GreenReaper

GreenReaper

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Reply to per brad: msstyle v uis skin format in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

There are indeed many features to be added. The reason they're not in yet is because there simply aren't enough programmer-hours to put them in and to improve performance at the same time. Also, remember that WFX has also been soaking up coder workload. So what has happened is that performance has been the focus for 3.1 and (especially) 3.2 - and this has been noticed and recieved positive comment in many places (eg Neowin forums). Now that 3.2 is nearing release and there's a solid perform

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Reply to Peer Rating? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Peer rating is how good people think your work is. IIRC, they can only be given by people who are "special" in some way - usually because they're recognised skinners themselves. They're not always entirely accurate, but generally if your skin has 8 or more it's a good sign, whereas if it's 3 or less, it's bad (particularly since users don't see low-rated skins). If it's 1 you probably ripped your submission from someone else.

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Reply to Windows XP - A guided tour in GUI Championships News WinCustomize Forums

9x - crashes twice as fast as XP, and infinitely more often! Yes, *maybe* if you have say 64Mb of RAM it's a good idea to stick, or if you have expensive incompatible hardware. Other than that, no, I really couldn't recommend it. XP is simply miles ahead of 9x on stability grounds alone. And all the customization apps work a lot better without having to scrabble for GUI resources.

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Reply to Problems with skinning applications in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Probably the latest version of WindowBlinds. 3.15 and up appear to have a problem with MaxBorderCut on some skins. I think the coders are aware of the problem. A temporary fix *might* be to add SizeLimit=1 to your wb.ini in the Windows directory (I really have no idea if this will work or not, since I'm not getting this particular problem).

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Reply to Is there actually a way?.. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Not when it's got bugs in. For MS to make .msstyles a supported format would have meant delaying the release of XP, because there simply were too many problems with it. Remember WB took a lot of time to get to version 3, and even now it has problems with some programs. MS has a lot more programmers, but some things just don't scale well, and compatability is their highest priority.

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Reply to what program do i need to use the winstyles? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

No, winstyles is a program - basically it's a way of packaging up links to a lot of skins so people can easily download, say, a BeOS style. Look at https://www.stardock.com/products/winstyles/download.html (or get it of OD, if you have an ODNT subscription). You also need to have the programs that the winstyles use, like WindowBlinds or ObjectBar.

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Reply to AOL Shuts Down Trillian Users in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

If there are ads, it's not free. It's ad-supported. There's a difference, and that is that they are getting some return from their investment. If Trillian takes over, they're faced with having to provide servers for no reason. That's just stupid. They *are* within their rights, no matter how you look at it. I agree it's annoying, though.

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Reply to Windows blinds or desktopX in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

They're different. WindowBlinds skins windows, DesktopX skins your desktop. The effect each of them has depends on what skins/themes you load, although I'd say DesktopX can probably use more memory than WB.

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