WindowBlinds 6 for Neowiners

[DigitalE]

WindowBlinds 6 is awesome! Definitely worth buying if you're on Vista.

Molten is cool, and the animation is definitely neat, but it's not really a skin I would use on a regular basis... A bit too flashy and complicated for me :p

Oh, does someone want to make a variant of Diamond with the regular Vista start orb?

[simonlang]

just a quick question ... will it work on my pc and my notebook at the same time (1 license?) or is it the same sh*t as with windows vista? :p

[Denis W. Veteran]

just a quick question ... will it work on my pc and my notebook at the same time (1 license?) or is it the same sh*t as with windows vista? :p

It will. The license permits installing WB on the machines you own.

The activation process shouldn't nail you unless you have like 50 PCs at home activating at the same time. :p

[lordtinuviel]

just a quick question ... will it work on my pc and my notebook at the same time (1 license?) or is it the same sh*t as with windows vista? :p

wonder that too,

[BoDEAN]

Seems like another resource hog app to me. To me, default vista with Aero enabled is just fine.

[Kenji]

You can download the free version if you dont want to pay for it, plus uxtheme skins cannot change the start menu so radically as what WindowBlinds does, you have to see Molten in action to believe it. This kind of comment is brought in everytime there is a WindowBlinds thread :(

It only lasts for a month..

I just downloaded it, Themes take ages to load, There aren't any good ones and it causes last.fm and msgplus to crash. Uninstalled.

Edited October 3, 2007 by .Dazzy

[leo_the_lion]

Seems like another resource hog app to me. To me, default vista with Aero enabled is just fine.

Have you actually tried it? No, I thought not. Give it a whirl - try the free trial version - and you might change your mind :)

This update is excellent and is being well received by those of us that use Stardock products. It appears from this forum and others around the net that many others are trying out the product for the first time and enjoying it. :)

[Pas]

themes take ages to load? my sytem changes skins in about 3 seconds, maybe less. it doesn't take long at all. and as for the other guy saying it looks like a resource hog but yet he hasn't tried it..........grow up. why must people who have yet to try the app say such ridiculous things about it?

[Knife Party]

i think its incredibly smoother looker back at v5. the theme load faster and smoother and things generally seemed pretty ironed out. im using the trial, so far ive spotted no flaws, if it stays like that, im getting it

[Island Dog]

What I have noticed, whether it's a bug or something which couldn't be resolved by Stardock programmers I don't know, is that the blur does not work when it is over the top of another maximised window. See below:

It's normal behavior on Windows XP. It is something that might be addressed in the future.

Seems like another resource hog app to me. To me, default vista with Aero enabled is just fine.

What resources did it actually "hog"?

[leo_the_lion]

It only lasts for a month..

I just downloaded it, Themes take ages to load, There aren't any good ones and it causes last.fm and msgplus to crash. Uninstalled.

A month. That's pretty good for a trial version. Some vendors only give you 15 days.

Themes sometimes take about 10 seconds to load. I'm told patience is a virtue :D

There are some people reporting msgplus problems and others who say it's fine. Have a look at the news item you will see that Frogboy is getting the developers to look at this immediately to resolve the issue, if there is in fact an issue. You can't get any better service than that. That says a lot about how much he cares :)

[Dirty Dog]

Oh, does someone want to make a variant of Diamond with the regular Vista start orb?

Try the AeroglassV5 theme (written for WB 5 but works well in WB6) for such a theme. (I recommend increasing the font size slightly, by moving the font size slider by half a notch - then the fonts will be the same size as in Vista)

It's normal behavior on Windows XP. It is something that might be addressed in the future.

Fair enough - it's a minor issue but would certainly be nice if it was possible to solve it one day.

[huskerpat]

Been using windowblinds for a while and am happy with the update. I'm not able to use the uxtheme hack on my work machine, so this is great. I mostly use visual styles I import with skinstudio.

[tmr250z]

I just bought WB 5.51 a few days ago. Do I have to uninstall WB 5.51 first, then install WB 6.0 or can I just upgrade on top of my existing installation?

[DigitalE]

Try the AeroglassV5 theme (written for WB 5 but works well in WB6) for such a theme. (I recommend increasing the font size slightly, by moving the font size slider by half a notch - then the fonts will be the same size as in Vista)

Unfortunately, AeroglassV5 doesn't have the curved taskbar ends. That's what I like about Diamond.

[Island Dog]

I just bought WB 5.51 a few days ago. Do I have to uninstall WB 5.51 first, then install WB 6.0 or can I just upgrade on top of my existing installation?

You should be able to just install over 5.5. I would always recommend installing with Stardock Central so you will always have the latest updates.

:)

[tmr250z]

You should be able to just install over 5.5. I would always recommend installing with Stardock Central so you will always have the latest updates.

:)

OK, thank you. :)

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

I would personally say uninstall first, mainly as thats what you had to do for the beta of WB6, just an opinion though :)

[Tuco]

Is there anyway of changing the transparency of the sidebar ? was rather hoping there would be an option under 'Control transparency and blur'

[Danrarbc]

It only lasts for a month..

I just downloaded it, Themes take ages to load, There aren't any good ones and it causes last.fm and msgplus to crash. Uninstalled.

There aren't any good ones? EVERY Windowblind and msstyle theme is at your disposal.

[Dirty Dog]

I would personally say uninstall first, mainly as thats what you had to do for the beta of WB6, just an opinion though :)

FWIW I installed WB6 over the top of 5.51 and it worked fine for me :)

[DigitalE]

I just downloaded it, Themes take ages to load, There aren't any good ones and it causes last.fm and msgplus to crash. Uninstalled.

Themes load in about 5 seconds for me.. There are lots of good skins if you look, and you can also use SkinStudio to convert regular msstyles to use as well. I haven't had any problems with Last.fm, either. :|

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

last.fm has no problems here, there is an issue with msgplus, but it certainly doesnt crash, it just doesnt load, and that is being looked into by Stardock and the creators of msgplus

[Icarus ^i^]

Installed today and love it so far :) My object desktop sub will run out in december... I'll deffo renew it now.

[ShadowVlican]

FWIW I installed WB6 over the top of 5.51 and it worked fine for me :)

same here no problems (though i used stardock central to upgrade)

what's the deal with msgplus?? it's working fine on my system! (Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178.00 and Messenger Plus! Live 4.23.0276)