Nope, I can't explain it, I myself am confused by the lack of understanding some are having with this.




Hey Brad, at least Zubaz gets all the letters in his words, granted not in the proper order but they are all there

For those worried about anything being dropped. As long as you archive all in SDC and back-up those archives you will always have them, forever.

peple . . who love peple . .  are the luckiest peple in teh world!

 

I'm unsure as to whether or not my posts are perceived as pinchpenny complaints?

1. TweakVista average as a utility.
2. WindowBlinds 6's new feature I really didn't use
3. SoundPackager - I'd didn't care for
4. Premium suites - necessary
5. IconPackager - I don't use
6. SkinStudio 6 - I don't use
7. ObjectBar - Whilst better than Vista's sidebar - I'm happy with the Vista sidebar
8. RightClick - Love this utility
9. DeskScapes - Fun, but gets boring after a while
10. LaunchPad - Not very good
11. Desktop X - I don't use
12. Premium skins - necessary

For me the premium skins / suites were the only components I got any use out of, so I still don't see much value in a subscription renewal.

Don't get me wrong. I really like stardock custom support and service - you guys are awesome. It just am starting to find ObjectDesktop a little old.

Jinksy: WindowBlinds 6 has more than one feature over WB5.5.

I should also point out that WB 5.5 was released within the past year which added support for Vista skinning.

I have to say that all this is rather confusing and mind boggling for a new subscriber. I just barely bought OD so I don't have to worry about renwing for quite a long time. And by then I might have given Vista a try. Doubtful, but it's possible. I'm quite happy with XP and from experience through the years, I know it'll be at least a year before I'm ready to touch Vista with a ten foot pole, mine or anyone else's. It's simply not worth the hassle, the bugs, the incompatibilities, having to probably upgrade my machine and not to mention I get to pay an arm and leg for all this fun. No thanks.

I really like my XP and I really like OD. If, when the time comes to renew, the price from the current is only $5 more then I don't see what the big row is about, as long as there are still usable XP upgrades. If it all goes to Vista then no, it won't be worth my dime. I think it should be less about the $5 increase for renewal (or whatever it is going to be) than what we're getting for it in terms of upgrades for programs we use. Because, as I understand it, I'm not going to be out any money for the upgrade to Ultimate in March or whenever it gets released. There is no extra $20 charge. Only a slight increase of the renewel at the end of the subscription.

However, there is too much conjecture and personally my renew date is too far in the future for me to worry over.

On another note, I'd rather see the Premium content dropped and ObjectDock incorporated. Give me something I like as opposed to things I'll never use. The premuim WB and Suite included in OD are nice, just not what I would have chosen, or will ever use. So, for me, they weren't of any value at all. Not complaining though, as I didn't buy the suite expecting to get any Premium content at all. Getting to choose which ones I got would have been a great touch and added a bit more fun to the whole thing though.

Two cents worrh from a new customer.. at an ungodly early hour. So forgive me if it all doesn't make sense.

Another thought occurred to me (several in one day!):

Don't Theme Manager and MyColors have overlapping functions? Are there plans in the works to merge these two apps? I know we've had a lot of issues historically with the two not getting along very well, and it seems as though it would make sense for OD '08 to include one or the other but not both as separate, independent entities.

No complaints here..... and if the OD Ultimate renewal price is around 39 - 40 bucks, then it is still very good value and well worth the price. Anyone who thinks otherwise obviously has a math problem and concerns about having to dust the cobwebs off their wallets.

Ok I dont post much but some of the content in this thread has been bugging me for days now so.....



Are the moaners just ignoring what Frogboy said (and which I quote above)?
I am baffled by the negativity about ODNT 2008 and I would have to assume that they either ....
A. Can't read
B. Can't understand plain English
C. Are completely stupid
D. All of the above
E. Are not completely stupid,can read and understand plain English but just like to moan regardless of the easily understandable facts patiently provided by Brad and others.

As for those who can't seem to accept that as the products develop and become better,with improved user interfaces and features and the like,and new products are added (that's not to mention a years free updates to all software in the package)that price increases will happen then all I can say is life must be tough for you driving round in your Model T Fords and watching your black and white televisions while your kids clean chimneys and your wives beat your clothes clean on a rock by the riverbank.
Progress is progress and these things cost,albeit not very much.

Ok moan over now,back to the lounge to open the fine single malt I got for Christmas.

Same here... I cannot think of/do not know of any better value software anywhere. OK, so there are a couple of changes, but certainly nothing to complain about when considering the content included in the Ultimate package for an extra $5.00 or so.... $10.00 for the wife and I, but it'll be a no-brainer when it comes time to renew, we'll just do it.

Speaking from a personal point of view, Object Desktop is one of the best software values out there today. I purchase a lot of software throughout the year, some with a decent price tag and most, if not all of them, are rarely updated and if some developers do charge for an update, they are not always at a discount either. 

I can't figure out why you bought Object Desktop in the first place.

It would be like someone complaining about being unhappy with a Playstation only to later learn that the person doesn't really like games much.

If you have Windows Vista, WindowBlinds 6 is pretty huge in terms of new features (WB 5.5 made WB 5 work on Vista, WB 6 skins the new parts of Vista both of which came out in 2007).  Sounds like you would have been better off just buying WindowBlinds.

Most people wishing to complain about things fall quite snugly into this particular category ....