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WindowBlinds breaks Window close detection?

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WindowBlinds breaks Window close detection?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/BugCast/WindowBlinds/WindowBreaks.html
from WinCustomize Forums
Dear Stardock,

Early last year I purchased Object Desktop and ran WindowBlinds 5.0 on my Windows XP.

Soon I noticed that most (if not all) skins break the close functionality on the system menu, e.g. double-clicking the icon on the left side of the title bar doesn't close the window as it should.

I struggled for a while and then finally uninstalled WB. I was unable to change my Windows habits.

Today, I was brave enough to give WindowBlinds another run. I installed the current 5.51 on a fresh Windows Server 2003, and found the exact same problem.

Am I really the only one with this problem, or are everybody else using some other shortcut for closing their windows? Since I actually work on my computer and must choose functionality over eye-candy, I was forced to uninstall WB once again. Maybe I'll retry again when 6.0 comes out.

I really like WB and would like to use it permanently so hopefully this single annoyance gets fixed.

For information, I made a screencast of my desktop with v5.51: http://s3.amazonaws.com/BugCast/WindowBlinds/WindowBreaks.html

Hope this helps in locating & fixing the problem!

Regards,
Harri
windowblinds
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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you like WB and you think it's a bug ok but developpers are now aware that it's possibly a bug cool, change your habits a little and use the close button in waiting for WB6 who maybe (or the clean install) will fix it.


If you cause of this bug dislike WB but you wanted tell them it's made, now you can disable it in waiting for WB6 who maybe (or the clean install) will fix it.

Just my 100€
Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top
waiting for WB6 who maybe (or the clean install) will fix it

Speaking of fixes and versions... I haven't found a issue tracking system anywhere. It's difficult (if not impossible -- without testing each patch) to find out, what fixes are included in each release.
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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This has some info on release fixes - WB History
Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes, I'm familiar with the history file (shows up on the Stardock Central UI).

I was actually studying it last weekend, when I attempted to figure how much progress there has been within the last 12 months or so.

Can you tell based on that file? I couldn't.

The revision file doesn't provide any references to issues reported or requested by users. It has even stopped reporting dates for the releases (I can only guess why).

I would appreciate, if the revision file had info and references to this or other forums to give some idea what has been fixed and what not.

For example: "Version 5.52, released Aug 1, 2007, Minor tweaks: [xxx], see: url forums.wincustomize, post 123 ..".

Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a similar and equally annoying problem with WB.

To close a window, apparently a lot of people move the mouse to the "X" button, make sure they're right on top of it, and click it. That's a big waste of time. I simply move the mouse to the corner with one small motion (it's not very far depending on the mouse pointer speed and acceleration) and click without looking, because the far upper-right pixel is part of the button.

However, most of the WindowBlinds themes have an inactive area in the far corner, so I have to watch where the pointer is and put it right over the button. For me this was bad enough to be a showstopper.

I use the keyboard whenever I can to save time, but ALT+F4 isn't a very convenient key combo.

So this probably doesn't help you, but no, you're not the only one who chooses efficiency and functionality over eye candy.