[komalo]

Border Skin

Border Skin is a free portable software to skins the windows borders by skins composed of png images with the support of several aero features like Blur, Reflection and Breadcrumbs .

Author
Mohamed Kamal

Version
0.2.9

Change Log
Here: [link]

More Info, Download
Here: [Link]

Older Versions
Here: [link]

Border Skin Resources
For More Border Skin Resources: [link]

This post has been edited by komalo: 08 August 2010 - 03:38 PM

[firecracker6]

looks interesting, is this still being actively developed? Does the author have a website or a forum where one could follow development?

By the way, the deviantart link points to version 0.2 rather than 0.3, but since the deviantart link is listed under the 0.2 section, I guess it makes sense.

[komalo]

firecracker6, on May 29th 2009, 08:03 AM, said:

looks interesting, is this still being actively developed? Does the author have a website or a forum where one could follow development?

By the way, the deviantart link points to version 0.2 rather than 0.3, but since the deviantart link is listed under the 0.2 section, I guess it makes sense.

Thanks
yes, but it is temporary stopped until i finish my exams (7 June), you can follow me on deviantArt or here, i update all my forum topics on any new updates in the next version
The 0.3 is still in development, the current version is 0.2

[firecracker6]

Well, thanks for posting on this forum. When you've finished your exams, please feel welcome to share with us your progress here. You'll find an energetic and helpful community at Aqua-Soft.

Good luck on your tests

[komalo]

firecracker6, on May 29th 2009, 06:32 PM, said:

Well, thanks for posting on this forum. When you've finished your exams, please feel welcome to share with us your progress here. You'll find an energetic and helpful community at Aqua-Soft.

Good luck on your tests

i will be happy to share my progress here, thanks for this warm welcome

This post has been edited by komalo: 30 May 2009 - 07:32 PM

[devrexster]

Heh Komalo !! u posted it here too ... cool Waiting for v3 ...

[komalo]

devrexster, on Jun 1st 2009, 07:49 PM, said:

Heh Komalo !! u posted it here too ... cool Waiting for v3 ...

Thanks, yeah, i thought it would be a good idea to start spreading
it on the internet while i am in exams

This post has been edited by komalo: 02 June 2009 - 11:02 AM

[komalo]

hi all
Developing is now active again (i finally took my vacation yesterday, working on it from since)

okay folks , i need your help
since i am going to change the name of the program I have been thinking about some names
but i can't get some thing catchy , current my option is WindowSkin (i wish that i could use WinSkin
instead but there's winskin.com) ,ExplorerSkin is suggested before but it is taken
SO PLEASE ANYONE THAT HAVE ANY NAME PLEASE POST IT BECAUSE I AM REALLY OUT OF IDEAS

This post has been edited by komalo: 08 June 2009 - 06:39 PM

[firecracker6]

Good news Komalo, I'm quite interested to see how this app matures. You're off to a great start so far; I look forward to your next iterative release!

regarding a name for your app, why not incorporate your name, Kamal, in it somehow?

[komalo]

firecracker6, on Jun 8th 2009, 10:05 PM, said:

Good news Komalo, I'm quite interested to see how this app matures. You're off to a great start so far; I look forward to your next iterative release!

regarding a name for your app, why not incorporate your name, Kamal, in it somehow?

Thanks , actually it's Mohamed Kamal
i don't know i don't think i can find a way to incorporate it , I've always admired
the "WindowBlinds" name , it is very professional and clear and it also shows
the way the program works so i hope i can find a professional name too

This post has been edited by komalo: 08 June 2009 - 07:24 PM

[firecracker6]

hmm.. the name: WindowBlinds is meant to be considered a play on words, Windows (MS) being 'dressed' to provide cover from within/without, etc.

here is an excerpt of a definition for Window Blinds:

Quote

Window blinds reduce the heat from sunlight. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs had blinds made of reeds. The most inexpensive blinds in the 1800’s were home-made roller shades, made of cloth.

..another variation of such a play on words could be: 'Windowshades.' What's nice about this is that there are a few word plays in there: as windows+hades could mean greek god of the windows underworld and Windows+shades' would mean shading for Windows. I didn't look to see if anyone's taken that name though.. maybe winshade, or windowshroud, etc.

[komalo]

firecracker6, on Jun 8th 2009, 11:26 PM, said:

hmm.. the name: WindowBlinds is meant to be considered a play on words, Windows (MS) being 'dressed' to provide cover from within/without, etc.

here is an excerpt of a definition for Window Blinds:



..another variation of such a play on words could be: 'Windowshades.' What's nice about this is that there are a few word plays in there: as windows+hades could mean greek god of the windows underworld and Windows+shades' would mean shading for Windows. I didn't look to see if anyone's taken that name though.. maybe winshade, or windowshroud, etc.

Taken , damn is there's any name that still available in this world
i am just pissed of that winskin.com site , no at least an email to contact
them, the website is just paused for ever, i mean the name is just perfect
and i've already before 0.1 made the logos then i find out and had to change it to BorderSkin

This post has been edited by komalo: 09 June 2009 - 08:03 AM

[Kittierocker]

tried it and it seems stable


can this work with a leopard skin???

[komalo]

Kittierocker, on Jun 11th 2009, 02:26 AM, said:

tried it and it seems stable


can this work with a leopard skin???

i don't get it, you are talking about a leopard skin
for border skin or about if it will work with a leopard
windows visual style (it will work with any visual style)

Since i don't want to spend a week trying to find a name for the application rather than release it, here's what has been suggested :
Metallica Skin (MS) , Fraero (free aero) , Quiro (quick aero) , Aevo , GlassXP , Metallica Skin (MS) , Glass XP
Aero XP , XP-skin , Apptastic , PeanutSkin , TPWD (The Perfect Window Manger) , TUWD (The Ultimate Window Manger) , Diamond-XP , Glowy , GLOW (Glass Light On Windows) , WinBlur , WinDecorations , WinDecor , WinDecorSkin , SkinDecorations , SkinDecor , SkinFrame , WindowSkin , WinGBK (Windows Glass Blur) , WinBlurSkin , BlurSkin , WinBlurXP , BlurXP , Kskinner(Komalo skinner) , SkinWinnerK (komalo winner skin)
i came up with WinComposite and WinCrystal

And to tell you the truth, i am a little on "WinCrystal" side , so i am thinking about it as the name, if any one saw one of the other names will be more suitable
please suggest it now

Do not double post - use the edit function - mps69

[firecracker6]

Like you said, maybe it would be best not to rush the name, rather, allow yourself some time and the input of others by keeping a/the temporary name through versions 0.x, until your 1.0 release where you could then announce it with proper fanfare. You could even just keep it as: BetaSkin (thus your Bs Logo would remain applicable for the interim.)

Also, this would then free you up to release the next version already

[Kittierocker]

komalo, on Jun 10th 2009, 07:51 PM, said:

i don't get it, you are talking about a leopard skin
for border skin or about if it will work with a leopard
windows visual style (it will work with any visual style)

Since i don't want to spend a week trying to find a name for the application rather than release it, here's what has been suggested :
Metallica Skin (MS) , Fraero (free aero) , Quiro (quick aero) , Aevo , GlassXP , Metallica Skin (MS) , Glass XP
Aero XP , XP-skin , Apptastic , PeanutSkin , TPWD (The Perfect Window Manger) , TUWD (The Ultimate Window Manger) , Diamond-XP , Glowy , GLOW (Glass Light On Windows) , WinBlur , WinDecorations , WinDecor , WinDecorSkin , SkinDecorations , SkinDecor , SkinFrame , WindowSkin , WinGBK (Windows Glass Blur) , WinBlurSkin , BlurSkin , WinBlurXP , BlurXP , Kskinner(Komalo skinner) , SkinWinnerK (komalo winner skin)
i came up with WinComposite and WinCrystal

And to tell you the truth, i am a little on "WinCrystal" side , so i am thinking about it as the name, if any one saw one of the other names will be more suitable
please suggest it now

Do not double post - use the edit function - mps69

lol what i meant was can it make like the traffic lights go on the left side with a skin if i make one?

[firecracker6]

@ Kittierocker, I'm not 100% sure on this but I think this app can use existing TrueTransparency skins, which means if you can find a good OSX skin, it's just a matter of loading(?) it into BorderSkin. Let us know if you find a good working skin; it'd be nice to have a blur-flavored OSX skin

[Kamil]

@firecracker6, I've tried with several TT skins, unfortunately, I couldn't get working left-sided trafficlights. Actually, any of TT skins I've found has some faults (something does not look very good or does not work etc.). I've slightly modded one of them and it works quite good with TT (attached below). But with Bs it would be possible to have the shadow also. Maybe someone can solve the problem of the trafficlights. Anyway,
@komalo, good job, mabrook!

Attached File(s)

•  LeopardXP.zip (47.53K)
  Number of downloads: 21

[komalo]

firecracker6, on Jun 13th 2009, 01:03 AM, said:

@ Kittierocker, I'm not 100% sure on this but I think this app can use existing TrueTransparency skins, which means if you can find a good OSX skin, it's just a matter of loading(?) it into BorderSkin. Let us know if you find a good working skin; it'd be nice to have a blur-flavored OSX skin

Kamil, on Jun 13th 2009, 02:08 AM, said:

@firecracker6, I've tried with several TT skins, unfortunately, I couldn't get working left-sided trafficlights. Actually, any of TT skins I've found has some faults (something does not look very good or does not work etc.). I've slightly modded one of them and it works quite good with TT (attached below). But with Bs it would be possible to have the shadow also. Maybe someone can solve the problem of the trafficlights. Anyway,
@komalo, good job, mabrook!

TT Skin convertor still have some issues that will be fixed in 0.3, but since someone asked for it, i will provide a fully converted OSX skin with the next version (like "Vista Pack Colors" )

@Kamil thanks , allah ye barek feek !

This post has been edited by komalo: 13 June 2009 - 07:46 PM

[komalo]

Version 0.2.1 Release, Check Main Post