Please excuse my typos and particularly I am referring the upgrade from Version 7 as you probably worked out.

I saw this post, but wondered why I hadn't received the magazine. I took a look at the junk mail folder in Outlook and found it buried in the usually daily quantity of real junk. I have since added the domain name to the safe list, but there is something in the email that Outlook doesn't like. I wonder how many others have had this delivered into the garbage can?

I find the new newsletter easy to read and informative about what's going on with Stardock.  I've been around since the OS/2 days (I went to Windows 2000 to be able to synch my Palm Pilot in 2001).

I would like to hear about your plans for Object Dock under Windows 10.  I'm still using it, because it's the gateway to all of may databases (via a large tabbed dock) and I use the expanding dock to open and switch to new folders, e-mail, Firefox, and IE, and I like the AccuWeather, recycle bin, and clock.  When Windows won't pass the foreground to Object Dock, I either just wait or, if it's there, switch to my app with the mini-icon on the taskbar.

I recently looked at the Forums to see what was up with Object Dock and saw that declared support for OD under W10 was withdrawn a year ago.

Windows never has been as good as OS/2 at multitasking, which always puzzled me.  Microsoft's OS/2 NT became Windows NT, and Windows 2000/XP/7/8.x/10 are all updates of that kernel - but they never did achieve seamless multitasking.  I run with 8 cores and Windows 10 can't give me response to the mouse if it's saving to the boot partition.  It's like, maybe the kernel can do it but there is some legacy Windows 3.x/95/98/MillineumEdition Program Manager code in the current Windows 10 desktop environment.

I've tried giving the ObjectDoc.exe process priority Above Normal but that doesn't help.  I selected that process because its CPU usage increases when I mouse over the object dock.  I didn't try elevating the priority of the 64-bit process, ObjectDockTray.exe.

Windows NT and successors, like OS/2, allow extensions to the desktop environment, and Stardock is the leading source of utilities that provide these extensions.  Windows 10 is not so good at making some of these hooks work as earlier versions, I get that.  But a year is a long time, and Object Dock is a huge thing for Stardock.  Between Fences and Object Dock, I have my OS/2 user interface, albeit with no SOM.

So, what is happening with Object Dock for Windows 10?

I like the full-featured newsletter, but like you said, you have at least three product lines: device-control software, applications (ObjectDesktop and associated apps, etc.) and games.

Personally, I am a Stardock customer SOLELY for the applications category.  I could care less for the games, and I don't have a need for any front-end software to control medical or other devices.  So perhaps multiple newsletters would be a good idea.  Stick with the full-featured visual presentation, but allow us to subscribe to the list(s) that interest us, rather than having people in my category get all the game propaganda crammed in there with the nuggets about applications that we want to see.

I think an approach like that would really better serve your diverse community of users.

-- // Steve //

Object Desktop is a fine suite of products in my opinion, however, there are many, many, many issues with SkinStudio, that if fixed would probably result in having a lot more WB skin designers out there. I would like to offer my services if I can work directly with the SkinStudio programmer about these issues, making it more user friendly, etc., and I am being serious. SkinStudio is in extreme need of improvements.

Also, I reported an issue to Support quite a while back concerning Windowblinds 10. When saving an existing skin with a new name and designing a new skin from it, the small thumbnail image in the WB list of skins does not change as changes are made to the new skin, The image remains from the original skin. The only way around this is that once the skin is done, you save it again under a different name, and the image corrects itself to the new skin as it should be. This should not be necessary.

I hope I can be of assistance in perfecting SkinStudio.

I was (and mostly still am) a HUGE fan of the Object Desktop concept -- so much so that I was one of the (apparently few) subscribers who optioned for the Object Desktop Infinite option, before it was discontinued.  But, since I chose to upgrade to Win-10, I don't have access to the complete array of software options.  And although the newer additions are interesting, they are of little use to me.

What I would LOVE for you guys to do was to upgrade Object Dock and SoundPackager, so that they function with the newer OS options.  One of the original reasons I signed up with Stardock was the array of customization options that the Object Desktop package gave a user.  With IconDeveloper and IconPackager, I could create and implement customized icons, as I could with themes using SkinStudio and WB.  Add in the SoundPackager, and it was possible to have a totally customized thematic package for your computer -- themes, skins, wallpapers, icons and sounds.

Plus, I later stumbled across CursorFX and Object Dock.  CursorFX allows me to customize the cursor, as I did with the other options, and Object Dock (in concert with Fences) had previously allowed me to organize all my file, folder and program shortcuts at my proverbial fingertips...an option I miss with the new OS.

I think this discussion has diverged from the original purpose: to determine if everyone is satisfied with the original newsletter format, the new one just posted for this month, or what changes are perhaps desired.  It didn't appear to me that the original intent was to start down a bunny trail of favorite wishes and enhancements for specific products, just having to do with the newsletter format.  Perhaps we should break the Object Desktop discussions out into a separate message thread?

//Steve//

Not happening....  (and it doesn't work fine on 7/8 or 10)

Not being argumentative, but I never understood that statement. DX has always worked for me. On all OSes, sans UAC. And it works fine for all my testers.

Now, version 3.5 has it's problems, but the never released beta works fine.

Hey guys , just wanted to let you guys know that I have used you software for many years now. I'm still a fan!!! Also regarding the new layout of the newsletter, I'm saying 2 thumbs up. Love you guys.