Vista Specific WindowBlinds Skins
Sixteen so far.....
Friday, December 7, 2007 by bobbyhundreds | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Vista has been going for quite a while now and I'm pretty sure many people including myself are using it happily and without problems.
I speak only as a home user,which the majority of us out here are so I don't encounter issues which maybe some of you I.T. guys and gals seem to be encountering (if I have read other threads correctly).
Anyway my question is when are you great WB skinners out there going to bite the bullet and start making more skins specifically for Vista?
At present there are only sixteen in the "Vista Ready" gallery here on WinCustomize (great they are too) and it seems odd to me that so many skinners are unwilling to take the plunge.I thought you would be chomping at the bit to skin a new OS.
Are you waiting for SP1? or do these things just take a while to settle down?
This is purely a "when will there be more skins?" question so please don't turn it into another Vista moan thread...there are already enough of those and to those of us who are enjoying the new OS without problems trust me it's getting a little boring.
Peace
I speak only as a home user,which the majority of us out here are so I don't encounter issues which maybe some of you I.T. guys and gals seem to be encountering (if I have read other threads correctly).
Anyway my question is when are you great WB skinners out there going to bite the bullet and start making more skins specifically for Vista?
At present there are only sixteen in the "Vista Ready" gallery here on WinCustomize (great they are too) and it seems odd to me that so many skinners are unwilling to take the plunge.I thought you would be chomping at the bit to skin a new OS.
Are you waiting for SP1? or do these things just take a while to settle down?
This is purely a "when will there be more skins?" question so please don't turn it into another Vista moan thread...there are already enough of those and to those of us who are enjoying the new OS without problems trust me it's getting a little boring.
Peace
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #2 Friday, December 7, 2007 11:42 AM
Reply #2 Friday, December 7, 2007 11:42 AM
In my case its still part 'I hate Vista'. 
I was really looking forward to Vista...sounded like skinning it was going to be exciting.It isnt. 
SKS6 is still beta...to me 5 is much better,so much easier to use.
Vista skins will pick up...once usage vs XP reaches 50%, more skinners will have it and start to take needing to skin it seriously.
Making an XP skin just to have Vista discard a lot of the graphics...and have to produce about 30 new ones,and tweak all your settings again for Vista...thats a lot of work for what?18% of the sites users?
And...Zubaz is right...it is somewhat more restrictive than XP.Its no coincidence that all the vista skins are similar.
I was really looking forward to Vista...sounded like skinning it was going to be exciting.It isnt. 
SKS6 is still beta...to me 5 is much better,so much easier to use.
Vista skins will pick up...once usage vs XP reaches 50%, more skinners will have it and start to take needing to skin it seriously.
Making an XP skin just to have Vista discard a lot of the graphics...and have to produce about 30 new ones,and tweak all your settings again for Vista...thats a lot of work for what?18% of the sites users?
And...Zubaz is right...it is somewhat more restrictive than XP.Its no coincidence that all the vista skins are similar.
bobbyhundreds
Reply #3 Friday, December 7, 2007 12:20 PM
Reply #3 Friday, December 7, 2007 12:20 PM
Ahh right,not being a WB skin maker I wasn't aware that Vista is restrictive to skin.Like you say this probably explains the few skins so far,so thanks for clearing this up.
I get what you mean WG regards more uptake on use of Vista vs. XP .Like you say,it's just a matter of time before it's in the ascendance so I guess patience is the name of the game for us poor souls not clever enough to build our own blinds.
I have tried but I always get so far and then my lack of technical nowse kicks in and it all falls apart. (
Cheers guys.
I get what you mean WG regards more uptake on use of Vista vs. XP .Like you say,it's just a matter of time before it's in the ascendance so I guess patience is the name of the game for us poor souls not clever enough to build our own blinds.
I have tried but I always get so far and then my lack of technical nowse kicks in and it all falls apart. (
Cheers guys.
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Reply #1 Friday, December 7, 2007 11:12 AM
Another might be that Vista restricts in many ways what can be skinned. It might be cramping skinning style.