Visual Style skins that really need to be ported over to WindowsBlinds
Thursday, February 19, 2004 by DreamFasting | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Here are a few skins I found online that really need to be ported over WindowBlinds !
Black Aqua Pro by MrCnoteX ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=42564&type=vs&view=date&page=7&cat=&name=Black%20Aqua%20Pro
chrome4[XP] 2nd Generation by sz1_521 ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=12253&type=vs&view=date&page=1&name=chrome4[XP]%202nd%20Generation
Maxell Update 3 by eddiezone ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=15745&type=vs&view=date&page=17&cat=&name=Maxell%20Update%203
Black Aqua Pro by MrCnoteX ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=42564&type=vs&view=date&page=7&cat=&name=Black%20Aqua%20Pro
chrome4[XP] 2nd Generation by sz1_521 ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=12253&type=vs&view=date&page=1&name=chrome4[XP]%202nd%20Generation
Maxell Update 3 by eddiezone ([email protected])
http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=15745&type=vs&view=date&page=17&cat=&name=Maxell%20Update%203
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DreamFasting
Reply #22 Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:22 PM
Reply #22 Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:22 PM
Demanding skins is not at all what I was doing this post for ..I'd just thought that it would inspire good skinners that are looking for some good skins to port should check these out or get inspired from them ....that's all
I'm really sorry if I came off like a butt head ..i really did not mean too
I'm really sorry if I came off like a butt head ..i really did not mean too
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #23 Friday, February 20, 2004 2:56 AM
Not being original works they should be rejected on entry. GUI Olympics is about skinning skills
Reply #23 Friday, February 20, 2004 2:56 AM
| It'll be interesting to see what happens when GUI Olympics starts up, you can bet people will fire ports in |
Not being original works they should be rejected on entry. GUI Olympics is about skinning skills
Bones2112
Reply #24 Friday, February 20, 2004 3:05 AM
Amen, let's see some time spent making original works, instead of a 10 min port. Nothing personal, I like some ports of course, but would rather see original skins in the contest.
Reply #24 Friday, February 20, 2004 3:05 AM
| Not being original works they should be rejected on entry. GUI Olympics is about skinning skills |
Amen, let's see some time spent making original works, instead of a 10 min port. Nothing personal, I like some ports of course, but would rather see original skins in the contest.
c242
Reply #25 Friday, February 20, 2004 4:12 AM
Reply #25 Friday, February 20, 2004 4:12 AM
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I don't want any Gain s**t on my comp when opening that ThemeXP site >
I don't want any Gain s**t on my comp when opening that ThemeXP site >
c242
Reply #26 Friday, February 20, 2004 4:17 AM
Reply #26 Friday, February 20, 2004 4:17 AM
As for the request, it is in the eye of the watcher. I personally don't see anything special about those styles that makes me want to port them. We have far better WB Skins similar to them already here. There are very good and different VS's ported by Pas (Snideley) on this site, though.
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wombat_1
Reply #27 Friday, February 20, 2004 11:08 AM
Not really .... and I must admit that I avoid them (StyleXP-TG Soft) like Volvo drivers .... but it has been a while since I looked over the selection.
I found the number of 'Beta' skins with minor tweaks becoming 'V.1 - V.1.01 ad nauseum' a total bore and the so-called variations on 'Longhorn' totally underwhelming ..... but, as I mentioned, a very small number were great.
If I wanted Mr Gates 'Leggo Look' I'd just turn WB off and run the default XP scheme.
Some skins I would regard well worth updating to the present standard, the original XP Cobalt, XP Charcoal and the other XP series, Zooper Chrome or Yellow Mac only lack the 2004 features.
Reply #27 Friday, February 20, 2004 11:08 AM
| Intersting statement |
Not really .... and I must admit that I avoid them (StyleXP-TG Soft) like Volvo drivers .... but it has been a while since I looked over the selection.
I found the number of 'Beta' skins with minor tweaks becoming 'V.1 - V.1.01 ad nauseum' a total bore and the so-called variations on 'Longhorn' totally underwhelming ..... but, as I mentioned, a very small number were great.
If I wanted Mr Gates 'Leggo Look' I'd just turn WB off and run the default XP scheme.
Some skins I would regard well worth updating to the present standard, the original XP Cobalt, XP Charcoal and the other XP series, Zooper Chrome or Yellow Mac only lack the 2004 features.
Kevin_C
Reply #28 Friday, February 20, 2004 11:21 AM
Reply #28 Friday, February 20, 2004 11:21 AM
Personally, most of the themes I'd like to see ported are usually picked up by Snidely and he does a great job picking out the very best to port over. I use them almost exclusively on my work system because I like to keep my interface as clean and un-obtrusive as possible.. But I agree, there is very little creativity in most of the XP styles, and that is simply a sign of the limitations placed on skins that use the XP skinning engine. I'll stick with WB myself!
Jafo
Reply #30 Friday, February 20, 2004 6:12 PM
Reply #30 Friday, February 20, 2004 6:12 PM
| there is very little creativity in most of the XP styles, and that is simply a sign of the limitations placed on skins that use the XP skinning engine |
And therein lies the reason for WB's superiority...
sig101
Reply #31 Friday, February 20, 2004 7:12 PM
Reply #31 Friday, February 20, 2004 7:12 PM
Tastes vary so there are some .msstyles I like and many I don't care very much for. Just as with WindowBlinds, although WB allows for more flexibility in design than .msstyles. But I'd venture that a good creative skinner is still a good creative skinner regardless of the tools used. The software alone doesn't make the skin. (Although .msstyles imposes more limitations on the author.)
Anyway, here's one of Snidely's ports of Kol's work https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=3873 (Just one of several of SW's ports of Kol's takeoffs on traditional MS/XP looks.) I didn't think much of it just to look at in the preview, but once I started using it at work I found to my surprise I really liked it: the coloring and texture are rich to me, it's almost tangible in a visual way. It's not simply a knock off of the original GUI but a significant improvement IMO. Despite its seeming simplicity I don't regard it as just a cardboard cutout of the std MS look, even though it is a deliberate takeoff on MS own GUI's (unlike some of Kol's other work that I recall). I'm surprised how much I wound up liking this skin (and the others in the series SW ported). Whereas someone else will likely just share my first impression and not have a second. Anyway, as always YMMV.
But I wouldn't put SW's ports in the "10 min and the software does all the work" type of ports. The software can translate a skin, but to have a polished WB skin takes some skill and work (although it's not the same as creating a new one from scratch of course). Anyway, not all ports are created equal, just as with the originals.
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Anyway, here's one of Snidely's ports of Kol's work https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=3873 (Just one of several of SW's ports of Kol's takeoffs on traditional MS/XP looks.) I didn't think much of it just to look at in the preview, but once I started using it at work I found to my surprise I really liked it: the coloring and texture are rich to me, it's almost tangible in a visual way. It's not simply a knock off of the original GUI but a significant improvement IMO. Despite its seeming simplicity I don't regard it as just a cardboard cutout of the std MS look, even though it is a deliberate takeoff on MS own GUI's (unlike some of Kol's other work that I recall). I'm surprised how much I wound up liking this skin (and the others in the series SW ported). Whereas someone else will likely just share my first impression and not have a second. Anyway, as always YMMV.
But I wouldn't put SW's ports in the "10 min and the software does all the work" type of ports. The software can translate a skin, but to have a polished WB skin takes some skill and work (although it's not the same as creating a new one from scratch of course). Anyway, not all ports are created equal, just as with the originals.
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MadDeez
Reply #32 Friday, February 20, 2004 8:47 PM
Reply #32 Friday, February 20, 2004 8:47 PM
i can honestly say that ol' snidely has never considered himself a skinner. snidely doesn't want his name on the author list because he isn't an author. 
Frogboy
Reply #33 Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:36 PM
Reply #33 Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:36 PM
BTW, 2 of those 3 skins are already here. I believe ChromeXP started out as a WindowBlinds skin and was ported over.
Dark Aqua is here. ChromeXP is here.
BTW, if you have SkinStudio 4.1 installed, all you need to do is double click on a .msstyles file and it will import it into WindowBlinds and apply it.
True ports, like the ones done by Snidely Whiplash, are more than just converting it. He adds addtional elements to the skin since msstyles are kind of primitive.
Dark Aqua is here. ChromeXP is here.
BTW, if you have SkinStudio 4.1 installed, all you need to do is double click on a .msstyles file and it will import it into WindowBlinds and apply it.
True ports, like the ones done by Snidely Whiplash, are more than just converting it. He adds addtional elements to the skin since msstyles are kind of primitive.
kona0197
Reply #34 Saturday, February 21, 2004 7:14 PM
VERY TRUE. I wish i was as good SW.
Practise makes perfect.
Reply #34 Saturday, February 21, 2004 7:14 PM
| True ports, like the ones done by Snidely Whiplash, are more than just converting it. He adds addtional elements to the skin since msstyles are kind of primitive. |
VERY TRUE. I wish i was as good SW.
Practise makes perfect.
wombat_1
Reply #35 Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:53 AM
Doh!
Apologies SW ..aka Pasley .... Froggy was up as the 'Author' but on checking back I noted who the 'Portee' was.
Reply #35 Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:53 AM
| Frogboy did the port of Tallyhawk? |
Doh!
Apologies SW ..aka Pasley .... Froggy was up as the 'Author' but on checking back I noted who the 'Portee' was.
MadDeez
Reply #36 Sunday, February 22, 2004 8:55 AM
Reply #36 Sunday, February 22, 2004 8:55 AM
Tallyhawk is one of Frogboy's. It seems his C Drive was pretty fragmented when he posted the bklind, too
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Reply #21 Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:00 PM