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WindowBlinds 10.57 Beta Now Available

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WindowBlinds 10.57 Beta Now Available

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The WindowBlinds 10.57 beta is now available for download. 

Changelog:

  • Fixed seach icon in explorer and start menu
  • Fixed broken navigation arrow button in Explorer
  • Fixed Groove resizing issue - https://forums.wincustomize.com/481930 
  • Fixed odd text painting issue when switching from default theme to WB skin in explorer
  • Fixed issue with Start10 when not using WB theme (but WB on) - not having shutdown text visible if just switched from default theme
  • Tweaked modern app frame
  • Fixed a problem with modern apps on Win10 Insider 15042 where if you resized them tiny the app would not resize or move again
  • Fixed problem with the desktop menu on Win10 Insider 15042 not having text sometimes after switching from default theme to WB skin
  • Fixed Win10 Insider 15042 window prompting users to only use Store apps - Titlebar was not skinned

Current WindowBlinds 10 users and Object Desktop members can download the betas from your Stardock account.

Please uninstall the previous version, reboot and then install the new version.
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 25

I understand what you are saying on this concerning 10.57 Neil, but then again, anything made under 10.51 and prior gets ruined. Which is a ton of skins.
End of LightStar's quote

Man I'm all confused and since everything appears to work fine for me I'm staying out of this because I really don't understand it all.

I never updated my windows 7 computer as I found no reason. My opinion WB10 did nothing to improve anything on win 7. So I make all my skins on win 7 and use version wb 8.06. Now that is really prior to 10.51. On win10 I use 10.51. So I install my WB on that computer and make that sub style for 10. Make the required adjustments. I actually check the sub style for win 10 on my win 7 and all seems well. 

So at this point I will just read the post and try to learn what I can but leave the setup I have as is. Doesn't appear to be broke here and that is fine with me.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveRI, reply 21

Win10 64bit Home

In WBConfig, set the taskbar to fully transparent (only occurs if fully transparent, not partially)

Mouseover a taskbar button to display the popup preview

A blur occurs across the bottom of the entire screen in the preview popup area

Doesn't seem to be skin-specific
End of DaveRI's quote

Ok that's wrong, it does occur with some skins and not others.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

Still a few issues on Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview, Build 15048; Build 15051 supposed to drop today so we'll see if some things get 'fixed' or not.

Reply #29 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting fictitiousfellow, reply 28

Still a few issues on Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview, Build 15048; Build 15051 supposed to drop today so we'll see if some things get 'fixed' or not.
End of fictitiousfellow's quote

What issues are you encountering?

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 29


Quoting fictitiousfellow,
reply 28

Still a few issues on Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview, Build 15048; Build 15051 supposed to drop today so we'll see if some things get 'fixed' or not.



What issues are you encountering?

End of Neil's quote

Main thing is a few title bars won't skin: Edge, Calculator; most skins apply okay......

(I'll make a note of other issues when I stumble over them! ;) )

Reply #31 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 29

What issues are you encountering?
End of Neil's quote

"random" windows are missing titlebars, mainly dialog windows. Irfanview, Firefox, teamspeak... Firefox has it's menubar "off" by some pixels when it's initially hidden (and when alt is used to show it). (also latest fences doesn't work until desktop is right-clicked once, but that is another issue)

W10 insider 15048. Edit: also on 15055

http://imgur.com/a/UjAJa


Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top
Quoting Panu, reply 31
Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 29

What issues are you encountering?



"random" windows are missing titlebars, mainly dialog windows. Irfanview, Firefox, teamspeak... Firefox has it's menubar "off" by some pixels when it's initially hidden (and when alt is used to show it). (also latest fences doesn't work until desktop is right-clicked once, but that is another issue)

W10 insider 15048. Edit: also on 15055

http://imgur.com/a/UjAJa



End of Panu's quote

What skin are you using?

A missing titlebar would typically mean the skin author made an error in setting the system wide titlebar height.  If this is significantly different from the reality it can cause problems.

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 32

What skin are you using?

A missing titlebar would typically mean the skin author made an error in setting the system wide titlebar height.  If this is significantly different from the reality it can cause problems.
End of Neil's quote

 

WT Etneo, but yes a "built in" skin works as it should. I happened to test only one other skin that didn't work then. Hopefully getting things back to normal then...

Reply #34 from Stardock Forums Top

I had heard explorer window transparency (background, not title or navigation bar) was planned to be added down the line for WB10. Is this present in the new beta (i'm reluctant to test it out myself as I'm not a skin author and with the report of many skins being broken by the update) or is this gonna remain a pipe-dream. I know of so many awesome blinds I use that look even better on prior versions of Windows and the old WindowBlinds due to this extra transparency effect.

Obviously fixing issues should take precedence but we should always be looking forward also.

 

Also, recent stable release has seemed to add support for theming the explorer ribbon yet I have noticed this being rather sporadic and sometimes elements returning to default colour scheme. I am not certain whether this is a conflict with another ObjectDesktop software such as WindowFX or a bug but I'd be interested to know if this issue is still observed in the beta.

Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top

with build 15058 my previously non functioning etneo skin works again.