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Suites - which apps to support

July 18, 2003 9:56:27 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

For a suite to be useful, it needs to support the applications people use.

But this also has to be carefully balanced -- every application that is skinned adds time and effort to the project. So what do you think would be the list of core apps that need to be skinned for something to be complete for the mainstream user?

Here's what I would pick:

 IconPackager for the icons

 CursorXP for the cursors.

 WindowBlinds for the GUI

 DesktopX for the desktop

 ObjectBar for the bars and menus

Windows Media Player for the MP3 player (or Winamp)

Maybe Trillian but probably not (I use MSN now).

 And WinStyles to put it all together.

What apps do you think really need to be skinned for a complete suite?

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Reply #1 July 18, 2003 9:59:39 AM
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To me, the essentials would be these:
- Windowblinds
- Iconpackager
- Logon
- Wallpaper
- Trillian

I don't really use anything else.

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Reply #2 July 18, 2003 10:41:32 AM
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Personally, I'd just be happy with WindowBlinds and a matching wallpaper.

I very rarely feel the need to have matching icons, as I prefer them to be easy to identify more than anything, so a whole set of icons in the same colours don't really work for me.

I'd perhaps also add ObjectBar for the non-XP folk, and maybe some cursors if there's time.
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Reply #3 July 18, 2003 10:48:25 AM
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Winamp is a must for me. And sysmetrix...



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Reply #4 July 18, 2003 11:38:57 AM
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WindowBlinds & IconPackager here. (A logon would be nice, but I can live without it.)


I had high-hopes for DesktopX when I subscribed to OD, however I've found that nearly every DesktopX configuration I've tried hinders my work adds very little value. (I'm still hoping to find it useful, but as of now I'm not using it.)




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Reply #5 July 18, 2003 11:43:12 AM
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For a good suite I would be happy with Windowsblinds,CursorXP,Iconpackager,wallpapers and winamp or Window Media Player.
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Reply #6 July 18, 2003 11:43:57 AM
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So what do you think would be the list of core apps that need to be skinned for something to be complete for the mainstream user?

Only a "Mainstream User" can answer this........... which I am not.....  





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Reply #7 July 18, 2003 12:01:51 PM
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Brad.......i would go along with your choice plus sysmetrix and rainlendar
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Reply #8 July 18, 2003 12:08:19 PM
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To me a complete suite includes:

LogonStudio
Windowblinds
IconPackager
CursorXP
Wallpaper



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Reply #9 July 18, 2003 12:13:34 PM
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WindowBlinds
Logon
Iconpackager
CursorXP
Winamp or WMP
SysMetrix
Yahoo messenger.
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Reply #10 July 18, 2003 12:17:33 PM
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Skins that I feel make up a complete suite, in order of importance:
WindowBlinds
Wallpaper
IconPackager
DesktopX
Windows Media Player
ObjectBar
Cursor XP

A logon would be nice, but honestly, I barely ever see it. Although it is nice to have EVERYTHING match, if it requires a raise of price to make a logon, then I would leave it out.

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Reply #11 July 18, 2003 12:49:05 PM
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For me personally...

WindowBlinds
Icon Packager
CursorXP
WMP or Winamp or MMjukebox
Wallpaper
Sysmetrix
Rainlendar
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Reply #12 July 18, 2003 1:08:40 PM
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WindowBlinds
Icons packager
DesktopX
Windows Media Player
Wallpaper
Icq
Icq
Icq
Icq

Did I mention.. ICQ ?
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Reply #13 July 18, 2003 1:13:08 PM
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Windowblinds
IconPackager
ObjectBar
CursorXP
Windows MediaPlayer
Trillian
Logon
Sysmetrix
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Reply #14 July 18, 2003 1:19:01 PM
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WB, IP, OB, DX2, CXP, Logon
Also winamp and WMP support, since I don't believe you could reach a consensus, and those two cover many users.
I would have added trillian, but I stopped using it with MSN6 (plus hardly need the other IM's now anyway). But Wincustomize doesn't support Trillian anyway atm.



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Reply #15 July 18, 2003 1:25:13 PM
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Here is the total so far
IconPackager 12
CursorXP 9
WindowBlinds 13
DesktopX 6
ObjectBar 6
Windows Media Player 8
Trillian 4
Logon 6
Wallpaper 7
Winamp 3
sysmetrix 5
rainlendar 2
Yahoo 1
MMjukebox 1
Icq 1
WinStyles 2
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Reply #16 July 18, 2003 3:40:24 PM
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WindowBlinds
IconPackager
CursorXP
Wallpaper
DesktopX
SysMetrix
Rainlendar
WinAmp or WMP
Trillian
WinStyles.

I think this rounds it out for the MainStream user in my opinion. I use these applications on a daily basis.



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Reply #17 July 18, 2003 5:08:44 PM
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WindowBlinds
Sysmetrix
Rainlendar
Winstep
Wallpaper
CursorXP
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Reply #18 July 18, 2003 5:10:45 PM
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My personal favourites are:
WB, IconPackager, Winamp, Wall, Sysmetrix, ICQ, OD and Logon.
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Reply #19 July 18, 2003 5:35:13 PM
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I bought PixOS, I only used the WB skin, icons and CursorXP.

For me, if I buy another suite, what I look for most are... (in order of importance)

1) WindowBlinds
2) IconPackager
3) CursorXP
4) Wallpaper (I rarely use the matching walls, but sometimes its nice to have)
5) Logon
6) Media Player skin (WMP, Winamp...whatever)

I never use Sysmetrix or DesktopX or anything like that and I lost my music collection about a year ago and since then, been unmotivated to gain it back so I hardly use media players anymore. Also being an XP-user, I find ObjectBar themes rather useless, unless they are meant to run along side XP.
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Reply #20 July 18, 2003 6:09:31 PM
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I get by with...

LiteSTEP [with wall]

Windowblinds

Sysmetrix [a beta...this proggy just gets better]

WinAMP

ICQ

The Logon isn't critical....you only see it rarely, though it 'does' make things more 'complete'...

And I made some custom cursors ages ago....but again not critical....

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Reply #21 July 18, 2003 6:16:26 PM
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Here is the result until now

IconPackager 15
CursorXP 13
WindowBlinds 18
DesktopX 7
ObjectBar 6
Windows Media Player 10
Trillian 5
Logon 9
Wallpaper 12
Winamp 6
sysmetrix 9
rainlendar 4
Yahoo 1
MMjukebox 1
Icq 3
Winstep 1
ObjectDock 1
WinStyles 3
LiteStep 1

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Reply #22 July 18, 2003 6:53:42 PM
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Me, personally, hmmmm...

Necessary:
Windowblinds
Cursor XP
Icons
Wall
Logon


Very good to have:
Trillian
Windows Media Player
Sysmetrix
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Reply #23 July 18, 2003 8:16:57 PM
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In order of my preference:

Windowblinds
IconPackager
Cursor XP
Wall
Logon
Winamp
WMP
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Reply #24 July 18, 2003 9:59:21 PM
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WindowBlinds (Important)
IconPackager (Important)
CursorXP (Important)
Wallpaper (Important)
DesktopX (I can do it myself, but if it comes with the suite, Welcome aboard)
SysMetrix (Important)
Rainlendar (Important)
WinAmp or WMP(Important)
Trillian (Important!!!!!!!!!> )
WinStyles. (I can do it myself)
ObjectDock (I think you can use some WindowBlinds graphics to do the background. And the icons; unpack some from the Iconpackager theme and that's it! But it would be nice to have a original theme, like Pix OS or Abracadabra.)
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Reply #25 July 18, 2003 10:13:06 PM
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hmmm lets think here, im very far from mainstream

Windowblinds
Litestep ( starts laughing at the thought of someone including LS ina suite)
Trillian
Winamp
Wallpaper

thats all i need
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