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Easier than now: Auto-fill a dock or a tab on a dock with productivity apps detected on the computer, found through a scan of c:\program files for executables of known applications. Or at least autoscan and ID the apps and put them in a drop down box. Don't make the average user dig around the file system. Further, it is currently a bit of extra work in the file system to put new docklets or icons into the folders where ObjectDock will recognize them. If I had to ven

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One other "strategy" idea to help Stardock's margins: sell a few of your apps as 'business productivity' programs. With some minor programming work, ObjectDock+ could be made to have an interface that makes it a little easier for the average computer user to add tabs, programs, URL's, etc. Several other programs are handy in the same way and with minor adaptation Business users are far more likely to spend money on software...

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Add me to the list of users who are content to pay a reasonable fee for highly useful software. ObjectDock+ beta was/is interesting enough that I paid for it. It died sometime the next day after I added a slew of tabs and shortcuts and it won't restart (yes, I sent in my smartexception log). But I'm comfortable knowing that paying for software includes some period of support and that I'll be able to get it working sometime over the next few days or weeks, even if I have to wait until