Why dump the old stuff? It's sometimes interesting to see the old school stuff.
Instead of dumping it, why not just ignore it?

There are 4,075 WB skins here right now.



You are listed as a current customer, which gives you, for the Stardock apps you have purchased, free unlimited downloads without having to subscribe to WC.

I believe skins are on wb for a reason, they are classics. You cant go past Cyclops or airframe, they are just gorgeous skins...and great to disect and learn from, then again there is a new saying that im learning as a skinner, and that is you cant please everyone. there are skins i dont like either, everyone has their own tastes. you can always download ones you like to replace ones you dont....  

an idea of mine (I'm sure it's quite original) would be that the really old skins could possibly be placed into a section of their own, I made the mistake of downloading & installing a wb that was quite a few years old and in hindsight I should have guessed that it wouldn't have worked in a winxp environment, after applying the skin it caused by system quite a bit of grief & errors and it took me a while to get my system functional again so that I could apply a current skin. Maybe somehow labeling the skins that were meant for a win3x/9x environment so that winxp user's wouldn't download & use them.

I believe (as policy) it's really up to the original poster although I'm sure Stardcok could take down whatever they wish.

I've taken several of my older skins down including a couple of Windowblinds. For me it was a matter of quality. My first few attempts just weren't up to par.

Having said that, a LOT of the older stuff just doesn't fit that category. When they were posted they were "State of the Art"

For those who like to track downloads, pulling off a Windowblind can really effect their total.

one thing they could do is seperate the skins and themes by year, or by windowblinds version. probably a bad idea but what the hey, i am gonna say it anyway

Not bad idea at all, Nimbin. The galleries could definately use better sorting/search options.

As for older skins, I think they're better off being updated and added as new entries, keeping the older ones for posterity and history.

You said it for me. Oldies but goodies. Some of them are irreplaceable. Unique. Still work on WB 5.5 I like going back to when I first found this community and running some themes just to remember what was really eye-catching and innovative way back when. Resort, rearrange, etc. No dumping.

Great idea nimbin.. I'd like to see that too.

mschleisner seems there's about 3700 you haven't tried yet by your numbers. Stardock more than likely won't be taking down old skins anytime soon as content is the catalyst around which the site revolves. New WB's are submitted almost daily..stay on page 1 and you'll never have to stress on older work.

I was talking about windowblinds only, there are many as most have said that don't work on windows xp and will never work on vista. Yes I do not use the ones I think are old and outdated, but just because you have boxes of cookies, they do get stale. I have been here years and I loved everything that has come out. I would like to see some of the old gone, as I said, this is no reflection on the person who created the work. It's just like old computers, eventually it just doesn't get it anymore. Cursor xp is great and has very simple and old cursors, I don't use them either. As I said, it is just (my) opinion, not something I want a war about. I just think there is so much talent out there and more that can come from asking those who know how to create more and give us new and more exciting stuff. Geez folks, don't shoot the messenger.

This may be true but there are still people out there using older Windows OSes, some still using 95. The numbers are maybe not that large for them but the older skins are needed by these users.

I've currently used stuff as far back as 2001 - I go back once in a while and retry them - example: Frogboy by Pixstudio - for a while, I would see the magic pink on some versions of WB, but using 5.50.023 all is good.

And that is by choice, as the name implies CursorXP is for XP only, WindowBlinds is not.




Yes there are many talented people here but to make a complete with all the bells and whistles WB can take 40 to 80 hours.

at the VERY least.. some.. months.

On behalf of WB skinners everywhere...I'm insulted...at the tone and intent of this post.

I could rant on but why bother...this person wouldnt understand.