WindowBlinds 7 Beta Bug reports

Published on June 4, 2009 By ZubaZ In WindowBlinds

The new WindowBlinds beta has been released. This build focuses on working with Windows 7 (and maintaining functionality in Vista and XP).

Known issues:

Compact start menus are right out.
Paint and Write titlebars are . . not right.

Post anything that looks odd. Make sure to give us your WB system information from the WB app, your OS (including 32 or 64 bit), and if it's hard to explain (or even if it isn't) a screenshot.

WindowBlinds v6.80.TBD (New BETA Build) 9/21/2009 - Coming MONDAY

Windows XP toolbar and animations settings are back under Settings.
Windows Vista sidebar skin settings are back under Settings.
Windows Explorer backgrounds tab has been added for Windows XP, Vista AND 7.
NEW! COOL! Textures tab added!
- Allows users to apply a textured effect to your skins titlebar, taskbar and startmenu.
- For skin authors, there are now three new sections in the skin to easily apply a texture to frames, taskbar or the startmenu without worrying about cutting it up and aligning it correctly.
- Now skins can also include their own textured versions to show in the skin list.
Added support for enlarged menus on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Some additional skin sections added for Vista / 7 including a new shadow section.
Fixed a bugs where the start button was clipping on multiple monitor Windows 7 boxes.
A feature that allows users to drag wallpapers to the large preview area and it will copy them into the wallpapers folder

Kirk Windisch

Software Development

Comments (Page 5)

2of3

on Jun 15, 2009

IE 7 favorites menu background and items not being skinned

Mirsguy

on Jun 19, 2009

This may be covered already, but I have no titlebar.

It looks like a bad skin load. Did reapplying fix it?

Are other skins ok?

Usually, if the titlebar is gone, I just close whichever application is giving me the problem and re-open it, then it's fine. A bit annoying, though.

2of3

on Jun 19, 2009

I have this issue too. It is a random thing with me, and seems to happen most with Firefox, and happens with every skin I try. I have tried reapplying the skins, but it's hard to tell if it helps or not, since this is such a random occurrance.

Usually, if the titlebar is gone, I just close whichever application is giving me the problem and re-open it, then it's fine. A bit annoying, though.

Exactly.

I get this with FF, skinstudio, Windowblinds config, and photoshop (randomly).

Mirsguy

on Jun 19, 2009

Oh, and I forgot to mention that this happens on two of my Vista machines. One is 32-bit, one is 64-bit.

Neil Banfield

on Jun 19, 2009

The no titlebar issue at random on some apps is known (incorrect files installed), and will be resolved with a new beta build that I suspect will show up early next week.

Mirsguy

on Jun 19, 2009

The no titlebar issue at random on some apps is known (incorrect files installed), and will be resolved with a new beta build that I suspect will show up early next week.

Thanks for the good news!

Mirsguy

on Jun 19, 2009

It seems as though WB7 does not want to fully apply a skin at times.

I was trying to apply a new skin, but it would skin one window, and not another; it forgot to skin the taskbar; then after trying to apply it about 5 or 6 times, it finally took.

GryphonSatyrKitty

on Jun 20, 2009

Mirsguy

reply 17

It seems as though WB7 does not want to fully apply a skin at times.

I was trying to apply a new skin, but it would skin one window, and not another; it forgot to skin the taskbar; then after trying to apply it about 5 or 6 times, it finally took.

Yeah several apps had to be closed and opened to become skinned.

NightTrainthedark

on Jun 20, 2009

On several occasions today while testing some skins Windows explorer crashes when double sizing the taskbar. Not when making it double sized but when reducing it back to normal size. This only happens when Internet Explorer 8 is running. If no windows are open this does not happen.

Skip that, it was just a coincidence that it happened 3 times in a row. It crashes for any old reason I suppose. Loading Aero and then reloading a skin corrects any unskinned parts that go classic upon explorer crashing.

bmetelsky

on Jun 22, 2009

What are the changes in the newer version that I spotted on Impulse today?

NightTrainthedark

on Jun 23, 2009

FYI.. Skinstudio 6 works like a charm on Win 7. Actually, I think it runs smoother than on Vista.

No noticable differences with the latest update either. It's running smoooooth.

Mirsguy

on Jun 24, 2009

FYI- I just installed W7 on a newly built computer. I began with an ATI Radeon graphics card. With that card, the start button worked perfectly.

Then once I was all set up, I put my NVidia (MSI) graphics card in. Now I have problems with the start button being cut off on the right side, as has been mentioned.

Just thought I'd point out that this could possibly be an incompatibility with different types of video cards.

Mirsguy

on Jun 24, 2009

Also, it seems like the explorer background bitmaps aren't applying in W7. This means that the "glassiness" of some skins isn't so glassy.

Oh, and I do have "enable transparency" checked in my Windows display settings.

NightTrainthedark

on Jun 24, 2009

Also, it seems like the explorer background bitmaps aren't applying in W7. This means that the "glassiness" of some skins isn't so glassy

I belive Neil stated that they will not work right now. I can't find the post right now.

Mirsguy

on Jun 24, 2009

I belive Neil stated that they will not work right now. I can't find the post right now.

Yeah, I figure it'll be fixed. Just thought I'd mention it, though.

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