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Im seeing alot of mock-ups and early skins and IMO it looks really weak...Yes Beaver and Steve for example looks pretty good but it still seems like the same old messenger just with other colors. I dont know maybe it s me.
12-09-2007 11:10 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
WTF are you on about? Skinning is not just straight forward. You need to edit elements etc. in UIFiles, which're not documented really, and use XML code. Next time please try to research before posting. Also, I'd love to see one of your "skins".

Anyway, to answer your question skinning is not limited really.
12-09-2007 11:19 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
Why dont you make your own skin and surprize us?
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12-09-2007 11:20 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
The engine is pretty strong, it is the current skins that do not use everything.

Edit : would you guys just answer his damn question instead of always bitching?
Like really, most skins are just different colorization. And not a lot are impressive in a way it changes everything about WLM. Both you and I know it, why do you have to act like kids and come up with such posts? He bothers you? Don't answer his question!

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12-09-2007 11:20 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
It's just you, it takes FAR too long for any of us to code "uber skin to impress riahc4" before release date during testing

Did you even see/use Evo3?

Willz did an uber good job

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12-09-2007 11:27 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
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Hey

Im seeing alot of mock-ups and early skins and IMO it looks really weak...Yes Beaver and Steve for example looks pretty good but it still seems like the same old messenger just with other colors. I dont know maybe it s me.

Of course its limited, you still have to stick roughly to messengers layout in most windows and of course you are still restricted to what WLM can handle (like for those expecting Glass and Aero Enabled skins forget about it).

If you think this is restricted, I bet you would have hated how skinning was before Plus added these features in :P Trust me that was REALLY restricted :P

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12-09-2007 11:35 PM
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O.P. RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
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Originally posted by davidpolitis
WTF are you on about? Skinning is not just straight forward. You need to edit elements etc. in UIFiles, which're not documented really, and use XML code. Next time please try to research before posting. Also, I'd love to see one of your "skins".

Anyway, to answer your question skinning is not limited really.
I know exactly how Plus!'s skinning engine works.
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Why dont you make your own skin and surprize us?
Mmm because Im not a designer nor do I want any Messenger skin.
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Edit : would you guys just answer his damn question instead of always bitching?

Thank you but dont worry about them. They are problably on their period or something.


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Did you even see/use Evo3?

I said for example Beaver and Steve looks pretty good; Evo3 looks pretty good too but its still messenger.

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Of course its limited, you still have to stick roughly to messengers layout in most windows and of course you are still restricted to what WLM can handle (like for those expecting Glass and Aero Enabled skins forget about it).

I wasnt expecting it but it would have been very nice but of course this is dependent on the Messenger team and not Patchou.
12-09-2007 11:47 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
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Did you even see/use Evo3?

I said for example Beaver and Steve looks pretty good; Evo3 looks pretty good too but its still messenger.


Of course its still going to be messenger..its not gonna turn in to Windows Media Player now is it =/  8-)
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12-09-2007 11:50 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
LOL gotta love duck! :P

What exactly did you want/expect riahc4?
12-09-2007 11:55 PM
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RE: Is it me or is the skinning engine weak/basic/limited?
The thing is, dear riahc4, that there are only like 10 skins available now, so i doubt we've seen the potential of this feature yet. It's like judging the scripts engine by the very first scripts released :P

The current skins were developed during the testing process so most of them are just that, test skins from some testers :P. Just be patient, i know we'll get cool stuff soon (although Ev03 is pretty cool and is available now)

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