Best Windowsblinds skin ever?
Monday, April 26, 2004 by HkmHrns117 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Hey I was just wondering what is the best windowsblinds skin ever created??? 
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Snowman
Reply #42 Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:41 PM
I second that Renato - WinStep is my all time fav suite
Current existing WB though?!
Dunno really, I would say that each and every one is the best, in their own way.
Would be wrong to single out just one
Reply #42 Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:41 PM
| and the second one was in the day of the releasing of a suite called Winstep (2000), by Dangeruss. |
I second that Renato - WinStep is my all time fav suite
Current existing WB though?!
Dunno really, I would say that each and every one is the best, in their own way.
Would be wrong to single out just one
Sput
Reply #43 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:51 PM
Reply #43 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:51 PM
I agree that any "best ever" question is impossble to answer unless someone is omniscient of course, but then you knew I was going to say that didn't you? 
I change my vote to Antares too...it's a technical tour de force, but it's very usable too. It's the skin that has pushed what's possible the furthest to date, AFAIK and IMHO.
As for the question about the first WB skin, Frogboy would probably be best placed here to comment but I think a few by Frogboy were "bundled" or available for download when I first saw and tried WB back in '98 (I think it was).
....though, a lot of those very early ones were at least inspired by previous works on other systems (Kaleidescope on the Mac for one perhaps). At least 18 of the skins listed https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=&sort=date&order=Ascending&library=1 look very similar to other skins I recall on previous systems or resemble other OS's....So I don't think that argument for the 1st being called "best" actually holds
I change my vote to Antares too...it's a technical tour de force, but it's very usable too. It's the skin that has pushed what's possible the furthest to date, AFAIK and IMHO.
As for the question about the first WB skin, Frogboy would probably be best placed here to comment but I think a few by Frogboy were "bundled" or available for download when I first saw and tried WB back in '98 (I think it was).
....though, a lot of those very early ones were at least inspired by previous works on other systems (Kaleidescope on the Mac for one perhaps). At least 18 of the skins listed https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=&sort=date&order=Ascending&library=1 look very similar to other skins I recall on previous systems or resemble other OS's....So I don't think that argument for the 1st being called "best" actually holds
Sput
Reply #44 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:53 PM
Reply #44 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:53 PM
BTW - I found a magazine cover disk just the other day with WB 0.something on it which I think was where I first heard of it and tried it....I wonder what would happen to XP if I tried installing that version now? 
paxx
Reply #45 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:22 PM
Reply #45 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:22 PM
OK, so if the question is "What is your favorite current skin" then Antares could be a good contender... Good thing it's been submitted to the GUIO, isn't it?
As I said before, a skin, a song, a painting, a book, all need to passs the test of time before getting considered a "classic" of "best of all times".
My current favorite is the neon green Smile suite. Very different IMO and quite refreshing.
UpsideDownGC
Reply #46 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:36 PM
Reply #46 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:36 PM
Personally I like Krpytonite the most it is one that you only get when you register with WC and get OD i think that is how you get it. Anyways it is really well donne with transparency and stuff. It is not minimalistic (which I need because of crappy resolutions on Laptops) but it is a very well done skin.
UpsideDownGC
Reply #47 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:39 PM
Reply #47 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:39 PM
Cygnus are you Allen Bond just reregistered?
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Reply #41 Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:24 PM
I remember my first taste of those skins ( WB 0. something...) and was just amazed at how Windows could look. That was a voyage of discovery so many have missed. I wish I could capture that feeling again