The Next Skinning contest..
What should it be? Tell us..
Thursday, May 26, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
We have some ideas on what the next skinning contest should be. We want to make it only cover ONE program rather than multiple (gets too hard to manage).
Here are some thoughts:
1) WindowBlinds skinning contest.
2) DesktopX related contest - Best Themes, Best Widgets, Best Animated objects
3) Media Player contest
4) Icon contest
5) Wallpaper contest
6) Screenshot contest
7) Best Suite contest (Visual Style + Wallpaper + Icon Package + Desktop widgets/gadgets put together into a single theme)
8) Other.
Let us know by commenting here.
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keymastr1008
Reply #82 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:19 PM
Reply #82 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:19 PM
I'd say DX objects - definitely. DX Themes can be nice, but they're too specialized for most people's tastes .. meaning, not every person is going to 100% love any theme that's produced, and I'd be willing to bet most people that use DX can't change it, or don't care to spend the time changing it to their liking. But if you promote the quality and numbers of DX objects, you'll get a bigger following for DX...
unckle fester
Reply #83 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:30 PM
Reply #83 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:30 PM
i like the idea of diferent competition levels; beginner, intermediate, and advanced even though theres the posability of levels being crossed by one way or another. codeing is not in my leage and every time i start a media player it ands in disaster, i downloaded winamp and that looks even worse, no way to keep everything in persective! i have one log-on i use and i recolor it from time to time with out saveing diferent copys. i do window blinds as a hobby though so ya, windowblinds are my choice.
thoing
Reply #84 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:34 PM
Reply #84 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:34 PM
I agree with treetog! Everyone did such an outstanding job in the GUI Olympics. It really brought out the best of the best. I would love to see a Windowblinds competition using 4.51 build. Alot of great Wallpapers came out with those entries also as I recall.
MySecret
Reply #85 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:37 PM
Reply #85 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:37 PM
What about a contest updating some of those wonderful Old Windowlinds? Authors could offer thier old blinds that they would like to see in the contest. Judges would select say 100. The skinners would pick only out of these 100 blinds. The *best update* would not replace the orginal blind but be added as a *new windowblind. It would be great to see some of those golden oldies updated. This could be a catagory of a regular windowblind contest.
And have levels as suggested by....StevenArt suggested :
Competition levels such as: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Professional. Some of us "beginners" may feel a little intimidated by more experienced skinners and designers and opt not to participate if "beginners" are competing head-to-head with those more experienced.
Its My Secret
And have levels as suggested by....StevenArt suggested :
Competition levels such as: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Professional. Some of us "beginners" may feel a little intimidated by more experienced skinners and designers and opt not to participate if "beginners" are competing head-to-head with those more experienced.
Its My Secret
JanOscar
Reply #87 Friday, May 27, 2005 6:59 PM
...or wb's.
Reply #87 Friday, May 27, 2005 6:59 PM
| Desktop X still has an amazing unleashed potential and I'd love to see good prizes baiting the great coders to come up with new imaginative widgets. |
...or wb's.
Jafo
Reply #88 Friday, May 27, 2005 7:23 PM
Reply #88 Friday, May 27, 2005 7:23 PM
| Quick question - Have you ever downloaded a screenshot and if so, why? |
Many times. When dealing with full shells...rather than a single skinned app you are effectively doing 'suites' where the overall desktop becomes 'important'. When downloading things such as Litestep themes it's handy to also dl the screenshot to keep as reference of how it's 'supposed' to look....before you start tweaking...
thomassen
Reply #89 Friday, May 27, 2005 7:23 PM
Reply #89 Friday, May 27, 2005 7:23 PM
DX Widget, Gadget with the cluewords being easy to use and customizable.
agentjae
Reply #92 Friday, May 27, 2005 9:13 PM
Reply #92 Friday, May 27, 2005 9:13 PM
What about a Wincustomize Contest. Where we make skins for the website... and the winners actually get implimented so that we can skin the view of this site to different ones. Not saying I don't love the way it looks around here *could use new curtains* but it would be something kinda new. 
Maybe... lol
Maybe... lol
faisal
Reply #93 Friday, May 27, 2005 9:17 PM
Reply #93 Friday, May 27, 2005 9:17 PM
well, i can make only wallpapers, so I say a wallpaper contest would be good.
seaf20
Reply #94 Friday, May 27, 2005 11:00 PM
Reply #94 Friday, May 27, 2005 11:00 PM
is there any way to make a contest where participants get to make new windos sound schemes... since we've changed everthing visual from our desktop we should get to change the sound schemes as well... thanx for your time
gazza35
Reply #96 Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:54 AM
Reply #96 Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:54 AM
I'D GO FOR WB & DESKTOP X BUT HOW ABOUT SYSMETRIX AND RAINY'S (SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM)
kona0197
Reply #98 Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:16 PM
Reply #98 Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:16 PM
I would have to go with Windowblinds.
Not all of us use DX and therefore wouldn't know how to skin it.
Not all of us use DX and therefore wouldn't know how to skin it.
PixelPirate
Reply #100 Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:17 PM
Don't run all the way down there, you'll just melt
Reply #100 Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:17 PM
| Snowman runs liks hell |
Don't run all the way down there, you'll just melt
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Reply #81 Friday, May 27, 2005 3:16 PM
So I think if anything there should be a unique category in a DX contest. Winner is someone who creates the most unique object.