...A long time ago...
Which is more popular with skin authors? Given some of the 'tude I've seen by people on other forums you'd think that msstyles ruled Britainia! But it ain't so. As far as I'm concerned all skinning is good. As a WB fan, it peeves me when I see some WB skinner make a post on a forum and some guy says "You should have made it msstyles that's what all the other skinners use".
Using themeXP and Wincustomize for benchmarks:
Nov 2001
WindowBlinds skins: 1,416
Msstyles: 63
November 2002
WindowBlinds skins: 1,916
Msstyles: 578
August 2003
WindowBlinds skins: 2,387
Msstyles: 948
Stats:
WindowBlinds skins created per day: 1.48 per day (1.37 per day avg in 2001 to 2002 and 1.72 per day in 2002 to 2003)
Msstyles skins created per day: 1.34 per day (1.41 per day in 2002 to 2002 and 1.35 per day 2002 to 2003)
Conclusions
Notes: After a good burst msstyle skinning slowed down. Lots of Msstyles are basically duplicate. Lots of recolorizations. Lots of Aqua skins as a percentage. WC also allows skinners to auto remove their submissions. I bet there are another couple hundred skins where the skin author has removed them for various reasons over the years.
In conclusion, WB skinning is alive and well and growing!
