From technology to politics to video games; these are the random thoughts of a geek with too much time on his hands
Published on September 25, 2006 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

Welcome back Weekly Poll fans to a fun-filled, exciting, thrilling Monday!*  According to my calendar and little to-do list gadget, it looks like it's time to get a new poll up, and do a bit of a summary on last weeks results.  Pretty much the standard fare you've come to expect.  So sit back and relax as I spin you a tale of  a question in search of answers.  Which answer would our questing question choose?  Which answer would rule supreme among its brother and sister answers?  Well, let me tell you.

Last week, I asked if you had tried Vista RC1 yet, as it had been made available for public download the previous Friday.  Nearly 300 of you answered, with the majority of you saying you either had not yet, or were not planning to try the release candidate.  As always, here are the numbers:

Have You Tried Vista RC 1 Yet?
Yes 77 26.46%
No 116 39.86%
Not yet, but I will! 34 11.68%
I'll just wait for release 64 22%

So there you have it.  More than half of you are opting out of testing the newest version of Windows.  A mere 38% of you are brave enough to subject your precious systems to the rigors of a buggy, half-finished Operating System!

With that out of the way, we move on now to this weeks question:

"How would you rate ObjectBar 2.0?"

Last week, we released the latest version of ObjectBar, version 2.0!  After what seemed like an eternity of waiting for ObjectBar fans, the update came at last, and there was much rejoicing.  What we'd like to know now is, how would you rate the release.  Do you like OB2?  Do you dislike it?  Are you luke-warm?  Give us your feedback in the poll and in the comments section below.


Comments
on Sep 25, 2006
OB2 is great. It has most of the benefits of all the other SD apps all rolled together (skins, handles widgets, virtual desktops, custom links). It would be a flagship product for any other company. Props to Jeff.

Having said that, I have a internal list of things I want it to do now. Some are DX widget realted, some are skin, some are general usage. I'll let things shake down before I start the (possible) bug list and feature request list.
on Sep 25, 2006
It's got me using ObjectBar and liking it for the first time. Looks like I'll keep using it. I like the "skin matching" capabilities, watching for themes to come out. Loaded Vista theme and got the sidebar...wondering how to move it to left side. Probably easy, just haven't found it yet.
on Sep 26, 2006
I like it. After playing a bit, I've got a pretty functional sidebar that I'm beginning to rely on.