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It would be nice to be able to toggle the portal off and on. Especially for those of us still using smaller monitors. Otherwise great program

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ShadowsKnight, Thanks for restating your thoughts. I agree that more involvement with the community would be a good thing. I also agree with your ideas about more and different contests being a good thing to stimulate both activity AND quality/creativity. The GUI Olympics are a good example, but holding contests more often for things like software and subscriptions would encourage more participation.(Anybody still reading this thread?). Two short points. 1. I respect your

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Unrealistic, naive or simply cheap. You tell me.

Reply to Editiorial: Are skinners abandoning originality in exchange for popularity? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

"I had the idea that it would be cool to learn to skin...it was an idea I quickly scrapped when I saw that you actually have to BUY SkinStudio if you want to make really great skins." ShadowsKnight, Many of the great skins of the past predate "SkinStudio". "Builderblinds" for instance was a freeware program I downloaded years ago (Only to discover that I don't have the gift ). Many of the b

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One more thing, I agree that in general not very much effort is put into the preview on most skins. I want to see the WB skin, not the authors desktop

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BTW. Thank you Frogboy for engaging this topic.

Reply to Editiorial: Are skinners abandoning originality in exchange for popularity? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

First of all I don't skin...don't have the gift. Having said that, I have been coming here almost daily since the demise of skins.org so I have observed the evolution of this thing called "skinning" for several years. Some observations: 1. I agree with Hippy in that, if all a person wants is recolored windows, or a small border then WB is a waste of time. Size is not everything however. When I think of some very good skins from, say...Dangeruss, Treetog, Jafo, etc. I don't always thin

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Thanks Martin, I just had that very problem.

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To me the answer is simple. Stardock, which is a business afterall, should continue to support earlier versions of Windows as long as it is more profitable for them to do so. I know that sounds harsh but when it becoms more expensive to support these systems than the amount of money generated by 98/ME user subscriptions, they should stop supporting them. In the meantime there should be disclaimers put on all programs and products and skins which will work slow or be buggy on these systems.