WindowBlinds 7 Beta 2 with Windows 7 Theme Support!

Beta for Object Desktop subscribers

Published on August 5, 2009 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

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 4)

danioc

on Aug 06, 2009

Yay! It's finally out

The new UI looks smooth!

Thanks guy for the comments on Corporate (more stuff coming)

captainmoonlight

on Aug 06, 2009

I'm using it now,its is ace

o0SHUUMI0o

on Aug 06, 2009

ok new update is working for me today....yay!!!

Mirsguy

on Aug 06, 2009

Thanks guy for the comments on Corporate (more stuff coming)

Corporate is very clean and useable. Looking forward to more!

RedBuzzard

on Aug 06, 2009

Before I install this I was wondering if it now supports (or will it ever support) compact start panels??

bk13GarbageMan

on Aug 06, 2009

Looks cool in the preview!

messiah1

on Aug 06, 2009

Do you see the new interface button on the old interface?

"Do you have any papers to show you have no papers?"

Victek

on Aug 06, 2009

The new UI is a real improvement. Now I'm really looking forward to skins optimized for Windows 7. In particular the Windows 7 Aero skin has a very cool feature where open windows are outlined when placing the mouse pointer over the Show Desktop bar. That feature is not supported by the WB skins I've tried so far.

RedBuzzard

on Aug 06, 2009

I'll ask again. Does this now or will it ever support compact start panels??

o0SHUUMI0o

on Aug 06, 2009

so when do we get logon 7? boot 7 (should be animated), and working deskscapes for win 7? id post this in the forums, but they dont seem to be working today

danioc

on Aug 06, 2009

@ RedBuzzard"compact start panel is not a WB feature or even a OS feature, its a skin based trick, so compact menus depend on the skinner to make it.

One observation is that compact start menus may work only for XP as Vista and Windows 7 no longer have icon on the right side of the start menu, the user picture fades in to the icon for the item you mouse over.

Neil Banfield

on Aug 06, 2009

o0SHUUMI0o

reply 55

so when do we get logon 7? boot 7 (should be animated), and working deskscapes for win 7? id post this in the forums, but they dont seem to be working today

Deskscapes 3 should be coming soon.

Logon 7 is already out in beta form I think and I doubt you will see a Boot 7.

Neil Banfield

on Aug 06, 2009

Vicsan

reply 53

The outlines should continue to appear with WB running.

RedBuzzard

on Aug 06, 2009

Thanks DanilloOc

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 06, 2009

The UI is not fully complete yet.

No problem...I figured that to be the case...just dont want to lose any features.

Really like most of it so far...Corporate looks great.

I have a suggestion...when looking at the substyles you see an icon denoting which subs are default for each OS...it would be nice if we could set a flag in SKS that also labels which OS the other subs are for...so people could see at a glance which ones were for which OS.

This isnt a problem if a skin only has one sub per OS but I have 6 per OS on ecoLogical. (plus saved recolors)

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