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WindowFX 5 Beta 1 Released

Island Dog — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 1:42:11 PM -0500

We are excited to announce the release of the first beta for WindowFX 5. WindowFX 5 lets Windows users add animated effects and advanced window controls to your Windows desktop! Features include:

Over 30 animated effects for Windows actions Over 20 Start menu animations Customized window sizing options on drag Advanced window controls for visibility, sizing, and process information and more! Current Object Desktop subscribers can download WindowFX 5 beta ...

New WinCustomize Master–RedneckDude

Island Dog — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 3:48:17 PM -0500

A big congratulations goes out to our newest WinCustomize Master Skinner – RedneckDude! Anybody who spends any amount of time on WinCustomize have seen his skins and also that he is a dedicated member of the WC community both on and off the site. Although RnD is a specialist in the DesktopX area, he has also dipped his skinning toe into WindowBlinds, CursorFX, and more. He has a whopping 27 pages of skins which grows by the week!

Check out his skin list here.

Congra...

Monday Desktop Skin Picks - Wallpapers and More!

Island Dog — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 1:59:15 AM -0500

Welcome to another week and while you sip on that mocha latte this morning, come browse through some of the cool desktop skins and wallpapers from the past weekend. I’m sure you will find a skin worthy of a place on your Windows PC.

WindowBlinds 7.30a Beta

Island Dog — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:45:31 PM -0500

Today we have released a beta update to WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds lets users change the complete look and feel of Windows using skins which can be downloaded from sites like WinCustomize.com.

www.windowblinds.net

This beta update includes:

Directory Opus fixesSyncBack / SyncBackSE / SyncBack Pro fixes. There are still some menu text colour issues with some skins, but thats skin-specific.KVIrc - Black scrollbar resolved along with some other issues linked to the QT framework. ...

New Master Dream - Sentinel (White/Red)

Island Dog — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:09:11 PM -0500

ChaNinja has shared another fantastic Master Dream with WinCustomize this week. Sentinel comes with several text and logo options, and works great on high-resolutions.

http://www.wincustomize.com/explore/dream/3857/

WinCustomize subscribers get a 20% discount!

Tiles 1.0 Released!

Island Dog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 6:45:11 AM -0500

Stardock has released Tiles 1.0 today.

Tiles works by creating a side-bar on a user’s display. At the top of the side-bar are labels for each page such as ‘My Tiles’ or ‘Documents’ or ‘Apps’. Users can then drag and drop programs, documents, or website URLs onto Tiles. When the program is inactive, it appears as an icon. When it is active, it appears as a live preview tile. The look of Tiles can also be customized further with additional themes, background images, and more.

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Visit the February Desktop Thread

Island Dog — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:42:19 PM -0500

A new month means it is time for a new desktop screenshot thread to be opened. The February thread is now open and take a moment to post your current desktop and show your fellow WinCustomize members what skins and themes you are using!

February 2012 Desktop Screenshots

Latest and Greatest WindowBlinds Skins

Island Dog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 3:19:06 PM -0500

We have had a nice variety of WindowBlinds skins submitted recently, each with their own personality and style each. If you missed them in the galleries then here is a quick recap.

http://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds

Altosa by LightStar

GloPad by BoXXi

Pr...

Lifehacker Reviews and loves “Tiles” and faves “Fences”

DrJBHL — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 9:23:41 AM -0500

Whitson Gordon has reviewed “Tiles” on Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com/5879727/tiles-keeps-your-open-windows-and-shortcuts-organized-to-reduce-screen-clutter)and has this to say:

“Tiles is a new application from Stardock, makers of our favorite desktop organizer, Fences, that keeps your open windows organized in a Metro-style thumbnail view in your sidebar, so you can focus on just the windows you need….It also comes with a nice theme engine, built upon St...

Start Your Week with These Desktop Skins

Island Dog — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 9:09:54 AM -0500

Happy Monday! Grab your coffee and browse some of the skins below to see what you might have missed over the weekend!

New Master Skin: Dream Hacker

Island Dog — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 9:35:29 AM -0500

Master Skinner ChaNinja brings us another cool Master Skin for DeskScapes called Dream Hacker (Gritty) PRO.

“A "Dream Hacker" is someone who can extract information from a person and manipulate them by entering their subconscious mind through their dreams.
The spinning top in the deskscape is an example of a "totem" which is an object used by dream hackers to check if they are within another person's dream or not. In the case of the top, it spins continuousl...

Microsoft Keynote at CES 2012

Island Dog — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 3:45:53 AM -0500

Doc has been posting some great highlights from CES 2012, and I wanted to add to that by posting the keynote video from Steve Ballmer. He goes through a variety of things such as the new great looking handsets for Windows Phone, but they also do quite a demo of Windows 8 with a new beta refresh coming in late February.

Let us know what you think of this new look at Windows 8.

Microsoft CES Keynote

Monday Featured Skins!

Island Dog — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:04:12 AM -0500

Enjoy some of the best!

GUI Championships 2012

Frogboy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:53:09 AM -0500

Greetings!

I just wanted to give all skinners fair warning that we WILL be having a GUI Championships competition in Fall of 2012.

The categories will include:

* WindowBlinds skins

* IconPackager themes

* DeskScapes animated backgrounds

* Static Desktop backgrounds (traditional windows wallpapers)

* And Possibly, depending on when Windows 8 ships, skins for a new, unannounced, Object Desktop program

PCWorld Editorial Review of Tiles

Island Dog — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 2:33:32 PM -0500

PCWorld has published their review of Stardock Tiles.

“There are those for whom the standard Windows interface never quite cuts the mustard. Stardock software has made a living off XP/Vista/Window 7 malcontents for quite a while now with desktop utilities that enhance the look of Windows and mimic the best features of other operating systems. Tiles, which can be installed as a standalone program or as part of the Object Desktop suite, falls into the latter category, making current versio...

WinCustomize Christmas 2011 Contest Winners

Island Dog — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:17 AM -0500

First let me say sorry for the slight delay in announcing the winners. I wanted to make sure we had enough people judging so we got a wide range of opinions. With that being said let me also thank everyone who participated as all the entries were top-notch!

First place – Happy Holidays by boltzfan (WindowBlinds) This was a close one, but this WindowBlinds skin got the most mentions and we really liked the design of this skin.

Runner-up – Chri...

DesktopX 4 BETA Now Available!

GunslingerBara — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:57:57 PM -0500

A new DesktopX 4 BETA is available for DesktopX 3.x & Object Desktop customers. This BETA release is focused on streamlining the interface and configuration options. Visit the DesktopX Themes library on WinCustomize.com to select from hundreds of choices to change your desktop look and feel.

This BETA can be downloaded from your products download page on the Stardock store. Logon with your Stardock account at https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Please note this beta update is o...

DesktopX 4 and DesktopX 4 Pro Beta Updates

Island Dog — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:03 PM -0500

We have released an update for both DesktopX 4 and DesktopX 4 Pro. These updates are only bug fixes for DesktopX.

You can download the betas (v3.96) via the Stardock store only.

https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

WinCustomize Christmas/Holiday Skinning Contest 2011

Island Dog — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 8:28:25 AM -0500

We are approaching the holiday season and this has always been a popular skinning holiday as decorating a desktop is almost as fun as decorating your house for Christmas. We already have a great gallery full of holiday themed skins, but lets reinforce that with some fresh new designs. This time we are just going for a free-for-all casual contest where any skin type is welcome as long as it’s available at WC for download.

The rules:

Contest runs from November 11th to F...

Rainmeter 2.1 Released September 18, 2011

karmat — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 5:12:59 AM -0500

Great news for Rainmeter lovers here at WC, the newest version, 2.1, was released today.

I am posting the Press Release so that you can see all the changes that have been made in this version.

I am using it now and have not had any problems with it.

Enjoy,

Karen

The Rainmeter team couldn’t be more pleased to announce the release of Rainmeter 2.1. Over seven months have passed since we made the big jump to version 2.0 - which has been downloaded over 1.3 million times s...

First Featured Skins for 2012!

Island Dog — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 5:03:52 PM -0500

We’re still rolling in this week and catching up on e-mails and other goodies like that. I wanted to stop over and feature some recent skins that have came in recently. I know some have been asking about the Christmas contest winners, and I’m trying to get those out as soon as I can.

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Happy New Year!

Island Dog — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 3:22:51 PM -0500

On behalf of the staff at WinCustomize and Stardock we would like to wish you a Happy New Year! Lots of good stuff to come in 2012, and once again thank you for your support in the past year!

Post Your January 2012 Desktops!

Island Dog — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:26:02 AM -0500

2012 is here and we have our first desktop screenshot thread for the year up. Head over to that thread and post your new desktop screenshot!

http://forums.wincustomize.com/414790

New WinCustomize Subscriber Skin: Helios!

Island Dog — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 6:21:52 PM -0500

This week we have another premium WindowBlinds skin exclusively for our WinCustomize Subscribers. Helios has a smooth design and subtle use of colors. This is a perfect skin for day to day use, as it is very easy on the eyes.

This WindowBlinds skin is available to all current WinCustomize Subscribers in the resources area. It’s not too late to get your subscription thought, follow this link and get yours today!

50% Off Christmas Eve Sale

Island Dog — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 3:04:33 PM -0500

It’s Christmas Eve and we have our final sale for the year going on today. We have several desktop apps and games on sale for 50% off through New Years Day. It’s also a great time to pick up any last minutes gifts for friends or family than can be delivered near instantly via electronic means.

http://www.stardock.com/media/mailers/yearendsale/

Tweak7 – $9.95 IconDeveloper – $9.95 KeepSafe – $9.95 Keyboard Launchpad – $4.95 Premium Themes – $4.95 SkinStud...