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why does WB 4.4 look like crap

September 18, 2004 10:08:41 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
every skin i had with WB 3 then installed 4.4 looks like crap

do all skins need to be updated for 4.4?

if so i am going back to 4.3
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Reply #1 September 18, 2004 10:14:56 AM
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I sort of feel the same way. But, I think that I'm going to update another one of mine for it, with a totally new substyle. Doesn't seem to take much to inspire me.
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Reply #2 September 18, 2004 10:17:14 AM
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hmmm, I don't seem to have any problems with it.



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Reply #3 September 18, 2004 10:29:45 AM
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I've noticed a few things no longer line up properly.
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Reply #4 September 18, 2004 10:34:35 AM
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Its because of the way the new versions of WindowBlinds are handling font management. Some system fonts are different sizes now.
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Reply #5 September 18, 2004 10:40:32 AM
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Hmm, you mean the system fonts that windowblinds uses by default? Do you know what the All Programs font/size use to be? And can't we define that font? Thanks.
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Reply #6 September 18, 2004 10:44:32 AM
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These Stardock developers are very tricky fellers. They like making us skinners go back and look at our skins, and see what's now messed up with them. Thereby, maybe forcing us to update them and hopefully make them better. I admit, there's always room for improvement.
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Reply #7 September 18, 2004 10:46:12 AM
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OMG, I made a PINK SKIN!!
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Reply #8 September 18, 2004 11:04:34 AM
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lol, yeah its not cool because some authors mau not want to update or may update certain skins no neciseraly the one you use you would like to use

my problems are bigger then fonts, some themes look fine but when you click on "start" the menu comes up as windows classic theme, weird

i unloaded Wb and loaded it again as well as restated many times and its just not fixing it
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Reply #9 September 18, 2004 11:21:43 AM
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my problems are bigger then fonts, some themes look fine but when you click on "start" the menu comes up as windows classic theme, weird

Finally you explain yourself....... that's much better description of your problem than "looks like crap".

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Reply #10 September 18, 2004 11:40:38 AM
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does it matter how i explain?

did you give me an answer? No you didnt so it does not make a god damn differance, and just so everyone knows i went back to WB 4.3 and all problem went away

so i say again

WB 4.4 looks like crap!
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Reply #11 September 18, 2004 11:46:43 AM
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It matters that you preferably refrain from such phrases as 'God damn'....[and 'crap', for that matter].

It helps if you maintain civility...even in the face of 'frustration'....


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Reply #12 September 18, 2004 11:52:30 AM
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Yes it matters how you explain it. Just because I don't know the answer to your problem, doesn't mean nobody does. But if you don't tell us what the problem is, how do expect anyone to know what you're looking at. We can't see your monitor.
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Reply #13 September 18, 2004 12:02:15 PM
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ok i see your point, but regardless i asked a question in my first post that could probably have saved us from the whole thing.

do all skins need to be updated for 4.4?

if the answer was yes then this thred is over because that means the problem is simply WB 4.4

if the answer is no then i would have explained further what was going with my system........
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Reply #14 September 18, 2004 12:07:27 PM
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sory for my frustreation, i am not a bad guy just confused, everything worked great then i updated to something that should be more improved but its actually more buggy

other problems i have with 4.4 is the tooltips, they were showing up yellow with a skin that should have had them white, i had to restart to take care of that, so another bug i found i guess would be when you cvhange skins in 4.4 its not really flawless, i had to restart to get it all to take effect which i never had to do before.

I will post more bugs as i come across them
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Reply #15 September 18, 2004 12:19:04 PM
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ok here is a good example, here is a skin that is suppose to only work with 4.4 but yet it worked flawlessly under 4.3 and looks like "cr*p" on 4.4

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Reply #16 September 18, 2004 1:49:48 PM
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Did you report the problem to Stardock support?
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Reply #17 September 18, 2004 1:53:19 PM
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So far the only glitch I have with 4.4 is the progress bar background,it should be transparent but its black
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Reply #18 September 18, 2004 1:58:25 PM
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I've seen a lot of magic pink in some of my skins. It's strange. But sometimes colors didn't always change in 4.3 either.
Windowblinds is not a perfect science.
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Reply #19 September 18, 2004 2:04:53 PM
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as things evolve there will be a few glitches ...software is always evolveing and updateing .. hence there will be issues at times .. make the best of them .. report any bugs to the PROPER. individuals .. but most of all stay calm...it's better to be calm and collected than just lashing out .. lashing out will invariably alienate those who's support u request...
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Reply #20 September 18, 2004 2:08:44 PM
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lashing out will invariably alienate those who's support u request...


Not to mention how it negatively effects things like promotions. If I had been
a good boy, I probably would have made skinner a lot sooner.

"With a rebel yell....you get less, less, less"
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Reply #21 September 18, 2004 2:23:55 PM
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tehehe... I didn't update yet.

I'm 2 for 2 with updating so far! SP2, and WindowBlinds. No problems on my system.

But I can't hold out for much longer though... I'll give myself another month before I update.
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Reply #22 September 18, 2004 5:06:24 PM
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If your "DPI Settings" are not set to "Normal" in the the WB 4.4 update it can mess with some of your Blinds.
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Reply #23 September 20, 2004 12:12:02 AM
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You are using an imported msstyle and the magic pink is not function because the graphics has either a shadow or something is making the actual color value not meet the exact RGB setting for the Magic pink so it is transparent...

open the skin in SKS and then from inside there after picking that graphic, edit it so the area of pink is the pure Magic pink color and it will not show up. Edit each graphic as needed and save the skin.

It is not 4.4 which is the issue, but the Skin / Port...

If it is showing up ok in 4.3 and not in 4.4, you might try setting the taskbar to small and over ride the skins default thin bar which does not seem to be thin enough.

I run this same port and it works perfectly in 4.4.....


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