Windwalker

Windwalker

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Reply to Window backgrounds - how to change? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

It's a shame that Microsoft put so much stock in their Aero skin but didn't take into account that people might not want to stare at a pure white light all day, or that it is painful for some people (even this site hurts.) Changing overall system brightness isn't viable - I game a lot, and changing it to the point that a pure white surface is comfortable would cause problems there. I'll just have to experiment with skins for a bit. Thanks for all the i

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Window backgrounds - how to change? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I just upgraded to Windows 7. I love it so far, and I love Aero, but I'm having a huge problem: All of the backgrounds for all of the windows (for instance when browsing a drive, or the writing surface in Notepad) are pure, bright white. I am photosensitive and staring at a bright white window is very, very painful. It's like staring at a lightbulb, and I get a headache after working with Windows for even 15 minutes. So, I grabbed Windowblinds 7. For the

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Window Blinds custom color question in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Even though I have several dozen WB skins installed, I find that I use only a couple of them, for one reason: Window backgrounds. I am referring to the area in, say, Outlook in which your Inbox and email text is displayed, or the actual page you type onto in Word. Some skins that are otherwise great make this flourescent chartreuse or dark grey. It looks great, but it makes it really hard to get any work done. Other skins leave it bright, glaring white. That is just too bright. A

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