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).
- Widgets for SkinStudio
- NextSTART
- 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:
- Rainlendar
- Samurize
- 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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Reply #62 Thursday, February 5, 2004 2:30 PM
Reply #63 Friday, February 6, 2004 7:32 AM
LiteSTEP isn't 'going' anywhere....just not being included on the default list of apps. My argument is that it is a significant 'skinnable' that puts it in the top end of quality/professional/intricate [call it what you will] detailed apps requiring 'real' effort or 'talent' to create, whereas certain other applications are mind-numbingly simplistic to create for and are comparatively 'inferior' in regards to outlay of effort.
There is absolutely no comparison between a LS theme and a bootskin, other than to loosely refer to both as 'skinning'.
Honestly, when a bootskin is rated a '6' it is done so in reference to other bootskins. Were it to be rated per effort/input/complexity/relevance/etc compared with LS themes then they would not even register on the scale at all.
But that is not how it's done, so bootskins are compared with their ilk, and not some absolute....
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Reply #65 Sunday, February 8, 2004 6:23 AM
Reply #66 Sunday, February 8, 2004 7:42 PM
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Reply #61 Thursday, February 5, 2004 1:57 PM
Trillian is allso nice. But it doesn't really need support imho. There are plenty of skins for it.
Rainlendar. Whats so special about it? You can do that in Samurise.
But it would really, really be a shame to see Litestep go because it gives tou an alternative to explorer (you know, that process that allways seems to have to lock up). The only program that I (yes I) have made a theme for (based on leatherbox, but better
Beatnik is getting a bit old too. I've only seen 1 skin worth using it for: Metrix timeboy. There are so many REALLY ugly skins for it.
Windows Media Player has only really ugly skins too, except for the ones by the Skins Factory wich are excellent if it weren't for the fact that they are solely promotional
And isn't dashboard an odd one out too? Its not for pc-use.
So there's maybe some more categories to evaluate. And I think popularity shouldn't allways be the yardstick. Give some reverence to the old ones too.