[help] Way To Use Windowblinds + Ms Styles?

I searched the forums for a topic like this and couldn't find one so i'm wondering, since Mozilla Firefox has a Safari skin that requires Windowblinds, and I like to use Ms Styles, is there a way to use Windowblinds for specific applications and have the overall/base skin be a Ms Style skin?

I've been trying different combonations of starting up with diferent ones loaded first and stuff but haven't yet found out a way to make it work. Thank you!

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#132617

Nope.

#132619

The latest WB (not sure about the public one) can install a MS visual style and use it by double clicking on it if you have it and (the latest) skin studio installed. You can then use that as your main skin and use whatever else skin you want as a per app skin.

#132868

..u could try using window blinds version like .7 other then that...probably not.

#132884

That doesn't make any sense flareX as visual styles weren't even around when .7 came out which was in around 1998. I already answered this question, read my post.

#139543

Its true that like .7 could run along msstyles today, but it probably wouldn't be able to use modern skins. If you use it u can have ur titlebar skinned by windowsblinds, and the rest by msstyle, something like that. I remeber i used to do that for the titlebar buttons like osx.

#139547

Why would you want to use a visual style and a window blinds skin? The only reason to use visual styles is bacause there free.

#139548

uhhh i think theres a way. but im not sure.

in windowblinds 4.1 theres an inclusion list to skin only the applications that you want.

go to display-->appearance-->advanced, and on the bottom right corner theres the inclusion list.

hopefully itll work.

sorry if it dusnt

#139553

Originally posted by lostspyder@Apr 5 2004, 02:40 AM
Why would you want to use a visual style and a window blinds skin? The only reason to use visual styles is bacause there free.

and resourses.

#139577

Originally posted by lashanza98@Apr 5 2004, 04:25 AM
and resourses.

Not since WB 4 series, mabie 2k of RAM for the loader, hardly relevant unless your running like 64 megs of RAM.

#139578

Originally posted by lashanza98@Apr 5 2004, 04:25 AM
and resourses.

I honestly don't understand how you can say that. Msstyles run as a seperate svchost which uses much MORE RAM than windowblinds. wbload runs at around 1mb or lower, which is nothing compared to msstyles. I swear, every time I hear a "OMG WB IS USING ALL MY RESOURCES, MSSTYLES ROX OMGWTFBBQLOLZ1!1" a Macintosh breaks.

#140909

so, how exactly do you do this? I have the latest WB...but I mostly bought OD for iconpackager so I'm pretty unfamailliar with WB...I want to use WB for my per application skins though...so if anyone could tell me how I could use my beloved voodoo skin (

#141009

Is it just me or is it that the free version of WindowBlinds doesn't skin the ScrollBars. That's why I swiched to the default Visual Styles.

Maybe it is just the free version, until I find out the facts I'm not gonna waste a dime on WindowBlinds. Cause if it's supposed to and it doesn't work on my system (for whatever reason) I'm not gonna waste money on it.

#141041

It is just the free version.

#141069

The free version doesn't skin scroll bars

#141507

if you have flykite system pack installed the pay version won't sin progress bars though

#154280

look what kol has written at Designtechnika Forum

if you want to use msstyle with WB installed you just need to keep control key pres then right click desktop and click Properties you'll see all you msstyles :smile:

#168152

wow that's so cool , my msstyles are visible !

#169361

the ctrl-right click thing doesn't seem to be working for me ...

#171049

Right click, then press/hold Ctrl as you press properties. Just remember if you want to switch to msstyles you've gotta disable WBload first.

#173118

Originally posted by lostspyder@Apr 5 2004, 02:40 AM
Why would you want to use a visual style and a window blinds skin? The only reason to use visual styles is bacause there free.

I have WBs, but i use VisualStyles because WB still lacks a cool Aqua/Panther or Brushed skin with right sided glyphs... i can´t live with Left sided ones... my PC just feel... well... the wrong way.

#174132

Originally posted by ronin@Jun 8 2004, 09:33 AM
I have WBs, but i use VisualStyles because WB still lacks a cool Aqua/Panther or Brushed skin with right sided glyphs... i can´t live with Left sided ones... my PC just feel... well... the wrong way.

Well Judge's WB port of kol's msstyle port of Max Rudberg's Milk Redux has options for buttons on the right. Milk Redux link

For the Aqua/Jaguar look, Judge and Deggy's OSXP NG has buttons on the right. OSXP NG

Judge and deggy's iSkin has buttons on the right as does Xero's skin called Ice (very cool smooth blue look).

iSkin

Xero's Skins

Xero's Brushed Panther also has buttons on the right -- and it's a really nice looking skin to boot. It has both Aqua and Graphite versions with buttons on the right.

Xero's Skins

Also, the newest version of Skinstudio makes it fairly simple to move buttons from left to right.

#174147

Originally posted by Autumnmist@Jun 8 2004, 02:11 PM
Also, the newest version of Skinstudio makes it fairly simple to move buttons from left to right.

I´ve downloaded the new version of SkinStudio... but i just can´t do it... i´ve tried, but everytime the resulte is somewhat strange... some kind of tutorial "How to change the side of the glyphs for dummies" would be cool.

BTW... thanks for the list of skins... i will enter on "S&D" (Search & Download) mode now.

#174192

Check my post again for links

#174202

or hehe, u could exclue explorer.exe from being skinned by windowblinds and only skin firefox.

#183798