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Reply to Most Usable Visual Style Winners in GUI Championships News Stardock Forums

I never meant to pin point a quality but rather the very reason you guys do this. Let's be honest the purpose of this contest is to sell your product. It's called promotion and it makes good business sense. What doesn't in my opinion is awarding gold medals to themes that could be recreated under a free engine. That's just my thoughts bro and I mean no disrespect to anyone, but let's not kid each other. This is business and it only makes business sense to have that be a criteria.

Reply to Most Usable Visual Style Winners in GUI Championships News Stardock Forums

I just want to say to Brad that I am appreciative of the time and effort put forth by all parties. I just think that the functionality and the usage of features that make WB distinct ought to be incorporated into the judging or else this contest may as well be open to Msstyles too. Again, I am sorry if I offended you or anyone else. I appreciate the time, money and effort set forth in making this contest possible, but my message in the end is that the purpose is to showcase Stardock's

Reply to Most Usable Visual Style Winners in GUI Championships News Stardock Forums

I apologize for further stirring up the post but Mr. LightStar has a very poignant point. Prior to this announcement I feared what was going to be considered as "usable". When I read these results my fears became a reality. The fact of the matter is that the default Windows Classic theme is "usable". But that would defeat the purpose of Windows Blinds now wouldn't it? The concept of a usable blind ought to fit Mr. LightStar's ideology. The point of Windows Blinds is that it gives t