Does WindowBlinds 3.95 beta Work???????
Thursday, March 13, 2003 by Polyphemus | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Do you like it and what are the Drawbacks? using Windows 2000 professional
Luis Gomez Gonzales
Reply #2 Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:35 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:35 AM
I think that WB 3.95 beta is still only for Win XP.
Delicious
Reply #3 Thursday, March 13, 2003 2:17 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, March 13, 2003 2:17 AM
3.95 adds new parts that are skinned like the logoff dialogs. Adding those seems to have sacrificed parts that don't skin any longer like the backgrounds. Dialog, toolbar, MDI, etc doesn't skin anymore.
IMO this version should be called Windowblinds ME and the next version made instead of this one.
IMO this version should be called Windowblinds ME and the next version made instead of this one.
Jafo
Reply #4 Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:34 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:34 AM
Sally...clearly you have never been involved with Alphas and Betas of programs.
Often parts will be disabled or not-yet implimented.
Remember...it is not a general release version, OK?...
Often parts will be disabled or not-yet implimented.
Remember...it is not a general release version, OK?...
Delicious
Reply #5 Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:59 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:59 AM
See there. That explains a lot.
I have installed every version that has been released and none worked right and I was beginning to imagine that the final release would be the same.
However, SkinStudio is not final yet and every version that is released keeps getting better and better. I was hoping wb would be like that also.
I have installed every version that has been released and none worked right and I was beginning to imagine that the final release would be the same.
However, SkinStudio is not final yet and every version that is released keeps getting better and better. I was hoping wb would be like that also.
paxx
Reply #6 Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:34 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:34 AM
Polyphemus: Since you have Windows 2000, Windowblinds 4 won't install on your system anyway. But even if it did, you wouldn't get much benefit out of it since its main features apply to Windows XP visuals only (such as the Shellstyle, the dialogs, etc.).
Delicous, that's what beta programs are. Testings, fixing. On some systems they work fine, on smoe others they don't. Every version of the alpha has worked almost flawlessly for me, but yet, some other people have problems. Some have seen their problems fixed, some haven't. And that's why it's still in beta.
Delicous, that's what beta programs are. Testings, fixing. On some systems they work fine, on smoe others they don't. Every version of the alpha has worked almost flawlessly for me, but yet, some other people have problems. Some have seen their problems fixed, some haven't. And that's why it's still in beta.
Lord Vimal
Reply #8 Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:24 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:24 PM
i have heard the name: POLYPHEMUS some where... 
hey...its the one-eyed cyclops hero in AOM right?
hey...its the one-eyed cyclops hero in AOM right?
Delicious
Reply #9 Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:29 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:29 PM
I have the screenshot of the messed up IE toobar and I camt find the thread with the place to send it.
Koasati
Reply #10 Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:13 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:13 PM
Sally, go here news://news.stardock.com/ and subxcribe to one of the windowblinds binaries newsgroups........... don't send images to any non binaries newsgroup there. I'm sure someone will help you there.
Delicious
Reply #11 Friday, March 14, 2003 2:56 AM
Reply #11 Friday, March 14, 2003 2:56 AM
Quick question. Can a virus be transmitted through a newsgroup like it can an email?
Or
Is there any way to receive newsgroups using Outlook. Not OE but Office Outlook. The group keeps reverting to OE and I hate OE.
Or
Is there any way to receive newsgroups using Outlook. Not OE but Office Outlook. The group keeps reverting to OE and I hate OE.
Delicious
Reply #12 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:09 AM
Reply #12 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:09 AM
FWIW I narrowed down the problem to the area of the chevron. Seems they are not skinning and causing the areas around them to mess up.
wombat_1
Reply #13 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:54 AM
Reply #13 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:54 AM
Just loaded WB 3.96 (aka WB 4) and it is running fine. 
Great new interface as well.......9.5/10 to the team behind it.
Great new interface as well.......9.5/10 to the team behind it.
snowzone5
Reply #14 Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:39 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:39 PM
i made a tough decision today
i don't use windows much at all, i was using win98 for the little work in windows that i DID do. i specifically upgraded to win2k so that i could get the benefit of the new features of windowblinds (that's how much i like windowblinds
i can see the writing on the wall....that skinning tools and programs will eventually leave all versions of windows behind and be generally xp only...
i will never run xp, so i can see i'm going to miss out on anything really fancy that windowblinds does for xp...
what i'd really like to see is a 'farewell to win2k cd' when early versions of windows are left behind...
i don't use windows much at all, i was using win98 for the little work in windows that i DID do. i specifically upgraded to win2k so that i could get the benefit of the new features of windowblinds (that's how much i like windowblinds
i can see the writing on the wall....that skinning tools and programs will eventually leave all versions of windows behind and be generally xp only...
i will never run xp, so i can see i'm going to miss out on anything really fancy that windowblinds does for xp...
what i'd really like to see is a 'farewell to win2k cd' when early versions of windows are left behind...
GhoS
Reply #15 Monday, March 17, 2003 6:55 PM
Reply #15 Monday, March 17, 2003 6:55 PM
I run Outlook 2000 and yes it uses the newsreader from OE. As far as I know that is your only option unless you get a separate newsreader program.
As far as Wb4 I like the possibilities. Just wish I could see it more evident in the skins I use, but I understand it takes time to add that to them, if the skin authors ever do. And definitely a lot nicer configuration section for it.
I also think that as WB4 is more tailored directly towards XP it will run much smoother than any version yet.
As far as Wb4 I like the possibilities. Just wish I could see it more evident in the skins I use, but I understand it takes time to add that to them, if the skin authors ever do. And definitely a lot nicer configuration section for it.
I also think that as WB4 is more tailored directly towards XP it will run much smoother than any version yet.
werewolf
Reply #16 Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:14 AM
Reply #16 Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:14 AM
Polyphemus: If you get ObjectBar, then, along with WB4 (the version for everything other than XP coming out later this year), you can get almost the same experience.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:15 AM