I started with the docks too. I got the free version first and spent hours looking throught the icons and backgrounds I could put on it.

I knew I wanted Object Desktop as soon as I saw everything it had. When I finally got it, I was in heaven. I wanted to learn how to skin it all! So far I've made icons, dock backgrounds, rainys, sysmetrix, wallpapers (not my best catagory) and windowblinds.

I still feel like there is so much to learn....and I'm having so much fun doing it!

ObjectDock (free) did it for me.  Then I got Plus, then I got WindowBlinds, then I smarted up and bought an ObjectDesktop subscription.  I've never looked back.

'Tis about what I did, too. I'm in for life, and lovin' it!

Most who see my computer think it's awesome. My brother hates it and always complains about my docks. As I remember though, my mom was actually using WindowBlinds for quite a while before I began using ObjectDock!

Hehe... and why wouldn't you!   Yep, I turned down work release as well....

... and when they told me I was being released early for good behaviour, I commited another crime (took a look at RocketDock) so they'd keep me in longer.

Nope, I'm not in favour of these early release programs - if you do the crime you should do the time - so I'm hoping my look at RocketDock carries a life sentence.  If not, I'll scour the internet software pages until I take a look at something that does.

For me at first i got addicted to screen savers. I Went to every website that had sorenesses and  grabbed as many as i could. One day for some reason or another I landed on a  website that contained no screen saver but had all these cool looking programs to download with free trials, Wondering if i could trust this stuff at Stardock.com.  I kept on eying those programs and finally gave in to Windowblinds.

Once I found Windowblinds I had to try Ojectdock, cursor xp, and that led me to DX and eventually had to buy Object Desktop. 

DX was awesome but could not figure out how to really use it. Thank god for Tiggz And _Martin_ with there awesome themes and widgets. DX  rocked my world.  Because of them and there cool stuff I started to modify what they made. Learning and making DX stuff with there graphics. So because of them and a few others. DX is my favorite.

Just wish i could make cool Graphics.

 DX

One fine day, years back when I had a 128 MB Pentium 3 rig, I typed in "customize windows" on Google.

It led me to some site called "WinCustomize" which took hours to fully load on my IE6 with dialup. There were bootskins and screensavers, and something called ObjectBar. Never paid much attention to OD then.

Then one day, my Win 98 got infected and for a year or two, I completely detached me-self from computers. Two years ago, my dad got me a new one, and I jumped right into XP. After a few searches, I found this site again. 

The rest, as they say, is history  

   I found Stardock, and got hooked on windowblinds, the second greatest piece of software ever to hit the computer world!  Second only to DesktopX , of course! I cut my teeth, so to speak, by collecting all of Gef's DX themes, and modifying them to suit my needs.   It was a good 2 years later before I actually made my first rejected theme...lol.  Got disheartened ( that was for Zubaz   lol..) at first. Too lazy to read the guidelines, I was using borrowed graphics, no permissions, nada. I was so green, I didn't realize I was ripping...lol!

    Long story short, I am now practically the owner/operator of the DesktopX gallery. I want that to change. I would love to see DX get as popular as Windowblinds...yeah, right!  

Well Lets see...

• Windows95 It was Desktop themes.
  
• Win98,  Desktop Architect.
• Sometime after that I found eFX at Skinz.org.
• Which opened my eyes to serious skinning...WOW!
• eFX was quickly dumped when I tried WindowBlinds.
• From WindowBlinds, I went to getting ODNT Subscription.
• To here I am today Fully Assimilated

By far though, My most favorite, Can't live without Proggy is ObjectDoct Plus Man! I cannot live without my Docks!!!

o boy.     i forgot about this one.

This is how one day i stumbled on Stardock website.

At first, my wife thought I was going through some kind of a phase--you know, editing dock icons, creating dock icons, customizing my dock into the late hours of the evening... She humored me, but that was about it.

Now, she uses ObjectDock and Desktop X primarily, and is my biggest fan! (I know you'll pop in here eventually, Honey! )

Well if you must know Grand Theft Auto, Bank Fraud, Littering, Bad Attitude, Parking Tickets, DW...

Oh Wait!

You want to know what am I in for as far as customizing applications?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!

Never mind!

WindowBlinds is what got me hooked!

I saw a sys admin booting his machine at another office, the bootscreen was different from anything I had seen, asked him what it was and how he did it, he mentioned bootskin and showed a me a few different bootskins he had used on his machine, tried it and then learned that I could create my own bootskins and I was hooked ever since and that was a couple of years ago.  Funny but something as simple as a bootskin brought me to this site and from there it was logons and wb's,etc.  I've been a fan of this site ever since.

- the friendly users & forums at this site aren't half bad either