SkinStudio 6 Beta Feedback
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 by Neil Banfield | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Please post general feedback about SkinStudio 6 here.
You must have WindowBlinds 6 beta installed to use SKS6, but any skins made with it should work with WindowBlinds 5 as well.
This is a beta so you should expect missing sections and bugs. If you find SKS is missing support for a specific section, please let us know!
If you are working on a new skin it would be best to ensure it is backed up before using SKS6. Remember in this beta all changes are saved instantly!
 |
|
Page 6 of 8 | |
|
|---|
tosbsas
Reply #102 Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:30 PM
Reply #102 Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:30 PM
@Stardock guys
PLLLLLLEASE dear stardock guys - could you please get your act together when udpating beta skinstudio or wb6. Latest Version of skinstudio 5.95 b0012 installs again abou 20MB in another directoy as did anterior version. hen deleting folder of earlier version I get an error about having to install wb6
I am talking about c:\Documents and ....\allusers\stardock - there is one folder now called skinstudio and one called skinstudio6. I NEVER had another version of sks installed than the beta 6 versions.
Thats not tolerable,first forcing us to use that crappy stardock desktop brwoser with its IE stuff and than not being able to use the same folders your app installed before.
PLEASE correct that ASAP - its still my computer and I DECIDE where I install stuff on it
Ruben
PLLLLLLEASE dear stardock guys - could you please get your act together when udpating beta skinstudio or wb6. Latest Version of skinstudio 5.95 b0012 installs again abou 20MB in another directoy as did anterior version. hen deleting folder of earlier version I get an error about having to install wb6
I am talking about c:\Documents and ....\allusers\stardock - there is one folder now called skinstudio and one called skinstudio6. I NEVER had another version of sks installed than the beta 6 versions.
Thats not tolerable,first forcing us to use that crappy stardock desktop brwoser with its IE stuff and than not being able to use the same folders your app installed before.
PLEASE correct that ASAP - its still my computer and I DECIDE where I install stuff on it
Ruben
BarnBurner
Reply #103 Monday, October 22, 2007 9:44 PM
Reply #103 Monday, October 22, 2007 9:44 PM
Wow. Do you ask for everything in such a very rude way?
They are a company that thrives on the success of their product. All of their products.
Either you like what they are giving you or they will listen to constructive criticism and fix as per the public demand. This doesn't mean you have the right to be rude or demand anything.
You do have a choice on what goes into your computer. You also choose how to act. Right now you are acting like you DON'T want help.
They are a company that thrives on the success of their product. All of their products.
Either you like what they are giving you or they will listen to constructive criticism and fix as per the public demand. This doesn't mean you have the right to be rude or demand anything.
You do have a choice on what goes into your computer. You also choose how to act. Right now you are acting like you DON'T want help.
BarnBurner
Reply #106 Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:22 PM
Reply #106 Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:22 PM
If you can't see it after pointing it out a debate would be useless. Never the less...
You do not dictate how they do business. You are not asking anymore, you were at first now you are demanding. The last part is a threat, worded strange but still a threat.
I'm not interested in debating this with you so please don't put up some large page explaining yourself or justifying it. I'm certain that public opinion is on my side. Thus if you think we are all wrong please don't post anything PUBLICLY anymore.
Thats not tolerable,first forcing us to use that crappy stardock desktop brwoser with its IE stuff and than not being able to use the same folders your app installed before.
PLEASE correct that ASAP - its still my computer and I DECIDE where I install stuff on it
PLEASE correct that ASAP - its still my computer and I DECIDE where I install stuff on it
You do not dictate how they do business. You are not asking anymore, you were at first now you are demanding. The last part is a threat, worded strange but still a threat.
I'm not interested in debating this with you so please don't put up some large page explaining yourself or justifying it. I'm certain that public opinion is on my side. Thus if you think we are all wrong please don't post anything PUBLICLY anymore.
tosbsas
Reply #107 Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:12 PM
Reply #107 Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:12 PM
well, Neil wasn't offended, so please just don't speak for "the comunity" -thanks
Ruben
Ruben
SKoriginals
Reply #108 Friday, October 26, 2007 1:22 PM
Reply #108 Friday, October 26, 2007 1:22 PM
I was looking for a suggestions thread but didn't seem to be able to find one (maybe a stickyed one like this thread would be a good idea, hint hint) so I'll post my suggestion/question here...
First off let me say I am 'mostly' pleased with SKS6 so far...
Back before per-pixel frames a skinner was able to create animated and 'other' titlebar buttons. We can still do so on those same non-per-pixel frames but not on the new per-pixel ones. Are there any plans (or can there be) to implement animated titlebar buttons and/or 'other' buttons into the new per-pixel frames? By 'other' I mean buttons like rollup or open an application and the like. These simple things allowed for much more flexibility in making a unique skin and it is missed by much more then myself (I have spoken with other skinners about this, including other master skinners).
First off let me say I am 'mostly' pleased with SKS6 so far...
Back before per-pixel frames a skinner was able to create animated and 'other' titlebar buttons. We can still do so on those same non-per-pixel frames but not on the new per-pixel ones. Are there any plans (or can there be) to implement animated titlebar buttons and/or 'other' buttons into the new per-pixel frames? By 'other' I mean buttons like rollup or open an application and the like. These simple things allowed for much more flexibility in making a unique skin and it is missed by much more then myself (I have spoken with other skinners about this, including other master skinners).
still no reply on this, oh wells
eieio
Reply #111 Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:27 AM
Reply #111 Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:27 AM
Neil:
I found what appears to be a bug in SKS6 (5.95[b].012 in SDC)
While working on the Horizontal taskbar, I was setting vertical painting margins. My taskbar is 28 pixels high. I had set the top margin at 25 and was bumping up the bottom margin so as to leave a 1 pixel 'gap' between the two and got click happy giving an extra click causing the top and bottom margins to 'overlap'.
SkinStudio6 immediately locked up and in checking Task Manager saw the the memory usage jumped up to the range of 40,000k with CPU usage about 99%. Since SKS6 wouldn't respond, I killed the task and restarted SKS6. Everything seemed ok until I reopened the Horizontal taskbar properties again and got another lockup.
I eventually opened the skin in SKS5 (5.01.049) and corrected the margin settings for no overlap. The skin then acted properly in SKS6.
As I recall, if you increased one margin in SKS5 too much, the opposing margin would automatically decrease so as not to have overlapping margins. SKS6 doesn't seem to do this and doesn't react well when it happens.
I found what appears to be a bug in SKS6 (5.95[b].012 in SDC)
While working on the Horizontal taskbar, I was setting vertical painting margins. My taskbar is 28 pixels high. I had set the top margin at 25 and was bumping up the bottom margin so as to leave a 1 pixel 'gap' between the two and got click happy giving an extra click causing the top and bottom margins to 'overlap'.
SkinStudio6 immediately locked up and in checking Task Manager saw the the memory usage jumped up to the range of 40,000k with CPU usage about 99%. Since SKS6 wouldn't respond, I killed the task and restarted SKS6. Everything seemed ok until I reopened the Horizontal taskbar properties again and got another lockup.
I eventually opened the skin in SKS5 (5.01.049) and corrected the margin settings for no overlap. The skin then acted properly in SKS6.
As I recall, if you increased one margin in SKS5 too much, the opposing margin would automatically decrease so as not to have overlapping margins. SKS6 doesn't seem to do this and doesn't react well when it happens.
eieio
Reply #112 Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:34 PM
Reply #112 Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:34 PM
Oh, and in case it is relevant to my previous post, I'm running XP Pro SP2
werewolf
Reply #113 Monday, December 31, 2007 8:54 PM
Reply #113 Monday, December 31, 2007 8:54 PM
Is there a working version of Skin Studio for Vista anywhere at the moment?
Cavan1
Reply #115 Monday, December 31, 2007 10:06 PM
Reply #115 Monday, December 31, 2007 10:06 PM
Just tried to open SKS6, getting message about it has expired, and to update to the final release from with SDC, no update in SDC; I am an Object Desktop subscriber, subby good until Nov 2008.
eieio
Reply #116 Monday, December 31, 2007 10:13 PM
Same here.
Attention Right Hand! Left hand here ... what's going on over there?
Reply #116 Monday, December 31, 2007 10:13 PM
Just tried to open SKS6, getting message about it has expired, and to update to the final release from with SDC, no update in SDC; I am an Object Desktop subscriber
Same here.
Attention Right Hand! Left hand here ... what's going on over there?
ShelbyGT_The_Car
Reply #117 Monday, December 31, 2007 11:10 PM
dido...
SGT
Reply #117 Monday, December 31, 2007 11:10 PM
Just tried to open SKS6, getting message about it has expired, and to update to the final release from with SDC, no update in SDC; I am an Object Desktop subscriber
dido...
SGT
ShelbyGT_The_Car
Reply #118 Monday, December 31, 2007 11:13 PM
Reply #118 Monday, December 31, 2007 11:13 PM
A quick fix - change the date for the computer! Go back a day or two...
SGT
SGT
Bichur
Reply #119 Monday, December 31, 2007 11:40 PM
Reply #119 Monday, December 31, 2007 11:40 PM
My messages says WB6 beta needs to be installed
SKoriginals
Reply #120 Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:01 AM
Reply #120 Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:01 AM
Yeah, I'm getting that same message... would be nice to get this fixed....
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
|
|
Page 6 of 8 | |
|
|---|
Reply #101 Friday, October 5, 2007 4:22 PM