Windows XP skins section added
Thursday, October 25, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
With today being the launch of Windows XP, it only seems fitting that we (WINcustomize) do something special. To that end we've created a new category called "WinXP Skins". WindowBlinds UIS skins that have been optimized for XP will be displayed there. For skin authors - when you upload your skin, upload them to the WindowBlinds section and it will ask if your skin has been optimized for Windows XP. If you have, select yes and it will appear in both the WB section and the WinXP skins section. WinXP skins require WindowBlinds 3.
I vote for it
misterME
Reply #3 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:03 AM
Reply #3 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:03 AM
I's still love to get my hands on a little instruction for how to optimize skins for XP--how to skin the Start Panel, how fonts are controled in the "XPstuff" file, etc. I can't make heads nor tails of it in the skins I've downloaded, and I can't find a good tutorial for it.
Anyway, I think the separate section is a great idea. And I cast my vote for the IP section for XP-optimized icons, too.
Anyway, I think the separate section is a great idea. And I cast my vote for the IP section for XP-optimized icons, too.
Alexandrie
Reply #4 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:15 AM
Reply #4 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:15 AM
misterME I have started the way you did, I just use the config file of one of Stardock skin and try. This is all we can do curently for the XP bar
grrinder
Reply #5 Friday, October 26, 2001 7:20 AM
Reply #5 Friday, October 26, 2001 7:20 AM
Anyone know when xp cobalt will be released? By the way Alexandria, those are some great skins you designed!
Frogboy
Reply #6 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:09 PM
Reply #6 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:09 PM
Hi Alexandrie, if Pixtudio wants to create an article on skinining the XP Start bar, I'll have the site link to it.
TasT
Reply #7 Friday, October 26, 2001 4:27 PM
Reply #7 Friday, October 26, 2001 4:27 PM
Froggy why doesn't StarDock creat some WB3 docunentation covering the enitre UIS file format? I thought this was going to happen some time ago but, I guess it was conviently forgotten 
PsychoRhythm
Reply #9 Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:02 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:02 PM
When will the full version of winodsblinds3 for win98, shareware or purchase version be out finally?
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Reply #10 Sunday, October 28, 2001 7:04 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, October 28, 2001 7:04 PM
i still can't understand what are the differences between WB3 for XP or WB3 for WIN9x...are they different skin format ? are they features that we can't get with Win9x and what ? Are they two versions of WB3 coming out, one for XP, one for WIN9x ?
I'm just sure that i won't upgrade to Win XP till a long time, so i would like to know what i'm about to get with WB now...
And in a last point and as a message for the skinners, it would be great to update their skins with the new features of WB ... (just think about Polymer, all Treetog big suites and so on...)
Sorry, here the last point for Stardock : just try to think about the non-english people...things are enough hard to understand in our own language, so just imagine it with a foreign one (even if i can manage a little with it ...)
I'm just sure that i won't upgrade to Win XP till a long time, so i would like to know what i'm about to get with WB now...
And in a last point and as a message for the skinners, it would be great to update their skins with the new features of WB ... (just think about Polymer, all Treetog big suites and so on...)
Sorry, here the last point for Stardock : just try to think about the non-english people...things are enough hard to understand in our own language, so just imagine it with a foreign one (even if i can manage a little with it ...)
JavaBrain
Reply #11 Monday, October 29, 2001 6:59 AM
Reply #11 Monday, October 29, 2001 6:59 AM
neophil78,
WindowBlinds 3 works on 98, ME, 2000 and XP. Skins can be "optimized" for XP because XP has different capabilities since it is designed to be skinned (visual styles). There is no difference in the program (WindowBlinds 3) or the skin format that it uses for the different versions of Windows.
WindowBlinds 3 works on 98, ME, 2000 and XP. Skins can be "optimized" for XP because XP has different capabilities since it is designed to be skinned (visual styles). There is no difference in the program (WindowBlinds 3) or the skin format that it uses for the different versions of Windows.
Thren
Reply #13 Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:57 AM
Reply #13 Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:57 AM
Just a though, I like the WinXP look as much as the text guy, but currently all the skins in the XP section are XP clones ...!
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Reply #1 Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:28 PM