Windows Blinds.....

[bjc112]

hey all, just started using this... and i really like it.. i donwload the skin Final XP.. and it is sweet...

just thought i would share this since i am kinda bored ...

anyone else using this?

Bryan

 

[thebigbossman]

hows windows xp 2481 ?


2486

usa

iso

DDK
ia64
Support
x86

Beta2

 

[bjc112]

what?

 

[PhaZe]

yea i got it too man
i like it also.
go to http://www.wincustomize.com/index.asp
and searc by author
treetog....hes a brazilian artist..im using Makinarama designed by him...its nice
or, just click windows blinds skins
then sort by downloads, most of his skins are in the top 10
=]

 

[Kinesis]

Sorry to intrude, but don't you folks find that Windblinds makes Windows crawl at times. More so than usual? I liked the look and feel of winblinds, but I found it had too many quirks causeing skewed visuals on screen and color distortions.

Just curious?

 

[PhaZe]

yea, i barely installed it yesterday...ive seen some color mishaps in icq and aim already
=(

 

[bjc112]

i know, that's the part that SUCKS... i think i am going to remove it. ...

thanks guys,

Bryan

 

[bjc112]

WOW, it reallly did put a "slow down" on it... computer is back up to instant, speed !

i did like it though ...

Bryan

 

[Kinesis]

Ya I loved it too. Lead to wonder why it was not part of the customization of Windows. I mean, you can do some coloring, and font changing, but not to huge degree of change to the GUI unless you use something like Winblinds. Microsoft should have thought of that with the Win 98, 98SE and ME versions of their popular OS.

 

[kormaster]

Where are u getting the beta version??? I wanna try win XP... just for fun?? any advantage?? lots of bugs??

 

[thebigbossman]

Linky

 

[Kinesis]

No known buggs too me anyway. No real advantage, except visual appeal.

 

[bjc112]

anyone know any other programs that can change GUI loooks???

and not Desktop X either... that thing sucks and its hard to use!

 

[kelesh3]

HOVERDESK
Windowblinds works fine for me. I use it on win2k and it runs smoothly. I use the litestep 2 litescape theme. Check out hoverdesk for a change in gui.

 

[SendTrash]

I had binds running for a while with the osx theme.. seemed nice.. but kinda made my system unstable.. but its a good program

it even mimicied mac's feature of rolling windows.. where you click on the button in the upper right of a window and it rolls up into the title bar

 

[MrCodeDude]

You don't like Destop X? You suck!! Sorry, I'm just a Desktop X fanatic. It sucks if you change your resolution though Oh well, I gotta change it back to the bigger 1150x600 or something.. I'll take a screen shot.
-- mrcodedude

 

[kelesh3]

DesktopX has major problems. It takes up a whole lot of resources.. RAM and CPU. It also uses directX and has issues with active desktop. Plus it costs money. And stardock is a bad company in my experience.

 

[kelesh3]

post your screenshot... here's mine.. LINK
the blue buttons on the top bar are pull down menus with links to the appropriate apps and such.
the box to the right is a command line box, then I put my taskbar and my systray followed by a clock.. everything is completely customizable. Too bad I couldn't show the right click menu, because it is blue and stylish, also customizable.. i put links to IE, c drive, d drive, Display Properties, uptime, time, and date on the desktop right click menu.