WindowBlinds 4 Released!

http://www.windowblinds.net
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WindowBlinds 4 has some great new features including:



* Command prompt skinning

* Skinning of virtually every element of the Windows XP GUI

* Skinning of the logoff, shellstyles, and please wait dialogs

* Smart painting - makes most WindowBlinds enhanced visual styles run nearly as fast as "classic"

* Enhanced integration into Windows XP greatly increasing compatibility with nearly all programs

* A new configuration program that makes the features of WindowBlinds more accessible than ever

* Settings for control of the Windows XP start bar. Now you can have a skinny start bar with any visual style

* Native integration into Remote Desktop and graphics acceleration by most video cards



These new features add to the already impressive WindowBlinds feature set that includes:

* Change the color of your visual style on the fly

* Gamma correction on visual styles

* Skinning of non-theme aware applications

* Hyperpaint - uses the extra memory in your video card to buffer to increase performance

* Additional controls in the title bar such as MP3 players, roll-up buttons, always on top buttons, minimize to tray, and much more

* Associate sound effects with title bar buttons

* Have animated title bars, buttons and more

* Powerful enhanced visual style format that allows placement of buttons any place on a window edge as well as independently sized window borders

* Much more!



Users who purchased WindowBlinds 3 since the beginning of the year can upgrade for free. Just visit https://www.stardock.com/support.asp and type in your email address.



Other users of WindowBlinds 3 can upgrade to version 4 for only $10 for a limited time.

Visit http://www.windowblinds.net/wb4upgrade.asp to upgrade.



All other users can purchase WindowBlinds 4 at: https://www.stardock.com/order.asp?product=Windowblinds for $19.95.



WindowBlinds is part of Stardock''s Object Desktop which is $49.95 and includes WindowBlinds 4 plus DesktopX, ObjectBar, IconPackager, WinStyles, and much more plus a year''s worth of updates to them.

A shareware version of WindowBlinds 4 will be released next week.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great update !! It 's a faster than the last beta-version so the guys at stardock must have found some improvements even afer the release of that one ..can't wait for the win2k version though
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I waited all day then there it was VERSION 4! I immediately downloaded from Object Desktop and I have to say that this is THE BEST VERSION so far! Keep up the great work! Hope it works well with the upcoming Longhorn??
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
All I get on Stardock Central is 3.99f(rc).012 which actually doen't intall..Keep getting an error at XP Jeans.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
After I installed and restarted, I noticed the contrast and clarity of everything has improved. Anybody else have this happen? Overall, I really love this effect!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
awww what the heck.. i posted first and it didnt get it oh well! I DONT CARE because windowblinds 4 is here! wooo hooo!
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ah, yes. WB4! I almost forgot...................NOT!!!
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
MGiff, i can't really say i noticed a clarity difference, but i noticed it's much zippier, even just over the last RC. i thought i was just giddy, but i'm almost positive it's faster. it's also nice to be able to read the text of a highlighted link.
good job folks.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Immediately noticed a speed increase. Time & Chaos finally skins properly! Very, very well-done indeed --- worth many times the ten bucks it cost me to upgrade.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Having just purchased WB4.100, the speed differance from ver 3.4 is like going from a cycle to a high preformance car.
The skinning of the Windows XP GUI is excellent. Well done Stardock

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For people having problems updtaing via SDCentral : Clearing the SDC temp-folder (C:\Program Files\Stardock\Temp) might do the trick.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmm, it seems that background (explorer) bitmaps have been disabled. I can't find it anywhere.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Explorer bitmaps are not in WB 4 right now.

They may reappear in WB 4.1.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This has been one of the most diapointing release of any product Object Desktop that I have personaly experienced all winter long encrementaly come release after release only to be told not for you, only for Windows Xp. Well personaly I a cant say what comes to mind, but I cant almost smell it. Now its here and still stardock has the nerve to say not for you only for Windows XP I realize that as a produser of software you will need to support the latest and greatest versions. But i'M NOT RUNNING WIN95,WIN98 SHOOT NOT EVEN WINME just the lastrelease pre-winXP WIN 2000 so yea whoopy its finaly here (NOT)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The version for Windows 9x/2000 will be released around the beginning of summer. We have said this is the case for some time now.

The version for XP was completed first as XP has a number of features which 2000 and 9x do not have.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Anyone having trouble using the download link? Just purchased my upgrade this morning and the link continues to time-out on me!
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
...so I cleared the IE cache and it downloaded and I forgot...and I...

Installed great and what a difference. Nice!