What's the advantage of buying WindowBlinds?

I mean, I already have the uxtheme.dll patch installed, as well as a Tiger skin. The only reason I want WindowBlinds is to move my +,-,x glyphs to the left side, and I don't want to buy it. Is the free version crippled in any way?

Also, please recommend me a good Finderbar-like application. The only flaw I find with Finderbar is that it doesn't replace an application's inbuilt File, Edit, View buttons; it just adds its own. And they don't have any functionality except to look pretty. Any app besides Objectbar (which doesn't work for me for some reason) that does this?

#444730

First of all, you do not have to BUY windowblinds.

just use something not illegal to find a free, older, trial-like version. Now, this will not skin Dialog boxes, and the scroll bars in Word, etc., but does allow you to move the X,-,+ buttons to the left.

And a good finderbar clone (actually the only 1 I know of) is Finderbar. Search the Forums for Finderbar. It should come up.

#444739

I'm thinking the free WindowBlinds is a trial. If you like it, you gotta cough up some bucks for it.

I like Finderbar and it is vey useful and productive and fully customizable. It just won't switch with the app that's running. It will give you the look that it's changing by changing app names and the "about" brings up the apps signiture.

If you want the real thing..you gotta get a Mac. ; (

#444740

you could try rosie as a finderbar replacement:

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread....highlight=rosie

development seems to have stopped, which is pretty sad, although the basic functionality is there and works mostly.

#444741

I will admit, that the windowblinds i use is not 100% version, but it is not a timed trial, the only other thing is that it will pop up asking you to buy the full version, but you just click no, and it goes away.

#444742

I bought windowblinds and I pretty much love it. . so much better than msstyles. there's way more of them, the per app. settings are great to use, and well, they do run faster (at least on my machine)

#444743

Hmm, these threads pop up every once in a while. You can see older members' responses if you search for similar threads...but I'm sure you already did that, right?

-NC

#444780

Older members responses are also reponses on older versions of WB.

#444783

There is no *free* trial. Use it, and if you like it, buy. If not, use something else. The WB5 trial has a 60 day limit and then will revert back to the default XP theme.

I definitely recommend buying it, WB has way more capabilities over hacking your system (would never hack my system to apply a theme anyway). One already mentioned capability being able to move the glyphs, plus transparencies, per pixel borders, and so on.

Besides, the trials don't skin everything. They don't skin the scrollbars, and the WB5 trial only support transparency in the themes that comes packaged with it.

#444791

Windowblinds is well worth the small investment. The big advantages over other methods is per-pixel alpha blending, the ability to change theme colors, and it doesn't alter your system files, just to name a few.

#444843

Using the illegal versons can screw up your computer. Apparently it turns your taskbar black and really really slows you down. Your better off buying it, or using msstyles.

#444852

I don't have anything against WindowsBlinds, but I have one major problem with it: I don't like the idea of having a single program required to run a theme, and having to use that program on windows start-up and throughout the entire session while logged in. The computer can become tied up and in turn, it starting to act bonkers, slowing down any processes that are running.

I prefer the uxtheme.dll patch since it is written into the system, and although it is being ran, I am sure it does not take too much of the computer's RAM to run, which would cause it to run slow.

#444900

I've never had my system tied up because of Windowblinds.

But you'd rather HACK your system to apply unsigned tweaked versions of the style owned by Microsoft. Oooook.... o_O

#444901

Well, hacking your pc to apply a theme isn't as bad as it sounds, it's just ONE .dll switch. I used to use it all the time

Then I fessed up and bought WB

#444927

I don't have anything against WindowsBlinds, but I have one major problem with it: I don't like the idea of having a single program required to run a theme, and having to use that program on windows start-up and throughout the entire session while logged in. The computer can become tied up and in turn, it starting to act bonkers, slowing down any processes that are running.

I prefer the uxtheme.dll patch since it is written into the system, and although it is being ran, I am sure it does not take too much of the computer's RAM to run, which would cause it to run slow.

Windowblinds runs natively on Windows, and in it can even use less memory than XP's skinning system.

#444939

Windowblinds runs natively on Windows, and in it can even use less memory than XP's skinning system.

Agreed, If you weren't gonna post that, I was.

Stardock claims it has a "negative system footprint". They have a better painting routine called "hyperpaint". It's pretty dandy.

I've bought windowblinds, and have had no problems.

#444962

WB has got to be the bestapp for skining a pc. if your system runs bad with it you must have a very weak pc.

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