WindowBlinds 3.4 is a program that lets you completely customize the Windows GUI. The title bars, the borders, the buttons, the Start bar, scrollbars, radio buttons, etc.
WindowBlinds makes Windows 98, ME, and 2000 into fully skinnable operating systems. On Windows XP, it extends the native visual style engine to have new features and support thousands of WindowBlinds visual sytles on the net.
Version 3.4 is a significant update to WindowBlinds that includes the following new features:
1) The ability to inverse the colors of a window
2) SmartColoring(TM). Can now intelligently color visual styles that weren't designed to be colored. (enabled in the "advanced" dialog in the appearance tab).
3) Installable fonts - skins can include fonts now and WindowBlinds will install them for you.
4) GUI controls can now paint different different versions of that control depending on the size
5) Taskbar pop-up group menu skinned (Windows XP)
6) Mouse over states on radio buttons & checkboxes
7) Taskbar button has a flashing button state
8) Spin controls are now skinned
9) Start menu selected item can have its own background (rather than a solid color)
10) Display properties now skinned by default
11) Users can opt to skin only the title bars on non-theme aware applications
12) Microsoft Instant Messenger now skinned
13) Tree-view +/- buttons skinned
14) Windows Media Player now skinned (Windows XP)
15) Fixed compatibility problem with nVidia nView that caused WindowBlinds on certain Geforce cards to be very slow.
WindowBlinds 3.4 is part of Stardock's Object Desktop suite ($49.95). Users can also purchase it as a stand alone product for $19.95
Plus numerous other tweaks.
Screenshots:
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wbcolor2.jpg
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb3/wb-perapp.jpg
https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb-smartcoloring.jpg
Free Download at:
http://www.windowblinds.net
