Shoutbox

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Originally posted by MenthiX
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. /quote]

Yeah I totally do not like this "skin mod" idea because If we do allow mods it will simply open the door to people just adding in a crappy image that does not suit our skins into the skin and then releasing it. Menthix has several examples of these mods gone horribly wrong, I'm sure he'd be glad to show you some

If the mod idea were to be implemented I'd simply quit skinning, remove my skins and call it a day

Like Ev0, Iron Man and Zero-G are my own homegrown designs (Zero-G was with mk as well but yeah) and I spent a lot of time and effort to get it that polished. Its like my own work of art sort of and I really want it to stay the way I made it. Its sort of like saying "hey I don't like the mona lisa, how about you let me paint something on top of it to what I think is better "

Ok maybe not that extreme but you get the idea. The point of this skin is to get people who do not know xml and css to be able to create skins easily without having to resort to editing other skins.

To people complaining that it will restrict creativity...... I'm sorry but thats a load of crap. Editing a skin an existing skin with just a single image replace is way more uncreative than editing a skin based on the original WLM. People who don't know css and xml will always go the easiest way out, nothing will change that but at least I can make it so they leave other peoples work alone.

The people who are interested in skinning will expand on what this skin has and will most likely not stick to what I have put down. It's not as if theres a lock on the skin that goes "I'm sorry but you can't add anything else you must stick to what I have put here kthxbai"

One thing I see this skin being used for is its precoded options, people can start a skin without having to worry to code in settings (unless theres some special ones they want). It saves people time and skins can be released more frequent.

There is only one way to hide a button in WLM..... so I don't think people can be much more creative with that . I've gotten lots of positive feedback as it is already so I know I'm on the right track. I do agree with cookierevised, this should not be included with Plus because as he said not everyone will skin.

lol and Nile you know the saying if you cant beat em join em