Stardock has released MyColors to the general public. MyColors is a program that reverses the traditional way users change their desktop.
Rather than users going out and finding/buying various programs to change some aspect of Windows, MyColors includes everything needed to completely change the desktop experience for free and instead allows users to purchase professionally designed premium themes.
The public launch of MyColors includes Aero Diamond. For users of Windows XP, Diamond can transform the OS to look virtually identical to Vista. For Windows Vista users, Aero Diamond offers a glimpse at a concept Microsoft considered prior to going with Aero Glass (Aero Diamond has been much discussed, requested in the Neowin customization forums).
Download: MyColors
Screenshot: XP with Aero Diamond
Screenshot: MyColors UI
Rather than users going out and finding/buying various programs to change some aspect of Windows, MyColors includes everything needed to completely change the desktop experience for free and instead allows users to purchase professionally designed premium themes.
The public launch of MyColors includes Aero Diamond. For users of Windows XP, Diamond can transform the OS to look virtually identical to Vista. For Windows Vista users, Aero Diamond offers a glimpse at a concept Microsoft considered prior to going with Aero Glass (Aero Diamond has been much discussed, requested in the Neowin customization forums).
Download: MyColors Screenshot: XP with Aero Diamond Screenshot: MyColors UI
The transparency does not show....
Can not choose to apply or not icons....
As always with Stardock, free things dont let you have full features !
Last edited by buzz99 on 22 Apr 2008 - 18:57
The transparency does not show....
Can not choose to apply or not icons....
As always with Stardock, free things dont let you have full features !
Shock! A company that tries to make money on their well developed products!
The transparency does not show....
Can not choose to apply or not icons....
As always with Stardock, free things dont let you have full features !
Shock! A company that tries to make money on their well developed products!
But on the download page it states "no limitations"
The transparency does not show....
Can not choose to apply or not icons....
As always with Stardock, free things dont let you have full features !
Shock! A company that tries to make money on their well developed products!
But on the download page it states "no limitations"
So the program not having features you've imagined it should have means it has limitations? Is there some "Registered" version of MyColors we should be aware of?
The transparency does not show....
Can not choose to apply or not icons....
As always with Stardock, free things dont let you have full features !
Shock! A company that tries to make money on their well developed products!
But on the download page it states "no limitations"
So the program not having features you've imagined it should have means it has limitations? Is there some "Registered" version of MyColors we should be aware of?
I've never imagined it to have any features. I haven't looked at it before, but thought I would try it.
In the screenshot above it says "XP with aero diamond" and shows window transparency. Yet in the version I and apparently buzz99 downloaded, there is no transparency. Therefore I and buzz99 assume that it is a feature limited version. If it isn't feature limited, then please explain to us how we can get the transparency like in the screenshot.
The transparency does not show....
Can not choose to apply or not icons....
As always with Stardock, free things dont let you have full features !
Shock! A company that tries to make money on their well developed products!
IMHO it's already a trimed down version of window blinds...
I paid for WindowsBlinds 5 and 6.
I have the "real" Diamond skin. It has its glass/transparency effects and other stuff that are NOT available in the "free" MyColors version.
Then again, the included Diamond skin may support transparency, its just the stripped down WindowBlinds included (wbload.exe) has those features disabled / removed.
The features are there, its just MyColors has them gimped.
downloader version. dunno if it gets the newest version tho.
Downloaded pretty fast for me
P.S. Comes with different theme then above. "Quest" http://www.stardock.com/products/mycolors/...shots/Quest.JPG
Last edited by jaxius on 22 Apr 2008 - 22:16
What do you think is doing the skinning in the "stock" version of XP? It's a variant of Windowblinds that Stardock and Microsoft worked together to create. If you disable the themes service and run Windowblinds, you are running the same processes, plus you get themes with much more features, and you don't have to hack system files to do it.
The new Windowblinds has almost no footprint on Vista..the resource/process thing is not an argument against it anymore.
I prefer the classic Windows 2000 theme. Looks "professional".
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It's not designed to replace WindowBlinds, just a great way to distribute specialized themes.
Instead, the user finds a theme they want and just buys that and doesn't have to worry about how gets applied.
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