperated from the ObjectBar program. I don't see why RightClick couldn't be as configurable as NextStart.
I know from personal experimentation that RightClick can use OB skins which can add things to RC that aren't available thru the theme editor interface, like submenus using a different skin from the main menu, and animations on mouseovers. I'm sure I could figure out how to write the .obskin files and stuff by examining the existing ones, but I think a lot more people would use and skin RC if this stuff could be done through the theme editor.
This isn't technically a part of ObjectDesktop but, CursorXP needs a better way of selecting cursors. You could have it make a preview of the Normal cursor for each cursor set and display that in a skin chooser like the scrollable WB preview, instead of having to generate bitmaps just to remind you of what that set looks like.
I know from personal experimentation that RightClick can use OB skins which can add things to RC that aren't available thru the theme editor interface, like submenus using a different skin from the main menu, and animations on mouseovers. I'm sure I could figure out how to write the .obskin files and stuff by examining the existing ones, but I think a lot more people would use and skin RC if this stuff could be done through the theme editor.
This isn't technically a part of ObjectDesktop but, CursorXP needs a better way of selecting cursors. You could have it make a preview of the Normal cursor for each cursor set and display that in a skin chooser like the scrollable WB preview, instead of having to generate bitmaps just to remind you of what that set looks like.
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Reply #1 Friday, September 22, 2006 7:49 AM
to preview skins that we have downloaded and saved for future use. Something like what you see when you go to Stardock Central and select the windowblinds section.
If there is already something like this, could you please point me in the right direction.
Thank you!!