WindowBlinds skin contracting

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If you look over here: WindowBlinds 2001 in 2021 » Forum Post by Frogboy (wincustomize.com)  you will see that there are a lot of great skins for WindowBlinds that just don't work well in 2021 for a variety of reasons.

We are looking for modern recreations of OS skins that work with Windows 10 using WindowBlinds. 

In particular:

  1. Windows 3.1
  2. MacOS Classic (pre system 7)
  3. MacOS System 7
  4. Aqua 
  5. Amiga WorkBench (old style)
  6. Whistler
  7. NeXTStep
  8. Windows 95
  9. Luna (Windows XP)
  10. BeOS (Haiku)
  11. Gnome
  12. Aero
  13. OS/2 2.0
  14. OS/2 Warp
  15. Object Desktop for OS/2
  16. Open Windows

We would be looking for modern recreations without skinner embellishment except when it involves a UI control that didn't exist back then (start menu, etc.) and even then the goal would be to make it appear as if it were part of the OS.

If you are interested (and you would need to have a Master level of skinning experience) respond here and we'll get in touch.

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey Brad,

Interested big time!!!|-)  |-)  

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hell yeah, Brad ! -I'm up for it ^_^  

-Been doing this 4 quite some time now and I,m sure I'd do a Killer Job ReCreating the styles for Win 10!

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I might be interested Brad, I will at least consider it, but it would depend on certain things that could be discussed. :-)

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Sure, I am interested too.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 I'd be interested, but, looks like it's covered .....so, I'll bow out.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Some OS Themes recreated recently with Windows Blinds (Though in a way, are more recent OS) they also have Start10 skins to go with them! They are pretty accurate to their respective Os's, made to work with windows 7/8/10. If Aero Glass could fully be implemented into Windows Blinds, Jumplist Skinning, improved taskbar button/system tray skinning, then I don't see why they couldn't be included as default skins for Windows Blinds.

Windows 8: https://www.deviantart.com/newinfinitepro/art/Metro8X-871260784

Windows 7: https://www.deviantart.com/newinfinitepro/art/Aero7X-Reset-for-Windowblinds-10-836337064

Windows Vista: https://www.deviantart.com/newinfinitepro/art/AeroVistaX-Reset-for-WindowBlinds-10-844912103

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

maybe the could be doshed out equally amongst folks..,. thats a significant amount of work... How long per theme does Stardock expect them to take? Realistically.

 

Curious.

 

I havent made a skin for probably 5 + years, but... isnt it like riding a bike  :P  

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If there was room for me, I would be there too! I have in fact updated several older skins for my personal use.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for the replies all! I'm in the process of reaching out to everyone about this.

@vStyler: From what I understand, we expect updating an old skin could take an afternoon or so, while creating a new skin that doesn't have an old baseline could take a couple days.

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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks, 'preciate it, seems reasonable to me., :hot:  

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

So, this never happened, I guess... Can anyone shed a little light on this?

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

It happened, on my part, finished it. Not sure about the rest. I believe some of us get selected. Not sure who, and assigned few skins each.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Did this topic die at the permissions stage?

Seems to me it was a great idea.

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Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 13

It happened, on my part, finished it. Not sure about the rest. I believe some of us get selected. Not sure who, and assigned few skins each.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

If there are any further requests via Frogboy/Stardock I am sure he will post....;)