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WindowBlinds 4.2 Preview

October 21, 2003 10:12:52 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
WindowBlinds 4.2 is coming out in November and it has some really cool new features in it.

1) You will be able to change your IE and Explorer toolbars with it. But even more to the point, you will be able to do this separately from the actual visual style. That is, will be able to mix and match toolbar icons and visual styles. A new section on WinCustomize.com and elsewhere will be created to allow users to upload their own custom toolbars.

2) Progress animations will be replaceable. There are about a half dozen of them. Those file copy, file delete, file move, download animations you see in dialogs. Like toolbars, you'll be able to mix and match them so that skin authors don't feel forced into having to make these since they are .AVI files which not all skin authors will be able to make.

These two items will have tons of user options available as well to make it convenient and easy to decide what toolbars and animations to use and when to use them.

In addition, WindowBlinds 4.2 will work on Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP. WindowBlinds 4 was initially only on Windows XP. During that process we found ways to make WindowBlinds use even less memory than before so 4.2 not only will have more features but it'll use less memory while doing it.

There have also been various tweaks to fix little buglets that users have reported.

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Frogboy
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Reply #1 October 21, 2003 10:31:31 PM
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Reply #2 October 21, 2003 10:35:43 PM
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Sounds delicious....can't wait!
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Reply #3 October 21, 2003 10:51:13 PM
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Frogboy
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Reply #4 October 22, 2003 12:17:16 AM
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there goes y'z toolbar out the window!!
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Reply #5 October 22, 2003 12:48:28 AM
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cool, you know that is the iTune I run on my desktop but can not seem to find on the site?

oh something I've noticed since day one of using 4 betas is that when I click on a skin to load it slips over a skin in the direction I scrolled over to the one I wanted.

:scroll right, pick skin and click, slides right one, samething going left:
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Reply #6 October 22, 2003 1:32:22 AM
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Woohooooo and Yeehawwwwww! Thanks Frog!
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Reply #7 October 22, 2003 2:06:35 AM
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Very good news
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Reply #8 October 22, 2003 9:45:46 AM
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Good job.
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Reply #9 October 22, 2003 10:23:47 AM
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Very nice! This is what I have been waiting for all Summer.

Thanks to all those who are making it possible.



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Reply #10 October 22, 2003 10:36:16 AM
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Yes! Just in my holidays..
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Reply #11 October 22, 2003 11:28:16 AM
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feline runs off to try the beta listed in SC
 feline wants to see if any of the bugs i keep on finding have been fixed yet

IE toolbars and process animation skinning sounds VERY VERY cool!



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Reply #12 October 22, 2003 11:34:40 AM
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Cooool
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Reply #13 October 22, 2003 5:56:54 PM
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I'm very excited about the progress animations. They always look so out of place in many skins, since they aren't skinned you see the blocky outlines of them.
And anytime you can make WB even more frugal with memory its a good thing even though it is already very good.



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Reply #14 October 23, 2003 11:57:56 AM
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Sounds like a winner---I'm atremble with anticipation!
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Reply #15 October 23, 2003 1:43:28 PM
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Sounds great!

Can't wait until Windowblinds 4.3 comes out in December!
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