WindowBlinds 7 – Beta 2 Released!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Stardock is excited to announce the release of Beta 2 for WindowBlinds 7. WindowBlinds is an application that lets users change the look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, and now Windows 7 by applying themes (also known as skins). This latest beta release introduces a wide range of improvements and features over earlier betas.
This beta 2 update includes:
- Live previews. See the changes you make in settings in real-time
- Completely new user interface which includes grab and throw scrolling, reflections, and a simpler layout.
- Improved Windows 7 support
- Improved skin coloring (see video)
- Improved sub-style selections, and skin search
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WindowBlinds 7 – Beta 2 is available for download via Stardock’s Impulse for Object Desktop subscribers. Purchase WindowBlinds 6 now, and you will get the upgrade to WindowBlinds 7 for free when released!
For more information, please visit www.windowblinds.net.
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Reply #2 Wednesday, August 5, 2009 2:45 PM
I may have spent a little time dragging things around, but far less time than I spent maximizing and minimizing windows with WindowFX 2.
Reply #3 Wednesday, August 5, 2009 4:07 PM
+1
Reply #4 Wednesday, August 5, 2009 5:27 PM
Why are we still stuck in the age of black and gray? I like the functionality of the new interface but aren't we into themes, graphics and color? The black and gray looks like shades of the built-in Vista theme that I intensely disliked. That's why I purchased Window Blinds and Skin Studio. I wanted to escape from black and gray into the world of full color. Perhaps we will have some options in the future?
Reply #7 Wednesday, August 5, 2009 11:27 PM
Nice to get a resing interface 
But where are gone some options like Explorer Backgrounds, Toolbar icons, Animations 
and some others like the "never use per pixel borders on a skin" ?
N.B: still the same trouble with the "Google button" in taskbar ==> https://forums.wincustomize.com/358671
Reply #8 Thursday, August 6, 2009 4:24 AM
The Explorer backgrounds tabs is not yet in the UI. The Toolbar icons & Animations settings will probably go on a new tab off the settings dialog rather than in the main UI. For now you can set them using the old UI (and likewise the never use per pixel borders option)
Reply #9 Thursday, August 6, 2009 5:00 AM
Hm, for me per application does not work with this beta. I have this one app that always crashes when resizing windows. But it is a very special ERP-app, so I didn't report that one but instead used per app.
Reply #10 Thursday, August 6, 2009 5:05 AM
UPDATE : It seems that we have different per app settings in the old and the new interface ? I can see the setting in the old interface but I had to add it also in the new. A bit strange, isn't it ? 
Reply #11 Thursday, August 6, 2009 5:09 AM
Per app settings are identical between the two UIs.
Reply #12 Thursday, August 6, 2009 5:32 AM
OK, i was afraid that he new version would be out of these 
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Reply #15 Thursday, August 6, 2009 5:37 PM
How do I download it, I have an object deskto subscription, but I don't see the option to update windowsblind to 7 beta 2 on impulse, any tip will be appreciated.
Reply #16 Thursday, August 6, 2009 5:50 PM
OrderMoD click on the Impulse Icon in the upper left hand corner and make sure you have Show Prereleased version checked. You probably will have to restart Impulse for it to take effect.
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Reply #19 Friday, August 7, 2009 12:11 PM
Haven't D/L'd it yet, but should you need to use the old Config UI for something, how do you get to it after installing the new WB version?
Reply #20 Friday, August 7, 2009 12:11 PM
WHAT?!?!? NO SCROLLBAR SKINNING?!?!?!?!?
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Reply #1 Wednesday, August 5, 2009 2:39 PM
I love being able to click and drag to navigate the skins. Very cool.
Who else is clicking and dragging just to watch them slide?