Nice post Froggy, and I'm still on XP ..there's that 'format' word haunting me again.. but I guess to reap the benefits of a newer improved Object Desktop.. I'm gonna have to scrape some cash together for an upgrade ...it may take me a decade, but I'll get there  

Looking forward opening the hood and tearing into what makes it tick..

.. Interfacially speaking

This will come up at some time so might as well ask now.  XP still has a user base, not really sure how big it is now or if it will remain as such.  What can the community expect from Stardock with compatibility with XP, Vista and Windows 7 as available OSs (yes I know some folks are still using older versions of Windows) with WindowBlinds 7?  Will I just have to  finally upgrade, and in my case that means a new computer, to the new OS in order to be able to utilize Object Desktop and it's many programs?

Not complaining or whinning just trying to figure when my next upgrade should take place.  Not too eager to buy a new computer now and then upgrade the OS later.  Looking for some of that good old advice that we always find here in the forums.  By the way I have a computer because I can, it's not used for anything but fun and entertainment, not a bit of serious work is done with it.

Something I have preached since day one!

So, does this mean that SKS will support XP, Vista and Windows7 all at once? If so, it seems like skinning a blind completely is going to take alot longer....

so...now we have to skin 3 os's? or will vista still apply for 7....im pretty confused actually.  i know this might be a big ask, but id like to have more options when it comes to system colours. with vista, it seems we dont have many options.....especially when it came to system font colours ect...

also, ive only just discovered that that diamond skin (template) was corrupted, and yet i had to skin and STRUGGLE with many problems and didnt even know until last month. So at least can we have a template that is not corrupted and make our lives alot easier please?

I would also like to see a number for frames limitations (in other words, how many frames it can handle before sk says no) on animations for userpane, startbutton ect.....i seriously cannot count how many times ive done over 100 frames to find out later after hours and days of work that sk would only accept a 'certain' amount of frames.

i personally would like to see a proper and up to date tutorial on the new windows 7, what is skinnable, what isnt, ect, substyles, the works........written by a master skinner for skinners who can understand the new windows 7 instead of walking into it blind like we basically had to do with vista (i know i did)

I also think a completley fully skinned template from a master skinner would be awsome....when i started skinning vista, i basically used molten as my guide.......yet many things werent skinned....hence problems arose.

thanks for listening.

Windows 7 is still in early beta, so writing something now is pointless as everything is subject to being changed.

I'm betting that Windows 7 won't have the software compatibility problems transitioning from Vista that we saw from XP to Vista.  Vista and 7 are the same core OS, 7 just has a lot of improvements.  I'm actually debating making the upgrade from Vista to 7 at home shortly after 7 comes out (I only went to vista on my home PC within the last 6 months).

I can imagine, regardless, there will be differences between what can and cant be done on XP\Vista\7 so I'm assuming until everyone is on 7, skinning 3 OS might (prob. will) be neccesary if you want to provide maximum compatibilty.

The best advice I can give is to do the upgrade as soon as the new OS comes out...

Then build your own computer... it's far easier than you may realize and much cheaper too.  You can pick and choose exactly what you want in your computer, not what some company thinks you need.  The toughest thing about it is to decide the parts you want to put in it.  The build itself is really a piece of cake if you consider yourself even moderately smart.  Even then, there are forums and such to explain everything in layman's terms to make it easy on you.

Since you are part of this community, obviously you love customization.  Why not customize the hardware too.  It's every bit worth your time.

also, ive only just discovered that that diamond skin (template) was corrupted, and yet i had to skin and STRUGGLE with many problems and didnt even know until last month. So at least can we have a template that is not corrupted and make our lives alot easier please?

I would also like to see a number for frames limitations (in other words, how many frames it can handle before sk says no) on animations for userpane, startbutton ect.....i seriously cannot count how many times ive done over 100 frames to find out later after hours and days of work that sk would only accept a 'certain' amount of frames.

i personally would like to see a proper and up to date tutorial on the new windows 7, what is skinnable, what isnt, ect, substyles, the works........written by a master skinner for skinners who can understand the new windows 7 instead of walking into it blind like we basically had to do with vista (i know i did)

I also think a completley fully skinned template from a master skinner would be awsome....when i started skinning vista, i basically used molten as my guide.......yet many things werent skinned....hence problems arose.

 

i think the diamond skin should've been a complete work also, with every aspect skinned for the newbs to use as templates...i almost gave up at one time...its taken me 3 years to come back and try it again...sks6 made it alot easier for me though i will say...i have my true first skin going and its coming along nicely but would probably go a little faster with a really good tutorial

 

thank you, Joe

 

 

 

well....i currently have dual boot for vista and xp.....i dont mind haveing a tripple boot...if thats allowed to do all 3......

i dont mind getting my hands dirty to learn how to skin a new os........ just as long as i have the proper tools from day one..it will be okay.

ill be quite happy to skin 3 os's.......

ps. if i cant have tripple boot, i could probably save up for a laptop and have that as windows 7........(dunno......*shrugs)

Ive used it, skinned it from one side to the other... I hate it.

I think i just have a lucky streak going when it comes to OS'es mainly vista, like i said in my previous post, no problems at all, and i am the originator of murphys law, so i am really liking this lucky streak, guess that is why i am so pro vista, it has been very good for me, but not so for a lot of other people., i think back to when i first put in XP, very little problems with that as well, i guess i really should play the lottery now.

That's a very insightful observation, Vicscan. I do remember problems with XP at the beginning though.

Will WB make that taskbar thinner? It's really quite high.