A new WindowBlinds beta has been released bring several new features and compatibility fixes. WindowBlinds is an application that lets you change the entire user interface to one of thousands available. Downloaded more than 16 million times on Download.com alone, WindowBlinds is the safe and easy way to change your Windows desktop experience.
WindowBlinds 7.19 update:
A beta of SkinStudio was also released to support the latest updates for WindowBlinds.
Beta downloads can be found in the Impulse client, and you can find more information about WindowBlinds, including a free trial download at www.windowblinds.net.
64-bit, showing as 64-bit process.
any word on my issue, Neil?
For some reason, the user icon frame/user icon background isn't skinning with this latest update. It's applying in the older skins that have them, but it's not showing up in SkinStudio as skinned, and the images I'm applying to a new skin I'm creating aren't showing up when I apply them.
It did, you're awesome!
I'm getting weird scaling issues on my IE9 toolbar buttons. The suggested 100x45 size makes them tiny, and after messing around with canvas sizes to get them the correct size, they look like crap (ignore the blue, haven't done masks yet):
Top is what they should look like. As you can see, they're the same size, but the IE version is showing scaling artifacts.
What are the new sections in SkinStudio?
Reply #47
Since the last update I'm getting black backgrounds in Explorer. It is happening with all skins.
And this
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.1Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.1
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.19 (build 290 x86 - Vista Edition)
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC(HP w2408 Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to Radeon X1700 SE
Wblind.dll 2010/09/23 15:59:20Wbsrv.dll 2010/08/09 14:03:05SevenConfig.exe 2010/09/23 15:59:27Wbload.exe 2010/09/07 17:02:35Wbhelp.dll 2010/09/07 17:02:34Tray.dll 2009/10/21 10:13:19Wbload.dll 2010/04/27 11:10:25Screen.exe 2010/05/26 11:18:43
By the last update do you mean this did not happen with the previous 7.19 beta?
Correct. The 7.19 I did not have this problem. I am getting this with the 7.19a update.
I went through all the skins again to see if they were doing the same thing. I got to the Diamond skin and it seemed like it was having a hard time loading it. The screen flickered and WB was not responding. Then it applied the skin. Now they all are working fine. But the 2 Naked skins still have the black in them. As you can see I lost transparency in the backgrond.
I found out what was causing it. If I use "Active Window Opacity" I get the black. Using transparency on any part of the skin doesn't do it (ie startmenu, taskbar, pop up menus).
ALMonty: This issue should be resolved in the next beta.
2of3: We are still looking into your issue.
Thank you, Neil. Changing the blend mode of the font seems to make a difference, but it shouldn't be necessary and it causes all kinds of problems with text margins.
Thanks Neil!!!
Well I have reverted to WB 7.1 until Neil sorts out my issue.....no biggie
Same here.
Strange, I still get the same issues (blurry text) when using WB 7.1 with Babylon Theta skin. Affected programs i. e.: context menu of USB-Safely Remove and menu of Softmaker Office. Sometimes the context menu of foobar has strange zig-zag lines like this (does not happen with all skins):
Any advise on these issues? Thanks...!
Edit: typo
Those strange zig zags show up from time to time. I have seen it happen now and then even way back on WB5. A reboot seems to clear it up
-shrugs-
Thankyou!!! I've been waiting for glass support since Vista, i think i'll start working on some skins again.
One other thing I'd really fancy is to be able to use bitmap masks for the blur area in the start menu etc... cause when I try to put nice big shadows on my skins they get blurred to.
Applying any texture causes any magic pink in the systray bitmap overlying the taskbar image to display as black. Select 'None' & reload the skin & the image displays correctly.
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.19 (build 94 x86)WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PCYour machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO Wblind.dll 2010/11/10 16:21:20Wbsrv.dll 2010/04/01 14:40:56SevenConfig.exe 2010/11/10 16:21:27Wbload.exe 2010/09/07 16:02:35Wbhelp.dll 2010/09/07 16:02:34Wbui.dll 2010/04/01 14:40:05Tray.dll 2010/04/01 14:40:19Screen.exe 2010/06/07 12:10:43
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
Sign in or Create Account
