ExtremeTech Reviews WindowBlinds 5

Published on January 22, 2006 By BX In WinCustomize News

ExtremeTech, a well known and respected website dedicated for technology news, has taken an in-depth look at the newly released WindowBlinds 5. In an exclusive article, they have discussed almost every feautre of WindowBlinds 5 like per-pixel alpha blending, as well as the ability to change toolbar icons, progress animations, and the hue and saturation of the Windows interface.

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Comments (Page 2)

Shock 12

on Jan 23, 2006

EventHorizon

on Jan 23, 2006

Heh, the 'member rating' for WB is 1 out of 5 stars...Noobs.

EventHorizon

on Jan 23, 2006

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bhast2

on Jan 24, 2006

great stuff i love the new windowblinds, i was lost before i got it can't wait to see what they come up with next over there at stardock

RiddickRom

on Jan 26, 2006

The review wasn't too bad. I didn't see the need to talk about the $50 package, the review was of a single program, not other programs by the same company. Clearly thats confusing a lot of people, who are skimming and coming away believing it costs $50. Already been said but I wanted to echo it.

Usually ExtremeTech has good articles, this one seemed more like someone spending too much time making screenshots then whacking out some words to go with it, rather than reviewing the mechanics of what WindowsBlinds really can do.

Kevin_C

on Jan 26, 2006

rather than reviewing the mechanics of what WindowsBlinds really can do.

One has to wonder if that is because they themselves didn't really know why someone would spend money to change the way their windows look. I mean, one of the biggest advantages beyond the cool skins is the increased performance. The reviewer states that he didn't see any performance gains, I personally see a rather large improvement when using WB over the stock XP themes. Of course maybe I'm just biased!

kona0197

on Jan 27, 2006

butch's ports always have trouble with different applications because they arn't skinned properly. This would gives a bad rep to a first glance of windowblinds. Good exposure all in the same.

Not to be to off topic but I assure you if you tell Butch his skins are messed up and don't work right he never listens.

RiddickRom

on Jan 27, 2006

I'd hope that Extremetech understood the whole skinning phenomenon. Sadly that doesn't stop people writing lazy reviews and I think in this case, that's what happened. As for improvements in performance. I've never seen any improvements myself using any kind of skinning tools. What I do gain though is usability. Faster access to programs I use, better visualisation of what state my computer is in (free ram, hd space, temperatures and such) For that kind of usability boost I'm quite willing to take a performance hit. I think the trick is balancing how much you have on your desktop with how much power your computer has. For those that gain performance increases, good for them I say. I wouldn't disagree with you, just on my system it has never worked out like that.

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