WindowBlinds 6 Beta Feedback
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 by Neil Banfield | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Please post all feedback about the WindowBlinds 6 beta on this thread.
Note that the beta is for 32 bit XP and Vista systems only. Please do not post about it not working on 64 bit XP/Vista. Please continue to use WB 5.51 on those platforms.
This beta is for Object Desktop customers ONLY. Standalone WindowBlinds 5 owners will not be able to activate this build.
Please note that you must have Stardock Central 2.46 Build 154 or later to install the WindowBlinds 6 betas. If you try and use older versions, it'll eventually timeout and give you an error about an invalid URL.
If you have problems with it running at all, please uninstall WB6, reboot and then try reinstalling WB6 again.
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SteveGosselin
Reply #62 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:18 AM
No.
My list (copied from my personnal backup before the upgrade):
- VectorCell
- Ares
- BuufOS
- jitter
- LightBlue II
- XP Copper II
Reply #62 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:18 AM
Is there a list somewhere of which skins got deleted...
No.
My list (copied from my personnal backup before the upgrade):
- VectorCell
- Ares
- BuufOS
- jitter
- LightBlue II
- XP Copper II
UncleSpellbinder
Reply #63 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:27 AM
Vista install went as expected and all works very well - all controls function properly!
Great work Stardock team!
Ready for SKS 6 ... go go go !
SGT
Ditto!
Reply #63 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:27 AM
Vista install went as expected and all works very well - all controls function properly!
Great work Stardock team!
Ready for SKS 6 ... go go go !
SGT
Ditto!
GeneZ
Reply #64 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:27 AM
Reply #64 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:27 AM
Everything works for me under Vista Ultimate. I'm dual-booting with XP and Vista and installed skins from my XP program files.
skybright
Reply #65 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:28 AM
Reply #65 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:28 AM
I have a question, will the older skins like from 2003 or 2004 still work with WB6???
WebGizmos
Reply #66 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:32 AM
Reply #66 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:32 AM
Ok...update to my black toolbar problem....not sure what fixed it...maybe changing skins and then changing back...but all is well again! 
And the Molten skin is awesome! 
Oh....and I thought I lost some skins...but clicking rebuild the list brought them back...for whatever reason they weren't showing in the list before that.
And the Molten skin is awesome! 
Oh....and I thought I lost some skins...but clicking rebuild the list brought them back...for whatever reason they weren't showing in the list before that.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #67 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:38 AM
Reply #67 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:38 AM
Ok I just noticed something else...if i open notepad and place the titlebar directly over the titlebar for windows explorer...no blur (or over any other titlebar), but....when winamp is behind explorer and notepad on top of explorer....winamp gets blurred....but the section of explorer titlebar not overlapping winamp isn't blurred. @_@
Ok...nevermind all that nonsense above. It seems the titlebars are blurred when placed over the winamp playlist, just not the main window (Winamp 5 with modern skin). Titlebar on top of titlebar still seems to have no blurring...
Ok...nevermind all that nonsense above. It seems the titlebars are blurred when placed over the winamp playlist, just not the main window (Winamp 5 with modern skin). Titlebar on top of titlebar still seems to have no blurring...
starkers
Reply #68 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:47 AM
Reply #68 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:47 AM
My install on Vista Ultimate went flawlessly....did the usual reboot afterwards and everything works as it should....and no skins were deleted, rebuilding the skin list brought back those skins which did not at first appear. 
As always, a sterling effort, magnificent, Stardock.
As always, a sterling effort, magnificent, Stardock.
Daiwa
Reply #69 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:01 AM
Reply #69 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:01 AM
So far, WB6 looks pretty much like WB5 on my XPP SP2 rig (has constant alpha only). Unfortunately, the menu painting problem that I've posted about with 5.51.025 (all versions after 5.49, actually) persists with this version. That's the only real knock I have for now.
The blur effect looks great on Diamond, even without PPA here, except for the Titlebar-over-Titlebar problem others have mentioned. Can't say as I see any change in performance. I love the new UI options, particularly the control over system button animation - thanks, SD, for listening to our requests.
One observation: the Taskbar Sizing Bar for a vertical taskbar is now completely transparent; can still grab it & resize the bar, but just shows the wallpaper through the "crack" as it were. Overall looks damn good for the first beta.
And "Unload WindowBlinds" is back in the SysTray Icon Context Menu -
The blur effect looks great on Diamond, even without PPA here, except for the Titlebar-over-Titlebar problem others have mentioned. Can't say as I see any change in performance. I love the new UI options, particularly the control over system button animation - thanks, SD, for listening to our requests.
One observation: the Taskbar Sizing Bar for a vertical taskbar is now completely transparent; can still grab it & resize the bar, but just shows the wallpaper through the "crack" as it were. Overall looks damn good for the first beta.
And "Unload WindowBlinds" is back in the SysTray Icon Context Menu -
Bebi Bulma
Reply #70 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:09 AM
Reply #70 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:09 AM
Ok....was just playing around in the config...some cool stuff.
1. Filtering the skins by category (is this new or I just now noticed it?). That's cool, what would be even *cooler* is if we could make our own categories and define skins that way...like a tagging system. IE: "blue", "vista", "techie", "minimal", etc.
2. Change skin fonts: good to see this back in the wbconfig. Awesome that the fonts are shown as to what they really look like in the font list, and way cool we can actually make the fonts SMALLER now, before it was only bigger. The advanced controls for font editing are just....awesome. Editing fonts in SKS has always been a bit of a pain, this is really nice.
3. Advanced user settings: that looks like some new cool stuff....ahh gotta love new updates.
All I can think of for now.
1. Filtering the skins by category (is this new or I just now noticed it?). That's cool, what would be even *cooler* is if we could make our own categories and define skins that way...like a tagging system. IE: "blue", "vista", "techie", "minimal", etc.
2. Change skin fonts: good to see this back in the wbconfig. Awesome that the fonts are shown as to what they really look like in the font list, and way cool we can actually make the fonts SMALLER now, before it was only bigger. The advanced controls for font editing are just....awesome. Editing fonts in SKS has always been a bit of a pain, this is really nice.
3. Advanced user settings: that looks like some new cool stuff....ahh gotta love new updates.
All I can think of for now.
LittleBearJason
Reply #72 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:59 AM
Reply #72 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:59 AM
Doh......... no blur support in Windows Vista Home Basic. I am hoping the clever masterminds behind WB 6 can find a workaround to this. 
Neil Banfield
Reply #74 Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:37 AM
Reply #74 Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:37 AM
No blur on overlapping titlebars on Windows XP is perfectly normal and there are good technical reasons as to why this is the case.
Regarding missing skins, chances are those skins were included with WB5 and so when you uninstalled WB 5 it removed the included skins. WB6 does not include those skins so they are missing.
kin242
Reply #75 Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:57 AM
Reply #75 Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:57 AM
When I try and change the sidebar skin it will not change.
Also when I create my own sidebar skin and try to edit it, I get the following error message:
This application has filed to start because iconv.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
I tried reinstalling WB6 and it doesnt seem to have helped.
Am on Vista business, AMD 3500, Geforce 7600.
Also when I create my own sidebar skin and try to edit it, I get the following error message:
This application has filed to start because iconv.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
I tried reinstalling WB6 and it doesnt seem to have helped.
Am on Vista business, AMD 3500, Geforce 7600.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #76 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:00 AM
Ok then, good to know.
Reply #76 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:00 AM
No blur on overlapping titlebars on Windows XP is perfectly normal and there are good technical reasons as to why this is the case.
Ok then, good to know.
Neil Banfield
Reply #77 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:01 AM
Reply #77 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:01 AM
iconv.dll is not a dll used by WindowBlinds.
By edit do you mean double clicking on an image? If so whatever app is associated with editing .PNG is incorrectly installed on your PC.
You may need to close & reopen the sidebar when changing sidebar skins.
Makaveli213
Reply #78 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:23 AM
Reply #78 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:23 AM
Works good here. I had a problem at first. I had uninstalled WB5 then installed WB6 Beta right away no skins worked. I then uninstalled WB6, restarted and then install WB6 Beta and it worked. I noticed i only have 2 skins that work on this though. The Leo and the Diamond. I have seen people talk about a Dragon skin yet i dont have it?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #79 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:27 AM
Reply #79 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:27 AM
The dragon skin is Molten...check the start menu.
What do you mean those are the only 2 that work?
What do you mean those are the only 2 that work?
Makaveli213
Reply #80 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:29 AM
Reply #80 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:29 AM
They are not the only 2 that work. But they were the only 2 that i seen added upon install of WB6. I still have all my other skins that were previously installed. No sense of testing the Beta if i use skins that do not take advantage of the new style. (Blurred window)
Okay i do have Molten. I am currently using Leo. I have tried Diamond. I will try out Molten next.
Okay i do have Molten. I am currently using Leo. I have tried Diamond. I will try out Molten next.
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Reply #61 Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:17 AM
Had NO problems. Uninstalled 5 and reinstalled 6. Everything is working fine. I am using OS Vista Premium.