_Martin_

_Martin_

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Reply to America Attacked Aftermath and news in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

SSL_tin, I think the key is the state of US awareness. Remember, they got their fingers burnt in Vietnam where they got in and couldn't not get out. You guys had the same in Afghanistan and to some degree Chechnya. The distinction between the 2 is that the US had a SPECIFIC target - a nation. The experience of other nations including both Russia, UK, Spain is one of terrorists, which the problem is with a MINORITY of individuals, which cannot be targetted 'en-masse'. There are mill

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Reply to America Attacked Aftermath and news in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

This is an international issue. Current estimates are that 500 Britons died, which is precisely why the UK is publically stating that it will Stand shoulder to shoulder with the US. The UK has almost always sent one of the highest volumes of troops to deal with conflict in Europe, and throughout the world to support international campaigns. There is no doubt the UK will do this again, but I sincerely hope that if force is used, then other countries will also pull their weight. Othe

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Building a DesktopX theme in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

A new section has been added to the DesktopX tutorial. 'Building Blocks' is a guide to building a theme from the beginning. Several sections are already completed, and the rest are coming Visit it here: https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/tutorial/build/build.htm

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New location for DesktopX Tutorial in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Due to problems with old location, Stardock are now kindly hosting my DesktopX tutorial site. You can find it here https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/tutorial/ Thanks to Kris for sorting it out (several times) _Martin_

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DX Tutorial Website in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Apologies all but there seem to be redirection problems. The tutorial site is therefore currently unavailable at the mis-online address but can temporarily be found here www.martinconroy.freeserve.co.uk

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Reply to DX tutorial in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Aaargh. DOn't know what's gone wrong with redirection. Need to resolve. In the meantime can be found at: www.martinconroy.freeserve.co.uk Sorry for the inconvenience! _Martin_

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Reply to Talisman v2.0 Beta 4 in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

This looks quite nice. I've looked at Talisman a few time. I would be interested in some comments about what features of Talisman are better than DesktopX (if there are any). I personally like the custom icons for the Talisman menu. The same could be done for DX.

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Reply to Help a Fellow Skinner.... in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Following the thread it looks like there will be a peaceful resolution to this, so hold of on giving grief to this individual in the hope they keep their promise, lest we make the situation worse.

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Reply to DesktopX goes 1.0 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

2 things: 1) Congratulations to Alberto, Brad, Kris and all at Stardock. I know the amount of hard work you've put into this. 2) Shame this theme isn't in the ODNT download. Assume I need to get the 10MB download from Downloads.com

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