Windowblinds 4.0 Preview

Next week users of Object Desktop (www.objectdesktop.com) will be getting the first ALPHA of WindowBlinds 4.

The full preview guide of WindowBlinds 4 is here:

Major new features of WindowBlinds 4 are:

* Much faster than WindowBlinds 3 or Windows XP's own built in visual styles

* Higher level of compatibility with wacky applications that do non-standard things.

* Skins more elements of Windows including the Explorer task panel (shellstyles) WITHOUT requiring any hacking of shellstyle DLL.

* Can skin new elements like log off screens and other parts that one might not imagine.

* Plus it skins a host of other things users have long asked for.

WindowBlinds 4 will be the most significant engine upgrade to WindowBlinds since the original 1.0. Faster, smaller, more features.

Sounds good to me!

#9553

Thats great, it sounds amazing

I cant wait to try it, i havent used windowblnds in the past but this may change my mind

#9554

Sounds koo. Seems like the memory problems will be much better. I've had recent problems with memory usage in past versions.

#9557

"It continues to be able to skin pop up menus." Yeah - finally we can make striped pop up menus!

So long,

Cassiel

#9623

Sounds great! Can't wait to try it out. Of course now someone will have to make a new theme. When this comes out someone should make the "perfect jaguar theme". Much looking forward to it.

#9717

It has buitl in skinning for explorer and IE toolbars too, so y'z toolbar may become obsolete soon

#9718

Great, yet another 3rd party software I can add to my startup...LoL ;-)

#9781

has anyone tried it yet? Is it resaonably faster than WB 3.x?

What about compared to msstyles?

#12559

I'm VERY impressed with WB4. I had started to give up on WB cuz I thought it was getting too bloated. It's hard to describe but WB4 "feels" better integrated into the GUI. It is running significantly faster on my machine.

Can't wait till we get an OS X skin enhanced with the new WB4 features.

#12561

Originally posted by jef@Feb 1 2003, 10:11 AM
I'm VERY impressed with WB4. I had started to give up on WB cuz I thought it was getting too bloated. It's hard to describe but WB4 "feels" better integrated into the GUI. It is running significantly faster on my machine.

Can't wait till we get an OS X skin enhanced with the new WB4 features.

well thats really good news. And I think Smoke might be working on a new updated theme. Smoke wont let us down wil he ?

#12562

For those of you who have the Component Manager:

Stardock has quietly released a new WB4 Alpha (3.90 d)

Haven't tried it yet

#15181

I just tried the 3.90 alpha build.

I wasn't too impressed myself, but then I've never really been a fan of WindowBlinds.

Perhaps when some WB4.0 skins are available. I might change my mind.

Peace,

Grusic

#15205

Originally posted by topshotta@Feb 13 2003, 07:25 AM
For those of you who have the Component Manager:

Stardock has quietly released a new WB4 Alpha (3.90 d)

Haven't tried it yet

Yep thanks just installed it heh

And yes it is alot better and there are skins available on wincustomize

#15210

I also think it rocks. Even older skins - like Smoke's Jaguar looks better and has more effect with the Alpha. Only thing that bugs me is that dialog and explorer backgrouds are not skinned yet. Somebody over at Stardock's WB4 forum mentioned that it has not been activated in the Alpha - though Skin Studio 3.0 shows everything skinned.

#15247