WindowBlinds 6.4 Released

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Stardock is excited to announce the release of WindowBlinds 6.4.  WindowBlinds is an application that allows users to change the complete look and feel of both Windows XP and Windows Vista using skins, also called “visual styles”.  WindowBlinds does not alter system files, so it’s completely safe to use, and it uses the latest in hardware acceleration features so it will not affect your PC’s performance.

Aside from just changing the visual style, WindowBlinds gives you control over them by allowing users to change the colors of the skin, adjust opacity and blur levels, change skin fonts, change Explorer window backgrounds, and much more.

What’s new and updated in WindowBlinds 6.4:

  • Support for glass menu bars on Windows Vista
  • Support for a different mouseover image on the right hand side of the Start Menu
  • Control over the background color of the Start Menu "Programs" list
  • Double clicking the top left of a per pixel window will now close it on Windows Vista
  • Control over the search box text color & font
  • Better control over the Start Menu fonts & colors
  • New section to allow a custom mouseover image used on the "Programs" link on Vista versus the legacy solid color
  • Start button overlay now supports animation

WindowBlinds is part of the Object Desktop suite of desktop enhancement, and is also available stand-alone for $19.95.  Visit www.windowblinds.net for a free trial download.

2-11-2009 12-13-22 PM 3047155052_dd1c74810f_b
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Do all the skins included support the new features?
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I just updated through Impulse, it's says I now have version 6.4, build 73x86. It doesn't show these changes though. Will try again later.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I do not believe there are any skins currently using the new features.  They only recently became available through SkinStudio 6.40 Beta.

We have to wait for the skinners.  But I heard, "If you biuld it . . they will come."  :thumbsup:

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You won't see the changes in WindowBlinds until skinners begin utilizing these new features in SkinStudio. ;)
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Beaten by Zub! Doh!
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Update from sdc ( not impulse ) but i stil saw 6.3 69*86 version Os xp sp3
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I do not believe there are any skins currently using the new features.
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Isn't it kind of silly to include new features and not even show them off? o_O
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Isn't it kind of silly to include new features and not even show them off?
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   ^ Now thats silly. :waaaa: ;)

They can't be implemented until the technology is there Asty.. new features don't skin themeselves. Perhaps a little patience wouldn't hurt. WB is constantly evolving and expecting every version to come with all new skins with every little feature included and updated is unrealistic.

In much the same way it's also incredibly time consuming to support legacy as the engine evolves too.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks great but dose it have the work around for IE8.........
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Robbie_Boy, reply 10
Looks great but dose it have the work around for IE8.........
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Yes.

Quoting christolia, reply 7
Update from sdc ( not impulse ) but i stil saw 6.3 69*86 version
Os xp sp3
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Refresh SDC.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Zubaz, i mean that i install from sdc the update version of windowblinds ( 6.4 ), then i restart but when i open windowblinds it seems that the version still 6.3 ( 89*86 )
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
See thread https://forums.wincustomize.com/336276/page/2 As it was not enough with latest beta, with the released version of WB 6.4 is signaled as an update on one PC but not on the other ...  :( 
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting christolia, reply 12
Zubaz,
i mean that i install from sdc the update version of windowblinds ( 6.4 ), then i restart but when i open windowblinds it seems that the version still 6.3 ( 89*86 )
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Corrected.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When I open impulse there is no update listed and it says I have 6.30.14 last updated on 8/5/2008??
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedBuzzard, reply 15
When I open impulse there is no update listed and it says I have 6.30.14 last updated on 8/5/2008??
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Click on the orb and then Preferences then Reset data.

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the reply zub's mate.... Time to download it then... :d
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I understand what vstyler says about updates in WB and needing skins to show off new features. Usually though there is at least one skin in an update that reflects the use of these changes. Although maybe that is only the major releases, not just the point releases. Anyway fine with me, I'm excited to see new skins anyway or old ones quickly updated. So come on skinners use the new features......... PLEASE :)
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've seen a few WIPs.  Nice stuff coming.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Isn't it kind of silly to include new features and not even show them off?
^ Now thats silly.

They can't be implemented until the technology is there Asty.. new features don't skin themeselves. Perhaps a little patience wouldn't hurt. WB is constantly evolving and expecting every version to come with all new skins with every little feature included and updated is unrealistic.

In much the same way it's also incredibly time consuming to support legacy as the engine evolves too.
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i would think they would update the included WB skins that install by default, to show off the features. u can tell me all these awesome features are added, but until i see them it doesn't really mean anything to me. at least update one of them as an example to see what it does, and it would also help skin dev's to see how it's implemented and used
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Niiiice! And appropriate to see how Windows and WindowBlinds has evolved from it's early days until now. Why appropriate? Well, today is the 200th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and the 150th Anniversary of "The Origin of The Species". M1 out there?
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can't see any rush here, why would they have features that we had to wait for a skinner to explore,, I believe they should have waited and implemented at least one if not more with all the features. This will not only show the features but it will be as guide lines of the other skinners,
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

^ Now thats silly.
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Oh please don't give me that BS, you and I both know they should have at least included ONE skin, that way everyone gets to see the new features in action and people like you have a guideline on what needs to be done to support these new features.

 

But there is no sense in arguing over something like this. Just going to have to wait and see.

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looking forward to seeing the updates
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Okay, I updated to WB 6.4 on my Vista machine. Now, I have a problem with the blind I am working on. The text color on the right side of the start menu is not the text color I had there before. My chosen text color is still in the text colors area, but the color that is showing is not that color! I like the normal text color on my start menu to be the same in all panes. What WB 6 did, was take the mousover color from the All Programs panel and used it on the right side too!