Windowblinds XP vs Windowblinds 2.2 and +
Thursday, August 30, 2001 by paxx | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Was just wondering, will all future versions of Windowblinds XP and the regular Windowblinds both continue to be developped with the same features?
I heard some talk about the upcoming Windowblinds 3. Will it have new features that will not be present in Windowblinds XP? Or will it be the other way around, will Windowblinds XP have features that Windowblinds normal will never have.
OK, my bottom line is this. I am insane to the point of actually choosing which OS I want according to which will be better supported by Stardock.
I know I know, I'm sick, but anyway....
I heard some talk about the upcoming Windowblinds 3. Will it have new features that will not be present in Windowblinds XP? Or will it be the other way around, will Windowblinds XP have features that Windowblinds normal will never have.
OK, my bottom line is this. I am insane to the point of actually choosing which OS I want according to which will be better supported by Stardock.
I know I know, I'm sick, but anyway....
Tarkus
Reply #2 Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:57 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:57 PM
WB3 is supposed to incorporate the stuff from WB XP for all versions of Windows, so there will no longer be two separate versions.
Still, I wouldn't be surprised if there are XP only features, such as Start menu skinning.
Still, I wouldn't be surprised if there are XP only features, such as Start menu skinning.
Frogboy
Reply #3 Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:17 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:17 PM
WindowBlinds 2.x and WindowBlinds XP will be merged into WindowBlinds XP.
All will use the architecture of WindowBlinds XP. So in WIn98/ME/2000 we basically will be providing the WIndows XP theming engine.
So there will be only one WindowBlinds:
WindowBlinds 3
All will use the architecture of WindowBlinds XP. So in WIn98/ME/2000 we basically will be providing the WIndows XP theming engine.
So there will be only one WindowBlinds:
WindowBlinds 3
Jafo
Reply #5 Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:29 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:29 PM
Ah, so they won't diverge and become incompatible. This is a Goog Thing [tm]...
Jafo
Reply #6 Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:30 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:30 PM
Well...actually, it is also a 'Good' Thing [tm].....
Frogboy
Reply #7 Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:23 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:23 PM
Exactly. WindowBlinds 3 will be Windows XP. We're simply going to provide the XP visual styles stuff on Win98Frogboy so that we can have a single code base. Totally different architecture.
WB 2 is a memory hog compared to WB 3.
WB 2 is a memory hog compared to WB 3.
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Reply #1 Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:32 AM