WindowBlinds 3.4 released! Transform Windows
Monday, July 22, 2002 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
WindowBlinds 3.4 is a program that lets you completely customize the Windows GUI. The title bars, the borders, the buttons, the Start bar, scrollbars, radio buttons, etc. WindowBlinds makes Windows 98, ME, and 2000 into fully skinnable operating systems. On Windows XP, it extends the native visual style engine to have new features and support thousands of WindowBlinds visual sytles on the net.
Version 3.4 is a significant update to WindowBlinds that includes the following new features:
1) The ability to inverse the colors of a window
2) SmartColoring(TM). Can now intelligently color visual styles that weren't designed to be colored. (enabled in the "advanced" dialog in the appearance tab).
3) Installable fonts - skins can include fonts now and WindowBlinds will install them for you.
4) GUI controls can now paint different different versions of that control depending on the size
5) Taskbar pop-up group menu skinned (Windows XP)
6) Mouse over states on radio buttons & checkboxes
7) Taskbar button has a flashing button state
8) Spin controls are now skinned
9) Start menu selected item can have its own background (rather than a solid color)
10) Display properties now skinned by default
11) Users can opt to skin only the title bars on non-theme aware applications
12) Microsoft Instant Messenger now skinned
13) Tree-view +/- buttons skinned
14) Windows Media Player now skinned (Windows XP)
15) Fixed compatibility problem with nVidia nView that caused WindowBlinds on certain Geforce cards to be very slow.
WindowBlinds 3.4 is part of Stardock's Object Desktop suite ($49.95). Users can also purchase it as a stand alone product for $19.95
Plus numerous other tweaks.
Screenshots:
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wbcolor2.jpg
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb3/wb-perapp.jpg
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb-smartcoloring.jpg
Free Download at:
http://www.windowblinds.net
Aaron W.
Reply #2 Monday, July 22, 2002 9:45 PM
Reply #2 Monday, July 22, 2002 9:45 PM
Ok ok, this may not be the right place to ask, but if I buy this "ODNT" for 50 bucks, does that entitle me to the updates of the apps until they reach another version, or until they reach the same x.z version as it was at when I bought it. By this I mean: If I bought ODNT now, would I get windowBlinds 4.4 for free, or only 3.9 or 4? Do I get 10 updates "free" or just up to the next major version release?
Aaron W.
Reply #3 Monday, July 22, 2002 9:48 PM
Reply #3 Monday, July 22, 2002 9:48 PM
Doh! Sorry^1000!
For a year, gotcha
I'm still trying to decide whether or not to buy it... I want the advanced features, but I'm a cheap bastard. lol
For a year, gotcha
I'm still trying to decide whether or not to buy it... I want the advanced features, but I'm a cheap bastard. lol
chadlachlanross
Reply #4 Monday, July 22, 2002 10:44 PM
Reply #4 Monday, July 22, 2002 10:44 PM
Loving the new skinning options. My new "Revel" skin will have a few of them. 
Ryokurin
Reply #5 Monday, July 22, 2002 11:14 PM
Reply #5 Monday, July 22, 2002 11:14 PM
You guys are great. I've used it from the beginning, and had always had an 'Well if it did this, it would be better.' mentality. This pretty much took care of all of that. You guys need a cookie
bmetelsky
Reply #6 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:06 AM
Reply #6 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:06 AM
All I can say is wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!
Logika looks really great in red. Couldn't do that before!! Keep up the great work!
Logika looks really great in red. Couldn't do that before!! Keep up the great work!
scratch_pentagon
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 3:36 AM
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 3:36 AM
I'm stuck with 3.31 until the Mozilla issue gets fixed. 
DavidK
Reply #8 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:05 AM
Reply #8 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:05 AM
Will the flashing state for the taskbar button look right on an older version of Windowblinds?
This is fantastic btw... I'm really impressed with how much Windowblinds has grown to be so much more detailed, faster and more stable. Great job!
This is fantastic btw... I'm really impressed with how much Windowblinds has grown to be so much more detailed, faster and more stable. Great job!
Woodbridge
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:12 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:12 AM
What Mozilla issues? I'm using it now and I see no problems.
Looking forward to seeing more skins using the full features of 3.4.
Looking forward to seeing more skins using the full features of 3.4.
Woodbridge
Reply #10 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:48 AM
Reply #10 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:48 AM
It even gets a mention in todays Lockergnome Windows Daily. A little quote from Chris Pirillo "In a word? AWESOME. Now, I've praised Stardock's software in the past, but they've really outdone themselves with this revision"
chichigirl46
Reply #11 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:17 AM
Reply #11 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:17 AM
I have installed the new version 3.4 and I am having a problem on all my skins that are on my computer in skinning the Internet Explorer bar, does any one know why? Is their a "new coding" for the thumbnail on the scrollbar for IE only? Would appreciate any help..........
Jeffey James
Reply #12 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:17 AM
Reply #12 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:17 AM
3.4 is GREAT! Keep the updates coming. I just got the update and will do some tweaking. Thanks!
GreenReaper
Reply #13 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:15 PM
Reply #13 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:15 PM
DavidK: You'll only see the flashing if you use 3.4.
scratch_pentagon
Reply #14 Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:08 AM
Reply #14 Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:08 AM
Woodbridge, which Mozilla theme are you using? It works fine with Modern and a few others, but it doesn't work with Classic or KZilla or a few others that I've tried. Or, at least, the last few RCs didn't. I haven't actually tried 3.4 itself since they didn't say it was fixed in the release notes... maybe I should try it.
scratch_pentagon
Reply #15 Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:51 AM
Reply #15 Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:51 AM
Okay, just tried 3.4 and the Mozilla problem is definitely still there. To see it, switch to the Classic theme.
chichigirl46
Reply #18 Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:28 PM
Reply #18 Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:28 PM
I do agree this version is great too........ but the problem I had, I figured it out myself
1MB
Reply #19 Monday, July 29, 2002 12:25 PM
Reply #19 Monday, July 29, 2002 12:25 PM
How many times i have to buy this window blinds. Just before 1 monthe i bought ver. 3.3 and again.............? 
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Reply #1 Monday, July 22, 2002 8:13 PM