3.90a
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-Reboot after installing this build.
-Did you reboot yet?
-Bunch o' fixes and fun
-turned on the fix for compressed apps (oops).
-CrazyBrowser should be happy.
-agent should be happy
-start menu transparency issues (pj) worked on
-trillian should be happy
-indesign should be happy
-psp + wb + wfx should be happy
-speedcommander should be happy
-cannot reproduce issues with copernic (anyone
having trouble?)
-cmd.exe properties menu should work now
-skin tweaks to colony and beacon
-If you experienced a BSOD with 3.90 (which appears
to be tied to some RADEON drivers and something
else), please make sure you've set your system
to create a minidump. System control panel, advanced,
startup and recovery, 'Write Debugging Information',
set to 'Small memory dump'), repro the issue, and
email ian@stardock.com the dump file(saved in Windows\Minidump).
1/27/03 20:56 32,768 Wbsys.dll
1/27/03 21:01 443,392 wblind.dll
3.9
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-First external alpha release of WindowBlinds 4. The
initial few builds will be XP-only to help us narrow
the scope of problem reports as the development cycle
proceeds.
-Expect a WB 3.51 beta in the next week as well with
additional fixes and performance improvements for
all supported platforms. This will include things like
fixes for WMP9 as well as the compressed app fix
(on 2000/XP) that's part of WB4. We have not yet
decided on the cut-off date for free upgrades
to WB4. That decision will be made as we get
closer to 4.0. Current OD subscriptions when
the official 4.0 is released are covered as usual.
-Lots of internal optimizations to individual
controls as well as increased enhancements of
the XP visual style engine. You should find
this alpha noticeably faster than WB 3.x. In
many cases, it should also seem faster/smoother
than the XP Luna style due to the new SmartPaint
features in WB.
-Console window skinning (though not scrollbars
at present, maybe in the future - XP and 2000 only).
This feature is off by default and needs to be
activated from the Advanced button under Appearance.
-Shellstyles support for Explorer folders on
Windows XP (see the included Beacon, Blackcomb, and
Colony skins or the Cartoon skin from the Toon-XP
premium suite). With the latest SkinStudio beta on
ODNT, skin authors have more options than ever before
to skin the task pane, the logoff dialogs, and more!
-Additional global font overrides for size and font.
-Option to only skin controls in themeaware apps
(essentially functioning like Luna).
Known issues
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-skindrag tool for per app skin selection no longer functions
-console windows can occasionally get ticked after
an unload and refuse to work until you reboot. This
is being looked into.
-No exclusion list is included with this build. If
you wind up having to add something back in, please
let us know what/why.
-the font dropdown in Appearance is not tied to
the new font options under Advanced.
1/22/03 19:24 474,624 wbload.exe
1/23/03 20:58 118,784 wbui.dll
1/23/03 21:20 442,880 wblind.dll
What does all this mean? This was in history. Probably tooo much information!!!
