WindowBlinds 5 Beta 1B released
Lots of fixes and tuning
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
WindowBlinds 5 Beta 1B was released today. It is a major update and improvement over yesterday's beta and should clear up most of the issues for those users who ran into problems. But it's more than just a bug fix, additional performance improvements have been put in as well.
Users of WindowBlinds 5 have also reported that it is significantly faster than WindowBlinds 4.6 (which in itself was already very fast). That's because WindowBlinds 5's engine has been further optimized for drawing and resizing and taking advantage of the latest video cards.
A few notes about WindowBlinds 5 Beta 1b (4.90b):
- We don't recommend using it with WindowFX yet. We have a new WindowFX about to go up that has been optimized to work with WindowBlinds 5.
- Skin changing should be faster.
- Right-Click on title bar override to make it roll up the window has been added for Alpha-Blended title bars.
- RunDLL32 issue resolved.
- WinZip issue resolved.
- Min/Max settings respect settings.
- WB Config now has support for helping those with ATI 9000 that have corrupted mouse buttons.
- Corruption with Kol's WinVista skin has been resolved.
- Taskbar corruption (graphical) issues should be fixed.
- LogonStudio compatibility issue resolved.
All in all, a busy day for the WindowBlinds team. You need to have Object Desktop (www.objectdesktop.com) in order to get access to the beta.
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BoddhiC
Reply #142 Monday, October 10, 2005 9:35 AM
Reply #142 Monday, October 10, 2005 9:35 AM
Just to mention it so you know. I was able to get WB5 (after the first beta) to install on XP using the copy activate.exe method. However, the same method fails to allow me to installit on Vista beta build 5219 (still get the error 5). Odd 
Robbie_Boy
Reply #143 Monday, October 10, 2005 9:59 AM
Reply #143 Monday, October 10, 2005 9:59 AM
ok guys i found out why i was having some problems with WB v5 (installing skins badly inc taskbar tabbes gosts ECT) when i uninstalled window fx 1.20(
i dident unload it first so it was still runing in the background somehow. so i unloaded WB v5 reinstalled window fx unloaded it proply and turned it off then restarted WB v5 
sorted
Now its running faster and better than WB4.6 (with on problems what so ever
hope this might help someone
i dident unload it first so it was still runing in the background somehow. so i unloaded WB v5 reinstalled window fx unloaded it proply and turned it off then restarted WB v5 
sorted Now its running faster and better than WB4.6 (with on problems what so ever
hope this might help someone
Neil Banfield
Reply #144 Monday, October 10, 2005 11:46 AM
Reply #144 Monday, October 10, 2005 11:46 AM
BoddhiC: The current version of the beta will not run on Windows Vista.
BoddhiC
Reply #145 Monday, October 10, 2005 11:50 AM
Reply #145 Monday, October 10, 2005 11:50 AM
Thanks Neil - If that was in the notes I must have missed it.
djefi§
Reply #146 Monday, October 10, 2005 12:29 PM
Reply #146 Monday, October 10, 2005 12:29 PM
Apparently WB5 beta works well, big progress as regards the first version.
They stay, nevertheless, some important problems.
1_ The window of the loading of the program of Symantec (Parenteral Control) it doesn't go away and it stays fixed to the center of the screen.
2_ Her descriptions of the programs on the bar of the start are in second floor.
3_ With the function: you automatically hide the bar of the start the same bar it hides it with a vibration.
Presto per utilizzare WB 5b in queste condizioni!
I am waiting for a most stable version.
Windows XP H.E., Ati Radeon X600 HT, 3,6 CPUs, Sony Vaio RA 204.
Maurice.
They stay, nevertheless, some important problems.
1_ The window of the loading of the program of Symantec (Parenteral Control) it doesn't go away and it stays fixed to the center of the screen.
2_ Her descriptions of the programs on the bar of the start are in second floor.
3_ With the function: you automatically hide the bar of the start the same bar it hides it with a vibration.
Presto per utilizzare WB 5b in queste condizioni!
I am waiting for a most stable version.
Windows XP H.E., Ati Radeon X600 HT, 3,6 CPUs, Sony Vaio RA 204.
Maurice.
Gallus
Reply #147 Monday, October 10, 2005 7:34 PM
Reply #147 Monday, October 10, 2005 7:34 PM
Two issues with WindowBlinds and Maxthon (MyIE2):
1) after loading a web page a white line appears (it disappears after scrolling the page) sometimes which is really annoying.The screenshot is from http://fileforum.betanews.com/:
2) as you probably know, Maxthon has tabs. When a new tab is opened (like the ones that shows a screenshot) and you try to maximize it the content of the tab is not drawn or refreshed correctly. You can test this issue at http://www.majorgeeks.com/ (just select an application and press Screenthos link: a new tab will be opened but not maximized; maximize it and see the content).
Both issues don't occur if WB is not installed (same system). It's a WB issue. I've tested several times... The tab issue happens with WB4 too.
I hope you can fix it!
1) after loading a web page a white line appears (it disappears after scrolling the page) sometimes which is really annoying.The screenshot is from http://fileforum.betanews.com/:
2) as you probably know, Maxthon has tabs. When a new tab is opened (like the ones that shows a screenshot) and you try to maximize it the content of the tab is not drawn or refreshed correctly. You can test this issue at http://www.majorgeeks.com/ (just select an application and press Screenthos link: a new tab will be opened but not maximized; maximize it and see the content).
Both issues don't occur if WB is not installed (same system). It's a WB issue. I've tested several times... The tab issue happens with WB4 too.
I hope you can fix it!
Tarkus
Reply #148 Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:00 AM
I can, sort of.
The problem with tabs not opening maximized in Maxthon is not new in WB5, though it seems more consistent now.
The white line thing is indeed new.
In both cases, a UIS1 skin will take care of it.
Reply #148 Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:00 AM
| I hope you can fix it! |
I can, sort of.
The problem with tabs not opening maximized in Maxthon is not new in WB5, though it seems more consistent now.
The white line thing is indeed new.
In both cases, a UIS1 skin will take care of it.
theleader
Reply #149 Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:33 AM
Reply #149 Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:33 AM
Well, it´s more then a week since an updated beta appeared. What´s the status? WB 5 installs correctly on my pc, but i can´t apply one single skin. I see i´m not the only one. I understand that fixing bugs takes time....but...perhaps a little more information what the status is? 
Hydromanekin
Reply #151 Friday, October 14, 2005 3:23 AM
Reply #151 Friday, October 14, 2005 3:23 AM
can somebody send me this program to my e-mail?
Hamish Niven
Reply #152 Friday, October 14, 2005 6:52 AM
Reply #152 Friday, October 14, 2005 6:52 AM
I'm having problems activating Windowblinds fomr the SDC, it says error 5.... any help?
Thanks Hamish
Thanks Hamish
mknarr
Reply #153 Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:32 AM
Reply #153 Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:32 AM
when ever i change skins i can never get all of the things to work like the start menu dosnt work or the icons dont change im an using WB4.5 can ne one please help
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Reply #141 Monday, October 10, 2005 8:47 AM
same, same and same and also français