I was wondering if anyone else was having problems with the new beta2 version of WMP11?

I installed it, sometimes you have to do these things. It seems to work well enough. However I have noticed that some WMP10 skins, especially from The Skins Factory do not work properly. It is pretty apparent even from the screenshots that something is not right. If you are having problems like this can you drop a reply below.

thanks,
bill

The Chicago Sun-Times published a nice review of Object Desktop today. It's a good read from a big paper.

Is there somehting special about The Skins Factory I don't know about?

I really hope and Admin or Mod could explain why only the TSF is allowed to link out submissions. Is any other author on this site afforded that privilege. I know WC is not so desperate for new submissions to bend the rules for one business that fronts as a skin author. I say we hold TSF to the same standard as all the members of this site. That is of course unless they are special.

Thanks,
kith

Since the idea of paying skinners is out, how about the Admins. Some of these people have been busting their buts working on this site for over four years now. All unpaid volunteers. How about kicking some money back to them, weighted for seniority of course. All the hours they put in I think they deserve a cut first and foremost. See how that works, if it goes well try bringing skinners into the mix.

I'm not sure, what do you think?

SDC was nice enough to remind me that my WC Subscription is up in 29 days.... Wow what a quick two years, time flies when you are having fun. Well do I break out the credit card and send Frogboy another $20 dollars? This is a tough one. Well let's take a look at what you get for your money.

1) Wincustomize Browser - Well this thing is almost dead, SDC does it all now. Put it out of it's misery please... The tray app is a neat idea but I got enough stuff in my tray as it is and XP keeps hiding it all anyway... -)

2) Premium suites - Well two were offered for subscribers. You can judge for yourself how "premium" they really are. I found them to be less than satisfactory. I have seen some "premium" suites on other sites and drooled, you know which ones....

3) 5,000 Free text Impressions - Umm, is it me or is this thing the Phoenix. Keeps dying and rising from the ashes. I can't for the life of me imagine how I would use a text banner, but I tried it out about a year ago. I haven't heard anything about it since, but the website is still up if you want to have a look. Someone use this please...

http://www.textbanners.net/

4) Extra Wincustomize Features - OK this one really has me confused. Were any of these things ever implemented / offered? Journals, Auto Notifications, Post tracking (maybe?), personal domain. It's been TWO YEARS, if you are not going to offer this stuff just update the subscription page, come on.

5) Other Goodies - This one is my favorite! Why this is not part of Number 4 above I'm not sure because only skincast is mentioned. Isn't Skincast part of Windowblinds?

6) Unlimited downloads - Hey this is a big one. But if you buy Stardock software or get promoted here this is automatic. I just checked my profile and I am slightly over the 5MB limit for free users. So far I have downloaded 1.4GB worth of skins. That's a lot of skins.

Well you might think there is no way I would renew my subscription. Why should I.... Why would I... where is the payoff? I really hope that Wincustomize will address this as a lot of the longtime users will need to make this decision fairly soon.

Well I got the card out, the money is coming. I think that helping WC out for the price of a couple of pizzas is well worth it for another two years. Irregardless of everything else I like this place and want to do my part to make sure it can be here tomorrow. I hope you make the same choice....

The good people over at TechTV are having a contest starting today for the next two weeks. The Grand Prize each week is $25,000 of hi-tech gear of your choice. So two people will win that, there is also a $500 prize daily. You have to be a resident of USA and have access to TechTV on satellite or cable and you must register on the site and give them your phone number.

If it sounds good so far keep reading... if not click "back" and keep your smart ass comments to yourself!

In order to play you have to actually watch TechTV and see the clue on air. Well that is where this thread comes in. Everyday between 7pm - 1am Eastern time I will post all of the clue's I see on TV and if you happen to be watching please post those you see as well. This way everyone who wishes can enter up to the maximum 4 times a day.

I know there are a bunch of people around here who could use $500 bucks and everyone would like to get a room full of hi-tech gear. The winners this past fall got plasma tv's, stereo systems, computers, etc.. They will fly you out to San Francisco and film you buying all the stuff. Good luck to everyone that enters.

Contest Link:
http://www.techtv.com/digitaldigs/

Rules:
http://www.techtv.com/digitaldigs/story/0,24330,3622705,00.html

Enter Code link:
http://www.techtv.com/digitaldigs/story/0,24330,3408808,00.html

I have been trying to get over to:

http://www.pixtudio.com

for a couple of days now. Site refuses to load. Anyone know if they will be back up?

bill

I can download, and I saw all these threads about not being able to download. So I thought that people who could still download should have a thread too. It only seems fair.

If you can download and are proud of it, please let me know how you feel.

What does a skin / theme / object that is "Stardock Certified" mean...? I notice there are some in the DX section now. How are they different than other objects?

How do you feel about software vendors trying to sell their products on the WC frontpage or here on the message board? Just wondering what everyone thinks about it...