Pax's skin rating guide?

Thursday, March 6, 2003 by goodmorphing | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

On my other computer I had a link that lead to a skin rating guide that Pax (I think) made up as a guidline that he used to rate a skin. I wondered if anyone still has that link? I think I need to learn more.
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DavidK
Reply #1 Thursday, March 6, 2003 11:42 PM
I've been through a hard drive crash since then but I remember what you're looking for. It was great and now that you mention it I wish I had that link again too...

When paxx gets here I'm sure he'll post the link if he still has the page up. It was done in flash wasn't it?

goodmorphing
Reply #2 Thursday, March 6, 2003 11:46 PM
Thanks, David! Tonight, as I was reading, I realized that I didn't even know what constitutes a 'complete' skin, and what doesn't.

DarkMist
Reply #3 Friday, March 7, 2003 12:00 AM
Be great to get that for wallpaper, if there is one that is

DavidK
Reply #4 Friday, March 7, 2003 12:08 AM
A 'complete' skin is one that goes all the way to your toes...

Every skin format has a certain number of features and not all skins include everything. For example, a logon screen has a lot of buttons but many that are uploaded use the default buttons that Windows puts there. I've seen some Windowblinds skins that have no dialog/mdi/explorer backgrounds and the defaults don't match, no MDI buttons maybe, a Winamp skin with no browser or video window, stuff like that I think is what would be considered incomplete.

DarkMist
Reply #5 Friday, March 7, 2003 12:11 AM
I have trouble with skins......i have download accelerator plus and it has a button to minimize it to the little quick launch bit and no skin caters for it

elvee
Reply #6 Friday, March 7, 2003 12:16 AM
I have it on my Puter
Paxx's skins evaluation grid

but i dont have a link

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Delicious
Reply #7 Friday, March 7, 2003 1:35 AM
You don't need a guide. It is all very simple. If you like the author rate everything high.

Isn't that how it is done?

Delicious loves any thread dealing with ratings

paxx
Reply #8 Friday, March 7, 2003 5:42 AM
Wow, didn't think anybody still used it. Cool.
Well, here it is: http://pax.gslcom.com/ratings/rating.html

Delicious
Reply #9 Friday, March 7, 2003 6:02 AM
Delicious can't resist mentioning a missing point
Am I a groupie of the author

Skin ratings The lowest rated skin I have gets featured. Go figure!

@shu
Reply #10 Friday, March 7, 2003 1:54 PM
A great link.. I wish everybody used that...

goodmorphing
Reply #11 Friday, March 7, 2003 10:00 PM
Thanks, Paxx!

Delicious
Reply #12 Saturday, March 8, 2003 4:01 AM
That is a good reference and wonder why there is not a link to it at wincustomize.

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #13 Saturday, March 8, 2003 4:40 AM
Not seen this before. Great idea though

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ama02
Reply #14 Saturday, March 8, 2003 5:37 AM
I see comments referring to ratings, but have never seen that feature myself. How does one gain the priviledge of submitting rating scores?

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #15 Saturday, March 8, 2003 7:26 AM
You have to purchase a WC subscription to gain a user level high enough to rate skins, or gain promotion by contributing to the skinning community.

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