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WindowBlinds 5: RELEASE DATE = Tuesday November 29

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WindowBlinds 5: RELEASE DATE = Tuesday November 29

It's jsut about here!

http://www.windowblinds.net
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WindowBlinds 5 arrives next Tuesday, November 29th!  Here are the key details:

  • Will support Windows XP (both 32bit and 64bit)
  • Windows 2000, ME, 98 users will have to stay with WindowBlinds 4.6 because the new performance features are only available on XP and those performance features make possible the new per-pixel glass effects.
  • It will be available on its own for $19.95 or as part of Object Desktop for $49.95.
  • Users who purchased WindowBlinds 4 after September get WindowBlinds 5 for free.
  • Other WindowBlinds 4 users will be able to upgrade for $15.  WindowBlinds 4 came out in 2003, so the typical WindowBlinds customer has received over a year and a half of free updates (that's why they have an upgrade path and users who just got WindowBlinds automatically get WindowBlinds 5).
  • A shareware version of WindowBlinds 5 will be available on Tuesday.

 

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Reply #76 from WinCustomize Forums Top
GMT -7, here...(drums fingers on keyboard)...I guess this is the opposite of a description of 'life' I heard once:'...like a roll of toilet paper, the nearer the end, the faster it goes'
Reply #77 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WIndows Blind 5 supposed to be available today Tuesday 29 Nov, but why is it still only version 4.6 available for download?
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #78 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Will object desktop users get update? Or fo you have to buy it. I just got object desktop TODAY. Does that make a differnce.
Reply #79 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can you believe that I bought the Object Desktop package on the 30th of september!?!? Man, there goes 15 bucks...man that sucks!!!
Reply #80 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Object Desktop includes all updates

...and today is Monday, release date is sometime tomorrow...

Reply #81 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WB5!...OOH...AAH...HOLY ____! AURA transp. taskbar...whooaah! Way to go,everyone involved! This is sweet! Now THIS is the way GUI mods should work... (oops, sorry about that...emote...emote...)
Reply #82 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Seems the WB5 version just run fine (for now) on my PC, though anyone could tell about the best WB skins to notice the improvments (apart Vista XP) ?

Thanks
Reply #83 from WinCustomize Forums Top
tell about the best WB skins to notice the improvments


Another missed oppertunity from Stardock I think. I have so many skins installed, some that I really liked but haven't used in forever. The new skins are all mixed in and I have to hunt and peck to find them. It would be nice if they were listed in the change log. The results I see when I choose Advanced and Sort by installed date seem inconsistant with what I recall (but that could be faulty recollection).

I have mixed feelings as a user, but a "Do you want to open the ReadMe.txt?" dialog might be a great chance to push THE skin (or skins) that has all the bells and whistles or exemplifies WB.

FWIW, Retro is new and looks great (but doesn't use any of the new features I don't think). Cyclops has glows on the buttons and some very cool animation a la' KITT or the original Cylons from Battlestar Galactica.

Great update though. No issues.