Shoutbox

A mod for a skin for a add-on for a messenger huh? I don't know, not feeling that personally. I can imagine there are skinners who wouldn't like people modifying their creations, it's the opposite of what Willz is trying to achieve.

If you like to modify a skin for personal use there's nobody stopping you, and if you think your modification is really great you can contact the original creator about it. But if people were to release modifications of existing skins, how does that promote creativity and originality?

Also, by far most of the rips couldn't really be called a modification of the original skin. It's usually a completely different looking skin but based on the original skin's XML/DLL files with images from the original skin left here and there... most of the times done badly because (no offense) many of these skinners aren't sure what they're doing and haven't really read documentation. Would the original creators really like to see some random rip as a "modification" to their original work and have rippers continue to work without learning anything? Or would you rather see these rippers base their skins on a clean core where they are told why things are done a certain way and how to do skinning properly in a practival way?