Sections in Jeopardy!

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

WinCustomize never removes sections. But we do try to keep only a limited number of very active sections available on the home page.

With going on 2.5 million unique visitors per month, we take great care over choosing just the right sections.

The following sections are in jeopardy of losing their home page status (i.e. users would have to click on the [more...] link).

  1. Widgets for SkinStudio
  2. NextSTART
  3. Litestep

The widgets section really is pretty hard core stuff so doesn't really belong on by default.

NextSTART is something we have pushed quite a bit but there have been no new themes uploaded in 2004. If you're a NextSTART skinner, now would be the time to a) submit your themes and help WinStep promote its use to others.

Litestep is an old favorite by many skinners and themers out there. But there's been only two new themes created in 2004 for it. If you're a Litestep advocate, now would be the time to spread the word to help get things going.

We have a couple of sections we'd like to put on deck:

  1. Rainlendar
  2. Samurize
  3. Trillian

Like I said, we don't remove sections but if any of these 3 programs are pulling ahead of the ones already listed on the home page, it's time for them to show that they're still heavily used or step aside and let others come up.

Your thoughts?

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Dianekk
Reply #41 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:47 PM
Definitely Rainlendar. One of my favorites!! I hate LiteStep and wished I would never have gotten it. It always, always screws up my computer. I do enjoy Next Start and would "almost" even give it up for Raindlendar!!
emtp563
Reply #42 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:51 PM
Widgets, Litestep, and NextStart- definitely put them on the back burner. I would absouleutely, positively love to see a Trillian section (Pro and non-Pro) and a Rainlender section.
brazil
Reply #43 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:59 PM
LitStep --- as in past tense ,,, Ar-Ar-He-He ,Good riddance .
DanM0416
Reply #44 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 1:05 PM
I never used the 3 things mentioned that are on the chopping block. But I do use Rainlender and Trillian, so that would be good if you did that.
LS_Boreas
Reply #45 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 4:39 PM
I use LiteStep, Rainlendar (as a LiteStep module), and Trillian. I vote for those three - but I'll still visit the LS section here even if it isn't in the default menu. That's where I always go first anyway, after the front page. I think I'll upload my LS theme soon, too, and help boost those statistics.
BoddhiC
Reply #46 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 4:44 PM
Rainlendar, Rainlendar, Rainlendar
Phar0e
Reply #47 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 5:54 PM
interestly, for those not in the know....
Rainlender started as and still is, a Litestep module
Big Doug
Reply #48 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 6:06 PM
Why not all three...I'm with that crowd. And remember everyone -- the sections being considered for removal are NOT being totally deleted from WC...just being removed from the Front Line is all.

Personally, I'd like to see Stardock come up with a standardized skinning engine for MSN Messenger also.

**Continues waiting for ObjectBar 2.0**
pattigayle
Reply #49 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 6:50 PM
ooooooo...... Rainy & Trillian ....puleaseeeee
D4n dan
Reply #50 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:17 PM
DJAzx here look at these links http://www.geocities.com/kthtibbetts/msnskin.jpg I never have my convos like that though I have them like this http://www.geocities.com/kthtibbetts/msnskin2.jpg
Have A nice day
EDIT: I was going to upload those right after I posted this but right now Geocities is down for me...So you guys may have to wait a little bit...
ama02
Reply #51 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:29 PM
As paxx said, the library listing can be easily customized to show my faves...so I'm looking forward to having Trillian and Rainlendar skins added to the selection (not sure what samurize is).
cjorli
Reply #52 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:37 PM
Samurize is similar to sysmetrix but much more geeky and extremely customizable: www.samurize.com

I would like to put a vote in for all three suggestions (trillian, reinlender, and samurize)!
Shameless Designs
Reply #53 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:39 PM
I'm already on record on the message boards promoting a new section for Rainlendar. While I would never compare skinning Rainy's to most of the other programs, the latest release of Rainlendar is making it more useful and IMHO more fun to skin with the To Do list, Event profiles, better support for Event icons, etc. And I believe that most of us don't consider a suite complete without a Rainy or Desktop X calendar. And even a lot of those who like Desktop X still want to have a Rainy...

I would also like to add my support for keeping Litestep on the front page. While it may not be that active a section on WC at the moment, an awful lot of good ideas and talent have come from people in the Litestep community - People I would think we should be hoping to attract to or keep in the WC fold.
D4n dan
Reply #54 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:53 PM
OKay then guys...Got the links working now DJAzx can see what I was talking aobut
joetheblow
Reply #55 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:17 PM
Keep LiteStep and loose the other 2 mentioned.
joetheblow
Reply #56 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:20 PM
Or maybe loose Beatnik and keep NextStart.
karb0n
Reply #57 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:21 PM
Why not have them all on the main page...
D4n dan
Reply #58 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 10:03 PM
> You gotta type out the links somehow..uhh www. geocities. com /kthtibbetts / msnskin.jpg or msnskin2.jpg sorry I hate geocities about that..cant click a link to go there..
DJAzx
Reply #59 Thursday, February 5, 2004 2:11 AM
D4n dan i dunno man those skins from i have found from www.mess.be don't please me.... i still would rather use Resource Hacker than downloading those skins.
moshi
Reply #60 Thursday, February 5, 2004 11:44 AM
Frogboy: of course it´s irrelevant. that wasn´t the point. the point was that "only two themes created" could not be more wrong.

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