Windows blinds and W7

[The Sly Assassin]

hey guys, has anyone tried the windows blinds with seven yet, and does it work without problems?

 

[garbanzo]

think about it - new UI elements means new skinning techniques. so naturally, neither the XP nor the Vista version will work on Windows 7...

the windows 7 version is in very early beta stage right now. it doesn't even support transparency yet. you'll probably have to wait until well after RTM to get a good, working version.

 

[Mercurial]

It doesn't work.

 

[Muad Dib]

I tried "Dell Dock" and "My Colors" (Dell version from Stardock).

Neither work.

At this point I would not put a lot of trust in any GUI applications not written specifically for Windows 7, MS changed too much.

I was able to get Daves Quick Search to work, but installation requires hoop jumping.

I also was able to get Iconoid's "hide icons" feature to work but other features do not.

But in general I will just wait for the heavy GUI apps catch up to Win7.

 

[zigzag3143]

windowblinds & win 7

hey guys, has anyone tried the windows blinds with seven yet, and does it work without problems?

Hi and welcome. Windowblinds is "vista ready" so will probably not be a problem. Just make sure to do a backup before (in case)

Hope I have helped

Ken

 

[swarfega]

erm I should think that WB wont be compatible with windows 7 because of the new GUI. And in this case saying its Vista ready is no guarantee of compatibility.

 

[zigzag3143]

windowblinds

erm I should think that WB wont be compatible with windows 7 because of the new GUI. And in this case saying its Vista ready is no guarantee of compatibility.

I bow to swarfega while Im installing WB to see if it blows up

I can only say the "free" edition works (perhaps not perfectly) with win 7. The version I downloaded is crippled so I cant do many of the changes I would like to do so...

Ken

 

[Muad Dib]

Hi and welcome. Windowblinds is "vista ready" so will probably not be a problem. Just make sure to do a backup before (in case)

Hope I have helped

Ken

Soooo..... you have "probably" tried to use it?

 

[zigzag3143]

windowblinds

Soooo..... you have "probably" tried to use it?

I definately used it. The version is the free (read crippled) version so I couldnt apply skin changed and several other things I would like to have but it works. Still I un-installed it when through .

Ken

 

[Muad Dib]

I definately used it. The version is the free (read crippled) version so I couldnt apply skin changed and several other things I would like to have but it works. Still I un-installed it when through .

Ken

Ok.... I like it when Mikey has actually tried it first!

 

[zigzag3143]

mikey srtikes again

Ok.... I like it when Mikey has actually tried it first!

Always better to have mikey run it first or failing that have murphy run it. I ran it on a beta version thats abt to expire anyway. worked ok I just wondered why you would want it

 

[Muad Dib]

Always better to have mikey run it first or failing that have murphy run it. I ran it on a beta version thats abt to expire anyway. worked ok I just wondered why you would want it

I don't really want it. I checked it out briefly when I was looking at Dell's "My Colors" freebie add on for Vista Ultimate (made by Stardock). I WOULD like to have that work as I like the "Diamond" desktop theme. Unfortunatley that DOES NOT work with Win7 7127.

 

[The Sly Assassin]

haha, its good that youve tried it, and since the begining of this post, i have reverted back to vista, and possibly intending to dualboot with w7, just need to get my hands on the latest release.