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A quick look at the next few months
Published on January 31, 2007 By Zoomba In OS Customization

 

NOTICE: THIS POST IS NO LONGER CURRENT.

 

With the launch of Windows Vista this week, questions are coming up regarding our plans to update our software to support the new operating system.  You've already seen Brad's article on our product roadmap where he discusses programs such as LogonStudio Vista and the new versions of IconPackager, WindowBlinds and DesktopX. The article is a great look at what we've got cooking for the next few months.

However, people have been looking for some sort of compatibility list for our applications, to know what they can use right now with Vista, and when they can expect the rest of their favorite applications to reach a "Vista Ready" state.  To help everyone out, I've put together the following chart for what we have in the pipe right now.  This is a sort of sneak-peak into our release schedule up through the first half of 2007.  If you don't see a product on this list, it means it's either not on our first half 2007 calendar, or we are still investigating what will need to be done to update the program for Vista.  Do not take an omission from this list to mean that a given program is being abandoned.

  Vista Status Vista Version Testing Phase Targeted Release
DeskScapes Ready 1.0   February 2007
BootSkin Vista In Development 1.0   Spring 2007
LogonStudio Vista In Testing 2.0 Beta Spring 2007
CursorVista In Development 1.0   Spring 2007
TweakVista In Development 1.0   Spring 2007
         
WindowBlinds Ready 5.5   February 2007
IconPackager In Testing 3.5 Beta February 2007
DesktopX In Testing 3.5 Alpha Spring 2007
ObjectDock Ready 1.5   Currently Available
IconDeveloper Ready 1.5   Currently Available
SkinStudio In Testing 5.5 Alpha Spring 2007
Theme Manager In Development 3.0   Spring 2007
         
KeepSafe In Testing   Alpha Unknown
Multiplicity Ready 1.1

We will periodically post updates to this chart to keep everyone as up-to-date as we can on our progress towards Vista compatibility.  As you can see from the chart, we already have our flagship product, WindowBlinds, ready for Vista, and other core customization applications such as IconPackager and DesktopX are very close to being released.  On top of that you can see some of the brand new products we're developing just for Vista such as TweakVista.

With the launch of Vista, it's a very exciting time for GUI customization and we're working as fast as we can to deliver the next generation of customization software.

EDIT: Fixed bad info on Multiplicity.  Version 1.1 works fine with Vista.


Comments (Page 4)
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on May 31, 2007
lovely
on Jun 01, 2007
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa im gonna to go crazy, waiting for cursor vista ><
(I need it O-O !!!)
be cool, its all right i feel fine ^^' (now... O-O)
on Jul 31, 2007
since it is now summer 2007, perhaps time for a progress update to the 'ol list here?
on Sep 21, 2007
Yep, please do that...as far as I know though (and from the products and versions listed on SDC) you are way off the deadlines you have on this page... Please sort it out as soon as you can guys!!
on Dec 02, 2007
Now December, an update would be greatly appreciated. Just give us all a glimpse of when you think you might finish the remaining projects. All we need is information and we'll be quiet for a little bit more. No rush the devs, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to releases. Get it done right the first time.
on Feb 26, 2008
Tanykz to wincustomize, !!!!!!!!!!!!! its rily great. Now Ive a got a ultimateVista on my destop.Godbless!!! and more power!!!!
on Jun 05, 2008
It would have been nice if you wrote in your sales speil that.

OBJECT DOCK NOT FULLY VISTA 64BIT COMPATIBLE WAIT TILL VERSION 2.0
on Jun 05, 2008
Try downloading Impulse, stardock's new app management program. http://storage.stardock.com/files/Impulse_setup.exe
Through Impulse, it is very easy to update programs such as ObjectDock. I am running Vista Ultimate x64, and had a couple of issues at first, but as soon as I updated through impulse, my problems went away.
on Jun 05, 2008
Mirsguy, are you running the alpha?  Me to!  No problems (with Vista Business 32)
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