WinCustomize: Before and After

from JoeUser Forums

WinCustomize 2K5 home page:

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  • Displays top 3 most popular
  • Displays 3 top most popular master skins
  • Displays  featured skin
  • Displays poll no one uses
  • 1 Promotional item
  • Right side has command bar and ad.
  • Lots of icons that mean nothing to most users.

…Compared to…

WinCustomize 2K10 home page:

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  • Top 5 newest skin thumbnails
  • Top 5 most popular skin thumbnails 1 click away (no page refresh)
  • Featured skin
  • Top skins and skinners available.
  • 3 Promotional items available
  • Mouse-over access to galleries, articles, news, and much more.

 

WinCustomize 2K5 Skin view:

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  • Top half of screen used to describe what WindowBlinds is in a wall of text.
  • Right side has little that’s useful to readers and just adds confusion when someone is trying to link to a skin.
  • Lots of text, little information.
  • If you want to browse other skins, you have to hit the back button.

…Compared to…

WinCustomize 2K10 Skin view:

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  • Lot less wordy (though URls need to be fixed in comments)
  • Can go to next skin easily
  • Other skins by author displayed
  • Featured skins for category displayed
  • Further down displays top skins and top authors for that category.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This thread and the video tour helps explain the 'Why' questions. :sun:

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I hope you mean WC2k7 not WC2k5, otherwise you'd be trying to compare to this :P

ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ack! You're right. So. Much. Pain.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh my!  I remember that site! :grin:  

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Older forums.  :)  Good times.

(Thanks you wayback machine!)

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I do remember that one ZubaZ.  I actually like it.:thumbsup:

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh my! I remember that site!

If you can remember the 60's then you weren't really there...;)

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hehe Jafo  (<- speaking of old sites, heh)

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Zubaz: You're burning my eeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyess! :)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Excellent comparison.  Isn't strange how when WC2k7 was introduced we thought it was awesome lol. (except for the lack of skinning which the site continues to lack to this day despite promising it.  Neowin has a nice skinning feature so need one here as well.