Visual Style MERGE!
Friday, May 10, 2002 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
We have merged the WindowBlinds, WinXP, and GUI Olympics visual styles all into the WindowBlinds section to clean up the site a little bit.
If you are looking for WB visual styles, just look in the WindowBlinds section.
If you are looking for WB visual styles, just look in the WindowBlinds section.
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DavidK
Reply #22 Sunday, May 12, 2002 7:24 PM
Reply #22 Sunday, May 12, 2002 7:24 PM
Why would anyone want to limit themeselves to only XP skins? You can select your favorite XP taskbar stuff to display with any skin and there are hundreds of great windowblinds skins that were made before XP came out (thousands maybe?).
Windowblinds works with all versions of Windows. XP is just the latest (and most expensive) version. Having a seperate library is nonsense, it's like saying you don't know how Windowblinds works or what it's for. Don't forget there is also the per app settings, UIS1 skins and plenty of other reasons to access the whole library even if you are using XP...
Windowblinds works with all versions of Windows. XP is just the latest (and most expensive) version. Having a seperate library is nonsense, it's like saying you don't know how Windowblinds works or what it's for. Don't forget there is also the per app settings, UIS1 skins and plenty of other reasons to access the whole library even if you are using XP...
pixElated
Reply #23 Sunday, May 12, 2002 7:49 PM
Reply #23 Sunday, May 12, 2002 7:49 PM
Until this thread I didn't realize that the Search bar has a drop down menu with WinXP as a selection. So this can be chosen from the main page. It also has a "Sort by" menu with "Update date" as a selection. This option doesn't work correctly, because you always set the Update Date equal to the "Created date". The update date should be set to zeros until there is an update. Then only the updated files would appear at the top of a search by update date. This could be fixed by setting the Update Date to zeros if it is currently equal to the Created Date.
geekboy2000
Reply #24 Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:32 PM
Reply #24 Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:32 PM
The reasons why I prefer to view and download only XP skins are, well, just my own preference. It's like having to offer a reason why I want Mozilla one click away in my quick-launch bar. I just like it that way. What's happened here, is that now an extra step or two has been added to what was a one-click process. It makes no sense at all to me.
DavidK
Reply #25 Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:30 PM
Reply #25 Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:30 PM
Probably the newer skins, as they appear, will all be made with the XP bits. If not, there will certainly be more, even most of them that are. So you skip over one skin on the list... it's not an extra step, it's the same as choosing to not download a particular skin because you're not interested in the design.
geekboy2000
Reply #26 Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:43 PM
Reply #26 Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:43 PM
Well, Vagrant, I can't argue with that logic, but that means I actually have to read. 
pixElated
Reply #27 Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:10 PM
Reply #27 Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:10 PM
On the main page, at the top, where it says SEARCH, choose category = WINXP, then click on GO. This works just like the old WinXP link.
Nothing is broken and there are no extra steps.
Nothing is broken and there are no extra steps.
T-Man
Reply #28 Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:31 PM
Reply #28 Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:31 PM
Tast - "If so couldnt we have a click on in the dropdown that would filter skinz with xp support? "
Excellent idea Tast. That goes along with what Frogboy was suggesting on specialized queries. That's doable!
Excellent idea Tast. That goes along with what Frogboy was suggesting on specialized queries. That's doable!
Mr Benn
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:01 AM
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:01 AM
The old WinXP and GUI Olympics sections have still not disappeared completely. If you do a cross-library search, or click on an author''s name then click ''view authors skins'', you will still see the WinXP and GUI Olympics skins listed there. I assume these will disappear in time.
Personally, I much prefer the single WB section. I would always download the XP version of a skin anyway, even though I don''t have Windows XP yet. As DavidK said, you can always choose not to download a skin because of its lack of XP support, just as you can if you simply do not like it.
If you really must see only the WinXP skins, or any other criteria that you commonly use, why not filter the list to your liking then bookmark the resulting page. The ''query string'' in the URL will contain all the search criteria that you specified, and will enable the page to be regenerated any time.
Personally, I much prefer the single WB section. I would always download the XP version of a skin anyway, even though I don''t have Windows XP yet. As DavidK said, you can always choose not to download a skin because of its lack of XP support, just as you can if you simply do not like it.
If you really must see only the WinXP skins, or any other criteria that you commonly use, why not filter the list to your liking then bookmark the resulting page. The ''query string'' in the URL will contain all the search criteria that you specified, and will enable the page to be regenerated any time.
feline
Reply #31 Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:25 AM
Reply #31 Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:25 AM
feline likes only one WB section
i have win98 at work and winXP at home.
however, even at home XP skins make no difference to me, since i use a customized OB theme without the XP style start menu.
so i dont gain from the extra XP skin components.
this way there is only one list to search for attractive skins.
also remember that a LOT of users are not running XP.
personal preference ultimately, but since you can still search for XP themes, hardly a big loss?
i have win98 at work and winXP at home.
however, even at home XP skins make no difference to me, since i use a customized OB theme without the XP style start menu.
so i dont gain from the extra XP skin components.
this way there is only one list to search for attractive skins.
also remember that a LOT of users are not running XP.
personal preference ultimately, but since you can still search for XP themes, hardly a big loss?
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Reply #21 Sunday, May 12, 2002 3:23 PM