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Reply to Poll Results: Non-Windows OSes in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

First, I'll admit the question was poorly worded, but folks still seemed to get the general idea. Secondly, I get the feeling people are reading far too much into this last poll question. Similar to the comment on the original thread criticizing the poll for having an obvious Windows bias. This is a Windows site, and the polls aren't deep and accurate. They're 1 question posted for a week. These polls aren't scientific. They're also not trying to paint

Poll Results: Non-Windows OSes in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

While I know just about everyone who visits this web site primarily uses Windows for one reason or another, I was wondering if folks had any alternative OS preferences. Just to see what else the community might be running on their PCs. The results weren't all that surprising (to me at least). The single largest block of votes was for Windows-Only, with Linux coming in a very close second. A few of you use MacOS, and an almost non-existent group are still on ol

Zoomba's Weekend Picks in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Wow the weekend flew by fast! Feels like I spent most of it doing spring cleaning and running errands though. Can I have another day off please? Well, despite hoping earnestly for another day on the weekend, it's Monday and here we all are, at work or school (or skipping). Over the weekend, while we were all out cleaning/playing/not working many folks were still here uploading their skinning masterpieces. Here are some of my favorites from the weekend: <DIV

Reply to will there be a Mac Version of this game in Console Games JoeUser Forums

What game?

Reply to Respecting Your Fellow JUs in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I replied on the initially reported thread. I'll just jump in here with a few quick comments. The petition is not against site terms of use. So long as you're just saying you're going to completely ignore an annoying user it's fine. It will cross the line if it goes to the point where you're actively bullying an annoying user. In the past this has included (but is not limited to) things like: Writing rather nasty articles about other use

Reply to Would Everyone Prefer I Just Left JU? in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

Good Morning Everyone. Ok, I've received the reports, I've gotten emails, and I've seen the blog posts. So here we go... Genuine articles, no matter how often they are posted are NOT spam. This is a blogging site. We invite people here to blog. If they're writing actual blog articles, not spam, and not one-liners or something else ridiculously short, they're perfectly within the site Terms of Use. Authors are allowed t

Reply to Some thoughts on Hyperdesk in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

Vista now makes up roughly 25% of our traffic.

Reply to Question in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Richard, thanks for popping back on the thread. Since the issue has been resolved (as much as it can be) I'm going to close this thread down to keep it from being revived later.

Random Thoughts on Creating a Podcast in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Last night we recorded the third episode of the WinCustomize SkinCast. From what Spencer is telling me as he edits this one, it's the best so far and I think we're finally starting to get a hang for recording these. Technical issues aside, it took about 45min of recording to get the 20min of quality content. Most of the 20min cut out is just us laughing anyway. So with three episodes in the can, here are some random thoughts on creating a podcast for a community site

Reply to WinCustomize SkinCast - Episode 2 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Just one small note, I noticed in the last show and to a lesser extent in this one, Zoomba, you start over sentences when you stutter. You should just keep going; it keeps it more natural and fluid.[/quote] That is my stutter, I get a few words in and go back to the beginning, not just a single word. It's actually a LOT better than it used to be. I'd stutter like that every other sentence when I was little.

The Week in Skinning in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Today is Island Dog day. After putting together his monthly Dream montage he went though the gallery in search of the greatest skins posted over the last seven or so days. As always, he digs up some really cool stuff that you might not have noticed otherwise. <IMG alt="The image “http://skins2.wincustomize.com/RobJK/wb/t6472.jpg” cannot be displayed, becaus

Island Dog's Month in Dreams: April 2008 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

With April now over, Island Dog pulled together some of the best dreams of the month and cut them up into a video montage for your viewing pleasure. There's a great selection this month to check out so hit the link below to watch the video. My favorite is probably Sunny Beach by Alex Morgan.

Reply to Question in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Folks, lets not pile-on Richard over this.

Reply to Question in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Richard. I'm sorry you've decided to pull your skins (and a bit confused). Please check your email, you have a note from me.

Reply to Question in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I actually looked at the ratings record for both items Richard. Here's what happened: You have a 5/5 score when you updated. After you updated, additional ratings were made that weren't 5/5, this lowered the averaged score to 4/5. This could have happened even if you didn't update as they're user ratings records. These additional ratings could have come from anyone at any time, updated or not. The only time moderation provides a rating is the

New Master Skin: Crystalline by SK Originals in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

What happens when you take the skinning talent of one of our Master Skinners and combine it with one of the most active members of the community? Chances are it's a skin of exceptional quality that's built to meet

May Desktop Shots Thread Open in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I can't believe it's already May! 2008 has been flying buy and now we're getting close to the half-way point. So much to do and so little time! To kick May off, Snowman has picked up the torch and started this months Desktop Screenshots thread. So far there are only 5 shots posted, but it's only a few hours into the month so I guess I can forgive it. Head on over now and post you

Reply to Stardocks TBS fantasy game in Stardock Games WinCustomize Forums

1) There are no details available yet as the game hasn't been formally announced. 2) All previous Stardock beta tests required that you pre-order the game to qualify for beta. I'll bet we'll do the same thing for the fantasy game. 3) Not sure on Dev diaries.

Reply to Stardock Forum Update - 4/29/08 in Internet WinCustomize Forums

While there are ideas floating around, there are no details on them yet. If we do take the karma points and do something with them, you can bet there will be controls put in place. Think of this as Phase 1. Phase 2 could have a way of averaging out points to prevent abuses. Example that was kicked around in a discussion in the office the other day : Points awarded over the last 30 days divided by some number based on number of posts made. Thi

Reply to Stardock Forum Update - 4/29/08 in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Oh and for people concerned over abuse of the system... Since Karma points do not provide any real advantage aside from maybe bragging rights, who cares if someone rates a friend up every 10min for days on end? At a maximum, this means someone could get 720 points in a 24hr period. That would assume a master-level user sat down and every 10 minutes gave the maximum +5 rating they could give (I can give a +9 for example as a top-level admin) But chances are, people who wo

Reply to Stardock Forum Update - 4/29/08 in Internet WinCustomize Forums

[quote]This is a terrible idea. The forums are already a mess of people who are afraid to see or hear truth. Encouraging their browbeating of anyone with a differing opinion only reduces the amount of real content and replaces it with more "no child left behind" garbage.[/quote] I think you missed part of my description of the Karma System. There's no rating people down. There is no way to be negative with the system, or to use it to punish anyone. It is purely, 1

Reply to Wacky Skins in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]How do i make this my skin?? I downloaded it already bt dnt knw wat program 2 use??[/quote] Which skin?

The First IconPackages in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The year is 1999, IconPackager brings simple icon switching to Windows and the world erupts in joyous cheers! Well, maybe not. But artists did set to work on creating new custom icon sets to save everyone from the horror of the default windows icons. Here are just a handful of the very first IconPackager sets uploaded to WinCustomize. <

Ask a Master: Zubaz Interviews SK Originals in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Zubaz revives his "Ask a Master" series from last year for a great interview with SK Originals, one of our most talented community skinners and takes the time to answer nearly a dozen questions about skinning, his creative process, why he skins etc. Check out the full interview .

Reply to Invisible members at the Forum? in Community WinCustomize Forums

This cropped up after the last forum update. We're going to look into it.