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Customize your Desktop Further with v10.5 of WindowBlinds!

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Customize your Desktop Further with v10.5 of WindowBlinds!

WindowBlinds v10.5 Update Introduces
Universal App Skinning and More

Make your desktop uniquely yours with lots of new options in v10.5 of WindowBlinds! Customize the taskbar, window frames and control buttons! WindowBlinds enables users to customize desktop interface themes called skins to personalize the look and feel of their desktop.

What's new in 10.5:

Apply skins to universal applications!
Blur the area behind skinned areas (Windows 10 Anniversary [and later])
Taskbar preview skinning on Windows 10
Skin OS ribbon controls and blend in better with titlebars
Completely hide the Windows Explorer ribbon
Improved handling of high and mixed DPI settings

Option for using standard Windows menus which skin better on desktop
Option for applying system accent color based on theskin selected (either auto generated or via AccentColour setting under System Colours)
Improved skinning for Mozilla applications

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ZubaZ

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Quoting dan03141,

reply 25

The lack of ability to vary the blur level on title and taskbars is a deal breaker!

This may help.

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Regarding the skinning of universal apps, how do we add these apps as exceptions as they are not stored in the traditional manner and the containing folders are protected. I query this as the skinning has caused abnormal behaviour with Netflix and I frequently have to close the app while in fullscreen or toggle fullscreen in order to have the skin displaying and buttons functioning (after entering fullscreen for the first time). I don't need this app skinned as it looks fine by default and doesn't clash with my theme.

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The illustration provided shows title bar tint being adjusted with no blur. I would like to adjust the level of Gaussian blur in the title bar independent of tint. This can be done in Glass8 for example.

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Quoting dan03141,

reply 28

I am afraid that will not be an option we will provide. The blur in use is identical in blur level to the blur used by the OS for the startmenu and action bar intentionally.

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Quoting Neil Banfield,

reply 29

Quoting dan03141,

reply 28

I am afraid that will not be an option we will provide. The blur in use is identical in blur level to the blur used by the OS for the startmenu and action bar intentionally.

If WB is using the startmenu blur level from my Windows 10 OS then it must be a much stronger level of blur than is used by Windows 7 which is much more transparent. It's difficult to compare with the Windows 10 start menu because the background blur is highly pixelated. I would like to use the Windows 7 blur level for title bars.

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Quoting dan03141,

reply 30

Quoting Neil Banfield,

reply 29

Quoting dan03141,

reply 28

I am afraid that will not be an option we will provide. The blur in use is identical in blur level to the blur used by the OS for the startmenu and action bar intentionally.

It is a stronger higher quality blur. The blur in Windows 7 was a cheap blur due to performance concerns I believe.

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