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When did you start using Windowblinds?

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When did you start using Windowblinds?

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I can't remember when I first tried Windowblinds. I really never was into skinning Windows. Don't get me wrong. I always thought it was  cool and very imaginative. For years I was a so called, "Power User" so I was always tearing down or getting rid of any unnecessary resources that slowed down my system. Kind of like a gear head for windows. If I could just get a few more ticks on the speedometer or tach I was happy. It was why I went from Windows 3.1 to 3.11 for work groups.  Windows 7 was  the first time I cared less about squeezing every ounce of speed and went with ( lol voice to txt anesthetics) anesthetics namely aeroglass. 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 20

A couple of years in....here's one from 2004 [all mine] ...Windowblinds, Winamp, Sysmetrix and Litestep ... back when people were 'adventurous' ....;)

 

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I miss Sysmetrix, i did really did a lot for the time.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Dcrew57, reply 26

I miss Sysmetrix, i did really did a lot for the time.
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I'm still using it...;)

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The first version I used was WindowBlinds (1.01c), back in 1998

 

Reply #29 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting GAIAStevef, reply 28

The first version I used was WindowBlinds (1.01c), back in 1998

 
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Whoa! Member 115...joined the same month as Jafo.  k6  :thumbsup:  

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Most of the things it used to do it doesnt anymore. I skinned it quite heavily with lots of function. Cannot use media player. and other things.

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not sure when, but I was a Stardock customer early back in the OS/2 days (A better Windows than Windows).  I still miss that OS.  I would have started using WindowBlinds after OS/2 was killed off and I was forced back to windows.

I haven't used WindowBlinds for several years now.

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Member Since: 10/24/2001

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I started in 2000, maybe 2001; I do remember that I discovered Windowblinds after I got Icon Packager.

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Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 35

In answer to the thread question, in 1997
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You were probably the first to use it ....;p

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Reply #38 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 20

A couple of years in....here's one from 2004 [all mine] ...Windowblinds, Winamp, Sysmetrix and Litestep ... back when people were 'adventurous' ....;)

 


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No working windowblind or Litestep anymore, but Winamp, Sysmetrix & DesktopX still run after some tweaking. I really enjoy this. Nijikon Fetchi 2024 - twenty years later:

Wall by Misery (deaddreamer), DesktopX by BoXXi, Sysmetrix & Winamp by Jafo.

Reply #39 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 35

It was a work of art!

In answer to the thread question, in 1997
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Quoting Jafo, reply 37

You were probably the first to use it ....
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Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Windowblinds 3 since I saw the Aquarium theme by Alexandria on Win98. I did try the now defunct Chroma,it was very promising which probably direct competition with WB,but somehow it shut down the website,stopped development when WInXp came out. What a shame. 

Chroma:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtnD0KcNeoI

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have been using since I joined WC under my old alias in 2005. Not what version of windowblinds that was.

Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top

My memory is a little blurry, but my guess for me would be anywhere from 2003 to 2009, somewhere around that time frame. I have a clear memory of using it in 2009, 2010, but it also seems like I was using it before then.

I must have collected at least 100 or more various .wba skins and themes over the years.....

 

 

 

Reply #43 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting 3java3, reply 42

I must have collected at least 100 or more various .wba skins and themes over the years.....
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I have 628 windowblinds installed. On my backup drive, there are a few more...:blush:  

Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I thought I would count what I have installed, it's about 205 actually..........I was making a rough estimate earlier, without counting. 628? Whoa!    B)  

 

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Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top

2005 was the first time i used WB. It was 2006 when i purchased Object Desktop and have been using WB and other software on any computer i get since then. 

Reply #46 from Stardock Forums Top

Whoa! A Nimbin sighting! Good to see you. How goes it?