You know perfectly well that nobody reads those types of texts, and so does Stardock. Nobody with a life has time to read software licenses, extensive FAQs and similar.

Therefore, since Microsoft is the leading OS vendor., since Win8 is their latest OS and since Stardock is running promos towards Windows 8 users, the sensible thing to do is to larly warn users that Object Desktop is not yet ready for Windows 8. For example with a warning sign in a prominent location, or a popup. Standard stuff, does not take long to implement.

The more lame excuses of this nature I hear, the more i lean towards requesting that Stardock postpones my subscription so that it becomes active when Windows 8 is supported, at least in Beta.

If anyone reading this feels seriously irritated about the situation, then perhaps you should write to the Support address at support@stardock.co and request that your subscription is postponed to start whenever Windowblinds, iconpackager and the other core offerings are compatible with Windows 8.

If this is important to you, then the response wilil show once and for all how much Stardock values subscription customers.

 

 

I know perfectly well that SOME people do not read those. You being one of them, obviously. The information is there. If you choose to ignore it, then who's fault is that?

Hello.  Support here.  Object Desktop subscriptions covers all the products in the suite at the current level of OS support and all updates for a year.  All the apps have trials . .so there's no  excuse for "I didn't know".  Each app says what it supports. support is available pre-sale if there are questions about products.

 

Stardock has done their part.  It's too bad you're not happy about. Feel free to start your own business and show us how it's done right.

where does all that hate come from? You know i can understand your frustration but pointing out fingers while you claim that you use wb since 2005 and got a good kick out of all those free skins that are available, put there by the community or skinners that invested their time so you can use it to make your digital environment more pretty is just wrong its so wrong.
Sure you pay for the software, and sure its not updated (yet)  and its ok to have your own opinion about it, but it will be its been said.. and done in the past-it was done in vista in windows 7 and will be done again in windows8. 
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ObjectDesktop isnt just one program its several, if i imagine buying a antivirus subscription from one of the leading brands out there for 1 year that costs more than windows8 itself i think i have a pretty good deal with buying OD for 50 USD considering whats in that package...not including the free stuff that comes along with it.
Let me tell you people will always defend what they like and stand up for it and if you are a little nicer about it you will see that it is not just because of the company that produces the software NO its also because there is a community behind it that is very helpful and supportive, if you see something like that ( people not getting paid to stand up for it )that is an indicator for trust and a good product baby

 

If you feel that you are too lazy or too important to be bothered with such trivialities as reading clearly posted requirements then I am sorry to have wasted your time and mine by looking them up and presenting them to you.

Do let us know how this brilliant idea works out for you.

Having nothing further to add that would be helpful or support related, I'll say no more.

 

It does not list Windows 8 as a supported OS so I would have checked prior to making the purchase before buying it.  I remember when Vista came out that there were compatability isssues with software and there is a lot to be said about try before you buy and forum research.  It also makes sense to have a good disk software program and to image your system prior to adding any new software.  This has saved my bacon so many times.

I'd like to think that the release of Start8, arguably the world's most popular Windows 8 specific product, is a good start for Object Desktop users.

Decor8 is about to be released.  DeskScapes, WindowBlinds and WindowFX are likely to either be released or show up in beta in the next 60 days.

Windows 8 has only been available a short time and their betas kept breaking things every build they put out (we had WindowBlinds working several different times during the betas only to see it broken).  Microsoft even removed Aero from Windows 8 (not just the "skin" but the underlying code behind it). There's not even a blur API anymore in Windows 8.

I'm pretty sure IconPackager works on Windows 8. 

That is my experience.

I was just about to renew when I checked Win8 compat.  See windowsblinds in not working.  Searched the message but I don't see anything clear about it being worked on to be compatible?  Since it was the main reason for my OD subscriptions, I want to know if it just isn't going to happen?  Thanks for the years it did!

 

Amen cordelia0507, Amen. Had I had a clue I was paying $50 for something that simply DOES NOT WORK. PERIOD with Windows 8, I wouldn't have allowed myself to be 'ripped off'...VERY disappointed.

There are/were clues all over the place. You chose to ignore them or simply didn't bother to seek them out. All you needed to do was ask in these forums or email sales or support. The time you have taken to complain on multiple occasions would have been saved or better spent by asking questions about compatibility before your purchase. Again, that was your choice.

As for OD not working "period" you have been informed as to what currently works on Win 8. ODNT is a suite of apps, some are now compatible, some will be in the future and sadly, there may be some that don't make the cut. There are some new programs that are Win 8 specific that work very well, so obviously Win 8 users are not being ignored.

I am sorry you are disappointed with your purchase but you were not "ripped off" as the products you purchased work as advertised for the OSes listed in system requirements. 

 

This is very good to hear, thank you for chiming in. I too "upgraded" to Object Desktop subscription recently having been using Fences for quite a few years. With all the ads about Start8 I did fully expect that things like WindowBlinds and DeskScapes (the two Object Desktop features apart from Fences and Start8 I was most interested in)  to work under Windows 8. They did not and given that the subscription is time limited, I felt that I'm not getting value for my money. (And although some of the Stardock posts here in this thread sounded that this should totally be my fault, I don't think that what they really meant). What I came to this forum for is to find an estimate when the features I'm most interested in are likely to be implemented. Until I saw the quoted post above I could not find this information. Now I know. So once again, thank you for clearing things up.