First, let me say, jojo25 you don't have to run away. You had some valid points, that needed fixing, and I appreciate
that you let me know. You've helped me and a lot of other people, have a better skin. Your feedback is always welcome.
Could this have been handled better? Yes. He could have emailed me, with his findings and if I didn't know something, I would have asked around or asked for another masters help.
But, if there's no response, after a decent amount of time (I know people can be very impatient), then bring it to the forums for advice and constructive comments.
Now, I'll touch on a few things that were wrong with the skin.
The windows background: I thought I had deleted it. I didn't. The 4px by 4px image was still in the folder. An honest mistake.
The text and logo on the Vista taskbar: Someone said it was a design flaw. Fine. But who uses windows that are that small.
I noticed that the icons, that are covering it, are way over on the left side of the window.
Maybe I should complain, when I reduce a window and some of the titlebar text gets cut off. It's a design flaw, right?
What about all the skins, I download, and when I roll up the window, it looks like crap. Another design flaw, right?
The progress bars: Yes, I'll admit they are the same size, but I only used the size as a base. Who hasn't?
I created the images and replaced them with mine. Simple as that. An orange gradient with glass effect. Took 2 min.
I guess then that all the people that have ever made a start menu 380 px wide (that's standard size) are ripping each other off. Hmmm...
The Vista colors: This I didn't know about. I usually, do all the colors in SKS5, so I didn't see the Vista colors button in SKS6.
Again, another honest mistake. Now I know and I'll remember to use SKS6 next time for that.
The "Single" close button glow: This was a simple fix that took 2 seconds. 'nuff said.
Now, after all that, what really disturbs me, is how one Master can make another Master look bad.
Would treetog ever do MikeB this way? Would MikeB ever do this to Alexandrie? No.
Would I do that to another skinner? Never in a million years. That's because they're professionals
and know how to do thing the proper way.
They could have sent me an email, explaining how they fould some problems and I would have taken care of it.
No harm, no foul.
Then, if they wanted to start another thread, explaining some tips they've found that might help out other skinners,
that would have been nice. All they did was make themselves look good and me look bad. That is called disrespect. Plain and simple.
After I had made my first comment, explaining what I thought at the time, might be causing these issues, they were forced (not my words)
to do what they did, because the author (me) responded. Like I was holding a gun to thier head. This is the same person, who accused me of ripping thier work.
Very disappointing.
But hey, were all puppy dogs and rainbows now. Then why am I the one who looks like a bag of crap in the end.
Z
