SKIN WARS
Monday, August 25, 2003 by Istari | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
...A long time ago...
Which is more popular with skin authors? Given some of the 'tude I've seen by people on other forums you'd think that msstyles ruled Britainia! But it ain't so. As far as I'm concerned all skinning is good. As a WB fan, it peeves me when I see some WB skinner make a post on a forum and some guy says "You should have made it msstyles that's what all the other skinners use".
Using themeXP and Wincustomize for benchmarks:
Nov 2001
WindowBlinds skins: 1,416
Msstyles: 63
November 2002
WindowBlinds skins: 1,916
Msstyles: 578
August 2003
WindowBlinds skins: 2,387
Msstyles: 948
Stats:
WindowBlinds skins created per day: 1.48 per day (1.37 per day avg in 2001 to 2002 and 1.72 per day in 2002 to 2003)
Msstyles skins created per day: 1.34 per day (1.41 per day in 2002 to 2002 and 1.35 per day 2002 to 2003)
Conclusions
Notes: After a good burst msstyle skinning slowed down. Lots of Msstyles are basically duplicate. Lots of recolorizations. Lots of Aqua skins as a percentage. WC also allows skinners to auto remove their submissions. I bet there are another couple hundred skins where the skin author has removed them for various reasons over the years.
In conclusion, WB skinning is alive and well and growing!
Which is more popular with skin authors? Given some of the 'tude I've seen by people on other forums you'd think that msstyles ruled Britainia! But it ain't so. As far as I'm concerned all skinning is good. As a WB fan, it peeves me when I see some WB skinner make a post on a forum and some guy says "You should have made it msstyles that's what all the other skinners use".
Using themeXP and Wincustomize for benchmarks:
Nov 2001
WindowBlinds skins: 1,416
Msstyles: 63
November 2002
WindowBlinds skins: 1,916
Msstyles: 578
August 2003
WindowBlinds skins: 2,387
Msstyles: 948
Stats:
WindowBlinds skins created per day: 1.48 per day (1.37 per day avg in 2001 to 2002 and 1.72 per day in 2002 to 2003)
Msstyles skins created per day: 1.34 per day (1.41 per day in 2002 to 2002 and 1.35 per day 2002 to 2003)
Conclusions
Notes: After a good burst msstyle skinning slowed down. Lots of Msstyles are basically duplicate. Lots of recolorizations. Lots of Aqua skins as a percentage. WC also allows skinners to auto remove their submissions. I bet there are another couple hundred skins where the skin author has removed them for various reasons over the years.
In conclusion, WB skinning is alive and well and growing!
Hus
Reply #2 Monday, August 25, 2003 4:10 PM
Reply #2 Monday, August 25, 2003 4:10 PM
What absolutely amazes is me is that Winamp.com houses a library of nearly 20,000 Winamp2 skins! Wow! 
Satans Child
Reply #3 Monday, August 25, 2003 4:48 PM
Reply #3 Monday, August 25, 2003 4:48 PM
*** off topic ***
Skin Wars sounds like a good name for a skinning contest.
Skin Wars sounds like a good name for a skinning contest.
IPlural
Reply #4 Monday, August 25, 2003 5:21 PM
Reply #4 Monday, August 25, 2003 5:21 PM
mmmm, I think the point was skipped a bit...
apps are not the point, the point is GUI...
of course I might be totally off base and wackybobo
apps are not the point, the point is GUI...
of course I might be totally off base and wackybobo
Jafo
Reply #5 Monday, August 25, 2003 5:39 PM
Reply #5 Monday, August 25, 2003 5:39 PM
20,000 WinAMP skins....includes 19,000 photoskins of Britney's boobs....[almost]...
Frogboy
Reply #7 Monday, August 25, 2003 6:54 PM
Reply #7 Monday, August 25, 2003 6:54 PM
Snowman: Apples and oranges comparison.
Sysmetrix is much easier to skin than WindowBlinds (or msstyles). It's like trying to compare Winamp to WindowBlinds. The easier a thing is to skin, the more skins per user will be made.
Styl-X Design
Reply #8 Monday, August 25, 2003 11:16 PM
Reply #8 Monday, August 25, 2003 11:16 PM
#5 by Admin Jafo - 8/25/2003 5:39:42 PM
Yes, so, whats the point you are making?
Yes, so, whats the point you are making?
Jafo
Reply #9 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:17 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:17 AM
Styl....Photoskins....Britney's boobs or otherwise, are made by point-and-click junk skin-maker proggies requiring exactly zero intelligence/ability/effort....that's why there are so many WinAMP skins....
moshi
Reply #10 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:10 AM
Reply #10 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:10 AM
but don´t forget the best skins are also done for Winamp. you hardly will find skinners of the same skill as Kriptoner, Kinwashi, 883Designs, Uriel, Bartibartman, Mikkeh, Adam1975, Monaux, Intolerat3d, Jason Lange or DJ-Designs for any other application.
Leo the Lion
Reply #11 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:05 AM
Reply #11 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:05 AM
I would like to say that "quality" is more important than "quantity". Having used both MSS styles in the past for some time and now that i am a converted Windowsblindite i can truly say that Windowblinds skinners have "quality" by the bucket load. The only really talented skinner in MSS styles that i ever came across in the type of skins that are my preference was Chaninja and i have a sneaking suspicion that he may join us here at some stage soon.
craeonics
Reply #12 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:49 AM
Reply #12 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:49 AM
I'd take quality over quantity any day. If obscure app X has one great skin, whilst popular app Y has a dozen crap ones, I'll go with X.
Snowman
Reply #13 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:18 AM
Frogboy, I agree with you. I was not trying to 'compare' the two apps, in such
Reply #13 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:18 AM
| Sysmetrix is much easier to skin than WindowBlinds (or msstyles). It's like trying to compare Winamp to WindowBlinds. The easier a thing is to skin, the more skins per user will be made |
Frogboy, I agree with you. I was not trying to 'compare' the two apps, in such
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Reply #1 Monday, August 25, 2003 3:26 PM
In the 5 years WB have existed around 4100 skins have been turned out averaging at around 2.2 skins... per day. Not alot of applications can throw those kind of figures around!!
food for thought huh....