First WindowBlinds 3 screenshots released!
Monday, September 3, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
First screenshots of WindowBlinds 3 released:https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb3/wb3-1.jpg
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb3/wb3-2.jpg
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb3/wb3-3.jpg
After months of development, Stardock is preparing to announce WindowBlinds version 3. WindowBlinds is a program that turns Windows into having a skinnable user interface. Version 3 is going to be based off of the beta of WindowBlinds XP.
The new version will be much smaller in size and require far less memory. On Windows XP, it integrates directly into Microsoft's visual style framework. On Windows 98/ME/2000, WindowBlinds will talk to a Stardock developed XP-like skinning engine. The goal is for it to be seamlessly part of the OS.
The other major feature of WindowBlinds 3 comes in the form of Smart Bars which allow users to add items themselves right into the title bar or borders of a window (such a MP3 player or stock ticker, or quick launch or whatever) rather than using a skin where the skin author happened to do that.
Stardock will be releasing WindowBlinds 3 in October. The betas will begin appearing on their Object Desktop network in about 2 weeks.
A white paper outlining the details of WindowBlinds 3 is available at:
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/whitepaper_wb3.html
mab760
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 10:52 AM
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 10:52 AM
ok. are we going to see the skin in the first two screenshots? That is fantastic!
DLWarren
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 2:07 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 2:07 PM
question..why are there two (2) skin pack tabs?? The rest of it looks great
Tarkus
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 4:03 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 4:03 PM
That must be an old screenshot. An early version of Convergence had that bug, where it created two SkinPack tabs.
DLWarren
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 11:33 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 11:33 AM
I was kinda suspecting it was a bug...but since I haven't tried it (I've let my ODNT subscription lapse..*shame on me*) I thought I'd ask
Highdon Yang
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 12:50 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 12:50 PM
Are us registered WindowBlinds users going to have to fork out for the upgrade?
Tarkus
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 1:29 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 1:29 PM
Highdon Yang: All that is explained in the White Paper (link at the top of this page).
RICARDO5
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 2:35 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 5, 2001 2:35 PM
I like the idea. I wanna see how it works with Win 98.
adorina
Reply #10 Saturday, September 8, 2001 1:21 AM
Reply #10 Saturday, September 8, 2001 1:21 AM
Do you have any skins for Go!Zilla 4.0 If so, could you please e-mail me any updates?
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Reply #1 Monday, September 3, 2001 8:53 PM