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WindowBlinds 5 now available!

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WindowBlinds 5 now available!

Start personalizing Windows!

http://www.windowblinds.net
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Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to the public today.  WindowBlinds allows users to completely alter the look and feel of the Windows interface by applying visual styles (skins) to title bars, buttons, the Start bar, borders and more. Consumers customize nearly everything else in their environments: their cars, homes, clothing and cell phones are based on their personal preferences and needs. With WindowBlinds 5, users can now make their Windows desktops look and feel the way they want.

WindowBlinds 5 introduces a broad range of new features, including per-pixel alpha blending, resulting in smooth or glassy title bars and borders that realistically distort the content behind them; as well as the ability to change toolbar icons, progress animations and the hue and saturation of the Windows interface.

With over over 8 million users worldwide, WindowBlinds 5 is the most popular desktop-enhancement utility of all time according to CNET’s Download.com where it recently passed the 9 million download mark. It is also used by companies such as Microsoft, ATI, nVidia, Alienware, Nintendo and many others to provide custom Windows user interfaces for their customers.

WindowBlinds 5 is $19.95 as a stand-alone program or for $49.95 by purchasing Stardock’s award-winning Windows enhancement suite, Object Desktop. A shareware version of WindowBlinds is available for free download.

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Reply #152 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So really, WB isn't free anymore <----from post #152


I don't recall WB being "free" at any time. The non-purchased version was and is: "shareware" which is: "Copyrighted software that is available free of charge on a trial basis, usually with the condition that users pay a fee for continued use and support."
ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #153 from WinCustomize Forums Top
do in other words when the days run out, you can just get it again.
Or without the trouble pay up and have as long as you want.
Well since i payed $20 for WB4 i'll use that since you get the themes. Not worth paying another $15-$20 to get a new which is only the glass thing then. OK I'm finnished in this post topic.
Reply #154 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Neil, How would I go about doing that? Being able to fix that would solve my final problems with the new windowblinds. It really does look fantastic and would hate to have to go back to the older one just because of this account issue.
Reply #155 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Has anyone else been having issues w/ the transparent menus on some of the skins? When I click on a menu that drops down far enough for it to cover up another window that is part of the same program (as w/ Photoshop when I click on a menu and have it go over where the image window is), it will look like it's going behind that window (usually around the title bar). I can't see what part of the menu says because of this! I think it has something to do w/ layered transparency or something because there is a transparent frame around the smaller window and the menu is transparent...and they somehow get messed up at that point.
Reply #156 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I just turned off the transparency in Trillian and the problem w/ part of it getting blocked behind another window where I can't see part of it has gone away. So it's definately a problem w/ transparency in WB 5. I thought they would have caught that before it went gold?

Edit: The name of the skin I'm using is Aura.
Edit 2: I just tried 5imple Alpha and it seems to be alright. So it must be a problem w/ the Aura skin.
Reply #157 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Now it's WindowBlinds 5 at x86 platform.
Reply #158 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I would love to see it, after all I HAVE paid for it.
I paid two days ago, written twice, I'd like to get my copy now please!!!!
The link given to me only gives me this for two days now:-

Server Error in '/activate' Application.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
Activation.dl.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +173
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750
Reply #159 from WinCustomize Forums Top
paid two days ago, written twice, I'd like to get my copy now please!!!!


You already posted this same rant as another thread. Please go back to the thread you started and read the information posted to you there. It's at: https://www.wincustomize.com/browser/Forums.aspx?ForumID=167&AID=94118&maxreplies=100#733538

DD

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Reply #160 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Excellent work Everyone,

enjoying WB5 very much
Reply #161 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The problem I had with menu items getting lost in the transparency came back today. I'm not sure what caused it. It could have something to do w/ Direct3D though. I've been playing Need for Speed Most Wanted quite a bit lately.

I tried switching skins then back to Dogmax4 w/ the transparent frame around the window and it didn't help at all. Does anyone else have a problem w/ clicking somewhere to make a menu come up and then have it get stuck behind the part of the window that is transparent? I also noticed that when I have other items such as part of another window overlapping or underlapping the transparent part of a window, it gets screwed up too.