WindowBlinds 4 Alpha 1 released
Friday, January 24, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
WindowBlinds 4 Alpha 1 has been released. Version 4 is a major rewrite of WindowBlinds that is designed to be much more low level than previous versions of WindowBlinds, use less memory, and skin a lot more.The main features of WindowBlinds 4 include:
+ Skinning of the command prompt
+ Skinning of pretty much every part of the Windows OS including the explorer task panes (shell styles), and many small areas that users may not have noticed before not being skinned but will almost certainly notice being skinned now.
+ Skinning of lots of dialogs and notices that Windows XP itself doesn't change normally such as the logoff screen, the transition dialog, and more.
+ Smart painting, a new technology that makes WindowBlinds much faster and in some cases almost as fast as running "classic".
The alpha only is available for Windows XP users. Subsequent builds will be released for other versions of Windows. It is currently only available on Object Desktop. Follow the link if you want to purchase or upgrade Object Desktop which comes with DesktopX, ObjectBar, WinStyles, IconPackager, ControlCenter, and much more.
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wegg
Reply #22 Monday, January 27, 2003 3:04 PM
Reply #22 Monday, January 27, 2003 3:04 PM
Pheonix gets all messed up with this beta. 
Pretty slick looking though.
Pretty slick looking though.
Scotty Anryugyo
Reply #23 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:45 AM
Reply #23 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:45 AM
Very slick and fast. Have found that I have to disable it to run some full screen apps/games(Morrowind and a very few others)otherwise I get an annoying flicker of the "hidden" window frame. Overall VERY Stable for an alpha! 
mr.bo
Reply #25 Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:22 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:22 PM
So since this version is just out for Windows XP users so far does that mean that we're actually going to see a new Windows XP style icon for the .exe? I tihnk it's kind of funny how Object Desktop is all about cutting edge customization, but the programs themselves, and the OD icon are all still old school. Tee hee. 
J Monnat
Reply #26 Saturday, February 8, 2003 10:18 AM
Reply #26 Saturday, February 8, 2003 10:18 AM
When using the DesktopX theme "Colony" I've noticed that the WB skins don't always comply with the "work area" specified by DX especially when loaded for the second time.
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Reply #21 Monday, January 27, 2003 5:53 AM