WindowBlinds 7.19 Beta Released
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
A new WindowBlinds beta has been released bring several new features and compatibility fixes. WindowBlinds is an application that lets you change the entire user interface to one of thousands available. Downloaded more than 16 million times on Download.com alone, WindowBlinds is the safe and easy way to change your Windows desktop experience.
WindowBlinds 7.19 update:
- Added advanced glass support including new sections for SkinStudio
- Improved compatibility with pre-release Firefox 4 and IE9 builds
- Added new IE9 sections
- Added support for per-skin custom colors
- Optimized skin changing speed on 64-bit Windows
A beta of SkinStudio was also released to support the latest updates for WindowBlinds.
Beta downloads can be found in the Impulse client, and you can find more information about WindowBlinds, including a free trial download at www.windowblinds.net.
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Reply #2 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:38 PM
Very nice, thanks a lot for the Firefox 4 beta and Trillian 5 fixes!
/cheers
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:03 PM
Thanks for the update on the update. LOL Is Impulse geared as well for IE9 as well now?
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:20 PM
"advanced glass support" - feature-parity with the msstyle hackers - this could be big...
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:44 PM
Todays understatement. 
Any faster and you may as well get rid of the please wait/loading screen. Faster and smoother,good job.
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:50 PM
Are there anymore new skins in addition to "Precision"?
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:51 PM
I get an "error retreiving data" when installing the Skinstudio update. I've tried a few time with the same result, even after a reboot.
Windowblinds updated without any issues.
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:08 PM
Yes...it's fixed.
Just goes to show that the people at Stardock are on thier toes...got that fixed in a jiffy....thanks
Reply #10 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:08 PM
Is there any interest to update if using XP ?? 
Reply #11 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:58 PM
XP users get the Precision skin plus support for per skin colours once skins are released with that feature.
Are there any particular features you would like to see on XP?
Reply #12 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:00 PM
Actually our glass sections support tiling and layers so they are somewhat more advanced.
Reply #13 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:11 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:30 PM
Thanks for reply Neil
Reply #15 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:54 PM
Isn't that an old skin?
Reply #16 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:31 PM
XP users get the Precision skin
Isn't that an old skin?
Yeah that's been there a while.
Reply #17 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:58 PM
Still getting the error receiving data on the sks update...seems to be stuck calculating the size. Wasn't there a way to clear/refresh the cache or something like that?
Reply #18 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:44 AM
Sweet, Firefox 4 looks good now with the beta running. But now I have a couple of inquiries about it.
Before the WB beta, it'd look all funky and stuff with the skin interface. This is isn't a big issue. Adding the exe into the exception list pretty much solves that. Since I run FRAPS for screenshots and video capturing during gaming, I noticed that the FPS counter on the corner of the window. My guess for that is Firefox4 using the Direct2D stuff which triggered the FPS counter for FRAPS. However, with the latest update, this is now gone. Sure this makes the window all the more cleaner but it appears that performance also suffers as a result.
Is the performance hit due to having to force Firefox4 to draw using older methods or something? Or is that a completely different issue? Other than adding the exe back into the exception list, will there be a way to get the performance back as using its Panorama/Tab-Candy feels more snappier unskinned than skinned?
Reply #19 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:41 AM
Toolbar text on FF 3.6,10 looks all blurry and crappy. Skype titlebar not looking right either
Reply #20 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:44 AM
I'm also still seeing the error on trying to install SkinStudio (Error: Error retrieving data). No problems installing WB, apart from no longer seeing transparency for explorer wiindows (which worked fine with the prior version). Beta bugs, I guess 
The speed of skin changes on Win7, 64 bit, is pretty awesome! Can't complain there!
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:57 PM
Very nice! I'll try it ou lol