What SKS 5 bits are missing from SKS 6
And if you had to rank them, how would you
Monday, July 14, 2008 by ZubaZ | Discussion: OS Customization
I was chatting with Niel and the question came up of what features/functions/etc were still missing from SKS6 that were there for SKS5. Why are the two version still needed to create a skin?
So here is your chance to let him know what's missing.
Thanks!
So here is your chance to let him know what's missing.
- Are there times you have to go back or forth? What for?
- Are there times you have to go into the code because there's no UI for it in SKS6?
- Any thing else that might be keeping you from converting over?
Thanks!
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PixelPirate
Reply #2 Monday, July 14, 2008 2:27 PM
Reply #2 Monday, July 14, 2008 2:27 PM
[EXTRAIMAGES]
Image=SkinName\extra_image.bmp
That contains the resize graphics placed in the lower right corner of a window.
Throbbers for the toolbar icons. (The animated windows flag in the upper right corner of Explorer in XP). This is listed as "Experimental" in SKS5.
[usericon]
This was also an "Experimental" setting in SKS5, where you can force a custom user pic to apply with a theme.
It also appears that for [PleaseWait.BackgroundPerPixel] - the options for:
TextShift=value
TextShiftY=value
are missing. They could be added under an "Extra" tab.
It would also be nice to be able to edit more under the [Personality] section. There was a section for this in SKS5. Or at least have it collected all in one place, in stead of all over the place in various sections in SKS6.
And to be able somewhere in SKS to add the UIFlashMode=1 code for Vista and on the buttons affected, be able to add NoFlash=1 with a checkbox under an "Extra" tab as in other places in SKS.
I think that's it for now I can think of.
Image=SkinName\extra_image.bmp
That contains the resize graphics placed in the lower right corner of a window.
Throbbers for the toolbar icons. (The animated windows flag in the upper right corner of Explorer in XP). This is listed as "Experimental" in SKS5.
[usericon]
This was also an "Experimental" setting in SKS5, where you can force a custom user pic to apply with a theme.
It also appears that for [PleaseWait.BackgroundPerPixel] - the options for:
TextShift=value
TextShiftY=value
are missing. They could be added under an "Extra" tab.
It would also be nice to be able to edit more under the [Personality] section. There was a section for this in SKS5. Or at least have it collected all in one place, in stead of all over the place in various sections in SKS6.
And to be able somewhere in SKS to add the UIFlashMode=1 code for Vista and on the buttons affected, be able to add NoFlash=1 with a checkbox under an "Extra" tab as in other places in SKS.
I think that's it for now I can think of.
PixelPirate
Reply #3 Monday, July 14, 2008 2:29 PM
Reply #3 Monday, July 14, 2008 2:29 PM
Oh, and for the record, I don't use SKS5 any more. Been using SKS6 for a loooong time now. I edit the code for the parts I still can't edit in SKS6, as mentioned above. 
NightTrainthedark
Reply #4 Monday, July 14, 2008 6:13 PM
Reply #4 Monday, July 14, 2008 6:13 PM
Add a apply button to the color and font screens.
SKS5 had a direct link button to the skin folder in explorer. Would be a helpful feature in SKS6.
I sent a email to stardock support that has gone unresponded to.. see info here.
WWW Link
I have gotten very used to SKS6 and almost never open SKS5.
SKS5 had a direct link button to the skin folder in explorer. Would be a helpful feature in SKS6.
I sent a email to stardock support that has gone unresponded to.. see info here.
WWW Link
I have gotten very used to SKS6 and almost never open SKS5.
2of3
Reply #5 Monday, July 14, 2008 6:36 PM
Thanks, Lasse! I spent hours searching for that bit in sks6! Finaly edited by opening the skin folder. All the time thinking to myself that I was a dope for not seeing it in sks.
Ditto that
I only use sks6. But so far only for skinning Vista......
By the way, is there the option to import sections into an exsisting skin in sks6. Like import startpanel A into WB B?
Reply #5 Monday, July 14, 2008 6:36 PM
[EXTRAIMAGES]
Image=SkinName\extra_image.bmp
Image=SkinName\extra_image.bmp
Thanks, Lasse! I spent hours searching for that bit in sks6! Finaly edited by opening the skin folder
. All the time thinking to myself that I was a dope for not seeing it in sks.Add a apply button to the color and font screens.
Ditto that
I only use sks6. But so far only for skinning Vista......
By the way, is there the option to import sections into an exsisting skin in sks6. Like import startpanel A into WB B?
vStyler
Reply #6 Monday, July 14, 2008 6:43 PM
I still use 5 to skin XP fully.. and 6 for Vista.. both work just peachy for me.
Reply #6 Monday, July 14, 2008 6:43 PM
Add a apply button to the color and font screens.
SKS5 had a direct link button to the skin folder in explorer. Would be a helpful feature in SKS6.
I still use 5 to skin XP fully.. and 6 for Vista.. both work just peachy for me.
eieio
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:49 AM
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:49 AM
The 'missing' functions in SKS6 have been noted many times in various threads already.
ZubaZ
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:49 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:49 AM
The 'missing' functions in SKS6 have been noted many times in various threads already.
But this is the one Neil is going to be looking at. 
Schwarzephix
Reply #14 Friday, August 1, 2008 6:32 AM
Reply #14 Friday, August 1, 2008 6:32 AM
extra images (those little dots in the corner) I haven't found that, don't think it is there?
theAVMAN
Reply #16 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:04 PM
Reply #16 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:04 PM
Not sure if it is relevant but I still open 5 to hide start panel shadow .I know it is in 6 but myself and several others open the skin in 5 disable start menu shadows then reopen in 6.(that is for XP)
The others already mentioned thanks .
A/V
The others already mentioned thanks .
A/V
Xiandi
Reply #17 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:22 PM
Reply #17 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:22 PM
extra images (those little dots in the corner) I haven't found that, don't think it is there?
It's in there now. It's in the Scrollbar section, called the Sizing Grip.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #18 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:39 PM
Reply #18 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:39 PM
Need to be able to navigate by clicking the preview...oh wait,we were not supposed to say we need to be able to navigate by clicking the preview.
Even after you manage to find some obscure setting,its hell to remember wheere you found it...its maddening...the tree list has poor management...some things have the same damn name and nothing is alphabetized...it also isnt resizable like it was in SKS5...I dont want scrollbars in my tree.
Too much space is being wasted...its like being back on a 17 inch monitor.
Even after you manage to find some obscure setting,its hell to remember wheere you found it...its maddening...the tree list has poor management...some things have the same damn name and nothing is alphabetized...it also isnt resizable like it was in SKS5...I dont want scrollbars in my tree.
Too much space is being wasted...its like being back on a 17 inch monitor.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #19 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:43 PM
Reply #19 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:43 PM
^Totally agree. That's how I got around in SKS5, if it wasn't for that...I'd never have been able to do anything with it.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #20 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:47 PM
Reply #20 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:47 PM
Actually being able to see the image you are working on AT ALL TIMES would help a lot...and show me ALL of it...not some squashed,truncated or chopped off end view...it jams all the content margins together and makes setting them visually impossible.
Without being able to see the image being edited,you start editing the wrong section sometimes...because you couldnt SEE where you were.
Without being able to see the image being edited,you start editing the wrong section sometimes...because you couldnt SEE where you were.
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Reply #1 Monday, July 14, 2008 1:11 PM