If you subscribe to WinCustomize for a year, you get access to the beta of the Skin browser immediately. Though the first beta only works on XP/2K (we expect to resolve that in a few days), it's already pretty darn cool.

Here are some screenshots:
https://www.stardock.com/products/skinbrowser/sb-2.jpg

https://www.stardock.com/products/skinbrowser/sb-3.jpg

https://www.stardock.com/products/skinbrowser/sb-4.jpg

I honestly think that after having used the skin browser that it really changes the way you use customization software.

Here's why:

1) It knows how to apply the skins directly. You can literally look at a WinAmp skin or a DesktopX object or a wallpaper and click "Apply" as if it was on yoru hard drive and the browser will literally download and apply it for you (putting the file in the proper directory for you too - even if the file is inside a zip file!)

2) It treats comments like looking at Outlook Express or something. This may greatly increase the amount of comments people see on skins.

3) It is incredibly fast. It's downright freaky.

4) If you don't have the program it needs, it'll download it for you or at least take you to the page (this is not yet fully implemented - works for OUR apps ).

If you want to get it, here's where to go:
https://store.stardock.com/addproduct.asp?PRODUCT_ID=ESD-SDS-W052