Firestorm

Firestorm

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Reply to Lessons on Keeping Downloaders Honest in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

The one thing I don't recommend to shareware authors is to give customers the full but "locked" version of the product. Software is cracked very easily these days. Make the shareqware version truly incomplete. When the client buys it, SHIP the full version to them. "Rwegistration codes" that unlock all the features in a program are risky for developers. As for what method works best to encourage registration... Time limits. If the person really needs to program, they have no choice but to

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Reply to Anyone Trying out Lindows? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

If it's real, and it actually WORKS, this could be the "killer app" that makes me switch to Linux full-time. But the fact that they're already asking for money from users seems a bit fishy, and even after joining their "insiders" group there are still no guarantess you'll get to test the software. I'll wait and see. Sounds promising, but I'm cautious.

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Reply to FauxS-XP File Type Icon Requests? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

It's be great to have icons for us into game modding/development: .map (map format used by Quake and its ilk) .wmb (custom map format used by the A5 engine, which I use.) .mdl (model format for Quake and and A5) .wdl (script format for a5) If you ever have time for this type of "niche" icons, I, and my colleagues at http://www.conitec.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php would appreciate it greatly <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absm

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Reply to McNeill follows up UI Interface editorial w/ interview w/ Jef Raskin in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Oh my God, the sheer idiocy of those two maroons. I'm sorry, I know that was childish, but I can't bring myself to write a counter-argument to such a creatively bankrupt philosophy. Hey, why don't we force Microsoft, Apple, Be, Sun, and the Linux devs to agree on a single UI for ALL operating systems to use? I mean, you wouldn't want to have to suffer when you switch from a Wintel box to a Mac and the buttons are on the "wrong" side, right? How is it possible for McNeill to OWN

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Reply to WinStyle Object Desktop vs. WindowBlinds Object Desktop in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

WindowBlinds applies skins to the Windows GUI. WinStyles is a program manager for the most popular skinning progs. It's really a new style of theme manager. If you have a matching set of WindowBlinds, Winamp, and ICQ Plus skins, for example, WinStyles will package them for you so it's easier for you to switch between looks for your computer, as well as making it much easier to distribute them to others.

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Reply to Microsoft has to hand over its code in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

paxx: "It's so amazingly indecent to have so much money. And to think so many people starve in the world..." Gates does contribute a hell of a lot of money to various charities. And he does it without Big Brother telling him to. I thought America was a capitali st nation, pseudo-communist airheads nothwithstanding.

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Reply to GO VOTE!!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

chichigirl46, you should be able to vote. It's probably a temporary glitch. Sometimes I can't login here at WC, but the problem doesn't last long.

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Reply to LiteStep Disaster in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

In addition to what my esteemed coleagues have said, all I can say is: RTFM. Don't blame the devs for your negligence. When all else fails, you can go back to your regular WIndows shell by editing the system.ini file.

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Reply to Customization without running progs.. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Strider, some litestep themes included all the modules you need, but some don't. Furthermore, there are several different types of distributions now, each with its own standard for handling themes. The pro is that most new distros have a theme manager. The con is that not all themes work on all distros. Check this for more info: http://www.litestep.com/ Hell Dragon: I'd LOVE to have an app like that! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/bigsmile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmid

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Reply to Apple slams door on Windows themes in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The thing about Apple is that they fear that there are many users who've been attracted to the Aqua look. Those are potential Mac buyers right there. But if they see they can get a decent facsimile on another OS, they might settle for that instead of going over to the Mac camp. More serious-minded users like the Mac for more reasons than just its look, but there are plenty of users out there who just want the look and could care less about the functionality. I suppose these are the ones Apple fe

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Reply to Customization without running progs.. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Desktop themes are the way to go if you don't want to run any additional programs. But even if programs like OB and NS have slowed down your system, a good icon changing program like Icon Packager is a must-own. If I don't feel like using skins on a given day, I use Desktop Architect and Icon packager to still have a nice custom look. Desktop Architect is my theme manager/display editor of choice since it allows you to tweak your GUI's elements much more than Windows' display properties will al

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