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- Price: Free to try $19.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP
- Date added: January 29, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,251,729
- Downloads last week: 2,689
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 65 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on July 28, 2009
ObjectBar is a customizable toolbar that allows users to add and remove various elements. We found it to be a nice addition to our Windows experience.
The toolbar itself can be customized with an assortment of themes and skins, and the ability to tweak the toolbar's contents means that the interface can be just about whatever a user wants it to be. However, the interface with which the user manages the toolbar could be better designed. It's easy enough to add and remove programs, but other functions, including changing themes and skins, aren't so intuitive. The program's lack of Help file--the Help menu just opens the Windows help--makes this especially frustrating. That said, we were able to configure ObjectBar in a way that was more or less pleasing. We appreciated the fact that we could set the ObjectBar to appear only when we moved our cursor to the top of the screen; this kept it out of the way when we weren't using it. From the ObjectBar we were able to open shortcuts, programs, and files, switch between open Windows, and perform other functions. Items from the system tray can also be added to the ObjectBar for easy access.
Overall, the program didn't blow us away, but it did perform well and we appreciated having access to so many different functions all in one spot. ObjectBar is free to try and it installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend it to all users.
Publisher's description
From Stardock :ObjectBar takes the best features from virtually every OS available and brings them to Windows. ObjectBar can do things such as group tasks together, configure the system tray to hide and show different items, and display the programs you run most often automatically. It does this with a fully skinnable and customizable interface. Dozens of ObjectBar themes are available on the Web.
ObjectBar 2.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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ObjectBar 2.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 65 votes
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Version: ObjectBar 2.1
"Worlds worst customer service and watchout for Impulse"
Pros: Great Hype,
Cons: Short on contect delivery as in installing their software. Impulse (their loader) is malformed and does not work behind a firewall, and slows down system performance. I'd give them a Zero if the system would let me
Summary: Don't waste your money, if you have any kind of install problem you are on your own. Also the rejects that write their help pages could use some lessons in courtesy and edicate. Everyone is a pirate in their eyes.
Their Impulse method of ... read more >> -
Version: ObjectBar 2.1
"Efficient taskbar replacement"
Pros: lots of customizations available for efficient desktop management - I enjoy using this very much... I haven't found anything better... I am grateful for this ingenious little app
Cons: development is slow but the application offers so much - why just look at the few things that don't always work just right - you have that in all softwares...
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: ObjectBar 2.1
Pros: Easy, Fantastic, Nice
Cons: Not Enough Choice
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ObjectBar 2.1
Pros: absolutly none
Cons: After install and starting first is a crash of dxwidget.exe. Demo is to limited so you can't play arround with popups etc. The Interface is old, no vista or win7 features and after a short time your system will hang.
Summary: I know Objectbar since version 1 and i have complained the bugs and the devolpment thousend times. Since then the version number has changed but not the functionality. In fact there is no development done since 4 years now. It seems that it is alway... read more >>
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: ObjectBar 2.1
Pros: Sorry not for this one.
Cons: Un-install failed.
Summary: Be prepared for remediation; delete files manually, clean registry, etc.
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