WinStyles!

Monday, April 1, 2002 by Istari | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

So who's downloaded WinStyles? What do you think of it?
11 Reply 1 Referrals
Frogboy
Reply #1 Tuesday, April 2, 2002 12:06 AM
I use it daily. WinCustomize is going to be heavily integrating with WinStyles over time.

starone
Reply #2 Tuesday, April 2, 2002 8:00 AM
I look at Winstyles as my one stop shopping. Everything applied at once.

paxx
Reply #3 Tuesday, April 2, 2002 9:06 AM
It's not too interesting to me since I almost only use Windowblinds.

Sam Santiago
Reply #4 Thursday, April 4, 2002 4:53 PM
It's an option that works for those who want to make the changes with one click...

deadman67
Reply #5 Thursday, April 4, 2002 11:31 PM
well i tried it and i realy hate it i installed a new theme and then applied it and it screwed my system up to the point were i could not access my desktop and i could not switch back to windows shell not even in safemode i could not fix the problem and i had to format my hard drive so with that being said i will never use it anymore for me i'll stick with stylexp,windowblinds and now talisman desktop the only thing i don't like about talisman very limited theme downloads.

kith
Reply #6 Friday, April 5, 2002 12:35 AM
I have it and really like it, especially the .suite concept. I think it realy has potential as it matures. I find it hard to believe that anything Winstyles did would warrant the need for a full format. In my use of it, it has never made any more significant changes than the individual programs it supports.
I really wonder which is going to prevail the .suite or the .xptheme!

Frogboy
Reply #7 Friday, April 5, 2002 12:58 AM
They're actually the same thing. .Suite just downloads the skins. .xptheme just has the actual files zipped. (.xptheme is a ZIP file renamed).

deadman67
Reply #8 Friday, April 5, 2002 9:13 AM
i take it WinStyles is not a stardock product WinStyles i find is not totaly stable shell replacement thats why i'll stay with stylexp and windowblinds i feel when a person is totaly comfortable with a product like WB or STYLEXP they should stick with what works for them now i'm not saying WinStyles is not good for everybody it's just not good for me.right now i'm trying out Talisman it's kinda cool but theres only one place i know of to get themes and thats at deviant soory bad spelling unless sombody knows more places.

paxx
Reply #9 Friday, April 5, 2002 9:28 AM
deadman, Winstyle is indeed a Stardock product, but it's not a shell replacement nor a skinning program per say. It's really just a "suite" program, where people can bundle together a bunch of skin of a same suite; for example a Windowblinds skin, an Objectbar theme, a wallpaper, an IconPackager theme, a Winamp skin and a NextStart theme could all be packaged and distributed together with Winstyles.

deadman67
Reply #10 Friday, April 5, 2002 9:35 AM
then it must of been somthing i did but ohwell i'll stick with WB

jebland
Reply #11 Friday, April 5, 2002 9:36 AM
It would be more useful to me if the program could point to the Windowblinds, IconPackager, etc. in their normal sub directories instead of copying them in the WinStyles sub-directory. It uses a huge amount of disk space when you have as many skins as I do.

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