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Not to be rude, but why is it that Stardock Design makes ugly &$$ designs and then charges for most of them? :x Get a real designer and make something that is as nice as other peoples VS's.

I mean look at this design:

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Who in their right mind would pay $9.95 for this ugly VS, along with almost all of your other VS's? :x

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Not to be rude, but why is it that Stardock Design makes ugly &$$ designs and then charges for most of them? :x Get a real designer and make something that is as nice as other peoples VS's.

I mean look at this design:

preview-78-1.jpg

Who in their right mind would pay $9.95 for this ugly VS, along with almost all of your other VS's? :x

This is definitely a visual style geared towards a child's computer/account, but yeah I agree, hideously ugly.

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Not to be rude, but why is it that Stardock Design makes ugly &$ designs and then charges for most of them? :x Get a real designer and make something that is as nice as other peoples VS's.

I mean look at this design:

Who in their right mind would pay $9.95 for this ugly VS, along with almost all of your other VS's? :x

Actually more than quite a few people have.

You should realize that the style you like is not something for everyone, and that skins like this have an appeal to other people aside from those who "browse" the WB area on Neowin.

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Beauty, as always, is in the eye of the beholder.?

It's a skin, it's not 'usable' it's eyecandy. You either like it or don't, you don't 'use' it.

Clean......

That means? I find my current VS clean, but i imagine others find it hideously cluttered. I gladly paid the $5 for it, but would have paid the going rate of $10 without hesitation.

Official screenshot from wincustomize:

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They just look very.....Windows 98 looking

Not the one Petrossa posted

My thoughts exactly. This is exactly the kind of styles I was applying when I was using W98. While it's true that this kind of style isn't to everyone's taste, I wonder how much more popular Windowblinds would be if more contemporary-styled themes were used to promote it.

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