Frogboy Administrators Posted December 14, 2004 Administrators Share Posted December 14, 2004 (zoom) Azar by Apocalypse_67 is one of the more polished skins I've seen this year. Check it out! [Download] Note: This is a WindowBlinds visual style. Download WindowBlinds from http://www.windowblinds.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Sorry but no. The color is horrible, and even with recoloring it would still be ugly. It's bevel mania. I don't mind the odd bevel but it's too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 14, 2004 See, this is the typical style I see in WB that turns me away from using it. There are some good ones every so often (such as the WIP blue6 by kb1), but otherwise, I just see themes like this. I can tell there was effort, but it still doesn't change the fact that it came out very poorly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Sad thing is it could have turned out nice if it was just toned down a bit (ok, maybe quite a bit :p ) and had some nice coloring. I do like the start button and the systray, but everything is just too glossy and bevely (is that a word?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 military-industrial look. naaah, not for me. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmove Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Not bad at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markus10018 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 See, this is the typical style I see in WB that turns me away from using it. There are some good ones every so often (such as the WIP blue6 by kb1), but otherwise, I just see themes like this. I second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaccoonSalsa Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I can see that lots of work went into it and its fairly high quality but i still dont like it, its a bit OTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Quite good, but not my style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otacon Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Not my style ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djesteban Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 NOOOOO everything is too big... this seems that even on 1600X1200 you feel like your on 640X480 this is actually a spooky VS noooooot my type :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBG Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I totally agree with fubarshibby, every once in a while theres that nice WB skin but most of the time you see the ones that look like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Way too boxy, colours are very attractive either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RightyFX Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 dont like it at all, sry its like a mechianical thing, to much bevel, etc glossy way to glossy imo.. to bulky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹ Posted December 19, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 19, 2004 See, this is the typical style I see in WB that turns me away from using it. There are some good ones every so often (such as the WIP blue6 by kb1), but otherwise, I just see themes like this. I can tell there was effort, but it still doesn't change the fact that it came out very poorly... 585097735[/snapback] I agree, styles like this are the reason a lot of people on neowin don't like using wb, it takes ages to find good minimal themes. Most of my wb styles are conversions from msstyles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulder Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I use WB alot, Vector Cell, everything and anything by Brewman, but WB themes like this are what turn people off of WB. It's awful looking, way to big and blocky and not usuable at all. When people go to Wincustomize and see the first page with 10 themes like this...they never come back. Sadly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmART Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I use WB alot, Vector Cell, everything and anything by Brewman, but WB themes like this are what turn people off of WB. It's awful looking, way to big and blocky and not usuable at all. When people go to Wincustomize and see the first page with 10 themes like this...they never come back. Sadly... 585141625[/snapback] (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypse_67 Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Whoa, tough crowd to please, but with the exception of Frogboy I'll have to disagree with all of you. I dont think these type of style drives people away from WB. I think it does the opposite (at least it did with me) as it has done with thousand others. The regular symple minimal VS is good, but nothing 'pops' a desktop like an original WindowBlind skin. I happen to think that this is a very good skin, but then again... I made it. :p Now if this skin looks big at 1600 resolution, then its time for a better video card. BTW: Thanks Frogboy for the refferal. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2004 Whoa, tough crowd to please, but with the exception of Frogboy I'll have to disagree with all of you. I dont think these type of style drives people away from WB. I think it does the opposite (at least it did with me) as it has done with thousand others. The regular symple minimal VS is good, but nothing 'pops' a desktop like an original WindowBlind skin.I happen to think that this is a very good skin, but then again... I made it. :p Now if this skin looks big at 1600 resolution, then its time for a better video card. BTW: Thanks Frogboy for the refferal. ;) 585186059[/snapback] I'm not saying that it's bad, but for my taste it is. I do appreciate the work that has been put into it (I've tried my hand at a couple VSs before, so I know how much time and effort it takes), it's just that this exact type of style is what drove me away, and I know many others who were also driven away by it. Then again, there are so many people in the world that perhaps you and I know two completely seperate groups of people, and therefore have different "statistics." :) Once again, good job (Y), it's just not my style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 After using it for a bit, it's actually not bad with custom coloring. While I still think there is a bit too much going on with it, you can see there was a LOT of work that went into it. The transparancy button is cool too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Whoa, tough crowd to please, but with the exception of Frogboy I'll have to disagree with all of you. I dont think these type of style drives people away from WB. I think it does the opposite (at least it did with me) as it has done with thousand others. The regular symple minimal VS is good, but nothing 'pops' a desktop like an original WindowBlind skin.I happen to think that this is a very good skin, but then again... I made it. :p Now if this skin looks big at 1600 resolution, then its time for a better video card. BTW: Thanks Frogboy for the refferal. ;) 585186059[/snapback] Thanks you....finally someone who agrees with me. Now if we could only get more comments like this we might actually get some more skins announced here. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypse_67 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Indeed every person has a different taste of style and some are more open minded than others when trying new things, but its always good to listen and take notice on comments, both negative and positive, after all that is what help us authors make better designs. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulder Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Sorry, no offense meant at all i assure you! I so appreciate you "artists" that take the time to make these. Like said above , its just not my style. I dont limit myself to just minimal styles, however if there is just too much on it and going on it's not my taste. That does not mean its not good . Like i said, i do appreciate the hard work. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogboy Administrators Posted December 31, 2004 Author Administrators Share Posted December 31, 2004 If every WindowBlinds skin was just a Luna-derivative as so many msstyles are then what would be the justification to use WindowBlinds in the first place? It's a self-selecting group. The people who use WindowBlinds generally prefer skins that are a different style than the typical msstyles user. Having been on here for years, many times msstyles advocates come across as people who would be perfectly happy with Windows classic but couldn't figure out how to change the title bar color from display properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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