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I.R. Brainiac
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how do i get sks6 back?

February 13, 2010 8:02:16 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I cant work in 7,the new interface is too bright.

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Reply #1 February 13, 2010 8:26:54 PM
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 I agree. Way too much white in there.

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Reply #2 February 13, 2010 8:43:51 PM
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It's too bright here, on the Beta site, on Impulse....and although people have spoken/written about it, no one has done anything about it nor even aknowleged the existence of the problem.

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Reply #3 February 13, 2010 8:57:14 PM
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its the damn microsoft way ,trying to make us all blind.

even a piece of paper wth text on it isnt full on white.

thank god for the kill bright backgrounds addon for firefox or i wouldnt be able to surf the net

 

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Reply #4 February 14, 2010 2:02:37 PM
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Maybe support will send me a link...

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Reply #5 February 14, 2010 2:39:58 PM
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Please Neil...help us out.

At least give us a choice of interface.People who work with graphics dont like working against white.Its too much contrast and makes it hard to see what stuff really looks like.

ALL my graphics apps and ALL pro apps use light to dark greys for the interface because it creates less eyestrain and dosnt alter the perception of color.

What was wrong with SKS using the system colors assigned by WB?Tabs!Buttons!...it was an agreeable work environment.

I am getting tired of all these apps that skin themselves...pretty soon WB will just be a frame,taskbar and start menu proggy.

Heck,even WB got a nice facelift...what happened with SKS?

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Reply #6 February 15, 2010 1:00:18 PM
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a helpful fellow skinner tried to help me with an impulse archive but as always...they fail to restore.

Support hasnt contacted yet but it hasnt been overly long yet.

 

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Reply #7 February 15, 2010 1:05:37 PM
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before anybody suggest purposely misadjusting my monitor...lowering the brightness would cause you to lose contrast in the shadow areas and misrepresent the light areas.

I keep it at 50% across the board,brightness,contrast,saturation.Where it was designed to run.Gamma settings dialed in,etc...cant go mucking it up just for SKS.

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Reply #8 February 15, 2010 1:30:55 PM
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What was wrong with SKS using the system colors assigned by WB?Tabs!Buttons!...it was an agreeable work environment.

 

You could see how your damn tabs looked right away after applying!

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Reply #9 February 15, 2010 1:32:44 PM
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You could see how your damn tabs looked right away after applying!

exactly

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Reply #10 February 15, 2010 2:32:25 PM
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Though it doesn't hurt my eyes, I must agree that I don't like the new interface colors.

for grays.

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Reply #11 February 15, 2010 3:09:16 PM
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greys would be acceptable

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Reply #12 February 15, 2010 3:11:26 PM
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Agree with everything, I really dont like the design or layout at all.

 

We ARE customizers right? Choices would be nice.

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Reply #13 February 15, 2010 3:19:34 PM
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We ARE customizers right? Choices would be nice.


Damn Skippy!

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Reply #14 February 15, 2010 6:13:03 PM
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I have found the image for the selected item in the sks UI and was able to change it (something like we did with impulse when it was that awfull green color) it's not much but it's a start. Still digging

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Reply #15 February 15, 2010 6:21:17 PM
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i might consider hacking it if i knew more...but first update and it would be for nada

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Reply #16 February 15, 2010 6:34:43 PM
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i might consider hacking it if i knew more...

it's not so much hacking as editing .pngs (something I think you are fairly good at)

 

but first update and it would be for nada

True but I have a backup of any image that I have altered as well as the new images. In the long run it's not worth the trouble and I haven't figured out how to change the major things like background color and text color.

 

 

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Reply #17 February 17, 2010 3:25:15 PM
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waaaaah...still nothing from support

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Reply #18 February 17, 2010 4:29:27 PM
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waaaaah...still nothing from support
and I can't find where they keep the images for the SKS7 UI either, so I cant change it on my own.

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Reply #19 February 17, 2010 9:57:53 PM
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support came thru...and restore actually worked!

aaaaaah...lesss white (like vista,not white everywhere...just in places you cant change)

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Reply #20 February 17, 2010 10:06:05 PM
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support came thru...and restore actually worked!

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Reply #21 February 17, 2010 10:52:05 PM
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support came thru...and restore actually worked
Glad it worked out for you IR.

I dont want SKS6 back, I want 7 with some color in it....pweeze.

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Reply #22 February 18, 2010 6:01:40 AM
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You might actually want to install the SKS update which should be going up today.  It has a new slider on the edit window to adjust the brightness of that window.

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Reply #23 February 18, 2010 11:17:31 AM
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That sounds like it might be fine for Win 7 Neil...thank you mister!

I'm on XP at the moment updating an old skin with SKS 5 and have 6 as the secondary SKS.

Just to be clear...SKS 7 and 5 wont run on the same OS?

 

Thanks Neil.

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Reply #24 February 18, 2010 11:41:25 AM
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You might actually want to install the SKS update which should be going up today. It has a new slider on the edit window to adjust the brightness of that window.
YES!! Thank you Neil!

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Reply #25 February 18, 2010 11:45:28 AM
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That sounds like it might be fine for Win 7 Neil...thank you mister!

I'm on XP at the moment updating an old skin with SKS 5 and have 6 as the secondary SKS.

Just to be clear...SKS 7 and 5 wont run on the same OS?

 

Thanks Neil.

SKS 5, 6 & 7 can all be installed on the same OS, though there is a risk Impulse may try to suggest otherwise.  But there are no shared files between them.

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