The obvious thing!

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Obviously stardock and the insiders over at skinstudio need to put out a tutorial explaining the in's and out's of skinning the new windowblinds. Insiders have an easy time skinning, obviously this is true. But stardock left out some very important people when they released the new windowblinds. Paying customers! Each new car rolling out of Dearborn has an owners manual covering everything from removing the gas cap to changing the lighbulb in the trunk. Dearborn is not that far from Canton, so why has the obvious escaped stardock? I read this forum and it's filled with people looking for help. Why would you release a program and not have a tutorial attached to it? It clearly looks as though this new program was meant for the insiders dribling out information when enough people beg for it. Day by day I am losing interest in the whole stardock experience, simply because I am paying for products that are often flawed and devoid of startup instruction and tutorials. You released a product that refuses to skin the mdi taskbar and your only explanation is that you'll get to it later. Would zonelabs release a new firewall and not explain to it's customers how it worked? Would Sony release a new car stereo and not have intructions attached to it The community needs a tutorial and it needed it when you announced the release. Read the forums, it has to be as obvious as the nose on your face.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can assure you, noone has an easy time skinning, not even the "insiders" - it's a lot of work. That aside...

The information is mostly out there, particularly in Adam Namanawicz's blog, but you are quite right that SD doesn't do as good a job as we might like of effectively steering new users to the resources that are available. They are listed in the side panel on WinCustomize's home page but you kind of need to know that, or stumble upon it. Those resources also tend to lag behind development a bit.

Having said that, skinning is a bit like being mission controller for Apollo 13; in other words, an adventure.

OK, people... Let's keep working the problem.

Cheers,
Daiwa
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Adam does a great job trying to keep everyone informed as to new changes and how to deal with them. There isn't any advantage to being an insider.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Night Train: There isn't an advantage being an insider? If you're the one who created the program or you're a part of the team that created the program, you most certainly are an insider with advantage. Just attach a set of instructions or direct people to updated and current tutorials. These issues should have been addressed months ago at time of release.