http://customize.org/groups/stardock A group for discussion of Stardock's various programs for customizing Windows. Copyright 1998-2009 Customize.org. All rights reserved. en-us Island Dog Stardock SkinStudio is an application that is used to create and edit skins, also called visual styles, for use with WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds 6.4 was released recently, and this SkinStudio release will allow skinners and theme artists to take advantage of the new features in that release. New and updated features: * Support for glass menu bars on Windows Vista * Support for a different mouseover image on the right hand side of the Start Menu * Control over the background color o... Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:54:37 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13952 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13952 Island Dog Stardock There is a free update for existing users of WindowBlinds available. The most notable feature is the addition of the Explorer Background feature which allows you to apply a background, and adjust the opacity of the Explorer background. Other additions include performance tweaks. http://www.windowblinds.net Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:55:07 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13722 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13722 Island Dog Stardock Stardock Fences for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The free application from Stardock clears desktop clutter and provides consistency and organization for groups of files on the desktop. Fences allows users to literally “draw” labeled shaded areas on the desktop which become movable & resizable “containers” for desktop icons. These groups arrange and hide the files on the computer's desktop solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception. To help solv... Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:52:33 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13944 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13944 Island Dog Stardock In this years GUI Championships, Icon Packages seems to have ruled the day. Over 80 icon packages made it into the competition, and the workmanship and creativity of each was outstanding. The GUI Champs is winding down this week, and the Most Usable winners in the Icon Pack category have been announced. Most Usable Icon Package Winners: 1st place - Plastic Fantastic by Tiggz 2nd place - Non-mainstream 2008 by iconboy 3rd place - Junior by Treetog Congratulations to all the winners,... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:45:44 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13918 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13918 Island Dog Stardock The time has come, and the first voting event for the 2008 GUI Champs is here! Voting for Most Usable and Most Original Animated Wallpaper (.dreams) are now ready. We had 32 .dreams submitted and the judges have narrowed it down to 10 finalists which are now voted upon by the public. Voting this year works a little bit differently than in years past. This year you have three points to distribute in any combination you like to the finalist skins. You must distribute all three points bef... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:40:18 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13908 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13908 Island Dog Stardock Stardock has released the 2009 edition of its popular desktop experience suite Object Desktop. Object Desktop is a set of utilities that enables users to completely transform the desktop experience of Windows XP or Windows Vista. Object Desktop includes 6 utilities that focus on enhancing a particular aspect of Windows. These are: *WindowBlinds *IconPackager *DesktopX *DeskScapes (animated wallpaper for XP!) *BootSkin Pro (Bootskins for Vista) *Theme Manager *MyColors Themes T... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:06:20 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13903 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13903 Island Dog Stardock Well folks, now is the time to start the real countdown to this years GUI Championships, the largest GUI customization competition around, and to give some more details about the competition. Let me first start off by thanking all our sponsors for this years event, I have no doubt this will be the best one yet! The GUI Champs ‘08 will officially start on Monday, October 13th. The judging and more detailed schedule will be posted soon, but this is when we will start accepting entries.... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:56:50 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13854 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13854 Island Dog Stardock DesktopX 3.5 has been released! DesktopX 3.5 isn't just a Vista update, however. It allows users to export their creations as Windows sidebar gadgets! This is significant because by default, Sidebar gadgets tend to be limited in functionality. DesktopX objects, however, have no limitations, a user can make plugins in C++ or virtually any other language allowing Sidebar gadgets to be incredibly powerful. Link - http://www.desktopx.net/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:01:23 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13789 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13789 Island Dog Stardock CursorFX 2.01 was released yesterday. CursorFX allows both Windows Vista and XP users to easily change their system cursors with one of thousands available for download. CursorFX has a free, and Plus version with enhanced features. http://www.cursorfx.com :) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:36:59 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13783 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13783 Island Dog Stardock IconPackager 4 was released, and is quite a significant update, especially for users of Windows Vista. If you are a current Object Desktop subscriber you can download the update through Impulse. http://www.stardock.com/products/iconpackager/ Sun, 18 May 2008 04:47:31 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13726 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13726 Island Dog Stardock Now available on CNET, MyColors includes the "Diamond theme" which gives Windows XP and Windows Vista users a glimpse at Aero Diamond (one of the concepts Microsoft considered for Windows Vista before going with Aero glass). The included Diamond theme is free, and MyColors itself is free as well. Additional suites can be purchased such as themes licensed by the NBA, NCAA, Ford, and others. Even if you don't purchase additional themes, you still get a phenomenal suite for both Windows Vista ... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:38:09 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13704 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13704 Island Dog Stardock Today, Stardock has officially launched Object Desktop 2008 and Object Desktop 2008 Ultimate. Object Desktop is a suite of utilities that enables users to completely personalize the Windows experience - change how Windows looks, feels, and functions to suit the user’s preference. The 2008 version of the suite is split into two tiers: Object Desktop 2008, and Object Desktop 2008 Ultimate. The standard version is set at $49.95, with the Ultimate edition tagged at $69.95. Customers with cur... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:36:18 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13691 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13691 Island Dog Stardock Stardock is pleased to announce that the DeskScapes 2.0 preview version is now available. DeskScapes allows users of Windows Vista to have animated wallpapers on their desktop. It runs the Stardock created .DREAM format which can contain videos as animated wallpapers or dynamically generated content. The goal of the preview version is to evaluate the variety of hardware configurations out there running Windows Vista in order to see how well different types of Dreams run. The three includ... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:45:52 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13654 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13654 Island Dog Stardock Object Desktop 2008 is scheduled for a late March release, and today on WinCustomize, Brad showed off what Object Desktop 2008 will look like. If you are not familiar with what Object Desktop is, it’s a suite of desktop enhancements to change the look, feel, and function of Windows Vista and XP. What’s new in 2008 is that Object Desktop will be split into two. There will be Object Desktop with the core applications (WindowBlinds, IconPackager, etc.) Then there will be Object Desktop U... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:53:57 -0500 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13650 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13650 Island Dog Stardock The 2.0.008 update is now out. If you have CursorFX Plus you can update via Stardock Central. Otherwise you can download the free version at the link below. CursorFX was designed to replace CursorXP. The initial roll-out of CursorFX was a little bumpy, demonstrating the challenges of developing a brand new desktop enhancement in a world divided between Windows XP and Windows Vista users. Here's what's new in CursorFX: - Fix for Powerpoint issue - Fixes for slow/choppy cursor. -... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:55:19 -0600 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13626 http://customize.org/groups/topic/13626