ObjectBar 2, one of the key features of Stardock Object Desktop, has long been waiting for its major update. The next beta, due out just after DesktopX 3's release will natively support DesktopX 3 widgets as part of a ObjectBar bar.
This is significant because every other "bar" like program that's ever been made has been limited to either plugins or what features were built into it in terms of what it could display. When one thinks of all those various Longhorn bar type programs out there, one can imagine what becomes possible when widgets can be designed and made for a desktop bar.
It is much easier to create and customize a widget than it is to try to write some plugin or try to visually customize some element of a desktop bar program.
Stay tuned..
