Is there a faster way to view all the themes?
Browsing through wincustomize.com is too slow
Thursday, January 3, 2008 by deleyd | Discussion: WindowBlinds
At wincustomize.com there are 346 pages of themes. To view one I click on a theme, which takes me to another page, where I click on the theme again to finally see the full size image of the theme. Then I back out and repeat for the next theme. This is taking too long. Is there a faster way I can get the full size images of all the themes? Can I download them from somewhere?
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vStyler
Reply #2 Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:56 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:56 PM
Its the same on any other site. Patience grasshopper. 
killajosh
Reply #3 Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:56 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:56 PM
Ah yes...but I only use the 48 (I think it's 48....) option. 100 skins per page is alot of skins to look at on one page.....
Cavan1
Reply #4 Thursday, January 3, 2008 3:01 PM
It is also a little too slow, 30 seconds to load page with 100 skins and that is on a 5meg DSL.
Reply #4 Thursday, January 3, 2008 3:01 PM
100 skins per page is alot of skins to look at on one page
It is also a little too slow, 30 seconds to load page with 100 skins and that is on a 5meg DSL.
deleyd
Reply #5 Thursday, January 3, 2008 9:57 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, January 3, 2008 9:57 PM
I'm a new subscriber. I bring up WindowBlinds and there's about 8 themes at the bottom to choose from, and if I download a theme it shows up. My gosh, what happens when I've downloaded 100 different themes? Does it become onerous to browse through them all?
Cavan1
Reply #7 Thursday, January 3, 2008 10:07 PM
No, not really, that is when the scrollbar comes in handy.
Reply #7 Thursday, January 3, 2008 10:07 PM
Does it become onerous to browse through them all?
No, not really, that is when the scrollbar comes in handy.
redwytch
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 12:17 AM
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 12:17 AM
I agree about searching thru all the themes. maybe a-z or page numbers so If you get tired of looking you can go back to where you left off at least.
scorpNZ
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 3:59 AM
It is also a little too slow, 30 seconds to load page with 100 skins and that is on a 5meg DSL.
You should do a speed test to find out if your getting any where near what your paying for or get your isp to do a line check,i'm on what's supposed to be a 2mbps connection,the actual speed is 1.5mbps @ a download rate of 150kbps of data & considering i'm much further away from the states than you are, 100 is how many i view per page & loading them only takes around 6-10 seconds the average is 10,so you being on a 5meg connection the page should load i would'a thought in 1-5 seconds,the reason i don't get full speed is i'm too far from the exchange so even if i went to 3megs i still would only get 1.5,my guess is your in the same situation in which case it'd be better to drop to the speed that your connection allows & pay less
ps: you might be better off with dial up
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 3:59 AM
100 skins per page is alot of skins to look at on one page
It is also a little too slow, 30 seconds to load page with 100 skins and that is on a 5meg DSL.
You should do a speed test to find out if your getting any where near what your paying for or get your isp to do a line check,i'm on what's supposed to be a 2mbps connection,the actual speed is 1.5mbps @ a download rate of 150kbps of data & considering i'm much further away from the states than you are, 100 is how many i view per page & loading them only takes around 6-10 seconds the average is 10,so you being on a 5meg connection the page should load i would'a thought in 1-5 seconds,the reason i don't get full speed is i'm too far from the exchange so even if i went to 3megs i still would only get 1.5,my guess is your in the same situation in which case it'd be better to drop to the speed that your connection allows & pay less
ps: you might be better off with dial up
Bebi Bulma
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:08 PM
Blasphemy!
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:08 PM
ps: you might be better off with dial up
Blasphemy!
Cavan1
Reply #11 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:13 PM
You should do a speed test to find out if your getting any where near what your paying for or get your isp to do a line check
It may have just been the time I tested 100 per page at and the WC servers were being slow.
My peak download rate is 530kbps.
Reply #11 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:13 PM
You should do a speed test to find out if your getting any where near what your paying for or get your isp to do a line check
It may have just been the time I tested 100 per page at and the WC servers were being slow.
@ a download rate of 150kbps of data
My peak download rate is 530kbps.
Cavan1
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:33 PM
Just tested 100 per page again, using FF, 26 seconds with cache cleared, 19 seconds with page cached. Between the tests I went to MS download center to test download rate, file was downloading between 510 and 523kbps. Using IE7 site is even slower.
As download rates show my service is 5meg.
Are you sure it is 6-10 for you and not 60-100 
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:33 PM
100 is how many i view per page & loading them only takes around 6-10 seconds the average is 10,so you being on a 5meg connection the page should load i would'a thought in 1-5 seconds
Just tested 100 per page again, using FF, 26 seconds with cache cleared, 19 seconds with page cached. Between the tests I went to MS download center to test download rate, file was downloading between 510 and 523kbps. Using IE7 site is even slower.
As download rates show my service is 5meg.
Are you sure it is 6-10 for you and not 60-100
Bebi Bulma
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:37 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:37 PM
I'd recommend testing your download/upload speed here: Speakeasy speedtest (US).
Cavan1
Reply #14 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:39 PM
Reply #14 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:39 PM
Hey Bebi, just tested thru Cogeco, here are the results
In kilobytes per second: 521.7 down 82.4 up
Tested by server: 7 java
User: 2 @ dslreports.com
User's DNS: bell.ca
Compared to the average of 783 tests from bell.ca:
* download is 69% better, upload is 26% better
In kilobytes per second: 521.7 down 82.4 up
Tested by server: 7 java
User: 2 @ dslreports.com
User's DNS: bell.ca
Compared to the average of 783 tests from bell.ca:
* download is 69% better, upload is 26% better
Bebi Bulma
Reply #15 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:41 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:41 PM
GRRRRR, I *really* hate not being able to edit my post when someone posts after me. Users higher up in the levels should be able to do it. 
Last Result:
Download Speed: 5804 kbps (725.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 489 kbps (61.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
As you can tell, it gives an informative readout (my cable is 6mb, which is reading quite accurately [6mbps = ~730kb/s]).
Last Result:
Download Speed: 5804 kbps (725.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 489 kbps (61.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
As you can tell, it gives an informative readout (my cable is 6mb, which is reading quite accurately [6mbps = ~730kb/s]).
Cavan1
Reply #16 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:46 PM
Reply #16 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:46 PM
From your link, New York server
Download Speed: 4253 kbps (531.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 647 kbps (80.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
May not be quite a full 5megs, but I expect that as I live 4 miles outside of the city.
At least I put your upload rate to shame
Washington server
Download Speed: 4307 kbps (538.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 612 kbps (76.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Download Speed: 4253 kbps (531.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 647 kbps (80.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
May not be quite a full 5megs, but I expect that as I live 4 miles outside of the city.
At least I put your upload rate to shame
Washington server
Download Speed: 4307 kbps (538.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 612 kbps (76.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
ZubaZ
Reply #17 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:00 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:00 PM
Cavan1
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:05 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:05 PM
Just ran tracert to WC, 12 hops slowest response 30 ms.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #19 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:20 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:20 PM
back on topic.. I too wish there was a more easy way to save where you left off when browsing the library's so you could easily go back, should you have to leave before finished....
ZubaZ
Reply #20 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 10:12 PM
Reply #20 Wednesday, January 9, 2008 10:12 PM
Start from the back and work your way forward (in time) . . then you only have to track recent stuff.
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:53 PM