Game performance is not affected. You're not drawing per-pixel window borders and effects when you are gaming, so why would it affect performance? Why would 20 be a waste? You will be able to use Windowblinds with Vista when it comes out. Get Windowblinds, it's worth it, I say that wholeheartedly.
Can't justify $15 dollars??? That is next to nothing for a much better looking GUI interface with powerful per-pixel effects. Just support Windowblinds 5.0, you won't regret it.
Weird, seems to be okay for me, I am using the same skin you are using and have a 9800 Non-Pro with Cat 5.11.
I use the regular Mozilla suite, should I switch to Firefox? I'm pretty happy with Mozilla 1.7.
Just wanted to voice my thanks to Stardock for Windowblinds 5.0!! I had pretty much stopped using Windowblinds 4.x for about a year or more, and then heard about the excitement of Windowblinds 5.0, and decided to go for it, $15 bucks ain't nothin', and whoa, it's like a whole new product. It doesn't have that clunky feel that made me stop using 4.x. It's super fast, the new per-pixel feature rocks, and seems to have more app compatibility than ever
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Dang people, changing skins 4 and 5 times a day? Do you people get out much? Geez, I change mine every like 4 or 5 months lol.
I wish Stardock would keep moving forward with DesktopX and make it into something worth purchasing rather than posting articles trying to defend their product based on a review from another site. Just my 2 cents. Konfabulator is a bit better, and free.
Oh, darn I purchased Windowblinds 4 a year or so ago.
Just curious if I am able to download the WB5 beta if I bought only WindowBlinds 4, and not the rest of Object Desktop. Seems I should be able to since the version for it is like 4.9.something.
Microsoft has an OS market share of over 90%, they're not going anywhere. I can't stand doomsayers.
I agree with RiddickRom, I pretty much use only ObjectDock, the stuttering associated with adding anything else doesn't work well with me.
Must be correct then, seeing as Frogboy is a completely unbiased source. My question is this though: why does Stardock keep writing stuff about memory usage. Okay so it only uses 600k of RAM. I could care less about how much RAM it uses and a whole lot more about how it affects overall system performance.
Oh by the way Windowvblinds uses less memory then even Windows classic or explorer itself. I doubt that. Highly.
Bloated can be more than just hogging memory. Bloating can be something such as a noticeable slowdown in overall system performance with certain programs enabled. Overall performance can be hampered by having too many things going on a time. DesktopX with a large number of widgets, WindowBlinds, CursorXP, and WindowFX all on at the same time IS going to slow down your system, it's pretty much a fact. But if you only use your pc as a toy to skin, th
popularity of skinning and companies like Stardock I don't think a company like Stardock is going to change how Microsoft designs their user interfaces. Anyway the majority of WindowBlinds skins are horrible, so I would be dissappointed if Microsoft started basing major product GUI design decisions o
I haven't had a single problem with GMail notifier. Works like a charm.
"Never install bloatware. (ie Java, .NET fx.........)" I would hardly call Java and .NET bloatware. For people such as myself in the computer software field, these come in quite handy when developing and testing programs, not to mention end users of the programs will need these to run the end product.
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Ooh haha didn't realize I could use Stardock Central, thought I had to buy OD to get that. Thanks, using WB 4.6 now
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Why does it take literally FOREVER for me to get sent the new link for Windowblinds when a new version comes out. I have sent a request for the new version about 10 times since yesterday and have also emailed support about it and still have recieved nothing. This is very annoying. I have only purchased WindowBlinds so I don't have access to this super duper Stardock Central thing that everyone else seems to have. Is there anything else I can do to
Even Flash takes up quite a bit of CPU. A Flash logon makes sense but a Flash desktop background I can't see as being useful.
Do you realize how many resources anv AVI desktop wallpaper would take up. That's right kids, your computer would slow to a crawl. So yes, this is an awesome idea, if you want to do nothing on your pc except watch your animated wallpaper. For the rest us, we actually need to do something useful with our pcs.
Hey i got an idea. Get off your butt and go outside every once in a while. I've heard that, yes, things do change naturally outdoors.
So I take it that an "informed" review is one that thinks this program is actually useful and increases productivity and doesn't think it is just the toy that it is.
VectorCell is the best skin in the history skinning. Period. It is extremely usable, well designed, and I don't seem myself changing it for a long time to come. Congrats b0se, you are the best skinner out there.