Search
Forum Home | Login
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100

Username in Start Menu...

November 5, 2004 7:08:21 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
....How many of you prefer a start menu WITH a username in it? How necessary is it to have a spot for the user's name in the start menu? Your thoughts? Will you skip downloading a windowblind if there's no room for your username or if it's "disabled"?

Many thanks in advance!
Locked Post
Search this post
Advanced Search
Subscription Options
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Snowman
Join Date 03/2001
+343
Reply #1 November 5, 2004 7:11:08 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I personally use whatever is used in the skin
If you want to go by what others want, you wont ever finish a skin.

I'd say, use whatever you like/use or whatever fits the individual skin!

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #2 November 5, 2004 7:13:31 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
.. good advice.. Just want to be sure people, in general are ok with a "username-less" start menu. I suppose my next few steps will be decided by the response[s] here. Thanks for the speedy response.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
NightTrainthedark
Join Date 07/2003
+255
Reply #3 November 5, 2004 7:15:43 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Same thing Snowman said.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!

Sign Up or Login and this ad disappears!
There are many great features available to you once you register. Sign Up for a free account and browse the forums without ads.

Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #4 November 5, 2004 7:17:03 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Thanks, NT.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Essencay
Join Date 01/2003
0
Reply #5 November 5, 2004 7:29:08 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Ditto
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
UzEE
Join Date 05/2004
0
Reply #6 November 5, 2004 7:44:30 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Since your the skinner, its your responsability to give the users a great piece of skinwork. So its up to you weather its enabled or disabled. My suggesstion as i do, I create a Style with the user name enabled and then clone it for a substyle in which the username is disabled.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Snowman
Join Date 03/2001
+343
Reply #7 November 5, 2004 7:58:00 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

ok.... gotta add though, that my personal preference is no username in the startmenu of the skins I make myself.
Why?
Because I like the startmenu to be compact and 'un-cluttered'. Making space for the username will only add alot of 'wasted' space.

And really..... how usefull is the username actually?! I mean... unless you're on a machine with a kazillion users, how often do you need to know which user is logged on?

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #8 November 5, 2004 8:11:04 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
yea.. I have to make my compact start menu, still because as it stands, the one I have now is gargantuan on 1024x768 resolutions. [esp. if large icons are used] ..
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Ande
Join Date 02/2002
0
Reply #9 November 5, 2004 10:54:41 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
A "User Name" and "User Pic" tend to make it a little more personal for the mere mortals.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
HG_Eliminator
Join Date 07/2002
+354 wcwizop
Reply #10 November 6, 2004 12:48:40 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
i couldnt care less about a user pic or the name ...if the skin is killer ...
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
I.R. Brainiac
Join Date 05/2003
+281
Reply #11 November 6, 2004 2:42:32 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
me say no user pic,no user name
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #12 November 6, 2004 2:45:45 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
hehe
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Halluci
Join Date 12/2002
0
Reply #13 November 6, 2004 7:59:44 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
... I really dont care about a user name... I mean, if you are the one logged on, how often are you going to forget what your username is?

second, I like it when the skin author creates a userpic to go along with the skin, but depending on the skin, if there is no userpic and the author has hidden it and done something clever with all the space left over from no username and pic, I think that is great too.



Powered by SkinBrowser!
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
eieio
Join Date 03/2003
+52
Reply #14 November 6, 2004 9:58:57 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I don't really mind about the username one way or the other. It is a bit annoying when the skin has a space built in for a user pic (I typically don't use one) because it causes the username to be displaced or overlap the user pic space which looks odd.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
MillaMeter
Join Date 05/2004
0
Reply #15 November 6, 2004 1:57:34 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Personally I don't even look at it, it's not like I don't even know my own name lol. But yeah if a skin was made with no user name, it would be fine by me
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #16 November 6, 2004 1:58:39 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Thanks for the input folks, Still love you Rich
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
MillaMeter
Join Date 05/2004
0
Reply #17 November 6, 2004 2:02:02 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
UzEE
Join Date 05/2004
0
Reply #18 November 6, 2004 6:16:47 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
While it takes space it also provides a shortcut to user accounts. So its a Space vs Time matter. Therefore By looking at the above comments i WILL STILL stick to my suggestion that include two substyles, one with User Pic and name and another without them. This will hardly take up disk space and will also satisfy both sides
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Jafo
Join Date 03/2001
+1845 sdemployee
Reply #19 November 6, 2004 7:51:51 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Never see the 'User Name'....in LiteSTEP....
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #20 November 6, 2004 10:23:21 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
.. I dun even know what LiteStep is.. *ducks* ..
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Fuzzy Logic
Join Date 05/2002
+493
Reply #21 November 7, 2004 4:14:54 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I've recently taken to disabling the user pic in skins. Like in the update to WindowsXL. Even though it has matching user pics, when you use WBs custom colouring the user pic no longer matches... 'nuff said.

Dunno if there's much need for a username either. Though if I've had a few beers it reminds me what my name is...

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Matchbook
Matchbook
Join Date 08/2003
+100
Reply #22 November 7, 2004 5:20:37 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
....
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
View all recent posts
Mark all posts as read Delete cookies created by the forum Return to Top
Stardock Forums v        Server Load Time:   Page Render Time: