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WindowBlinds

WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface. It has been developed by Stardock since 1998, and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, Object Desktop. It is also available separately, and as an ActiveX/COM component called DirectSkin. Introduced in its sixth version, it supports alpha blending effects similar to the compositing of Windows Vista, but on Windows XP. WindowBlinds has been downloaded over 10 million times and was voted "Best Vertical Market Program or Utility" in the 2006 Shareware Industry Awards Foundation People's Choice Awards. As of November 2009 there were 4448 WindowBlinds skins available at WinCustomize, with an average of nine being added per week.

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WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface. It has been developed by Stardock since 1998, and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, Object Desktop. It is also available separately, and as an ActiveX/COM component called DirectSkin. Introduced in its sixth version, it supports alpha blending effects similar to the compositing of Windows Vista, but on Windows XP. WindowBlinds has been downloaded over 10 million times and was voted "Best Vertical Market Program or Utility" in the 2006 Shareware Industry Awards Foundation People's Choice Awards. As of November 2009 there were 4448 WindowBlinds skins available at WinCustomize, with an average of nine being added per week.

Key claims

  1. release date: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. release date: 2016 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  7. release date: 2022 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the release date is "2016". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. The record states that the release date is "2022". What evidence would count against this claim?
  9. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  10. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378181128

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.