I think Zubaz says suite gallery.

Ya, there is one. If you don't have one showing Fairyy~ just edit your Gallery to display it. For whatever its worth, I know the Screen Shot of the day has taken a back seat. One, it isn't being changed daily. Two, it's no longer visible.

This could be made into a requirement for consideration as a Screen Shot of the day. I think a great screen shot is good for skinners and WinCustomize. Skinners have used Screen Shots to show off their new works. And, users of Object Desktop and Stardock's other great programs like Object Dock can share how they are using the products and what skins are hot. Anyway, I'm definately looking for a change to the Screen Shot of the Day. I like the old way much better.  **Edit** Fairyy~ it's called Suites

Sorry for the confusion, suites, I meant suites.

I do think that they can be useful and good for the site, maybe they are. They're just not for me because I don't think they are used responsible or to their full potential.

Sleepydawg, I did not mean to indicate that a screenshot contained spam, just that when one user posts a bunch of them a day, they are not showing off the desktop they are using everyday, they are mass producing screenshots for some other reason.

BigDog, using the screenshots to show works-in-progress is a wonderful use of that gallery. You are so right there.

Oh ok..I see the 'Suite' gallery but I assumed that was for original work that several skinners put together in a joint effort.
We have had the discussion of more than one screen shot a day before and the Shots not containing any details. But unless its made one of the rules of screen shots - that is how it will remain. I have always said one great shot is worth 5 tossed together ones. But, Its been this way since I came here and I doubt it will change.
But I still think screen shots are worth the effort for me to look at.
Since I came to WC I have seen quite a few go from screen shots to skinning. I can name a dozen ......some are no longer here anymore but are still skinning and or making walls.
I started out in the Screen shots with only the free 30 day trials of Stardock products. When I found that I couldnt tweak as sufficiently as I wanted with free trials , I purchased Object Desktop.
So ..I still think Screen Shots serve a purpose.

here here , if not for screenshots , none of the skinners would
ever know if in fact their work was ever used for anything !!
Yes they see their download count but how much if any actually
is used - how many things do you download - have a look then put
to bed ?

Screenshots have their place and those who produce them
shouldn't be looked on as second rate citizens !!

Give them their just DUE !, please .

PS

The Screenshot section is a place where some
just go to have a good'ol time , ya know it's called " FUN " !
with their comments and chatting with one another
and making new friends - all my friends here have come from there
as it seems the skinners are to busy to mingle with ya .

want them to have to find other places ( sites ) to have " FUN " ?

Let's keep screenies alive and well and kicking !! just for the " FUN " of it !

  Where did you see that?

Are you suggesting that everyone that downloads a GUI element should upload a screenshot?  I can imagine a very congested gallery!  LOL

I dunno - maybe it was that " I'd whack the screenshots" that gave the wrong impression.

Picturing Zubaz dressed in black as hitman.

  You should see the list of things I'd whack!

I can see where that comment could have come across poorly.  I apologize. 

I think screenshots are a hop and a skip away from suites,  They can show off the same elements AND be usable by the downloader if they want the same set-up.  It would take a little more work to get permissions of all the artists . .  but that might slow down the "let me post 20 screenshots a day" folks.

And AzDude . . thanks for reminding me about the fun part of this joint. I wouldn't trade the fun stuff for the world.  This may fall into the "different strokes for different folks" category.

without the " FUN " then it's just allot of work work work !

Keep the " Fun " in it !

Save the " Screenshot " if for no other reason , just to bring out the KID in all of us.

Would not touch that comment with a ten foot whacking stick.

And I don't think anyone wants to see Zubaz's Whax list.  Cause den de might see der name added to da bottom. 

This is really funny. Have any of you ever walked into a room full of children and found something broken, and you ask the simple question who did this? Only all you hear for an answer is “not me, not me!” Well, that wasn’t the question was it?! Pretty irritating too isn’t it!

I posted this discussion and the question is what happened to the screen shot of the day? And folks the question was never answered. Instead it became a rant about what’s irritating, what I would whack if it were up to me, chapped hides, confusion and reiterations. But still, the question was never answered!

I am not a skinner, artist or designer, but I am a subscriber and have been a member since 2003. Ladies and gentlemen for some of us, which would be the majority of the WC community, screen shots is all we’ll ever do, and it’s all we’ll ever have!

So when you say “do away with the shots if it were up to you” (and I guess we should thank the almighty that it’s not), is a direct insult to non talented and non gifted people such as myself and that is a bad idea for good business.

I pride myself on my screen shots and if you never seen one, then maybe it’s about time that you should. And I do full descriptions and entail not only the intricacies involved but also information that you might not even know about!

I comply with all the standards of the community with respect, pride, class, honor and dignity. Actually I do screen shots mostly because it’s fun. But it looks like judging screen shots is according to someone’s mood, whether it’s a good one or bad.

Case in point, I put up a shot and got two and a half stars for my effort. It was a beautiful shot and I felt that two and a half stars was an insult towards my effort. So I immediately took the shot down, gave it a different name, reposted it and guess what? The same shot with another name got 3 stars! So I would say that’s pretty darned moody, wouldn’t you? Now personally I would hate to think that I am actually being victimized like this, but that’s how I feel about how shots are judged.

With that being said, I will say this slowly so someone with the answer might see this and I’ll try to keep it simple.

What happened to the screen shot of the day? How long do we have to endure the same fish on the iphone shot again? Who makes these decisions? Has the format changed? Is it still screen shot of the day, of the week, a month, a year, how about a decade? Someone please just answer the question so we all will know what happened to it. There have been only 3 maybe 4 screen shots of the day this year and it’s April, that's approximately 116 missing daily shots to the date! That’s what we want to know. And if you changed it, then call it what it is and change the gallery page to reflect it. “Screen shot of the Quarter.” “Screen Shot of the Fortnight.” Or what ever you changed it to. But we all will know.

Professionally speaking I am a System Administrator for Kaiser Permanente Consolidated Pharmaceutical Production here in California and I’ve learned in my 17 years of computing to never look down on someone that’s trying their god given best, but for those who judge you, it sometimes isn't good enough!

So I would appreciate a straight answer to my question without the disclaimers or insults.

Respectfully and still waiting;

Curtis Plair
cplair

I'm all for screen shots. Anything that gets people involved is a positive. Having said that I've looked into that section less than a dozen times in more than 5 years. To each his own.

There is a definite decrease in the amount of people who upload screenshots, those who comment and the screenshot of the day. I as well spend less time creating & uploading screenshots or commenting on them. Real life gets in the way for any number of reasons.

But it is an important part of Wincustomize, to allow users the opportunity to contribute to the site & show the skinners that their work is being used & appreciated.

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