WindowBlinds 4.5 Released
Skin your Windows GUI with WindowBlinds
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Windows XP includes a single visual style known as "Windows XP Style". By installing WindowBlinds, users can add thousands of other visual styles that are freely available on websites such as WinCustomize.com.
Software companies such as Microsoft have used WindowBlinds to release additional visual styles such as their XBOX visual style. PC Manufacturers such as Alienware have used WindowBlinds to create a branded Alienware look and feel for their PCs. Millions of consumers have used WindowBlinds to make Windows look like an alternative operating system, their favorite holiday season, their latest computer game, or something tailored just for them.
WindowBlinds 4.5 includes the new ability to change the color of visual styles through hue shifting along with modifying the brightness and saturation of the visual style. It also includes the ability to have alpha blended Start menus and standard menus which enable users to have semi-transparent pieces to those parts of Windows XP and eliminates the "jagged" look around the edges of the interface.
WindowBlinds is a free download at www.windowblinds.net. Consumers can purchase the enhanced version of WindowBlinds for $19.95 which adds the ability to skin more elements of the Windows user interface and can skin even non-theme aware applications. Users can also get the enhanced version of WindowBlinds by purchasing Object Desktop ($49.95) which is Stardock's suite of desktop enhancements. It can be found at www.objectdesktop.com.
About Stardock:
Stardock is a Windows software developer located in Southeastern Michigan. It is the world's leading developer of Windows enhancement utilities. Its software is used by corporations and consumers alike who wish to customize their Windows environment to match their particular needs. Stardock also develops games such as the award-winning Galactic Civilizations and the political strategy game The Political Machine. Its home page is www.stardock.com.
WindowBlinds 4.5 Free Download / $19.95 for enhanced version or $49.95 at part of Object Desktop WindowBlinds home page: http://www.windowblinds.net Requires: Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP. (Windows XP recommended).
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Reply #22 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:13 AM
| Anybody get their email with the link to upgrade yet? It's been 6 hours and I have submitted my email address many times. But still no email. Alex |
Same....still haven't gotten it.
Hopefully it'll get sorted out and fixed soon.
Reply #24 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:18 AM
Reply #25 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:24 AM
Internally we were moving our mail server yesterday so some of these issues could be a result of the server move. Please try again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Reply #26 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:09 AM
In the past, the email would be sent right away.
Alex
Reply #29 Saturday, January 29, 2005 12:52 AM
Now I downloaded WB 4.5 the lag is lowred but still there
I use Windows XP SP2, FX 5900xt, forceware 67.66 drivers with DEP disabled, but still there
Reply #30 Saturday, January 29, 2005 1:06 AM
I use XP SP1 - Gforce4 with 66.93 drivers
SauravX - How is it you are using 67.66 drivers when the latest listed at Nvidias website is 66.93?
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Reply #35 Tuesday, February 1, 2005 2:46 AM
Is there no way to pick the color from the popup palette instead of blindly moving around the slider? When I was playing around with it using the normal method, once I chose a color from the palette it would just revert to a different color on the slider part.Also, is it possible to get a list of what new skins came with 4.5? I was checking out the pearlthane in the newest skins section and found out it came default with the new version, I didn't even know it was there because I have so many installed already.
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Reply #38 Tuesday, February 1, 2005 6:11 PM
I am also using Gforce4 TI card with latest drivers and works great, no need to edit the boot.ini Execute thing anymore
Reply #39 Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:20 PM
Reply #40 Friday, February 18, 2005 11:32 PM
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Reply #21 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:02 AM
It's been 6 hours and I have submitted my email address many times. But still no email.
Alex