WindowBlinds 4.4 released

Published on September 27, 2004 By Stardock Central In WinCustomize News

WindowBlinds 4.4 is now available for public download. WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to completely customize their Windows user GUI. That includes their title bars, push buttons, Start bar, toolbar icons, radio buttons, progress animations and nearly every other part of the Windows GUI.

WindowBlinds is the most popular desktop enhancement program of all time according to CNET with over 7 MILLION downloads from CNET Download.com. It is used by companies such as Microsoft, Sony, ATI, nVidia, Nintendo, Alienware, and many other companies that want to create additional visual styles for Windows XP, 2000, 98, or ME.

There are thousands of visual styles available on websites such as WinCustomize.com, deviantART.com, to give Windows a totally new look. Want to make Windows look like another operating system? Or make Windows conform to the look and feel of your favorite game? WindowBlinds can do these things and more.

WindowBlinds 4.4's biggest new features include lower level integration into Windows resulting in up to a 40% increase in performance along with the ability to have the explorer task panel at the top of a window rather than on the left.

The home page for WindowBlinds is http://www.windowblinds.net. It is a free download.

An enhanced version is available that adds additional features such as on the fly colorization, support for non-theme aware programs, and much more. The enhanced version can be purchased on its own for as part of Object Desktop, a suite of desktop enhancement programs.

Comments (Page 1)

monusen

on Sep 27, 2004

Maybe i'm impolite but i think we could discuss this semi-transparency thingy in depth

Is it true that it'll require Avalon? Or is there a trick to make it work with GDI?
Is it true it'll be included in version 5 of WindowBlinds? Or an earlier version?
Is it only a plan? / Have you already started working on it?

Frogboy

on Sep 27, 2004

Before you see anything like that in WindowBlinds you'll see more effects in WindowFX because we'll have to master those kinds of effects before we can do it in WindowBlinds.

toothsome

on Sep 27, 2004

In my opinion semi-transparent titlebars are overrated!
So are anti-aliased edges.

smoke-tetsu

on Sep 27, 2004

In my opinion they are not. =p Aliased edges are so ugly.

smoke-tetsu

on Sep 27, 2004

Aliased=jagged/ugly Antialiased=smooth/good looking

WolfwoodX

on Sep 27, 2004

I had to give up WindowBlinds because Avid programs didn't work with it enabled at all and it made explorer crashed alot.

Wet Monkey

on Sep 27, 2004

I have the enhanced version, I think, through my OD subscription. I noticed in the description above that this version includes on the fly colorization. Where is that or where is info on how to use that feature? Thanks

caseagainstfaith

on Sep 27, 2004

Frogboy acknowledges existence of the mythical WindowFX?

Weaksid

on Sep 28, 2004

I like that it fixes the issue with SP2

*Thinks To Self*
I need to get some $ so I can buy the programs so I don't have this problem

Weaksid leaves for school

monusen

on Sep 28, 2004

Frogboy, you haven't write any answers (again)

Septimus

on Sep 28, 2004

He's being pragmatic, not ignoring you monusen.

As the company probably doesn't know the precise way to go about this, its best they keep things close to their chest.

WB4 works fine with Avid btw

It does for me. Same goes for Adobe products, I used to have to exclude them all. Not anymore I'm pleased to say. It's more of the newer apps from Avid and Adobe now support some theme aware properties thanks to XP having some skinning ability, just make sure you have "Only skin theme aware apps" selected in the config.

GreenReaper

on Sep 28, 2004

Wet Monkey: The small box in the middle of Display Properties. Click it, tick the enable checkbox, and select a colour. You can also invert the colour or apply gamma/brightness correction.

danioc

on Sep 28, 2004

Cool feature

Mav Phoenix

on Sep 28, 2004

Septimus, the one Adobe program that really doesn't work well with WB for me is InDesign CS.

mizxecio

on Sep 29, 2004

If i have allready paid for WB 4.20, can i get the full version of 4.4 without paying again?

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