WindowBlinds 7 Beta Update (6.80.060) Released

Monday, September 21, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Today we are happy to announce an update to the WindowBlinds 7 Beta.  The WindowBlinds 7 beta is currently available for active subscribers to Object Desktop, and can be downloaded via Stardock’s Impulse. 

New in this update:

  1. XP toolbar & animations settings are back in the UI. They are under Settings now
  2. On Vista the sidebar skin settings are back in the UI. Also under Settings.
  3. Explorer backgrounds tab has been added to the UI. This will show on XP, Vista AND Windows 7.
  4. New Textures tab added to the UI.
  5. Support for enlarged menus on Vista / 7
  6. Some additional skin sections added for Vista / 7 including new shadow sections.
  7. The fixes for the start button clipping on multiple monitor Win7 boxes are in this build. 
  8. The old WB UI has a bigger button for the new UI and says Beta 2 rather than Beta 1. 
  9. You can drag wallpapers to the large preview area and it will copy them into the wallpapers folder off WB skins as it used to in WB6. Note that its the large preview area and NOT the list itself.
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RedneckDude
Reply #21 Monday, September 21, 2009 7:31 PM

dwax
reply 18
No button in the upper right, I made a shortcut to SevenConfig so I can change it.

 


dwax
Reply #22 Monday, September 21, 2009 7:37 PM
Woops there is a button to change it.

Dismisled
Reply #23 Monday, September 21, 2009 7:48 PM
Wow.. Thank you.. Is it possible to add textures & backgrounds?? Thanks anyway.. Brilliant....

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #24 Monday, September 21, 2009 7:59 PM

It still doesn't make toast


ZubaZ
Reply #25 Monday, September 21, 2009 7:59 PM

On Vista:

  • Textures: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds\Textures
  • Backgrounds: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds\Vista Images\Textures

Have fun


Aleatoric
Reply #26 Monday, September 21, 2009 8:06 PM
Quite nice.

Textures are very cool

Also reporting that, for me also, explorer backgrounds aren't working in win7.

ShelbyGT_The_Car
Reply #27 Monday, September 21, 2009 8:36 PM

No problems here on Win 7 everything works well!

Thanks for the update.


Neil Banfield
Reply #28 Monday, September 21, 2009 8:51 PM

If you are having problems with explorer backgrounds on Windows 7, can you post the version WindowBlinds shows on the about box please and if you are on 32 or 64 bit.


LightStar
Reply #29 Monday, September 21, 2009 9:01 PM
Having problems in this release in Windows XP 32-bit whenever I use some of the textures and the transparency functions, all skins applied are messed up, solid colors in areas of the start menu, taskbar has vertical lines in it, frames go solid color, etc. A reboot put everything back to normal though. WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 79 x86) WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins. (Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Wblind.dll 2009/08/28 19:21:20 Wbsrv.dll 2009/08/28 19:21:18 SevenConfig.exe 2009/09/15 13:57:23 Wbload.exe 2009/08/03 12:38:10 Wbhelp.dll 2009/03/24 17:04:07 Wbui.dll 2009/03/24 17:04:05 Tray.dll 2009/08/03 12:38:19 Screen.exe 2009/08/28 19:21:05

RedneckDude
Reply #30 Monday, September 21, 2009 9:25 PM

Zubaz
reply 25
On Vista:


Textures: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds\Textures
Backgrounds: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds\Vista Images\Textures
Have fun

But does it only accept .TGA and .texture? And if so, how does one make a texture file? I don't know what program makes .texture files?

Will .png and .jpg work?


PianoArt
Reply #31 Monday, September 21, 2009 9:38 PM

Thx for very nice update...it looks and work great.


Aleatoric
Reply #32 Monday, September 21, 2009 9:51 PM
Here's my system info from WB (win7 rc1 64 bit). I have the RTM, but it isn't installed yet.

Thanks!

Also, if it matters, it shows up correctly in the preview window

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.9

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 3.9



WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series (Microsoft Corporation WDDM 1.1)



Wblind.dll 2009/09/21 09:48:20

Wblind64.dll 2009/09/21 09:48:52

Wbsrv.dll 2009/08/28 18:20:52

Wbconfig.exe 2009/08/06 10:37:20

Wbload.exe 2009/08/03 11:38:10

Wbhelp.dll 2009/05/14 13:39:07

Tray.dll 2009/08/03 11:38:19

Wbload.dll 2009/03/17 08:36:29

Screen.exe 2009/08/28 18:21:05


GhoS
Reply #33 Monday, September 21, 2009 9:57 PM
Awesome update. I like the textures. However, using skin Aero Midnight, I cannot see the textures on the taskbar, but other skins they do show up fine.

Excalpius
Reply #34 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:08 PM

Also reporting that explorer backgrounds don't go transparent under Windows 7 64 bit, to back up what others are reporting.  It does work under Vista though.

But at least we have the features tab back!

Note also that there seems to be no way to see the NAMES of the texture images in the Explorer backgrounds NEW interface.  No text or even a hover over name.


MadDeez
Reply #35 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:12 PM

here ya go, neil! it's windows 7 64 bit from technet. it's legit. Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 6.9 Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.3

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 203 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(LG L246WP(Digital)) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series

Wblind.dll 2009/09/21 10:48:20

Wblind64.dll 2009/09/21 10:48:52

Wbsrv.dll 2009/08/28 19:20:52

SevenConfig.exe 2009/09/15 13:57:23

Wbload.exe 2009/08/03 12:38:10

Wbhelp.dll 2009/07/29 16:11:07

Tray.dll 2009/08/03 12:38:19

Wbload.dll 2009/07/29 16:08:29

Screen.exe 2009/08/28 19:21:05


ZubaZ
Reply #36 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:13 PM

I don't know what program makes .texture files?
Notepad.    Use tga.  http://www.irfanview.com/ can convert (I think)


Aleatoric
Reply #37 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:15 PM
Did a double check on my other PC (Vista Ultimate 64bit).
Explorer backgrounds work correctly, but don't display correctly in the preview.
It shows the texture opaquely, and inversely colored, whereas the Win7 experience is a correct preview, but no explorer background.

Just in case that helps.

vStyler
Reply #38 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:24 PM
I don't know what program makes .texture files?
Photoshop makes .tga files, just gank the Targa.8BI from ur old Photoshop 7 install and throw it in a newer version of PS... in the file formats folder. Unfortunately, selfish though it may sound, the thought of people throwing random textures all over my skins makes me feel ill.

Xiandi
Reply #39 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:37 PM
Actually, V, Krome takes that leather texture really well. Just set it to cover just the colored parts and it's quite nice.

neophil78
Reply #40 Monday, September 21, 2009 11:05 PM

Under XP there's no possibility with the new UI to save explorer backgrounds and it's not showing as well those who are existing and which can be accessed with the old UI (seems to me something's missing or bugging )


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