WC Summer Preview
Friday, June 15, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
There's no question that the summer months are slow ones. Most of us would rather be on vacation, or just outside enjoying the weather than sitting at our PCs indoors. Submissions to the galleries slow, forums get a little stagnant and overall things around the Internet get pretty quiet. Well, we here at WinCustomize want you to keep coming back, to forget about the sun and summer road trips and spend your lazy summer days here with us! You see, we'd just miss you all terribly if you went off and had fun without us, and showing us vacation photos later, no matter how good they are, is NOT "just like being there."
So, as a way to entice you back to the site, and away from the pool, sipping those fancy drinks with the little umbrellas in them, I'm offering up a preview of some of our more noteworthy summer content. We've got some fun stuff in the pipeline that should appeal to a wide variety of folks, from skinners to regular users, there's something for everybody. So in the next few months you can expect:
- Skinning Contests!
I'm going to toss out two names here, and no real details just to get you thinking about them. Maxthon and Xion. We'll have more details around each of them soon, but I wanted to let you know, so if you were a skinner of either application, you might want to start some prep work now. I think the prizes we have setup for one of the contests will definitely get people excited. But like I said, no details yet aside from those two contests are coming soon. These aren't like the mini community challenges either, they're going to be much bigger
- WinCustomize Wiki
Since I last mentioned it about a month or so ago, several members of the community (namely CerebroJD, BebiBulma and SKOriginals) have volunteered their time and done a fantastic job of building up the foundation of the wiki. The goal is to make this the place people go to for information on any number of skinning products. Already we have product information, tutorials, links to outside help resources and more. We're getting very close to launching it for the public, so expect more news on that soon. - WC Live! The Live Call-In Show for the Skinning Community
No, this isn't dead, it's just simmering on a back burner for the moment. We did a test-run with the software and a handful of users to see how it worked, and the results were good. The plan is to run the first show this summer, see how the reaction is, and determine if we should do more. Right now we're trying to find some interesting guests that would make people want to listen (Because honestly, who here wants to hear Island Dog and I chat for an hour?) so if you have any suggestions, or if you'd be interested in participating, leave a comment below. I think this could be a really fun feature for the community.
And of course on top of all of that will be the regular content you've grown accustomed to in the past year; polls, news, product tidbits, skinner of the week, walkthroughs, video features and more. Oh, and we also are planning on doing our first readership survey, something beyond the one-off poll questions, so keep an eye out for that too.
Just because it's summer, doesn't mean we're all sitting around taking it easy!
Reply #2 Friday, June 15, 2007 9:59 AM
Reply #3 Friday, June 15, 2007 10:48 AM
I'd like to volunteer Jafo.........
I wonder what the toll charges would be for a call from down under?
Reply #6 Friday, June 15, 2007 12:00 PM
Don't use Maxthon....but Xion, oh yeah!! Nice to finally see WC open the door for that program.
I just wish someone out there would take a bit of time and show the skinners of Firefox a thing or two...cuz the browser is skinnable, but I have seen nothing that makes it shine. Disappointing to have a great WB theme goin' for ya, then open a browser and have it fall flat!
Reply #7 Friday, June 15, 2007 12:30 PM
Reply #8 Friday, June 15, 2007 12:46 PM
Can't wait to see it
Reply #9 Friday, June 15, 2007 1:57 PM
Im up for that
Also, I'm not opposed to doing some live chat.. you can add me if you like.
Reply #11 Friday, June 15, 2007 9:44 PM
Just when I thought I was out! They drag me back in!
Reply #12 Friday, June 15, 2007 11:01 PM
Don't go to close to the water elvee
Reply #13 Saturday, June 16, 2007 1:24 AM
Gotta say, though, with summer in full gear here in the Rockies, Tetons only 1/2 hr. away, kids both just learned to ride bikes, bbq/camp-cooking in backyard 3X a day...we're having a heck of a time outside. Maybe another bear will come in my tent again and I'll let everyone know about it...
Reply #14 Saturday, June 16, 2007 1:58 AM
Reply #15 Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:23 AM
It's winter in my end of the world.....you know....the good bit...the bit on top. [it's all relative]...
As for me 'chatting'...you'd need subtitles...no-one would follow the accent...
Dunno about the rest of you guys [that's generic, btw], but I always find something new and interesting....every day, Summer OR Winter....
Skinning's alive and well and living on a computer screen.....
....not very far away....
Reply #16 Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:12 AM
I'm sure your strine is a real beaut On the other hand my Sheffield dialect is beyond any translator, even babelfish
Live chat would be 'interesting'...
Reply #17 Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:25 AM
add to the mix vStyler's Liverpudlian/Scottish/country Florida accent and you could sell tickets......
Reply #19 Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:14 AM
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Reply #1 Friday, June 15, 2007 9:49 AM
Do I see a raise of hands......anyone?