Has anyone tried WindowBlind w/ Win7068?

[jtoolman]

Just wondering if any Windowblinds works with Win 7 as well as it runs on XP and some Vista? Anyone tried it yet?

 

[greenlink23]

i havn't tried it. but im sure that it won't work. with the new taskbar and all. i know that they are developing a win7 version i've seen a screen shot somewhere...where was that....

anyway there will be a win7 version. right know i wouldn't try it. could screw up your system

found it. here is the image
http://www.draginol.com/images/WindowBlinds7sneakscreenshot_E47F/default7settings_thumb.jpg

i know it's not very big but you can see that it's a win7 version

 

[RST101]

Why on earth would you want to add that to windows 7. I could fully understand you wanting to add it to xp because its bland and lifeless but I think win 7 has a really nice look about it and I certainly wont be adding it to my system. What could it possibly give you that you've not already got access too? You could make it look like that in the screen shot posted in the link. Things like that just bog the system down imo. Thanks but no thanks.

 

[jtoolman]

Yes you are right. No need for that with Win 7 as it is right now.

It's just that I do use it on my XP machine and I have some really awesome desktops.

You are right. It would surely screw up the WIN 7 looks beyond help!

Thanks
Jtoolman

 

[Hybrid]

Why on earth would you want to add that to windows 7. I could fully understand you wanting to add it to xp because its bland and lifeless but I think win 7 has a really nice look about it and I certainly wont be adding it to my system. What could it possibly give you that you've not already got access too? You could make it look like that in the screen shot posted in the link. Things like that just bog the system down imo. Thanks but no thanks.

XP had a nice look for when it first came out. Things change. Styles change.

It's called customization. Not everyone likes the same thing exactly how you like it. That's why they made it so you can change the colour of the themes.

Why do you think Firefox is so popular? One reason is because it's very customizable. See? you want the user to be happy. People are happy with customizing.

Actually, WindowBlinds know what they're doing. It's not even noticeable when your using it. It wasn't for XP. It wasn't for Vista. See the pattern?
I'm sure they will do a good job. So before you shoot it down, at least wait till you try it OR until it's finished.

Ignorance.

 

[AlanWade]

WindowBlinds and IconPackager do not work, at least on my system they dont.

 

[RST101]

XP had a nice look for when it first came out. Things change. Styles change.

It's called customization. Not everyone likes the same thing exactly how you like it. That's why they made it so you can change the colour of the themes.

Why do you think Firefox is so popular? One reason is because it's very customizable. See? you want the user to be happy. People are happy with customizing.

Actually, WindowBlinds know what they're doing. It's not even noticeable when your using it. It wasn't for XP. It wasn't for Vista. See the pattern?
I'm sure they will do a good job. So before you shoot it down, at least wait till you try it OR until it's finished.

Ignorance.

Wait till I've tried it? I've had it on xp and vista machines before now. Yes it did do a good job but those os's were hardly customizable were they. Windows 7 if you have not noticed is able in it's own right to customize. You can try it if you want by right clicking desktop and selecting personalise, there you will find all aero colours that are available. There is red, green, yellow, blue, pink, white, purple, brown (sounds like a rainbow hey) and not only are they in different shades but if you slide the slider then you will also notice it changes the aeroability. See the pattern?

Where in my post did I shoot it down? No I didn't think so. I believe your the ignorant one mate for suggesting I did. Windowblinds is good for xp and vista like I said but offers nothing that I cant already do now with Windows 7 as it is. Tell me what windowblinds can do that I cant already with regards to colour and aero.

Red and yellow and pink and green orange and purple and blue I can sing a rainbow........................An aero one at that.

Ignorance!!

 

[Maka]

I have no need of WindowBlinds anymore now that i am using 7.I am however using their new program "Fences" and i can confirm it runs fine on Win 7.

 

[skizo]

WindowBlinds and IconPackager do not work, at least on my system they dont.

I wish I'd read that before trying Iconpackager.

It (I) screwed all my icons up last night and spent hours trying to fix it but to no avail. Thinking of reinstalling.

 

[johngalt]

Have you tried a system restore?

 

[jtoolman]

I still use it on my older XP machine and there are really some pretty spectacular desktops themes that people have created. One particular I am presently using looks like the inside of a spaceship. When you open folders, the windows are countoured with a top of details that would be pretty hard to produce in WIN7 without "External" help. My task bar is also contoured and moulded in appearance. Again, it doesn't add ANY productivity to the PC but it's just fun to screw around with the various desktops and themes.

By the way, the reason I have not uptated this particular machine to 7 unlike all my other PCs is because I use AVID Liquid Edition for my video editing and it has not worked under the 7 platform. It is only XP certified. It can half way work under Vista if compatabilty mode is used during the install. However it will totally crap out under Win 7 which is really too bad. But that's another subject!

 

[Wiisper]

I tried it (exidently) and it messed up my W7 hard.

 

[skizo]

Why hasn't M$ figured out that people want to tweak their PCs a bit? Why not (at the very least) include the ability to change individual icons within their properties?