I can’t believe we are already halfway through the year!  July is here so among other things it means we have a new desktop screenshot thread.  Take a screenshot of your desktop and show off the skins and themes you are using. Post to the July desktop thread here - https://forums.wincustomize.com/427644

We have released a small update to WindowFX 5 today.  WindowFX is a unique program that allows users to animate windows and start menus with slick animations and effects. No other program gives you so many polished and reliable window enhancement capabilities including; animations, window resizing options and movement customizations. This update addresses issues people were having on unloading. If you have WindowFX 5 installed, you will need to uninstall via Stardock Central fir...

WinCustomize has a great variety of wallpapers available.  Everything from stellar photographs to 3D created images can be found and many come in a variety of resolutions, sometimes even resolutions for mobile devices. Lets take a look at 5 favorites that you can download now for your desktop! Follow @wincustomize 1. View Point by ernie leo   2. Life by dadoizvg   3. ElectroSexual by Vampothika   4. Tiny E...

I wrote yesterday how there’s lot of new WindowBlinds skin coming in.  If you are like so many other people who are also using ObjectDock, then don’t forget you can often find matching dock backgrounds to go with your favorite skins.  For info on how to add backgrounds to ObjectDock, click here . Here’s a few of the latest! ...

Microsoft introduced Surface today which is a new line of tablet PC's for Windows 8.  They did a great job at keeping this hardware development under wraps, and Surface has some really nice features. Surface highlights: Software takes center stage:  Surface sports a full-sized USB port and a 16:9 aspect ratio – the industry standard for HD. It has edges angled at 22 degrees, a natural position for the PC at rest or in active use, letting the hardware fade into the background and the s...

Grab your coffee and take a look at some of the featured skin picks from the last few days!  As usual there’s some awesome stuff and be sure to take a moment and share any skins or themes you like with your friends.   ...

Makeuseof.com takes a look at the recently released WindowFX 5 and gives their impressions on it. "These new features alone make the free download worthwhile, but the animations don’t hurt, either: Even on a computer which is no powerhouse animations are silky-smooth and fun to watch. The free version comes with several animation options, so you can swap them around if you ever get tired of your original choices. Definitely a fun application, and this latest release looks great." ...

This week has been full of Windows 8 talk, so lets switch it back and check out some of the awesome skins seen this past week.  If you can, take a moment and share this with your friends on any social networks you might be a part of! Follow @stardock mincntrl for Xion media Adromeda for Sysmetrix   &nbs...

Stardock announced the fifth iteration of the ultra-popular WindowFX desktop enhancement program today. WindowFX is a unique program that allows users to animate windows and start menus with slick animations and effects. No other program gives you so many polished and reliable window enhancement capabilities including; animations, window resizing options and movement customizations. WindowFX 5 not only makes the windows experience look cool but, it also helps you focus on what is important wi...

Via Neowin: http://www.neowin.net/news/this-is-dells-windows-8-tablet The fine folks over at Neowin have obtained the specs and some more information about an upcoming Windows 8 tablet from Dell.  “As you can see from the slide above, we are looking at a 10.8 inch tablet, 1366x768 resolution, dual core Atom processor, fingerprint reader, Intel graphics (x86 tablet folks), 2 GB of ram, 128 GB SSD and of course it will be running Windows 8. We should note that it ...

I hope you had a great holiday weekend, and we’ll kick off this shorter week with some of the skins that came in.  I wasn’t expecting much to come in, but I was pleasantly surprised to see a bunch of them.  Keep up the great work! ...

Before we head off to a long holiday weekend, be sure to checkout the latest TWiS! This Week in Skinning-May 25th

Microsoft has a huge blog post from the head of the user experience team for Windows 8 about the UI changes and some ideas behind them.  It’s long, but an interesting read. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx “So what is the role of the desktop in Windows 8? It is pretty straightforward. The desktop is there to run the millions of existing, powerful, familiar Windows programs that are designed for mouse and keyb...

Lets take a look at some of the most popular and downloaded skins for WindowBlinds in the past month or so.  If you are stuck looking for a new skin to change to, checking out the top lists are a good way to get some fresh content. ...

We end the week on WinCustomize with featuring some skins from the past few days.  Hope you all have a great weekend planned and lets see some skins come in this weekend!