WindowBlinds 7 – Beta 2 Released!

Published on August 5, 2009 By Island Dog In 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


New UI	Skin coloring

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.

Comments (Page 2)

Philly0381

on Aug 06, 2009

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.

DarthElvis

on Aug 07, 2009

Where did the option to set skin 'brightness' go ? Besides having to use old interface.

Bushman

on Aug 07, 2009

Reply #16 Philly0381Yesterday, 5:50 PMOrderMoD click on

Thanks Philly I was wondering where it was.

Daiwa

on Aug 07, 2009

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?

Daiwa

on Aug 07, 2009

In case you haven't noticed when running Windows7:

WHAT?!?!? NO SCROLLBAR SKINNING?!?!?!?!?

Jafo

on Aug 07, 2009

In case you haven't noticed when running Windows7:

Darn...I missed that....

For a 'JAFO' I can be effing blind....

ZubaZ

on Aug 07, 2009

Daiwa

reply 19

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?

Both the old and new configs will be in yoru start menu. The new config is labelled "WindowBlinds (BETA2)"

Daiwa

on Aug 07, 2009

Thanks, Zu.

OrderMoD

on Aug 07, 2009

Thanks Philly0381, but now I have a different problem, my ObjectDesktop Subscription expires in 2010, but everytume I try to update to windowsblind 7 or iconpackager 5 it says "your registration for this product is not valid. would you like to edit your registrations now?" and I have not been able to download any of them. any tip? thanks.

ZubaZ

on Aug 07, 2009

your registration for this product is not valid. would you like to edit your registrations now?

Try to use teh Install all updates" on the update tab.

Ynglaur

on Aug 07, 2009

Are all of these features available to us lowly WinXP users? Also, how is stability compared to the current Windowsblinds 6 release?

Philly0381

on Aug 07, 2009

OrderMoD, did you try what Zubaz suggested?

Neil Banfield

on Aug 07, 2009

Ynglaur

reply 26

Are all of these features available to us lowly WinXP users? Also, how is stability compared to the current Windowsblinds 6 release?

The new UI is for Windows 7, Vista and XP.

Ynglaur

on Aug 07, 2009

Thanks Neil.

OrderMoD

on Aug 07, 2009

yes Philly0381 it did.

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