Windowblinds 5 Sensation!
Tuesday, April 1, 2003 by Fuzzy Logic | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Despite Windowblinds 4 being released this week, it was announced today Windowblinds 5 development is well under way. Unlike its predecessors Windowblinds 5 will use a new skinning technology called 'virtual skinning' to complete the Windows skinning experience.
Tired of that bland coloured monitor frame? Well Windowblinds 5 will use its vitual skinning technology to expand the skin outwards to cover the monitor frame. The skins will also employ smart buttons for those of you with monitor controls.
With the latest version of SkinStudio now available some of the top skinners are already working on WB5 skins.
It's not known yet if virtual skinning will extend to peripherals. A Stardock spokesman was unable to comment further.
More information to follow...
Tired of that bland coloured monitor frame? Well Windowblinds 5 will use its vitual skinning technology to expand the skin outwards to cover the monitor frame. The skins will also employ smart buttons for those of you with monitor controls.
With the latest version of SkinStudio now available some of the top skinners are already working on WB5 skins.
It's not known yet if virtual skinning will extend to peripherals. A Stardock spokesman was unable to comment further.
More information to follow...
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #43 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:07 AM
Strawberry
Fuzzy Logic ***idea***
a feline dipped in chocolate with a strawberry topping
Wait a minute, this isn't the fantasy thread...sigh, back to the 'real' world
Reply #43 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:07 AM
Strawberry Fuzzy Logic ***idea***
a feline dipped in chocolate with a strawberry topping
Wait a minute, this isn't the fantasy thread...sigh, back to the 'real' world
feline
Reply #44 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:15 AM
Reply #44 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:15 AM
if you are very lucky i may take a screen shot of a chocolate covered feline 
however, i may need to anounce this somewhere less real
however, i may need to anounce this somewhere less real
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #45 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:19 AM
Reply #45 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:19 AM
I feel sorry for the cat you have on your desktop screenshot. It's been asleep for weeks...
feline
Reply #46 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:23 AM
Reply #46 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:23 AM
feline *confused*
fuzzy, have you ever met a real cat?
we tend to sleep for weeks, and only move when no one is looking
fuzzy, have you ever met a real cat?
we tend to sleep for weeks, and only move when no one is looking
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #47 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:32 AM
Reply #47 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:32 AM
I've met real cats. They are those cute furry things which are nice to cuddle tight but for some reason stop moving after a few minutes 
Not very good playthings really. You can't play with something that is still all the time 
Not very good playthings really. You can't play with something that is still all the time 
feline
Reply #48 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 11:48 AM
Reply #48 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 11:48 AM
ah, well thats where you are in luck
i am not an average cat!
i am not an average cat!
goodmorphing
Reply #49 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 12:38 PM
Reply #49 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 12:38 PM
....anyway, if there is something that cats excel in, it is sleeping in 'windows'.... 
donarumo
Reply #50 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 1:11 PM
Reply #50 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 1:11 PM
Maybe you guys can help we with this one. I recently downloaded a ripped copy of WB 6.1a. I know its ripped and all but I chose the option to skin my available skins. Now all my skins look alike. I know I can skin each skin to a separate skin but I can't get a new skin to show different than the old skin I skinned the rest of the skins as. I turned off the skinning the skin option but the skins I downloaded all skinned themselves and can not now be changed. Maybe if I skinned my skins as a new skin?
Help...
Help...
joetheblow
Reply #51 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 1:49 PM
Reply #51 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 1:49 PM
"...skin outwards to cover the monitor frame.."
what is that anyway???
what is that anyway???
bakerstreet
Reply #52 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 2:14 PM
Reply #52 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 2:14 PM
bah, crap. I'm beta testing it and maybe the skinner didn't turn off anti-aliasing in photoshop. I have some hair and eyes, buyt everything from the shoulders down is 'great pink'!
spinal
Reply #53 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 2:42 PM
Reply #53 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 2:42 PM
please make your skins 7.4 compatible, ive got magic pink all over my house!
see
http://www.geocities.com/spinal_cord//index.html
see
http://www.geocities.com/spinal_cord//index.html
DavidK
Reply #54 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 3:00 PM
Reply #54 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 3:00 PM
just a warning... be really careful if using Smart Buttons with WB 5.1. I changed the plugin (still only 4?) from rollup to lock on top before unrolling my monitor and now it's stuck on the ceiling...
Jafo
Reply #56 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 4:22 PM
Reply #56 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 4:22 PM
Dave....that's a serious 'issue'. My bet is there is a dll hack for chairXP that will enable you to lay on your back to see the ceiling monitor.
donarumo...your problem is that you used Kazaa to get your WB6.1a......what you should have done was use Kazaa to DL a pirate copy of Napster....and use THAT to access the filez. It seems those Aussies coded Kazaa upside-down [bloody typical]...so what you actually got was MB9.1g
donarumo...your problem is that you used Kazaa to get your WB6.1a......what you should have done was use Kazaa to DL a pirate copy of Napster....and use THAT to access the filez. It seems those Aussies coded Kazaa upside-down [bloody typical]...so what you actually got was MB9.1g
bakerstreet
Reply #57 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 4:45 PM
Reply #57 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 4:45 PM
bug report: port 1337 is being left open by the newest build of WB 9.1a. I am using the 'hunky brazilian goucho' skin, and when I went and looked in the mirror I found that I had been the victim of an exploit. I will say, though, that the 'Margaret Thatcher' skin is very, *gulp* lifelike, but I am not crazy about the big 'U R 0wn3d' tattoo on my, well, forget it.
When do you think devart will get a section for this? I'm hoping they will be a little lax on the moderation...
When do you think devart will get a section for this? I'm hoping they will be a little lax on the moderation...
joetheblow
Reply #58 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:15 PM
Reply #58 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:15 PM
wait... is this a joke thread... so it doesn't "...skin outwards to cover the monitor frame.."
I thought maybe the monitor frame was some part of the OS in XP that I didn't know about...
I thought maybe the monitor frame was some part of the OS in XP that I didn't know about...
Jafo
Reply #59 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:37 PM
Reply #59 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:37 PM
Joe...no, it's for real.
Apparently as early as WB4.5 BOTH SIDES of a window will be skinned, meaning if you were to look behind your monitor you'd see the exact same skinned effect as current WB releases do, only from behind them.
It means the skinns will need to be double-sided.
Very hi-tech...
Apparently as early as WB4.5 BOTH SIDES of a window will be skinned, meaning if you were to look behind your monitor you'd see the exact same skinned effect as current WB releases do, only from behind them.
It means the skinns will need to be double-sided.
Very hi-tech...
goodmorphing
Reply #60 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:48 PM
Reply #60 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:48 PM
...and wait 'till you get a feel of the keyboard. It will either reach out and touch you, reach out and grab you, or reach out and hurt you.. whichever skin you install. Watch those rips, though. There was this coding error... 
RIP
Watch those rips, though. There was this coding error... 
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Reply #41 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:01 AM