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Object Desktop (OD; previously the Object Desktop Network or ODNT) is an online software subscription service created by Stardock for OS/2 and relaunched for Windows in 1997. Object Desktop includes most graphical user interface customization and productivity products offered by Stardock, including WindowBlinds , Fences , DesktopX , Tweak7 ...
It has been developed by Stardock since 1998, and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, Object Desktop. It is also available separately, and as an ActiveX/COM component called DirectSkin. Introduced in its sixth version, it supports alpha blending effects similar to the compositing of Windows Vista, but on Windows XP.
Stardock went on to create OS/2 Essentials, and its successor, Object Desktop, which provided the company with a large base of users. At about this time, IBM decided to abandon OS/2. However, they did not make this decision public, and Stardock continued to develop applications software and games for the platform, including Avarice and ...
www.stardock.com /products /ObjectDock ObjectDock is a dock similar to that in the Aqua GUI . It is distributed by Stardock for Windows 7 , Windows 8 , Windows 8.1 , and Windows 10 and comes in Free and Plus versions.
DesktopX was a shareware desktop enhancement program that allowed users to build their own custom desktops. Amongst its features was a complete widget engine for Windows as well as a desktop object system. User creations could be exported as .desktop files or as widgets. The program was distributed with Object Desktop as well as stand-alone.
RapidShare was founded by Christian Schmid in Mulheim, Germany, initially as ezShare later Rapid Share, a file hosting service for his RapidForum web forum hosting services. [2] In 2004, he started the company RapidShare AG, which went online in August 2004 [3] then moved its premises to Baar, Switzerland in 2006. [4]
Wardell was a designer of OS customization programs such as WindowBlinds, [11] Fences (software), and Object Desktop. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He was a regular on the PowerUser.TV podcast , [ 14 ] run by WinCustomize and Neowin, [ 15 ] and organized the GUI Olympics (later GUI Championships ), a semi-annual skinning competition starting in 2002.
Fences is a utility for Windows that helps to organize icons on the desktop. It is developed by Stardock and distributed as part of their Object Desktop suite. [1] Version 1 was freeware [2] after which it has become a commercial product.