skinbrowser thumbnails
Saturday, September 7, 2002 by Joo Amado | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Hi! I'm having problems viewing the skins/wallpapers/etc... thumbnails through skinbrowser. The thumbnails doesn't appear, neither the full screen shots! This already happened before but it ceased. Now it happens again.
thanx
thanx
Tarkus
Reply #2 Saturday, September 7, 2002 4:22 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, September 7, 2002 4:22 PM
Try refreshing your library database. You may have to exit and then restart SB for it to help. If that doesn't work, try clearing out your IE temporary internet files.
Joo Amado
Reply #3 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:39 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:39 PM
I've tried everything (including refreshing the updates and cleaning the temporary files) and it doesn't work!!!... Some help here! Because I'M PAYING FOR THE SERVICE!
Joo Amado
Reply #4 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:39 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:39 PM
I've tried everything (including refreshing the updates and cleaning the temporary files) and it doesn't work!!!... Some help here! Because I'M PAYING FOR THE SERVICE!
elvee
Reply #5 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:48 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:48 PM
I had the same problem But then i uninstalled and re-installed. My thumbs are working okay now.
WOM
Reply #6 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:52 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, September 8, 2002 2:52 PM
Some of the ones that I looked at work and some don't.
CheeseCow
Reply #7 Sunday, September 8, 2002 3:02 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, September 8, 2002 3:02 PM
Well, just chill, you noisy man up there in the thread. Because the program is very new, and the guys behing it are doing their best. Patience is one of the virtues, you know 
Joo Amado
Reply #8 Sunday, September 8, 2002 5:01 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, September 8, 2002 5:01 PM
I'm being noisy, yes it's true! But because I'm paying for something that I'm not being able tu use!!!!!!!!!! Is it's SO beta that this kind of stuff has no reply or answer, then it shouldn't be charged... Isn't it? Do you, CheeseCow, like to pay for something that you aren't able to use????...
So, again, can somebody from WinCustomize tell me how this problem could be solved?
So, again, can somebody from WinCustomize tell me how this problem could be solved?
geekboy2000
Reply #9 Sunday, September 8, 2002 7:25 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, September 8, 2002 7:25 PM
I tend to agree with João. Yes, SkinBrowser is beta, but it's not early beta, and this problem has been occuring for awhile now. It's been reported here and on the newsgroups, and it's frustrating that it's still an issue. Frustrating too is that I have no idea what version I'm really using because the version number doesn't report as correct in the last few releases. I've downloaded .99D twice, and it still reports .99b (that's after deleting the earlier version).
WOM
Reply #10 Sunday, September 8, 2002 7:32 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, September 8, 2002 7:32 PM
It can be a problem but I just click on to the web browser and look at the pretty pictures there. No big deal. I can wait for the fix.
WOM
Reply #11 Sunday, September 8, 2002 7:38 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, September 8, 2002 7:38 PM
remember all, that you paid for a subscription. The skinbrowser was a gift for subscribing.
Tarkus
Reply #12 Sunday, September 8, 2002 8:31 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, September 8, 2002 8:31 PM
Nonsense. We all paid for everything promised. Very few of us needed the subscription anyway, since the download limits only affect the leeches.
I take it you believe those informercials that claim you get all kinds of free stuff with your payment? Hint: It ain't free if you have to buy something else to get it.
But wait! There's more!
NOW how much would you pay?
I take it you believe those informercials that claim you get all kinds of free stuff with your payment? Hint: It ain't free if you have to buy something else to get it.
But wait! There's more!
NOW how much would you pay?
geekboy2000
Reply #13 Sunday, September 8, 2002 9:53 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, September 8, 2002 9:53 PM
Tarkus: From what I've seen from Canadian people's posts around the net, nothing there can legally be called "free", unless it is totally without cost of any kind (no shipping, handling, required purchase, etc). If that's so, it makes so much sense, I'm ready to cross the border! 
werewolf
Reply #14 Sunday, September 8, 2002 11:47 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, September 8, 2002 11:47 PM
There has been some problems with cookie handling. Alexandrie is re-writing some of the cookie code and while it's being switched out, there have been a few hiccups. They will all be gone in a bit.
Hmmm cookies ... I'm hungry now
Hmmm cookies ... I'm hungry now
pepg
Reply #15 Monday, September 9, 2002 8:57 AM
Reply #15 Monday, September 9, 2002 8:57 AM
Well this is encouraging - at least it wasn't my doing for a change!!! 
geekboy2000
Reply #16 Monday, September 9, 2002 11:31 AM
Reply #16 Monday, September 9, 2002 11:31 AM
Cookies are ready, hiccups are gone, yes! At the moment, it seems to work fine. Thank you!
T-Man
Reply #17 Monday, September 9, 2002 12:14 PM
Reply #17 Monday, September 9, 2002 12:14 PM
The problem is that we have changed the path to where the files are stored and the library.ini file in the skinbrowser directory is not getting updated properly (we are looking into this).
But as a quick fix if you delete your library.ini file and restart SkinBrowser it should correct the problem.
But as a quick fix if you delete your library.ini file and restart SkinBrowser it should correct the problem.
Joo Amado
Reply #18 Monday, September 9, 2002 1:56 PM
Reply #18 Monday, September 9, 2002 1:56 PM
Thank you T-Man! Deleting the .Ini files worked fine!
Now, let's see 3 things:
1. Thank you everybody for discussing this topic;
2. I'm sorry that some of you think that you shouldn't claim when not receiving what you have paid for;
3. Thank you Mark Smitka and Tarkus for being fair and honest;
4. I know this app is in beta (even if not early beta), but this topic was already discussed many times and no solution was presented;
5. Programming a good app isn't easy stuff, but when we decide to charge for it we should also be preapared to quickly identify and solve the raising problems (that always appear...);
6. So, we have the right to claim for something that we pay and not receive, and who receives the payment for the stuff should run for obtaining a solution;
For now I'm happy that at least a workaround was found, but I would love to see very quickly a new version of the SkinBrowser with this (and others) issue solved!
Thanx
Now, let's see 3 things:
1. Thank you everybody for discussing this topic;
2. I'm sorry that some of you think that you shouldn't claim when not receiving what you have paid for;
3. Thank you Mark Smitka and Tarkus for being fair and honest;
4. I know this app is in beta (even if not early beta), but this topic was already discussed many times and no solution was presented;
5. Programming a good app isn't easy stuff, but when we decide to charge for it we should also be preapared to quickly identify and solve the raising problems (that always appear...);
6. So, we have the right to claim for something that we pay and not receive, and who receives the payment for the stuff should run for obtaining a solution;
For now I'm happy that at least a workaround was found, but I would love to see very quickly a new version of the SkinBrowser with this (and others) issue solved!
Thanx
T-Man
Reply #19 Monday, September 9, 2002 3:04 PM
Reply #19 Monday, September 9, 2002 3:04 PM
I can tell you now that there will not be an update to SkinBrowser for a couple of weeks as the author is on a well deserved vacation.
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 7, 2002 12:53 PM