kwyjibo

kwyjibo

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Windowblinds and custom fonts not working as expected [Solved] in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

It seems that unless you use the default Windows 7 font of Segoe UI for menubars and menus, these things will not render with the correct window metrics. Here is an example using the Diamond skin, but with an alternate font specified. Note how menubar items are squished together, dropdown menu items overlap each other or even get cropped. If a large font is used, even weirder things happen. Is there a way to avoid this with custom skin fonts? <img src="h

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Reply to WindowBlinds 7 Beta 2 with Windows 7 Theme Support! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I just tried out the dark UI. I like it, but can you change the white tab bar at the bottom to black with bright text? The white background is difficult to read. Question about the new UI: Will I be able to edit specific colours of a skin, still? In the old UI I could fine tune colours of a WB skin, such as the application background and foreground, or the menubar background/foreground (and dozens of others) to create my own substyle.

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Reply to ObjectDock 2.0 - First Sneak Peek in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]In regards to your point about using the customers color scheme...email Stardock (have you?) and see what they say. If you haven't tried/asked, you really shouldn't just give up on them imo.[/quote] [quote]I second that, m1. Wasn't trying to be contentious, kwyjibo. Didn't know you had an eyesight issue. Try emailing stardock, like the Munkeh said.[/quote] I have done that many times. When I saw this screenshot, that they are now changing ObjectDock from its usable interface to ha

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Reply to ObjectDock 2.0 - First Sneak Peek in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Gimme a break! You're not going to buy it because of the background color?!?[/quote] I have poor vision and must use a high constrast colour scheme with white text on black backgrounds. Applications that ignore the user's colour scheme and their own colours are entirely unreadable to the disabled. Stardock has gradually been hard-coding white backgrounds into all their programs. It's short-sighted and it's terrible and lazy UI design. System colours are easily requested by

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Reply to ObjectDock 2.0 - First Sneak Peek in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

You hard-coded white backgrounds into it? That makes it completely unusable under a high contrast colour scheme (white text on black). I guess I know what I'm not buying. Use the system colours. That's what they exist for. I will never understand why a company that prides itself on customization would hard-code their software to be incompatible with customization.

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Reply to Impulse: Phase 3 Preview in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

My suggestion for the UI is to stop forcing black text on white backgrounds and instead RESPECT the user's colour scheme. It makes your applications impossible to use if you have problems with high contrast. It's the same with Skinstudio, which makes me really wish I had my money back. Is that specific enough for you? Why does a customization company hard-code their UIs to be inalterable? It's ridiculous.

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Reply to Stardock and AMD Partner to offer a free MyColors Theme, AMD-Branded Impulse in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]kwyjibo, as Brad just said, they plan to release unencrypted versions of the StardockDesign ones, but the branded themes need the encryption because that's how the companies wanted it, to protect *their* intellectual property.[/quote] Because those companies asked for it does not make it right. A crude comparison: China wants Google to censor search results. Google has a choice to do the right or the wrong thing, but they choose to censor. Why? Because China's government ask

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Reply to Stardock and AMD Partner to offer a free MyColors Theme, AMD-Branded Impulse in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote] It's a free theme. What "piracy" do you think is going to occur? IP holders, like AMD, have every right to choose how their IP is distributed. As most should know, Stardock IP in MyColors themes are being released as ZIP files so people can mod it. [/quote] Free to use, but not to customize. But why use DRM at all? Why facilitate it? You can't wash your hands of the existence of Mycolors DRM because Stardock put it there to prevent customization. Yes. It is anti-cus

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Reply to Stardock and AMD Partner to offer a free MyColors Theme, AMD-Branded Impulse in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote] But wouldn't the better way to look at the whole MyColors encryption thing be that if it weren't for MyColors then 99% of these "Branded" themes wouldn't even exist and therefore you wouldn't have them to edit anyhow? [/quote] I read [b]Stardock's Gamers' Bill of Rights[/b]. Why is their philosophy the opposite with people that want to customize Windows? I'll quote you this gem: [b]Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by devel

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