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WindowBlinds 5: RELEASE DATE = Tuesday November 29

It's jsut about here!

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November 22, 2005 11:49:06 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

WindowBlinds 5 arrives next Tuesday, November 29th!  Here are the key details:

  • Will support Windows XP (both 32bit and 64bit)
  • Windows 2000, ME, 98 users will have to stay with WindowBlinds 4.6 because the new performance features are only available on XP and those performance features make possible the new per-pixel glass effects.
  • It will be available on its own for $19.95 or as part of Object Desktop for $49.95.
  • Users who purchased WindowBlinds 4 after September get WindowBlinds 5 for free.
  • Other WindowBlinds 4 users will be able to upgrade for $15.  WindowBlinds 4 came out in 2003, so the typical WindowBlinds customer has received over a year and a half of free updates (that's why they have an upgrade path and users who just got WindowBlinds automatically get WindowBlinds 5).
  • A shareware version of WindowBlinds 5 will be available on Tuesday.

 

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Reply #1 November 22, 2005 12:02:01 PM
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Great news ...
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Reply #2 November 22, 2005 12:22:54 PM
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...and that is when I re-subscribe to Object Desktop!!!! What a coincidence (spell?)!!!
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Reply #3 November 22, 2005 12:30:41 PM
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Reply #4 November 22, 2005 12:34:38 PM
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w00t!
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Reply #6 November 22, 2005 12:44:02 PM
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Great news!!
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Reply #7 November 22, 2005 12:51:29 PM
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Is it next Tuesday yet? Huh? Huh?? Huh???
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Reply #8 November 22, 2005 12:52:38 PM
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Will there be a pre-purchase option for the stand-alone version to get access to a beta install? (I know you can get it with OD, but I was just interested in the stand-alone version for now.)
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Reply #9 November 22, 2005 1:24:03 PM
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What? You mean per pixel frames hasn't allways been around? Certainly feels like it had and that's just from using it since the first public beta arrived.
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Reply #10 November 22, 2005 1:44:26 PM
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The news is GOOD!!
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Reply #11 November 22, 2005 2:23:17 PM
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Anything new from the beta?
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Reply #12 November 22, 2005 3:25:32 PM
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Had to install a new hard drive and WinXP. What a bland, uninteresting and boring desktop I saw. A quick reinstall of WB5, load a skin and voila! -the magic was back. What a great reminder of how much pleasure and enjoyment the WB desktop brings. Sincere congratulations to the prgrammers and the skinners who make such fabulous creations available to the far less talented -such as myself.
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Reply #13 November 22, 2005 6:26:39 PM
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I have a concern...what will happen after I buy this upgrade, and ObjectBar 2 comes out later? or ObjectDock?(my favorite!), or any other OD product...my latest subscription doesn't expire until April 2006. I have already paid for ObjectDock Plus, but if my understanding is correct, I will not be able to receive ObjectBar 2
without paying to upgrade it, and so on and so on..not sure if this makes sense or not, but it's been bugging me for awhile...anyone know?
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Reply #14 November 22, 2005 6:37:35 PM
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What a bland, uninteresting and boring desktop I saw


Been there, done that too, Rahn. I can't live without my WB now. I change skins sometimes four times a day, just cuz I can. I have hopes than when I finally get to upgrade to x64 that WB and all the other Stardock products are ready for it too. And when Vista is released, I will soon be in line for my copy...with the hope that I can still use my fav skins.
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Reply #15 November 22, 2005 6:44:05 PM
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Ooops!
Correction-yes, I know that that ObjectDock is not part of Object Desktop! DOH!
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Reply #17 November 22, 2005 7:30:13 PM
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An-ti-ci-pation - an-ti-ci-pa-a-tion is keeping me waitin' ... What? It's NOT Tuesday yet??? BOOO! Great job, Stardock! Can't wait!
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Reply #18 November 22, 2005 7:32:35 PM
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Great, can't wait to purchace it again.
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Reply #19 November 22, 2005 8:17:21 PM
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#8 by Citizen LittleHalfPint
Tue, November 22, 2005 0:52 PM
Will there be a pre-purchase option for the stand-alone version to get access to a beta install? (I know you can get it with OD, but I was just interested in the stand-alone version for now.)


I'm sure access to the betas is intended as motivation to subscribe to Object Desktop. As a one time subscriber, although it's great fun, I just find I don't use anything but WindowBlinds with any regularity at all. So, yes, I too would be thrilled to be able to buy/upgrade now, and get the beta.
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Reply #20 November 22, 2005 8:17:22 PM
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Must have hit submit twice. Better to see this than the same thing posted twice.
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Reply #21 November 22, 2005 8:19:05 PM
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er...uh...We get the point we get the point geekboy!!
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Reply #22 November 22, 2005 8:22:34 PM
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A question I posed in another thread: Is this silliness with the Data Source errors gonna get a fix???? Cuz, as it is, I am skeeeredd to delete any skins, using ANY buttons or methods. And I archive all the skins I have used, so if I don't use them right away or have favs to use for a while, I wanna be able to get some out of the listings. Easier to choose. Hmmmmmm? Anyone? Bueller? Rudolph? Blitzen?
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Reply #23 November 22, 2005 8:53:35 PM
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Nice going Brad/Stardock.....it doesn't seem like the beta came out all that long ago, and the full version is available next week! Fantastic effort....I didn't expect the full version of WB5 quite so soon
I must say that I've enjoyed using the beta versions of WB5 and look forwards to next Tuesday's (Wednesday here) full version release.
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Reply #24 November 22, 2005 9:24:51 PM
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I am Users who purchased WindowBlinds 4 on End of August 2005. Need to purcase? So Strange.

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Reply #25 November 22, 2005 9:47:51 PM
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i own the object desktop suite but am still using 4.6windowblinds because of the data source problem. will this be fixed in the official release?
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