You can add me to no list, for all the reasons already stated.

Another "no" vote here also.

What I would like is more interoperability with windowFX and WB.

For example, if you could specify a shadow for each border in a WB skin and have it only apply to a window that is skinned by that border. This would work especially well if you can set the inner offset of the shadow in it''''s specification file then you can make custom tailored shadows for just about any skin. This would also give you the appearence of antialiasing in the borders if you do the shadow right.

To round off that functionality per app, and or per class shadows can be added, or to just be able to specify a generic shadow to be applied to borders that aren''''t skinned by WB (borderless windows,menus certain MP3 players like itunes, real one, etc.)

I already make shadows that compensate for the inner offset of the setting for rounded window but this would take that concept a lot further.

The shadow skinning and border skinning in WB and WFX CAN be tied together more than it is now.

P.S. What is the code to specify the shadow in a WB skin anyway?
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That there is exactly my point, WNFX has not only shadow support defined by WB skins but other features seem to be more attuned to what a WB skin is doing.

now that i think about it, it seems a few of you took this the worng way, thats fine its made me realize that even if this were to happen i guess some of you are not ready.

as both WINFX and WB are even more developed to be less and less resource happy i will bring this up again maybe when Longhorn is RTM lol then maybe the majority of computer hardware will be powerfull enough to allow some of you to immagine it outside of the constraints of todays hardware.

I think it should as well however then that would be one less benifit of OD (if they already have WB then FX's intergration into WB would take away from the benifits of having OD)

Essencay - is it just the "magic pink" kind of transparency, or actual alpha-channel blending (either a png image or like with DX's 'objects transparency is set by the bitmap used' with the grayscale image showing the level of transparency)
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"have you downloaded treetog''s anteres skin from the GUIolympics?????? on fully animated subskin it eats 62% of my CPU wich is an P4 3.0ghz"

Been running Antares since before its release....currently as I type my CPU is at 2 to 9 %  and it's a P4 3.0 gig as well.....sounds like someone has a system issue that is not actually a fault of the skin itself....

#18 by smoke-tetsu - 5/15/2004 5:16:12 PM What I would like is more interoperability with WindowFX and WB.

I thought it was supposed to be like that in the first place?

Anyway, no I don't want it packaged with WB. I can't really use WindowFX on my current computer.

"have you downloaded treetog's anteres skin from the GUIolympics?????? on fully animated subskin it eats 62% of my CPU wich is an P4 3.0ghz"

I have had that same problem but nowhere near 62% of CPU usage. More like 20%... and I am running a Celron processor 2.39 Gigs

""#18 by smoke-tetsu - 5/15/2004 5:16:12 PM What I would like is more interoperability with WindowFX and WB."


I thought it was supposed to be like that in the first place?

Anyway, no I don''t want it packaged with WB. I can''t really use WindowFX on my current computer."

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Not nessasarily. I mean there is code to specify a shadow but there isn''t a lot of info on how that works or code to make it work. You have to understand exactly what I''m asking for to know.

So let''s say you want to make a funky shadow for a WB skin, and put a square shadow on tool windows and menus and a rounded shadow on itunes. You can do it if the features I would like to see where in. AFAIK you can''t do this presently.
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FreeRider

This skin http://www.guiolympics.com/skins2004.asp?skinid=74 Niobium Blue by Bones2112 has a button (on left hand side of Titlebar to make a window transparent

I have begun to think that this thread hit the point of diminishing returns after the first time "submit" was clicked.

Funny thing is, you all speak of your CPU's spiking. Get this. I have a Penium 3 at 800 mhz. Worse WB has ever done is 2 to 4% usage. makes me wonder.

*sigh...

kona they're referring to a specific skin.......... are you?