Yeah, mine took many hours, even with very simple handcrafted graphics.

I remember old days of skinning when features consisted of titlebar and frame, borders, buttons, radio and check buttons. Those was so easy. Ah old days...

I can think of 4 old ones off the top of my head that i use ,liquid,x-men 1.03,spider,myst i'm sure there's more that i'd like but have'nt got round to installing them as i've downloaded all wb's since the day i got objectdesktop,even ip has some choice old ones

I love the old WB's.  I don't have many from the past year on my machine so I'd hate to see them be deleted.  Besides, if the skinner deletes skins, they lose that download count.

I have several wb that are old. But they still work well on XP. One of my favorite skinners from the past is starone. She was definately a skinner a head of her time. She has a unique style and wonderful talent that cannot be denied. As well as other from the past.

There are a # of golden oldies that I use as well....on XP...And remember that to new people they are not *old...had a WB made in 2001 on my machine, friend saw it & loved it & couldn't believe how it *old it was

It is a pleasure to be able to stroll through those old skins....any kind & see the original ideas & styles that were being used. I use many old skins from a variety of programs....


agreed

It's My Secret

Some of the old stuff is great, even by today's standards. I've been thinking about updating one or two favourites for personal use.

Well you have all convinced me that my opinion was just a little shallow. I know it takes a long time to create these wonderful skins. If you think I don't get it, you are wrong, I do. I said I don't have the gift to create these works of art. I again state for the record, it was just a thought and not intended to "crab" anyone out. This is the only site on the "web" that gives me all I need, cursors, wallpapers, windowblinds, icon packager, and stuff no one would think of for the fun of their computer. Friends always ask when they see this stuff where I get it and many have bought the programs here because of the price and quality of all the work. I just hope those who are talented keep up the good work. Thanks Again to those who have done such a great job here.

(Mrs)mschleisner,
A very viable proposition, and one that has raised some good ideas on sorting the galleries. I sometimes wish for the themes I had, pre-crash, from 2001 that are now lost in cyberspace somewhere. To me, it's all good, one way or another.

Perhaps a point worthy of note....for those of us/you who may not actually be using the Windows shell [Explorer.exe] even the very earliest WB skins still work just fine, eg. most of mine were done when Win98 was still new....but they're still installed/working in XP Pro [the OS most are still using]...

I agree, And sorting the galleries would be great. I understand that the old stuff is great, in it's time, yet again, I do not wish to offend, I love everything at this site, just been a member too long and I am here so often that it starts to look old to me sometimes and I think if it was a little more split up it might create more interest in certain spots and you would know where the areas that people would be leaning. Keeping up with what is new is very compelling nowdays. The beauty in what is done is something I can't explain. I am just starting to do my downloads and learning what is accepted and what isn't. Everyone has a camera and you have a great site here.

Once in a while I think about deleting my old stuff but then again that would mean to lose some personality on the site (not for others but for me personally), so I dump that idea. And it always reminds me that I still want to update stuff.

Windowblinds Classics! instead.

I'm here less than a year and a lot of the older skins, of which I have quite a few, I would not want to give up nor would I deprive newcomers from discovering them on their own. Like vintage autos WBs of a certain genre should be classified as such and put in a special place. Hence a Classics category. Just my opinion.

I sure wish people would look at my recent post about this, I get it already. Thanks for all the input, seems like I started something that won't come to an end.   

We really should vote on Classics, which were most creative, which were best usage of new feature then, and best of all older than X years.

This will be a thread someday, I just can't get out of this box. Help. Thank You all for your wonderful insite. I now download what someday will be concidered a classic, GREAT.....My wallpapers should be here forever. I don't care.......yes, I will go down in history, Yes, Fame, finally.... thank you.....