Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ONLY if it has a tutorial for 'rainmen' like me who can't figure out how to skin a wb. (Yes, I have looked at the other ones reccomended here.. )

Other than that...do you know what I went through to get the 19.95 just to subscribe here?!?!?! My wife would put a Plutoniam P32 Space Modulator where the sun don't shine and not even blink. shudder.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Would I buy it? No! Wincustomize magazine is sent to me every month via email by Wincustomize for free.
Start11 - Customize the Start Menu and Taskbar in Windows 10/11.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Plutoniam P32 Space Modulator

At last, after 2000 years of work, the Illudium Q36 Explosive Space Modulator....Spell checker

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I would buy it. For some reason I read better when reading ink than I do reading light. I will even print a long e-mail to read it with more understanding.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
um...no.
no seriously if i saw it in stores, i mite buy a copy (if its under $5 CAD LMAO)
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For sure ... I WILL
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's nice, but I would not buy it.  However, I have a better idea.

Make up a "magazine" like this that showcases all of Stardock's products, and the skins available at Wincustomize.  Stardock gets this "mini" magazine to be included in an issue of a popular computer magazine as a supplement.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'd buy it just to see who this inner circle of 5 are at WC. Sounds very conspiritorial...
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
At last, after 2000 years of work, the Illudium Q36 Explosive Space Modulator....


2000 years? I've got an extra C4 vaccuum modulator you could use right now......
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The actual cover or the articles aren't really the point... I guess I was just trying to convey that this has potential as an endeavor, whether it be articles covering winCustomize only, or Stardock products, or a combination of both. Just thought I would ping the idea and see if I got a response.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If there were to be a WinCustomize Mag, i think it would have to cover more than Stardock (I still love you Frogboy!!!)

I guess I would buy it, but only if it cost 3.00 USD.

Personally, I think it being an online magazine would be better with the option to read as a Arcobat file. Maybe some exclusive prints can be sold for a price premium for those who want a physical magazine printed on special magazine paper (and it will be numbered for collectability and come with a CD and browser to install the latest picks... maybe even a s[ecial skin for those who purchase the limited edition physical magazine).


Just don't go crazy like deviantArt's Magazine. Keep it simple with add-ons. Multiple authors, revenue sharing, limited advertising placements and classifieds (for people looking for work or wanting to hire from web design to skinning to corporate identity - busines card, letterheads, junk like that.

What do u think of that?
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That looks *not so good*.

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Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
100% YES.. With a disc that has 3 Premium Skins, figure those packages on the site go for 6.95 to 8.95. So to get a magazine and 3 skins for say 9.95 I'd call that a deal. Maybe thats just me though..
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sign me up (!) if... ...it's anything like Maximum PC which is about the only subscription I usually keep paid up. Great Idea for US, out here in user-land...sounds like a lot of management headaches for the Editor-to-be and Staff, tho...just something about the feel of glossy, expensive paper and photos and all that graphic content and Tech Notes that appeals to me. I'd pay a comparable $$ amount for an annual 12 copies, with CD, in plastic, delivered right to my door once a month. Hmmm...scary overhead, tho...got this thread on my 'watch' list for sure!
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Damn facists. Editing my words. HOW DARE YOU?

Please allow me to rephrase:

As someone who modifies their windows operating system (that's me), if I saw that magazine on a shelf, I would consider it a complete waste of money. I would also be wary of anyone who owned such a magazine, especially if they were behind me as I was bending over to pick something up.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That looks *not so good*.

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No.........Edited by me........
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As someone who modifies their windows operating system (that's me), if I saw that magazine on a shelf, I would consider it a complete waste of money.


Looking at your profile, it would seem that you only modify through the work of others anyway. I would think that you especially would appreciate a few free themes, not to mention some good advice from some of the best skinning talent on the web, but I guess that is too obvious an observation to make. Besides, the concept is what is actually being discussed, not the content. The graphic and the content are merely the idea, not the intended final product.

I appreciate the comments, but perhaps you would humor us with a better idea or something original of your own?

Sembetu
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Damn facists. Editing my words. HOW DARE YOU?

Not quite sure what a 'facist' is....perhaps someone who has a 'face'?.

Now 'fascist'....that makes a wee bit more 'sense' though quite off the mark.

The options are...

1. Comment appropriately.

2. Comment inappropriately and be subjected to alteration/deletion.

3. Do not comment.

It's not 'fascism' it's the authority of a Private site's administrators to determine what is, or is not appropriate....

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Jafo. Now back to my Photoshop to create some more [ahem] wallpapers...
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Being an avid magazine buyer I certainly would buy it, now only if it was real, I prefer printed magazines to anything online and I don't even know if Wincstuomzei magazine is still published, I don't read any email on the account that stardock sends emaiuls to.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
now only if it was real,


That was kind of my point. I think there is real viability in the US market for a magazine like this. There are no real alternatives, so it is an instant self-made niche. Who can compete? Seems natural, and you have the opportunity for all sorts of advertising inside the mag, and counter advertising on this site for subscriptions etc... the content would be excellent as evidenced by the authors contributing here, and you even have tons of interactive content you can edit for magazine interest on specific points. This is a sure sell... time to find a publisher I think.

Sembetu
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes! Here's a solid customer. I mentioned another magazine before, don't know if it was appropriate or not , but its format seems to be more-oriented toward a bit of fun and tongue-in-cheek content than others, although also quite informative and technically rewarding at times. Makes this subscriber feel more 'part of' than others,as does WC I, too, think the timing and niche are perfect. Looking forward to the development and, ultimately, the first shiny copy in plastic, with the optional CD, sticking out of my mailbox and at the local checkout stands! Amazing idea! Wonder if ad-content pays for a greater percentage of o'head...or subscriptions, 'checkstand-compulsivenes', or what...