Border Skin

Border Skin is a new free program that skins the windows
borders by skins composed of png images with the support
of 2 famous windows vista & 7 effects ( Blur and reflection )
 
Author
Mohamed Kamal
 
Requirements
Needs at Least .Net Framework  3.5 : Link
 
News
So I decided to release an update of 0.2 version, i was stupid making the users waiting all this time for the 0.3 version without at least updating a bug free versions, so i am going to update the 0.2 and work on 0.3 in the same time until i finish it's problems, i will try to add some of the 0.3 ready features to the updated versions, but stills the 0.2 is a code mess and is not organized properly or have a good skin structure like the 0.3 version, i will try to update 0.2 version on any bug report
 
Version 0.2.3 :
 

 
Change Log :
Fixed : Application was not focused when it is skinned
Fixed : User interface bug in "Use Border Skin Title Rendering" causing reverse action of it's function
Fixed : when using system rendering it doesn't use either Standard nor Cleartype rendering
Fixed : Application is skinned with normal skin when it is startup maximized
Fixed : Maximized windows sometimes had the left and right borders
Fixed : sometime areas are not blurred correctly
 
Add : "Aero Explorer" Navigation Buttons are now functional (oh yeah, they are real now)
Add :Window is closed on double click on icon
Add : Window's menu is shown on right click on double click on left button
Add : Google Chrome to the execlusion list
Add : Right margin option to specify the right margine of the title (to cut long titles in Aero Explorer theme)
 
Removed : Mozilla Firefox Dialogs exclusion, all the dialoges are now skined with no problems
 
Notes & Remarks  :
- Still the maximized position problem, the user will have to manually correct window height :
Control Panel >> Display >> Appearance Tab >> Advanced Button >> use "Active Titlebar" or "Active Window Border"
- Applications like window live messenger has to be add manually add it to exclusion list
- Aero Explorer doesn't have maximized borders like vista
 
Download :
From deviantArt : Here
From CrystalXP  : Here
 
Thanks & Credits :
Credit Goes to filipefmle for the "Vista Pack Colors" which Contains 17 Aero Colors Preview
Credit Goes to halfwayglad for the "Windows Vista Glass PSD" which helped me creating Aero Explorer Skin Preview
Credit Goes to CeIIular for the New Windows 7 themes Preview
 
Older Versions : Here

Exclusion List upgraded in 0.3, you can now exclude programs by process name  
and class name, and specify a skin for a certain window
screenshots :
Example : AeroBlue is Applied only on Explorer http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6075/exclutionwindow.png
Aero Explorer : AeroExplorer is Applied only on Explorer

Can't test it, but it's looking great

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thanks , you are using ubuntu,right ? it is a great OS    
 
i just took the permission from fediaFedia to use his skin Windows Aero Beta for WB by fediaFedia
Here's a New Screen Shot

Yeah, I'm using Ubuntu (Jaunty).
 
I booted into XP, and tested your app (v 0.2). It's using about 40% of my dual-core Intel E8500 when dragging windows. Also, there is a slight lag when resizing/moving windows, but other than those two issues, it's just about perfect
 
By the way, good luck with your exams

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Looks good! Nice work.

yes, i am trying to decrease the cpu & memory usage and increase it's moving speed
thanks  

Thank You

Great job! The best skin program!

Thanks

hi all
Developing is now active again (i finally took my vacation yesterday, working on it from since)
 
okay folks , i need your help
since i am going to change the name of the program I have been thinking about some names
 but i can't get some thing catchy , current my option is WindowSkin (i wish that i could use WinSkin
 instead but there's winskin.com) ,ExplorerSkin is suggested before but it is taken
SO PLEASE ANYONE THAT HAVE ANY NAME PLEASE POST IT BECAUSE I AM REALLY OUT OF IDEAS

Window Skinner
 
Not great, but all the 'good' ones are taken

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Agree N line can be only one ;P
 
Still so many skinning program out there did You heard of ~Villain vel Solo-dev (friend of mine ^-^) Meta? He just released public beta few days ago. Here You go link

 
yup, for sorry all the good ones are really taken
but thanks for the suggestion

 
of course i know Villain he is one of the moderators of winmatrix
wow , that makes us three border skinning applications

First message "Posted on 06-09-2009 at 01:51:02 PM"
Second "Posted on 06-09-2009 at 01:51:06 PM"
 
How can you type and post all that in four seconds?

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Maybe he had seperate tabs/windows, wrote the message on the first tab (but didn't post), proceeded to the second tab and wrote that message, pressed send, closed the tab, and pressed send again.
 
Can't think of any other explanation.. If he really did it that fast, he is insanely fast
 
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And for a name, I suggest Quaero (quick aero) or Fraero (free aero) or Quiro (quick aero) or Aevo. [I think quiro and aevo are the best]

Quaero exists already (quaero.com), but fraero and quiro doen't seem to be anything special.

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Quiro? Would pronounce that... queer-o?

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Yes.

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that's correct, actually that's EXACTLY what i did  
nice suggestions but i don't know why all the people involves aero or glass in
the name , i mean that's not the only feature  

I'm Chris Angel and I read your mind

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I'm Chuck Norris.
 
Anyway, yea stear away from the whole Aero and glass, since presumably we won't just be using this for Aero?

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does it satisfies you if i told you i will try to add another features to it, and this
will not the only application i will make, so i will have plenty of time for another applications
 
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Since i don't want to spend a week trying to find a name for the application rather than release it, here's what has been suggested :
Metallica Skin (MS) , Fraero (free aero) , Quiro (quick aero) , Aevo , GlassXP , Metallica Skin (MS)  , Glass XP
Aero XP  , XP-skin , Apptastic , PeanutSkin , TPWD (The Perfect Window Manger) , TUWD (The Ultimate Window Manger) , Diamond-XP , Glowy , GLOW (Glass Light On Windows) , WinBlur , WinDecorations , WinDecor , WinDecorSkin , SkinDecorations , SkinDecor , SkinFrame , WindowSkin , WinGBK (Windows Glass Blur) , WinBlurSkin , BlurSkin , WinBlurXP , BlurXP , Kskinner(Komalo skinner) , SkinWinnerK (komalo winner skin)
i came up with WinComposite and WinCrystal
 
And to tell you the truth, i am a little on "WinCrystal" side , so i am thinking about it as the name, if any one saw one of the other names will be more suitable
please suggest it now

Why can't you just post everything in one reply?

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