What Skins Were Hot in 2006?
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Lets take a trip back in time and see what was popular just 3 years ago. The funny thing is, some things never really go “out of style”, as many skins I use not always “new”. I didn’t pick a specific gallery this time, I just wanted to go through some random skins that were hot a few years back.
Any of these skins ring a bell?
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Reply #2 Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:57 AM
Awesome!
And you know what? There will always be folks bashing skinning as being unoriginal and wasteful of resources. Sad.
Reply #3 Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:55 AM
My favorite from '06 was Ecliz Deluxe. I've been using it since it came out. I've been looking to replace it for a while, but none have quite fit the bill.
Reply #4 Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:36 PM
there were so many people about then, i can remember my skin Solaire 2.1 had over 5,000 downloads the first day.......
Where did thay all go..... 
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Good picks ID but there were so many great skins back then.
Reply #5 Thursday, March 5, 2009 1:13 PM
Just a question for personal reference. Will the skins from 2006 load and apply correctly with the current version of WindowBlinds?
I do understand that they would more than likely not work very well on a Vista system. 
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Reply #9 Thursday, March 5, 2009 2:43 PM
Thank you, Island Dog 
Reply #10 Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:55 PM
Man, I put out my first screenshot October that year! A scared little Newb!
Windowblinds was evolving from 4 to 5, alpha blending was made possible because of that and it became the hip thing to do to a desktop.
And everything had to look, do and act just like Vista! Hell you guys we're doing Vista and beyond 2 years before Vista even came out.
To me it was JJYing's Dreamland that stunned the skinning world in 2005, because it wasn't possible until WB5.
Now, here we all are reflecting on 3 years ago like it was an eternity, but the way the software has evolved, the difference is eternity.
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Hope to see it on vista. 
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Reply #19 Friday, March 6, 2009 3:44 PM
Some old skins still have some good life left in them...I'm using a WB right now that dosnt even have perpixel frames. 
Reply #20 Friday, March 6, 2009 3:52 PM
example address bar...... https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=1&p=2
change the last number to the page number you would like to go to.......not too difficult
if you just entered the gallery you'll have to add the &p= as well
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:27 AM