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Stardock releases WindowBlinds 3.1

Stardock.net, has released WindowBlinds 3.1, the first public update to its popular GUI skinning program since the November release of 3.0. http://www.windowblinds.net/

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Gregor Klevže 21 Aug 2014 5,289 views

Stardock.net, has released WindowBlinds 3.1, the first public update to its popular GUI skinning program since the November release of 3.0. <BR> <BR>http://www.windowblinds.net/

New Skin Type: Extended Visual Styles.

The biggest feature new to 3.1 is the inclusion UIS1 which has been dubbed "Extended Visual Styles". 99% of WindowBlinds skins are created with what is called UIS2, a skin language designed to make it easy to create complex skins.

UIS1 Advantages

Much faster than UIS2 or Windows XP´s visual styles
More compatible than UIS2

UIS1 Dis-advantages

Harder to skin (it´s actually easier to create a UIS2 skin and convert it to UIS1)
Title bar buttons have to be on the title bar (UIS2 allows buttons to be placed on the sides or bottom of a window)
Borders have to be equal in size and default to 4 pixels in size.

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