Not to go OT but the new Xion I'm working on.....wow! Loaded it up and it went bonkers! Lol Animations went in and out and in and out...I think I need to rethink it. LMAO!

That doesn't make any sense.  And if there were 15 Master Windowblinds tomorrow?  If your skin is worth anything it will be noticed.  How many skins have  you posted all at one time pushing out Dreams?

I hear ya Carguy. And I noticed you haven't posted anything in awhile now. I have no idea what goes into making dreams...all I see is how fast and how many hit the front page all the time now. I usually try and give everyone some time on the front page to allow them exposure no matter what they created. As of right now I have 3 or 4 Winstep themes and matching docks I could upload...had these sitting here for a few days now. And a lot of the themes I've been uploading lately have all been sitting in my folders waiting to get done for some time. It's not just cut and paste as some have suggested...but they wouldn't know having never created anything. Even some of the docks I do takes days and in some cases longer depending on the texture being used...some I even ended up scrapping because it took so long and couldn't get it just right.

Anyway...I'm just venting...nothing I can do  about it.

And we all lose.  No CarGuy, MasterBaron, Amitsaran or even Stardock anymore.  Dreams should now be called Nightmares.

I have a crapload of screensavers I made a long time ago, from still photos of bodies of water, made with a program called Nature Illusion Studio and/or Water Illusion Studio.

I could easily make them into dreams and upload. I haven't done so for several reasons, the main one being that they suck.

I have never seen a JPG animation that I would call a quality dream. I usually don't even preview them because they look so fake, nothing at all like real water. Just low quality.

Exactly what I mean.

There are probably tons of them Moshi, but I don't play video games so I would have no way of knowing. Maybe we should compile a list of potentials and send the list to Stardock?

It's called fair use as described in the various posts about this throughout the years.  That's why .dreams are only limited to a certain time usage or length.

If you see a .dream that clearly violates a copyright that is not fair use, then by all means send them over.  Make sure you note how it violates fair use and where the original file comes from.

What ID said.

This constant apparent discrimination/elitism re skinnables needs to stop.

Yes, there can be 'mediocre' dreams....just as there can be mediocre icons....wallpapers....Windowblinds...et al.

People are just expressing their opinions guys, that's all.  

That's a little unfair. The time difference in making a dream and making a skin seems to be a wide margin. Maybe upping the quality requirement for submitting a dream would be more appropriate if what everyone else has mentioned regarding dream quality?

Ed Zachary.

WinCustomize.com used to be known as THE place to get QUALITY work.  It does seem that the quality standards have dropped. Not only in the dream gallery either.

Just opining here.....

Wow. Ok...my last words on this and then I won't bring it up again...ever

If I myself was uploading to much at some point...no one ever said a word to me about it. If they had I would have had no problem with that and would have backed off...no problem.

As far anyone else uploading to much at one time...I asked them nicely and directly to slow down or use another method so everyone...not just a few...gets a chance in the spotlight.

As far as being elitist? I do not think of myself as being special or elite...I just try to support the site which is what I'd tried to do since day one.

I really don't understand why it's so difficult to give just a little consideration to other skinners...people that take time to create what they do and not just slap something together. As I've said...I will see what was just uploaded and give at least a day before uploading anything I have. As if now I have 4 themes I could upload but haven't yet...they've been sitting here for days now. I was also going to update older themes but those will go straight to the gallery.

And the galleries...the galleries are great...but no that many people actually visit the galleries that often...I don't even think most people know they exist. Whenever anything I've done is on the front page or being featured is the only time I see people have downloaded it...after that it's crickets.

This whole thing was about being considerate. Just a simple thing...which got turned around...again.

Thanks Spencer...I stand corrected then