Windowblinds Quality Control
Saturday, December 21, 2002 by pixElated | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Why doesn't Wincustomize do at least a minimal amount of quality control on WB Skins?
At least 4 of the 15 most recently uploaded skins were basically unusable in their original incarnations. Many, many skins have fatal flaws.
Since you are evaluating each skin to make sure it's not a rip, why don't you go ahead and install it and see if the installation works - it's surprising how often it doesn't. If it does, then go ahead and run a series of simple tests to make sure the skin works and is usable and legible. This shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes.
Hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of unusable skins have been downloaded. Thats a lot of wasted time and bandwidth. It is also a poor reflection on Skin Studio. It's disappointing to download a beautiful skin and install it only to find out you can't use it.
Maybe you could create a list of people who are willing to beta test skins before they get uploaded. Then the skinners could get in touch with those people. In fact, you could restrict skins from being uploaded except by the beta testers.
At least 4 of the 15 most recently uploaded skins were basically unusable in their original incarnations. Many, many skins have fatal flaws.
Since you are evaluating each skin to make sure it's not a rip, why don't you go ahead and install it and see if the installation works - it's surprising how often it doesn't. If it does, then go ahead and run a series of simple tests to make sure the skin works and is usable and legible. This shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes.
Hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of unusable skins have been downloaded. Thats a lot of wasted time and bandwidth. It is also a poor reflection on Skin Studio. It's disappointing to download a beautiful skin and install it only to find out you can't use it.
Maybe you could create a list of people who are willing to beta test skins before they get uploaded. Then the skinners could get in touch with those people. In fact, you could restrict skins from being uploaded except by the beta testers.
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Jafo
Reply #42 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 6:27 PM
Reply #42 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 6:27 PM
Lecrayon...this is exactly why I think it is never too clever to critique skins/works in a 'public forum' like this Message Board, but rather keep the commentary/criticism with the skin upload where it belongs. Mike simply showed a perfect example to drive home the misgivings that many have about it [and to defend his passing it through moderation and 'his' rating applied to it], and why I personally wasn't wildly happy about pixElated's use of 'examples'.
Swtnssss's reverse psychology was 'clever', though...
Swtnssss's reverse psychology was 'clever', though...
Lecrayon
Reply #43 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:04 PM
Reply #43 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:04 PM
I am too naive sometimes Jafo, and I want to stay that way. As you read in the comments on my skin swtnss told me how she interpreted the 'presentation'. It wasn't meant like "oh have a look what I have made". I never thought somebody would think that. Next time I will be more careful with it. But to just upload again with a new screenshot would only ruin your time. What Mike did was however below the belt. He should only have said it was given 5/6, nothing more. That really made me >
Enough said about this. 
Enough said about this. 
WOM
Reply #44 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:16 PM
Reply #44 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:16 PM
Lecrayon, you might be right. Maybe MikeB could have been more tactful as you suggested, but you did open the door for him by saying I wonder what rating a Big Name would have recieved if they would have uploaded it. Sometimes we shouldn't wonder out loud, we might not want to hear the answer. I've wondered that myself sometimes.
Lecrayon
Reply #45 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:22 PM
Reply #45 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:22 PM
It's funny that someone burst out like he did when this has been discussed in a few threads earlier in the past weeks WOM. I think he just wanted to tackle me about what I said about his cursor. And now I really stop because it's depressing that I have to take the blame while I feel I have done nothing wrong.
WOM
Reply #46 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:29 PM
Reply #46 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:29 PM
I've wondered out loud on the messageboard before also. Like shouldn't a nonskinner do the moderating, that way there's no conflict of interest. But for the most part I haven't seen any.
UBoB
Reply #47 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:53 PM
Reply #47 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:53 PM
WOM, sometimes I wonder out loud to. Like, I wonder sometimes if there isn't a conflict of interest at this site. But don't mind me, I'm just wondering out lout.
(This being Chirstmas eve, the start of what should be a peaceful time filled with nothing but goodwill, I also wonder out loud who will find something wrong with the relatively benign thing I just said and start choppin'
)
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
(This being Chirstmas eve, the start of what should be a peaceful time filled with nothing but goodwill, I also wonder out loud who will find something wrong with the relatively benign thing I just said and start choppin'
)Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
UBoB
Reply #48 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:57 PM That was a thinly disquised dare. Like I said, it's Christmas eve, I'm half in the bag and ready to start throwing haymakers.
Reply #48 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:57 PM
That was a thinly disquised dare. Like I said, it's Christmas eve, I'm half in the bag and ready to start throwing haymakers.
goodmorphing
Reply #49 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:15 PM
Reply #49 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:15 PM
Motion: This being Chirstmas eve, the start of what should be a peaceful time filled with nothing but goodwill, I also wonder out loud who will find something wrong with the relatively benign thing I just said and start choppin'
goodmorphing ***chop, chop, chop*** hands motion a nicely chopped word salad and goes to crawl into her own bag!!! 
Merry Christmas one and all!
and a peacful and blessed new year!
goodmorphing ***chop, chop, chop***
hands motion a nicely chopped word salad and goes to crawl into her own bag!!! 
Merry Christmas one and all!
and a peacful and blessed new year!
goodmorphing
Reply #51 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:20 PM
sometimes a good bag is just the thing....
Reply #51 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:20 PM
sometimes a good bag is just the thing....
UBoB
Reply #53 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:47 PM, remember, I'm only half in my bag. Another 5 or 6 rums and I'll be completely inside.
Reply #53 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:47 PM
, remember, I'm only half in my bag. Another 5 or 6 rums and I'll be completely inside.
da_zman20
Reply #54 Wednesday, December 25, 2002 6:11 PM
Reply #54 Wednesday, December 25, 2002 6:11 PM
very rarely I have problems, just delete the skin, and wait for and update when I do... not a big deal... I think ifthe skin is just not uploaded then they may never know it didn't work, or they may never know why without getting advice in the comments section... I like things just the way they are...
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Reply #41 Tuesday, December 24, 2002 1:54 PM