Skins: work with WB5?
Monday, February 12, 2007 by v0rtic3s | Discussion: OS Customization
Hey all,
I have a bunch of skins I use that are primarily a little older (though not much), some of which I've found not to work with WB5, which is why I reverted to 4.6.
However, I'd like to use some newer skins as well that are made for WB5, so can anyone give any info on whether or not any of the following skins will work with WB5?
-Elsdee
-Antares
-Ktek
-Reduce (M20)
-Quasar
-Cabal
-Galaxy
-Arcadia (newer skin, but not sure)
-Transilvania
-Neo OS
-Digital 2
Any info would be greatly appreciated, so I know whether or not it's worth for me to upgrade, considering the skins I like to use on my system.
Thanks & Cheers.
I have a bunch of skins I use that are primarily a little older (though not much), some of which I've found not to work with WB5, which is why I reverted to 4.6.
However, I'd like to use some newer skins as well that are made for WB5, so can anyone give any info on whether or not any of the following skins will work with WB5?
-Elsdee
-Antares
-Ktek
-Reduce (M20)
-Quasar
-Cabal
-Galaxy
-Arcadia (newer skin, but not sure)
-Transilvania
-Neo OS
-Digital 2
Any info would be greatly appreciated, so I know whether or not it's worth for me to upgrade, considering the skins I like to use on my system.
Thanks & Cheers.
v0rtic3s
Reply #2 Monday, February 12, 2007 1:20 PM
Reply #2 Monday, February 12, 2007 1:20 PM
Are you sure about that? I had v5 installed a while back, and there were quite a few skins that weren't even that old that would not work properly (magic pink showing up, not skinning everything etc.).
You know these specific skins will work for sure?
Cheers.
You know these specific skins will work for sure?
Cheers.
Hankers
Reply #3 Monday, February 12, 2007 2:17 PM
Reply #3 Monday, February 12, 2007 2:17 PM
The "purchased" version of WB5 works absolutely fine with all of those skins.
NightTrainthedark
Reply #4 Monday, February 12, 2007 2:45 PM
Yes they will work fine except WB 5.0 on XP doesn't skin the menu bars. If the menubar is of any significance to the design then it will look different than you are used to. You can turn off Per pixel borders on skins and then you will have what you are used to.
Reply #4 Monday, February 12, 2007 2:45 PM
You know these specific skins will work for sure?
Yes they will work fine except WB 5.0 on XP doesn't skin the menu bars. If the menubar is of any significance to the design then it will look different than you are used to. You can turn off Per pixel borders on skins and then you will have what you are used to.
v0rtic3s
Reply #5 Monday, February 12, 2007 10:59 PM
Yes they will work fine except WB 5.0 on XP doesn't skin the menu bars. If the menubar is of any significance to the design then it will look different than you are used to. You can turn off Per pixel borders on skins and then you will have what you are used to.
It doesn't?
The menu bar is usually always a skinned/important part of all designs...
Wouldn't turning off Per Pixel borders defeat the purpose for using 5.0 to use both old and new skins? Because then the transparencies on some of the newer skins would not work, correct?
Please let me know, as I'm a little confused on that now.
Thanks & Cheers.
Reply #5 Monday, February 12, 2007 10:59 PM
You know these specific skins will work for sure?
Yes they will work fine except WB 5.0 on XP doesn't skin the menu bars. If the menubar is of any significance to the design then it will look different than you are used to. You can turn off Per pixel borders on skins and then you will have what you are used to.
It doesn't?
The menu bar is usually always a skinned/important part of all designs...
Wouldn't turning off Per Pixel borders defeat the purpose for using 5.0 to use both old and new skins? Because then the transparencies on some of the newer skins would not work, correct?
Please let me know, as I'm a little confused on that now.
Thanks & Cheers.
Bichur
Reply #6 Monday, February 12, 2007 11:46 PM
Reply #6 Monday, February 12, 2007 11:46 PM
I'm using Antares right now on WB 5.49r = working fine.
about 6 or 7 builds back, I saw pink bits and on some whole parts (like on Frogboy by Pixtudio) but even that one looks okay now. frogboy does need updating though.... it's going on 6 years old
about 6 or 7 builds back, I saw pink bits and on some whole parts (like on Frogboy by Pixtudio) but even that one looks okay now. frogboy does need updating though.... it's going on 6 years old
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Reply #1 Monday, February 12, 2007 12:54 PM