Current Version
WB: 1.0 Gold
VS: 1.0 BETA 2
FF: 1.0 BETA 1
WB Work In Progress: Whatever is next.
VS Work In Progress: 1.0 BETA 3
FF Work In Progress: 1.0 BETA 2
Hello there boy and girl, today we are going learn how to ... wait, wrong audiance...
Today I bring to you the return of Enhanced and pAntoni's Longhorn Alternative (LhA) WindowBlinds skin. This version has many new features and additions.
I have made many changes and improvements to this skin, some for the sake of ergonomics, and some for style.
WindowBlinds skin changelog
Changes since RC1: ... None, RC1 has become Gold.
Changes since BETA 3:
- Fixed Start Button overlay in compact Start Panel substyles.
- Fixed Vertical Taskbar Buttons in compact Start Panel substyles having black squares in them.
- Fixed Start Button overlay to display correctly with vertical task bars.
- Fixed Start Button overlay in "Large Icon Compact Start Panel" substyle not staying on top.
- I have decided to keep the name Smooth Alternative as the skin and new GUIKit name. This will avoid all copyright concerns completely.
- Made the shellstyle super thin... or at least as then as it would go... Shunk the task images to match too.
- Finally found a way to fix the font uglification with Perpixel borders... I hope Stardock fixes this problem...
- Added Toolbar skin... Y'z Toolbar with bigger buttons comming soon.
Changes since BETA 2:
- Fixed Caption margins to prevent text from overlapping the Max, Min, and Restore buttons.
- Fixed distortion of the Start button when the Taskbar is placed vertically.
- Fixed Rollup Size.
- Change the start button to protrude with both top and bottom taskbars.
- Fixed bug that caused vertical taskbar buttons to have black boxes in the middle.
- Moved the shell style to the bottom and restored the original shell style (fixes Control Panel problem)
- Changed to LogOff, Shutdown, and Undock buttons on the Start Panel to the new style.
- Changed the Go button to the new style.
Changes since Smooth Alternative BETA 1:
- Changed the file extension of the sub-styles to sss from uis to fix the installation problem.
Here is what has changed since Longhorn Alternative 1.5:
- Anti-aliased window frame corners thanks to WB5's per-pixel borders.
- Translucent StartPanel with blur effect and smooth rounded corners.
- Glossy orb Start button.
- Selection and focused control border color has been changed from orange to blue (I like blue)
- New per-pixel "Please Wait", Shutdown, and Log Off dialot boxes (with similar classic version) and interlace style full-screen masks.
- Heavily reoptimized to make it smaller than the original (there was alot of redundent images)
- Removed any references to Microsoft's Segoe UI Font
MSStyle changelog
Changes since BETA 1
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Changed to Statusbar to match the WindowBlinds skin.
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Fixed some sizing margins.
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Added ShellStyle, an alternative, top, shellstyle is included in the ShellNormalColor folder.
Changes since Longhorn Alternerative 1.5
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Changed the selection and highlight color from orange to blue
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Changed the Start button to the Orb used in the WindowBlinds version
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Changed all Segoe UI font references to Tahoma
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Changed the hover, active, and pressed Task buttons to a darker shade
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Removed all substyle and shellstyles at the moment, they will be back.
Enjoy!
The VisualStyles:
Smooth Alternative WindowBlinds
The Add-Ons:
Smooth Alternative StylerToolbar
Smooth Alternative DesktopX Calendar
Smooth Alternative Wallpaper Pack
Smooth Alternative ObjectDock Background
Smooth Alternative Firefox Skin
Smooth Alternative WinAmp Skin by Gelosea
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