joe: i said the majority (not all) has unattractive graphics and that it is about personal taste. something with jaggies will never get on my desktop

btw: i don´t use regular windows as well.

i luv windows blinds
but i hate object bar

would be fair to add that "the majority (not all) has unattractive graphics" fit´s to many skinnable applications.

I think the latest poll is not very well worded. I really love WindowBlinds and i also love all the variety that is shared on this site. The variety of the skins is what makes this place great! If i had wanted a plain, boring utilitarian desktop i would have stuck with good old Microsoft! Keep up the great work everyone!

having misunderstood the question, I answered "They are too complicated." By this I meant that creating a new, full featured WB4 skin, is complicated.

moshi said:
"something with jaggies will never get on my desktop"
hmm... now where have I heard that before......

Good thing I resisted. The no gripe came in handy.

moshi...so your plan is to use a series of apps to replace the single functionality provided by WB....assuming you already use styleXP or the re-hashed eFX thingie to skin the windows...

Well, I guess this thread accomplished something. A new choice was added to the poll.

see what happens when you speak up?

things happen, even unseen things happen. just 'keep it real' and you will 'sieze the day'.

Ok 'WOM'?


moshi, does that mean you actually have round windows? I have been working on that for windowblinds and I haven't figured out how I will have the bitmap stretch.

It looks more like an oval.

then what I am also trying to do is when it maximizes the cirlce (oval) disappears so the full screen is used. (one maximize do this)

anyway, I think I'll give up and make something else with a cirlce in it. (and triangles, and trapiziods, and squares... lots of plans.)

"I just can't go back to regualer windows... I just can't."

I agree! And thank you for adding the No Gripes choice.

The poll Has not got an answer for me so I didn't vote!

I Just voted !
I Have no gripe!

too late, I wanted that too
Simple, as a matter of fact, I don't use any windowblind skins from here (or walls, cursors or whatever.)
I might download some awesome skins like copperdeck and alien technologie just as wanna haves
If you don't like the skins, make them your own.
They might never be so good as the 'profesional' skins, but because you made them they look nicer..... or something

jafo: no way i am using StyleXP, i hacked uxtheme.dll myself with a hex editor (VirtualPlastic has the instructions). took about 30 seconds.

series of apps? why should i? if i run HVD or BB as shell this functionality is already there. in LS i have to load a module that takes about zero memory and cpu time.
in *NIX it´s pretty clear that the window manager takes care about this functionality. Windows on the other hand does not have a window manager, so there´s no clear definition which app, the shell or the one that draws window decorations, should handle this, there are even some graphics card drivers that have it included.

btw: different topic, but as this is the site that get´s most hits, how about building up a library with links to skinning resources as Photoshop interface tutorials. i think that will help to lift the technical standard.