DeskMod returning?

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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Popular skinning site, DeskMod has been on hiatus for quite awhile.  But now it appears it will be returning but in a slightly different form:

The final issue I'll clarify on is how the new DeskMod will differ from the old. There has been a lot of speculation on this subject, which cracks me up! Last fall, I had people messaging me all the time saying that they heard the new DeskMod won't have an archive. This may come as a surprise, but there was actually truth to that. We had a very detailed plan put together for a much different site for DeskMod, which featured no local archive. This idea was put together at a time where we didn't have the resources we do now, and were looking for any option to get DeskMod back. While the idea of not having an archive seems like a terrible one, those that we pitched the idea to actually like it. A lot, in fact. It was a very unique idea, technically advanced, and seemed to have a tremendous amount of potential. In the future I'll post the complete details of this idea. However, no matter how great that idea was, nothing can top DeskMod with a complete local archive, like it's always had. That's good too, because we're sticking with the archive. That's right, DeskMod will have a complete local archive, just as you've come to expect.

Stay tuned!

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Hus
Reply #1 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:01 PM
I remember the first two times Deskmod went down...hope it works out better for them this time around.

Jafo
Reply #2 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:29 PM
It'll be good to see them up and running again...

sl33stak
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:53 PM
I have been waiting FOREVER for DM's return. That was a super tightknit community.

Frogboy
Reply #4 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:24 AM
I hope so. ModBlog is extremely well designed and they certainly have it within them to do it.  The only obstacle I see is cost.  These sites are very expensive to run.

craeonics
Reply #5 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:03 AM
Theoretically, a blog site will suck up way less bandwidth than a skin site, since the latter is basically a download site, while the former is primarily information. No-one visits a blog to leech. So that bit is cheaper.

Aside from that, it's a great portfolio for gorman et al. If someone asks what they've done so far, they can point at ModBlog. So it's also an investment.

George Rogers Jr
Reply #6 Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:16 PM
I agree with Mr sl33stak...I found WC through DeskMod. Great website!

Jademeister
Reply #7 Friday, April 1, 2005 10:24 PM
I found Deskmod through Customize.org, when Custo went down DM became my temporary home and after DM went down i came to DeviantArt... i loved the site and it saddened me to see it go down... it's great to hear that Gorman and the Rest are planning a comeback

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