Stardock has released WindowBlinds 6.02. WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to change the look and feel of Windows XP and Windows Vista by applying a new visual style. Users can download thousands of free visual styles from websites such as WinCustomize.com, deviantART, SkinBase, Customize.org, and more. Thanks to years of optimization, WindowBlinds not only won't slow down your computer, it is faster than Windows XP or Windows Vista is by default thanks to making use of vid...
After many moons of effort, the efforts of Stardock Design are starting (and I emphasize starting) to be seen publicly. The first free new skin from Stardock Design for WindowBlinds this year is called Elegance. Designed by Alexandrie, Elegance shows her eye for detail and subtlety in a world that seems increasingly dominated by "glass". Learn more about it: View Article Download Elegance
Here are 10 things I think Stardock must do in 2008: #1 Make Object Desktop 2008 vastly more polished and usable to new users and then cater to power users with Object Destop Ultimate. #2 Get MyColors EVERYWEHERE. #3 Create BootVista so that people can change their Windows Vista boot screens more easily - and safely. #4 Make sure CursorFX is bullet proof and ready for wide release. #5 Continue to improve WindowBlinds this year, especially in the area of font handling (both in...
Happy New Years folks and that means it's time for New Years resolutions. We have some suggested resolutions for the PC Industry that will help them...and us! #1 To the PC Makers: Stop pre-loading shareware. Nothing is more annoying than getting a new PC loaded with "trial versions" of programs. Just stop it. #2 To Microsoft: Get Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista out there ASAP and make sure IE 7 doesn't hang anymore for no apparent reason. #3 To Apple: Get that 3G iPhone out the door so...
A look back Exactly one year ago, I wrote an article about how Stardock failed the skinning community . It outlined 4 key issues that needed to be addressed this year. So how did we do? Challenge #1: Make it easier to create "stuff" for our software This past year we saw the development of SkinStudio 6. A complete rewrite of SkinStudio from scratch. It's still not quite done but it's in usable form and skinners seem to really like the direction it's going.&nb...
After a year of work, the successor to CursorXP is now available in beta form. Free download available. Fully compatible with CursorXP themes. [ www.cursorfx.com ]
GameSpy has awarded Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar with its coveted expansion pack of the yeard award and rated it as the 4th top overall PC game of 2007 (just behind BioShock). Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar was worked on by myself, Mormegil (the icon master), Boogiebac (gadget maker), and others! Go here to read more about it.
For those of you who are interested, I have written up a brief tutorial on how to write articles for the Internet. Since starting WinCustomize ~7 years ago, we've seen a lot of people post blogs, articles, news items, etc. And many people just haven't ever been shown a handful of tips and tricks that can make creating web-based articles much easier. I learned the hard way, so to spare others the years of grasping at new techniques, I present to you: "Writing Effective Articles in HTML...
Stardock has released WindowBlinds 6.01. WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to completely change their Windows XP or Windows Vista visual experience. It does this by applying system-wide skins called visual styles. Visual styles can change nearly every element of the Windows GUI from the Start menu, task bar, title bar, push buttons, scrollbars, and nearly everything other part of either Windows XP or Windows Vista. WindowBlinds works by extending the native drawing routines...
Stardock has begun writing the SkinStudio 6 tutorials. The first chapter is now available. If you've ever wanted to try your hand at skinning, pick up the SkinStudio 6 beta and check out the tutorials.
Starting next week, we will be adding three new components for Object Desktop users! They will be: Premium Suites Premium WindowBlinds Skins Premium Icon Packages These 3 new components will be updated throughout the year with new skins, icons, and suites. The first one we plan to deliver will be the Turbo WindowBlinds skin which will also be available as a $4.95 Master skin for users who don't have Object Desktop. The next one will be the Quest theme which will be fr...
Try your hand at making your own GUI for Windows XP or Windows Vista with SkinStudio 6. You will need WindowBlinds 6 to apply them. Please give us feedback on how we can make it easier and more effective to use.
I should be downsized. Those bastards at Stardock should downsize me. When I was in my 20s, I was able to get so much done it was crazy. Some people spend hours a day playing World of Warcraft or other such things. That's the kind of person I am. Ever see the South Park episode of World of Warcraft where the kids are playing against this griefer who lives on his computer? That was me in my 20s and early 30s. Except I wasn't playing games. I was writing them and s...
Do you have WindowBlinds 6? If so, learn how you can easily create your own custom color presets! [Fun with WindowBlinds 6 coloring]
For the uninitiated: SkinStudio is a program that lets users creates skins to change the look & feel of the Windows GUI. These skins are applied by the program called WindowBlinds . Both WindowBlinds and SkinStudio come as part of the suite of programs called Object Desktop . SkinStudio 6 is a complete rewrite of the program designed to make it much easier for users to make skins. Over the years, as WindowBlinds got more powerful, the existing version of SkinStudio (ve...