I'll miss all the themes old wincustomize has!!!

Tuesday, November 30, 2004 by joetheblow | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

One more week and all this is gone!!! hy oh why???

I like the new layout on the new wincustomize, but for more than 2 years the old wincusto has been home.

I am going to switch themes like crazy until the final day!!!
https://www.wincustomize.com/index.asp?Cmd=themes

You should too!!!
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Jafo
Reply #61 Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:30 PM
AllmightyPete ....people are entitled to lament the passing of the old....particularly those who have spent so much of their time with the old WC. [ignore formatting....using Firefox] ...It's the comments regarding what will be most vehemently missed that prompts additions/improvements with the new. Between what we have now and what is yet to come...Wincustomize.com will be definitely better than the old. Just accept the pains of re-birth, that's all... [still hate these smilies]

Apocalypse_67
Reply #62 Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:53 PM
That is true Hus, but that will be on his options and choices. What I'm referring to is any other users that want to have access to that particular author's gallery. Don’t forget that if that author's name appears only on the icon section, then his name will be invisible to anyone that doesn’t directly visit that particular section. The old site had that list on all pages and it was visible at all times.

Humans by nature are always opposed to change.


Not me, I change my clothes every day (some times twice a day)
Get over it. WinCustomize has always been about change, or did you like the original windows XP


There's nothing to get over as WC is indeed about new innovations and YES I like the original XP. As a matter of fact, I still use it from time to time)

I thought a site that caters to the innovative spirit wouldn't have such a big bunch of whiners dedicated to the old.


Well that is a matter of opinion and I will keep mine about you to my self.

Everyone here had better get used to the new site cause it obviously aint goin nowhere.


Yeah, we are all aware of that Sherlock but as users and contributors of this site we are entitled to express our point of view and give our suggestions and feedback.

Heres one tear for all you people who aren't willing to get on with the new


Awww and I thought sensitive people didn’t exist no more.

Jafo
Reply #63 Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:55 PM
A_67.....I think I already covered all that in the post prior....

Apocalypse_67
Reply #64 Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:01 AM
I just realized that Paul. You was faster than me on the submit button. (Yeah, I cant get use to this smilies) I also noticed that the comments dont have a time stamp as the other MB

Frogboy
Reply #65 Sunday, December 12, 2004 1:11 AM

Just remember, the old WinCustomize lacked most of the features you guys are missing for most of its history.

The features you desire are on the schedule. This new site is only 5 days old, the conveniences and little touches will come in time.


Frogboy
Reply #66 Sunday, December 12, 2004 1:34 AM

BTW, I did want to respond to some of AP's comments:

1) In most places we will be changing it so that it will show the comments when you click on the skin. The reason it's off now is a performance issue.

2) We wont' be going back to showing all the skins an author made in a single swoop. It was a database nightmare.  Some skin authors, particularly the more popular ones, have hundreds of skins. That's simply too hard on the server.  Right now it displays 25 skins at a time which seems pretty reasonable to us.

3) Has already been addressed in Friday's update. (the nav bar is now at the bottom as well)

4) We agree this is a good feature (which sections are displayed). Right now we don't have this because we are concentrating on site performance. 

The same is true about personal themes. Getting the site to be very fast in its performance is our top priority.  Once we are satisified that the site is running very VERY fast we can then look at adding more per user customization options (such features toss out all the caching).  But these things will be back.

You want dark themes, We'll have dark themes. You want to pick which sections you see, you'll have that too. But right now we just can't do it. We're focused on making the site fast and stable.

5) Search already works. Just use articles. it's the same thing under the covers. We'll add a "Forums" category but it's cosmetic as it will do the same thing as the articles.

6) We will be making it so that if you click on a given other's profiles you will be able to view authors skins. It will look the same as the My Skins tab but for that author.


Apocalypse_67
Reply #67 Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:16 AM
Thanks Frogboy for clearing some of my comments. I realize that for the site to perform better you need to sacrifice some feautures. I was just hoping they could be added in some sort of way. But I'm glad to know that you are working on adding some of the other feautures.

2) Since not all skins will be displayed on an author's list. Is there any way to dispaly the total counts as on the old site?

kona0197
Reply #68 Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:37 PM
Someone STILL needs to add the feature about the threads going to the end or the last post made or where you left off - It's a pain to scroll everytime I want to read a thread - especially a BIG one.

Frogboy
Reply #69 Sunday, December 12, 2004 7:44 PM

Yes, Kona. We know.  But we only have so many people to work on this.  The new site was launched last Tuesday. The first few days it was basically a race just to keep the site up.

There are people who can't download skins. People who can't upload skins. There are many basic features that are still being worked through. Those are going to take precedence.


Apocalypse_67
Reply #70 Monday, December 13, 2004 12:18 AM
Frogboy, just another issue to add to the check list;

- When clicking on a link provided by an author to view another skin (e.g. wallpaper, bootskin, etc) it links to the entire section and not the specific skin.

- When updating a skin/theme, it throws it back to moderation. It used to update immediately unless the 'reset date' box was checked.

slomo
Reply #71 Monday, December 13, 2004 1:08 AM
I,too, liked the way we could customize the old site with a choice of themes. I like the new site's theme though and the new site's layout - seems cleaner and not as "cluttered" as the old site. Even though the new site's skin is not a "stark" white, it is a little too bright for me.

AllmightyPete
Reply #72 Monday, December 13, 2004 3:27 AM
Blah Blah Blah , Out with the old, in with the new,
The very principle that this site is all about

Makes sense to me

AllmightyPete
Reply #73 Monday, December 13, 2004 3:28 AM
Hello

AllmightyPete
Reply #74 Monday, December 13, 2004 3:33 AM
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