The WindowBlinds 7 skins start arriving

By Frogboy Posted November 2, 2009 12:42:58

I’m still running Windows Vista on my laptop. I’ll post more screenshots from other versions of Windows soon on this but here’s a sneak preview of Sublime, a new skin that is part of the WindowBlinds 7 beta.

To get WindowBlinds 7 early, get Object Desktop at www.objectdesktop.com .

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TREETOG [e digicons]ur:[/e] [e digicons]:w00t:[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Has to be [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

[e digicons]:w00t:[/e] Sublime [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

Short of the start panel places text being too dark, Sublime is a wonderful addition. Kudos to the Author and SD.

I tried it and saw Renato's style right away. Great skin!

Wizard1956 tells me he is having systray problems with this skin on Vista. I had him delete his and I packaged mine and sent it to him, still has problems. I have none! I think this is one of the coolest skins, and highest quality I have seen in a while! Thanks!!

I can't wait to try it - It's in my highest to do list! [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

I knew right then and there it was from treetog the moment I saw the screen[e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

I guess SD made it available early this morning [e digicons]ur:[/e]

Allow me to elaborate. The area behind the systray icons goes transparent from the clock to just beyond the show hidden icons arrow.The rest of the taskbar is normal. After I deleted and reinstalled the blind it displayed properly until I made changes to it in WB config. by adjusting transparency and reloading the skin,then the problem reappeared. I restarted explorer and it returned to normal.

This is the only skin I have ever seen behave like this so I have no idea why this is happening. I'm not using it now but if needed,I can test further.

On a side note,shouldn't the show hidden icons arrow point left or right and not up or down? (at least on Vista)

Vista Ultimate 32bit-nVidia 8800GT with latest drivers.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 228 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(IBM 2237 C71 ) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Wblind.dll     2009/10/29 12:32:20
Wbsrv.dll     2009/10/22 06:40:16
SevenConfig.exe     2009/10/26 09:41:17
Wbload.exe     2009/10/22 06:40:12
Wbhelp.dll     2009/03/24 15:04:07
Tray.dll          2009/10/21 08:13:19
Wbload.dll          2009/09/25 07:41:28
Screen.exe     2009/10/22 06:40:01

Btw, I think the WB is fantastic and the issue is a small one that I can live with.[e digicons][/e]

I guess SD made it available early this morning

No, I've had it for several days. Since the last wB update.

I need to check what I have more often [e digicons]:cylon:[/e]

Santa Claus din't leave a sign [e digicons]>[/e] . Came and gone while I was [e digicons]:zzz:[/e]

I just applied the skin and it's baa-ack.[e digicons]:S[/e] Here is a screenshot,and again an explorer restart fixes it.

I have problems with some program menu skinning when using this skin:

I have some problems with some program menu skinning when using this skin:

I noticed that as well while using the right click menu in IE8 .The text is very hard to read until moused over.

looks like someone forgot to match the menu background and text color in the colors section to me

orgot to match the menu background and text color in the colors section to me

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I just applied the skin and it's baa-ack. Here is a screenshot,and again an explorer restart fixes it.

Happens to me too with this skin, some others and also in my VXP skin on 7, perhaps to do with using a TGA for the tray image I think.

This is all for XP.

The text for the righthand startmenu is to dark.

The tray arrow is wrong. It's showing up and down.

ALL, and I do mean all, the menus are showing black backgrounds. (Start menu, favorites, taskbar and desktop menu).

ALL of the shell style images aren't done.

The logoff and shutdown dialog buttons are skinned but not applied.

The non-perpixel close and min buttons are showing pink. This is from using antialiasing over magic pink.

I like this skin, but it just looks bad, when you see this.

The non XP substyles actually have loggoff screen buttons showing.. the XP substyle, they dont work, and yes, in XP the menus \ text are solid black, I was unaware of this having only looked at it in 7. weird that its not that way on 7, It can;t have been tested on XP by anyone, I think someone would have noticed. Pity as its a great design. [e classic][/e]

The tray arrow is wrong. It's showing up and down.

Agreed..... that is only right for Win7 where the tray doesn't expand

The logoff and shutdown dialog buttons are skinned but not applied.

How odd. Yeah the images or in the skin folder, just not applied :S

Nor is the non perpixel (bmp) panel applied even though it's in the folder

Funny, I've seen no problems with this skin....hhmmmmm...

Its XP only Jim.

I have the same problem as Wizard with systray. Start menu fonts were a bit dark for my taste but thats an easy fix.

All & all, it's a great skin on Win 7. Thanks Stardock [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

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nice on win 7

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL OVER HERE [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

Yes, I had to touch the text on start menu [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Jafo didn't notice this in the new WB update...

Have now, though.

Gonna be my default WB for quite a while, I think.

Pushes Avenger off the desk, sorry, Mike...

as download the windowblinds
that already have
6 but will not let me install nose and help him

Who made this? I've never seen a skin, more incomplete and messed up, coming from Stardock.

You chose to install a beta, and this is exactly the thing you may run into when doing so. So instead of complaining about it like a baby who got his candy stolen, just report the issue and wait for it to get fixed.

You chose to install a beta, and this is exactly the thing you may run into when doing so.

I totally disagree. WB7 is beta. Not the skins included. These included skins are supposed to represent the best Windowblinds has to offer.

I'm not going to comment more on the skin in question because I'm sure the issues have been passed on to Startdock Design.

So instead of complaining about it like a baby who got his candy stolen, just report the issue and wait for it to get fixed

No one's being a baby here. [e digicons]:typo:[/e]