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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Reply #82 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:39 AM
, I do have two suggestions,1. I think it would be less problematic if the the install automatically uninstalled WB5-rebooted-started WB6 install on startup (auto). No one really wants to see classic
2. As a preference only, I don't care at all for the dotted lined parts of the interface. Looks cheap and unfinished.
That aside, Great update and super job on the animation in the Molten skin, Chaninja's I assume.
Reply #83 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:57 AM
the install need to be more clear but it's all i noticed for now
Reply #84 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:58 AM
The same thing is happening when letting go of a taskbar button to activate a window. momentarily the taskbar font appears HUGE
Secondly, several skins are missing pixels above the maximized windows, LEO being one of them, also my Vienna WB
This is after several un\re-loads \ reboots.
Reply #85 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:04 AM
Reply #86 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:13 AM
Reply #87 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:20 AM
1°) it had broken my catalog skins and i can't find anymore the way to rebuilt it ...
2°)
pretty nice on the Molten skin
3°)
can't see how to save anything ...
4°)
Doesn't work at all
5°)
tried that on Molten skin, i chosed "freen" and it became "red"
6°)
tried that on different skins, doesn't work on any
7°)
• Save all skin changes as presets
• Edit a sidebar skin from within WindowBlinds
• Alter the mouse over animation speed
• Alter the default button pulsing speed
• Handle skin upgrades in an improved fashion
• Use the Aero frames with the rest of the skin
????? can't see nowhere anything relative to these points
8°) didn't tried anything on "wallpaper" just because all the previous "Wallpapers functions" even in previous WB versions are just weird working here ...
9°) going quickly back to WB5 ...
[System Information]
XP SP2 Home Edition french
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 17 x86))
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
(Philips 190C (19inch LCD MONITOR 190C7)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
Wblind.dll 2007/08/01 10:46:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/07/31 10:39:18
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/01 15:27:45
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Reply #88 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:27 AM
So..now, I cant really design it correctly for release as it looks different depending on what Version of WB you are using.
Reply #89 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:33 AM
1°) it had broken my catalog skins and can't find anymore the way to rebuilt it ...
You can rebuild the skin list from the Skin Options drop down in the Change how my windows look screen. Click it and a menu appears which lets you pick Rebuild skin list.
2°)
prettu nice on the Molten skin
3°)
can't see how to save anything ...
On the change colours in skin page, there is a combo box that says Change setting for all skins. Click this and a drop down appears with create new / delete preset. Do this to make a new preset and then adjust it as you want. This is now saved against that skin and can be picked from the Change how my windows look page under the substyles drop down (far right under the preview)
4°)
Doesn't work at all
Yes it does. You pick a colour in the skin, set a range and then change the colour using the usual Hue slider on the far left. To open the advanced HSL dialog, you need to ensure you are in HSL mode and then click the icon with the dotted rectangle around it to the right of the hue slider.
5°)
treied that on Molten skin, i chosed "freen" and it became "red"
Freen?
6°)
Tried that on different skins doesn't work on any
Only some skins come with that (Diamond does) and it is a Vista only feature.
7°)
• Save all skin changes as presets
• Edit a sidebar skin from within WindowBlinds
• Alter the mouse over animation speed
• Alter the default button pulsing speed
• Handle skin upgrades in an improved fashion
• Use the Aero frames with the rest of the skin
????? can't see nowhere anything relative to these points
Control transparency and blur is on the Control transparency and blur page.
Saving skin changes as presets is done via Change colours in skin and control transparency and blur.
Sidebar skins are vista only as is use aero frames with the rest of the skin.
Adjusting the pulsing and mouseover speeds is done from the Advanced User settings page
Handling skin upgrades better is transparent to the user. There is no visible UI for it.
Reply #90 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:35 AM
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Reply #93 Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:59 AM
I will provide screenshots of both if neccesary.
Reply #94 Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:12 AM
And I just tried both Leo & your Vienna skin and didn't see the missing pixels.
Reply #95 Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:17 AM
Neil.. im on vista ultimate, and find little problem with taskbar, all my skins.
on xp, in this build not see this.
When taskbar bottom, behind all skins little white thing.
Taskbar top or left-right no prob.
Reply #96 Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:18 AM
Strange, but it is different with Leo, at least i think it is ok, no missing pixels above the max titlebar for me.Reply #97 Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:38 AM
[/URL]Shot at 2007-08-02
Reply #98 Thursday, August 2, 2007 10:04 AM
It looks like your caption height is set larger than it should be.
What dpi are you using and have you changed the font settings in WBconfig? Changing the titlebar font can impact the caption height.
Reply #99 Thursday, August 2, 2007 10:05 AM
[/URL]Shot at 2007-08-02
Definite difference I would say.
As far as DPI and Font settings, I never change either of those, always use stock OS settings.
Others have noted missing pixels. I'm emailing you this WIP skin.. perhaps it will help.
Reply #100 Thursday, August 2, 2007 10:10 AM
if checked: never blur the background even if the skin has blur enabled, always work fine my vista machine!
Hey John! here not see this..
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Reply #81 Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:32 AM
Makaveli213....The "Dragon skin"...Its called "Molten" and should be in your list.