WindowBlinds 5 BETA released
Bring Glass to Windows XP
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Stardock has released the first BETA of WindowBlinds 5. WindowBlinds is a program that can completely alter the look and feel of the Windows GUI. It does so by applying visual styles (skins) to your title bars, push buttons, Start bar, borders, etc.
The most anticipated new feature of WindowBlinds 5 is its ability to deliver glass effects to Windows XP user. Technically speaking, WindowBlinds can do full alpha blended user interfaces now, that means that skins can have a variable level of transparency. Numerous new features have been added to allow skinners to do reflective effects, shadows, smooth edges and more to their WindowBlinds skins.
WindowBlinds 5 also eliminates any dedicated processes to it. When running WindowBlinds 5, no additional processes are needed anymore, it runs as part of the system. WindowBlinds 5 BETA currently requires Windows XP (32-bit edition). A 64-bit edition will be available with beta 2. It should run on any reasonably modern video card.
WindowBlinds 5 is currently only available on Object Desktop. To get Object Desktop visit: www.objectdesktop.com.
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Reply #122 Friday, October 7, 2005 4:32 AM
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Reply #124 Monday, October 10, 2005 1:03 AM
Unloading windowblids and PowerDVD works again.
Reply #125 Monday, October 10, 2005 4:47 AM
Reply #126 Monday, October 10, 2005 4:57 AM
Andy02369: A lot of the more advanced FPS games released in the past year would take advantage of pixel shaders which your card does not support. They may run in a less graphically advanced mode though depending on the game. I have a feeling DOOM3 for example would just not run at all as its OpenGL and the early ATI OpenGL drivers were not good.
If you are interested in running WB5 per pixel frames, I would be on the lookout for a dirt cheap 9500 or higher card. They are 2-3 years old now.
Reply #127 Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:27 PM
Note: My computer now is like a piece of crap, it doesn't even have an AGP slot.
Reply #128 Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:28 AM
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Reply #121 Thursday, October 6, 2005 7:47 PM