WinStyles beta Released

WinStyles introduces two new formats: .xptheme and .suite. .xptheme is a format that is essentially a ZIP file that contains the skins, themes, icons, etc. of other programs along with information on how they are to be used. This is already in v0.90. .Suite goes one step further. It doesn´t contain any skins, themes, or icons. Instead, it points to where those things can be downloaded (essentially a dynamic peer to peer theming system). Hence, a user can create a really cool looking suite out of skins and icons from other users and upload the .suite file.

Another user then downloads the .suite file and it will automatically go and download and apply those skins seemlessly. Hence, a user could upload a screenshot of their desktop and include a .suite file with it (that would only be 2K or so). A user wanting to have that desktop simply would download the .suite and apply it and it would then go to wherever the files are located (whether at DeviantART, WinCustomize, Skinbase, Deskmod, LotsOfSkins, Customize, Skinz, or somewhere else entirely) download them and apply them.

WinStyles already supports most of the popular skinnable/themeable software including:

WinAmp
WindowBlinds
NeXTStart
DesktopX
ObjectBar
WindowFX
ICQPlus
WebBlinds
Trillian
CursorXP
Beatnik
Screensavers
MediaPlayer
IconPackager
Workshelf
Hoverdesk (coming soon)
and more on the way (assuming sufficient demand)

WinStyles comes in two flavors - Standard and Enhanced. The Standard version supports the Object Desktop components along with the components that come with Windows. The enhanced version comes with Object Desktop or can be purchased separately.

Here are some screenshots that really explain it far better than text can:

http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles-jan02a.jpg
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles-jan02.jpg
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles1.jpg
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles2.jpg
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles3.jpg

Download Winstyles at: http://www.winstyles.com