Style XP Gumph :-(
Monday, November 12, 2001 by thecat2000 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Don't know how people really feel about the Style XP ranting right now, but After looking on other Web sites such as http://www.neowin.net, All I can see are Newbies to the Skinning community (Thats IF you actually admit to call them Skinners as such) are Doing everything they can to Pan WindowBlinds and try to sell Style XP off as being the best thing to skinning since sliced bread.
Of course they are entitled to their oppinion, but When Style XP is little more than a DLL hack,then proceed to insult an established program such as WB, it sort of well amazes me how they conjure up their comparrisons. Due to the fact that WB is a program with a front end while Style XP obviously isn't.
The new Kid on the Block with their new Skinners on the Block Don't exactly do themselves any favours by hitting at renowned skinners either. Already seen an Alexandrie Rip too. Probably with more to come I expect..
Of course they are entitled to their oppinion, but When Style XP is little more than a DLL hack,then proceed to insult an established program such as WB, it sort of well amazes me how they conjure up their comparrisons. Due to the fact that WB is a program with a front end while Style XP obviously isn't.
The new Kid on the Block with their new Skinners on the Block Don't exactly do themselves any favours by hitting at renowned skinners either. Already seen an Alexandrie Rip too. Probably with more to come I expect..
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feline
Reply #22 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:40 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:40 PM
Frogboy - practices his troll growling. GRRR...grrr..cough cough choke..
i could purr into a microphone for you, and you could then shift the noise to make it deeper if that would help?
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i could purr into a microphone for you, and you could then shift the noise to make it deeper if that would help?
feline PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Jafo
Reply #23 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:36 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:36 PM
Vince...it was in no way meant as a slight upon DA, but merely an example of ripping not being appreciated as the crime that it is by an existing member of the community who seems to think that if he doesn't care what happens to his work, then no-one else has a right to care what happens to theirs....a really clever logic...
So, we don't have to look to people outside of this community to find idiotic attitude towards property theft. It ain't just newbies who are ignorant...
As to the flak...it was mainly via notes to and from this twit....I was merely pissing into the wind, trying to get him to understand the concept of artists' rights and copyright theft, and he claimed I had no rights what-so-ever to pursue the offending site because it wasn't my work that was stolen....
But stuff him, I say....I got a result, Lost Souls [the rip] was removed...and all of the communications between that site and myself had been entirely mature and professional, hence the outcome....
So, we don't have to look to people outside of this community to find idiotic attitude towards property theft. It ain't just newbies who are ignorant...
As to the flak...it was mainly via notes to and from this twit....I was merely pissing into the wind, trying to get him to understand the concept of artists' rights and copyright theft, and he claimed I had no rights what-so-ever to pursue the offending site because it wasn't my work that was stolen....
But stuff him, I say....I got a result, Lost Souls [the rip] was removed...and all of the communications between that site and myself had been entirely mature and professional, hence the outcome....
tack
Reply #24 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:51 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:51 PM
Jafo:
I actually followed as best I could that rather confusing thread. And yes, that kid just apparantly doesn't, for the lack of a better phrase, get it.
It was equally baffling to me.
I actually followed as best I could that rather confusing thread. And yes, that kid just apparantly doesn't, for the lack of a better phrase, get it.
It was equally baffling to me.
thecat2000
Reply #25 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 7:41 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 7:41 PM
Hmm well on DA Rips are always being reported, as much as it is a good thing people are aware of the potential of copy right infringemnts and so on, unfortunately the practise of understanding the rules of creating any theme or skin can well be ignored by new people to skinning.
However, Places that have forums that enable people to post there themes is all well and good, but I notice that some of the places arn't really moderated properly. Thus such Themes are getting through the Net, such as Alexandrie Rips. It is just a fact that many people see rips as acceptible. Many think it dosent matter, in fact.
ok, its easy to bitch about this, and there are solutions, but the mainline arugment really isn't about Ripping, it's about Style XP Skinners Ripping apart Brad and Window Blinds suggesting that Style XP is a better system of Skinning Windows XP with. Well actually it is only as good as what Microsoft had made it. The MS Styles Format even by the final edition was left with more than a few bugs..
However, Places that have forums that enable people to post there themes is all well and good, but I notice that some of the places arn't really moderated properly. Thus such Themes are getting through the Net, such as Alexandrie Rips. It is just a fact that many people see rips as acceptible. Many think it dosent matter, in fact.
ok, its easy to bitch about this, and there are solutions, but the mainline arugment really isn't about Ripping, it's about Style XP Skinners Ripping apart Brad and Window Blinds suggesting that Style XP is a better system of Skinning Windows XP with. Well actually it is only as good as what Microsoft had made it. The MS Styles Format even by the final edition was left with more than a few bugs..
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Reply #21 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:38 PM
from my reading of the thread, i thought that this was simply an example of:
a) someone doing something about a rip
i wont attempt to speak for Jafo (people would notice the spelling, leading to me being found out