Yay....100,000 downloads....
Monday, April 14, 2003 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Well, it took a squillion years, but enough 'grey-lovers' finally managed to get me to 100,000...and nary a bot was used to do it, either...
Yes, I know....some people get 10,000 in a day, but they have oodles more 'stuff', and clearly an active Fan Club, dedicated to the task of world domination...
Jafo goes off to update his own ad nauseum to thrust them into the limelight yet again, abusing the system with alacrity.
BTW....update 'abuse' is both 'rife' and unacceptable.
It should only be when there is valid, justifiable bug-fixing or error-correction involved, not for modding a wall to the next shade, one by one in the 16.7 million in a true colour spectrum...
Yes, I know....some people get 10,000 in a day, but they have oodles more 'stuff', and clearly an active Fan Club, dedicated to the task of world domination...
Jafo goes off to update his own ad nauseum to thrust them into the limelight yet again, abusing the system with alacrity.
BTW....update 'abuse' is both 'rife' and unacceptable.
It should only be when there is valid, justifiable bug-fixing or error-correction involved, not for modding a wall to the next shade, one by one in the 16.7 million in a true colour spectrum...
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snarph
Reply #2 Monday, April 14, 2003 9:12 PM
Reply #2 Monday, April 14, 2003 9:12 PM
well you put a hundred monkeys in a room with a hundred typwr.... oh thats another thread hey jafo how many times you DL ? 
goodmorphing
Reply #4 Monday, April 14, 2003 9:52 PM
Reply #4 Monday, April 14, 2003 9:52 PM
.... I know! I know! Include a free Jafo lightstep original and "Trapped in Bryceworld" with every windowblind and wallpaper download..... that will Take you into gazillions!
goodmorphing
Reply #5 Monday, April 14, 2003 10:30 PM
Reply #5 Monday, April 14, 2003 10:30 PM
HEH... but you really should have seen Jafo's "Trapped in Bryceworld"! That was something else! I am looking forward to his upcomiong stuff, too! 
I think I read that some new stuff is coming!
I am looking forward to his upcomiong stuff, too! 
I think I read that some new stuff is coming!
Styl-X Design
Reply #6 Monday, April 14, 2003 10:53 PM congratulations, passed them a while ago, I am now at: 133603 downloads... (have to get some new stuff online, only have 400 downloads a day...)
But again:
Reply #6 Monday, April 14, 2003 10:53 PM
congratulations, passed them a while ago, I am now at: 133603 downloads... (have to get some new stuff online, only have 400 downloads a day...)But again:
risblaque
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:38 AM
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:38 AM
Congrats BTW I'm missing trapped 6&7. I have 1-5 and 8. 
Jafo
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:49 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:49 PM
What irks muchly is that the works in Windowblinds seemingly attracting the most attention/downloads are utterly uninspiring drivel, nothing more than a re-hashed standard XP interface....no imagination or creativity involved, just pump out another colour combo and call it a 'catch-phrase' name.
Is it really a fact that 'Joe Average' really DOES like 'average' skins, when there is available creative works like 'Borg', and other older works which may not be fully WB4 compatible but at least show a spark of creative individuality.
Just imagine the fame and fortune awaiting me were I to name my next Bryce 'disaster'..."Still trapped in XP Professional".....killa success - the name is sooo important...
Is it really a fact that 'Joe Average' really DOES like 'average' skins, when there is available creative works like 'Borg', and other older works which may not be fully WB4 compatible but at least show a spark of creative individuality.
Just imagine the fame and fortune awaiting me were I to name my next Bryce 'disaster'..."Still trapped in XP Professional".....killa success - the name is sooo important...
Bangkokboy
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:45 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:45 PM
jafo - this used to be a standing joke in aerospace: "Sorry that you're all laid off lads, but management has shifted your funding to a program with a much cooler sounding acronym."
Doreen
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:51 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:51 PM
squillian ain't even in the dictionary buddy (atleast I don't think so? I'm sure not looking cuz that's your job) but congrats to you hooray! 
lots of grey lovers, now maybe you can move on to the color black? hehe
lots of grey lovers, now maybe you can move on to the color black? hehe
Doreen
Reply #12 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:52 PM
Reply #12 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:52 PM
squillian = squillion (well maybe squillion is) hehe
I know you got this board rigged Jafo cuz I make the mostest spelling errors here.
I know you got this board rigged Jafo cuz I make the mostest spelling errors here.
Phar0e
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:44 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:44 PM
Hey....Congrads Jafo!
Given a lot of your downloads are of the Litestep variety, that's a very impressive number.
Given a lot of your downloads are of the Litestep variety, that's a very impressive number.
JamMeister33
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:07 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:07 PM
I would only have to assume that 100,000 downloads of a skin/skins or a/and a program that I never even heard of before
coming to this website is an impressive feat.... congratulations, Jafs....
You da man...
go for it, mah bruthah....
especially since they are gray, for god's sake...
did I happen to mention that I hate grey, gray and certain shades of... guess what?
might be gray...
coming to this website is an impressive feat.... congratulations, Jafs....
You da man...
go for it, mah bruthah....
especially since they are gray, for god's sake...
did I happen to mention that I hate grey, gray and certain shades of... guess what?
might be gray...
JamMeister33
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:09 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:09 PM
There is a small but decicated following of people who object to grey....
JamMeister33
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:16 PM
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:16 PM
Hmmmm... good point there, a distinct possibilty and 'oh, so boring'..
bakerstreet
Reply #20 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:38 PM
Reply #20 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:38 PM
re: #8
"...utterly uninspiring drivel, nothing more than a re-hashed standard XP interface....no imagination or creativity involved, just pump out another color combo and call it a 'catch-phrase' name."
From Aqua on, there seems to be a need to emulate the next OS before the rest of the world can buy it, or just appear to have a different one without buying it.
It reminds me of the kits they sell for cars; a sports car body to put onto a Volkswagen or some such. A very 'poseur' thing to do, in my opinion, anyway. If you like sports cars, the appearance is gravy, the real admiration is reserved for the mechanics. To me, an Aqua interface is pretty, but it is like driving a Volkswagen disguised as a ferrari... or more accurately mechanically, a vw bug disguised as a vw scirocco. The XP and Longhorn stuff I understand even less, since there isn't even anything especially eye-catching about them.
I don't mean any disrespect to the skinners that do work based on such. People want it, you give it to them. Why people want it when there are far more beautiful and individual styles, though, is beyond me. I got disgruntled about the time Aqua started catching on, and I have had a hard time doing much since. Several others seemed to have slowed their production since then, too. Maybe we just got disgruntled with the audience?
"...utterly uninspiring drivel, nothing more than a re-hashed standard XP interface....no imagination or creativity involved, just pump out another color combo and call it a 'catch-phrase' name."
From Aqua on, there seems to be a need to emulate the next OS before the rest of the world can buy it, or just appear to have a different one without buying it.
It reminds me of the kits they sell for cars; a sports car body to put onto a Volkswagen or some such. A very 'poseur' thing to do, in my opinion, anyway. If you like sports cars, the appearance is gravy, the real admiration is reserved for the mechanics. To me, an Aqua interface is pretty, but it is like driving a Volkswagen disguised as a ferrari... or more accurately mechanically, a vw bug disguised as a vw scirocco. The XP and Longhorn stuff I understand even less, since there isn't even anything especially eye-catching about them.
I don't mean any disrespect to the skinners that do work based on such. People want it, you give it to them. Why people want it when there are far more beautiful and individual styles, though, is beyond me. I got disgruntled about the time Aqua started catching on, and I have had a hard time doing much since. Several others seemed to have slowed their production since then, too. Maybe we just got disgruntled with the audience?
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Reply #1 Monday, April 14, 2003 4:19 PM