An interesting announcement! Personally I'm not that interested as I'm a retro-head but I think it's a great idea now that I understand what the product does. I also think a completely free version could be made available with reduced features (and some form of advertising) available as a gateway app for new users to the Stardock community. I can see this being very popular with average Joe public and with a good marketing strategy could entice people to want to get a full OD sub (which would then include the full version of Curtains).

A product that runs in the background is not very suited to any sort of advertising.

I see Curtains is available in my StarDock downloads, but it redirects me to a 404 page. I guess there're getting ready for the release.  

Looking at all the screen shots they are not showing any start menu's, but Danioc's Persona skin shows a skinned start menu. Does Curtains change the start menu too?

Start10 yes

I like it. Fast, looks nice. Not as complicated as Windowblinds. BUT I have the same issue I did with Windowblinds around the value of it. So many companies (Microsoft, Spotify, Adobe, Affinity, etc. etc. etc.) use frameworks that can't be "skinned". Outlook, Teams, Atom, the list goes on and on and on. Of the apps I use, only a few look skinned and that's really why I stopped using Windowblinds a few years ago. I know there is nothing Stardock can do about it, just wondering if anyone else is thinking the same.

I think it shows great promise and I'm sure I'll love it soon enough but at the moment it won't allow my taskbar and start menu to return to the colors i had chosen for my Win10 color scheme. It used to be a dark green but I could've used purple, blue, yellow, red, orange, or... you get the gist of where I'm going. Now, when I attempt to use the Win10 scheme, my taskbar and start menu are a dark grey and the highlights are the Win10 scheme colors (or colours for you British folks. Maybe Aussies like Jafo and starkers too. It's hard to tell. They all drive on the wrong side of the road. ). Anyway, maybe that's how the Windows 10 Style in Curtains is supposed to work and I'm completely wrong. Also, it doesn't matter what Curtains style I use, the start menu text is always white. It does not change to black when using a light colored Curtains theme. How does a person unload Curtains? I'd like to have my ability to choose the color of my taskbar and start menu again.

I hope everyone is staying safe whoever and wherever you are.

If you have switched to Windows 10 then you have disabled curtains.

Are you unable to change the accent colour using either curtains or the default OS screens for that?

It could be you have been reset to not applying colour to the taskbar / start menu in which case this can be changed from the settings page in Curtains or the OS personalisation screen.

Which style are you using that needs black text on the start menu as it may well be the style needs tweaking.

Yes. I still use WindowBlinds, but get irritated whenever an app can't be skinned.

Is it possible to switch between Windowblinds and Curtains easily?

Yes.  Both can be installed at once.

Applying one should turn the other off.

Quoting Neil:

"If you have switched to Windows 10 then you have disabled curtains.

Are you unable to change the accent colour using either curtains or the default OS screens for that?

It could be you have been reset to not applying colour to the taskbar / start menu in which case this can be changed from the settings page in Curtains or the OS personalisation screen.

Which style are you using that needs black text on the start menu as it may well be the style needs tweaking."

I have found the setting that stopped my taskbar and start menu from reverting to the Win10 color scheme. I don't know how it happened because I hadn't changed anything.

I also have Start 10 installed and I'm using the Modern start menu. When I switch to a Win10 start menu with Start 10, my start menu text changes colors but the start menus when using any light Curtains Style are grey, not the color of the taskbar. When using the Win7 start menu in Start 10, the start menu text on the left side changes colors but the right side always has white text. When using the Modern start menu, my text stays white no matter what Curtains style I apply.

Stay safe, everyone!

I wonder why on the Wincustomize home page and comment section for skins I am SamEVO but here I'm still MadDeez. Hmmm.

Any time the Windows taskbar is set to light mode (when it gets black text), the start menu will also be non coloured.  This is a feature of Windows 10 light mode taskbar.

Which light style were you using as every one I can see are getting black text correctly from Start10 automatically (please ensure your Start10 is upto date however)

WANT YOUR DESKSCAPES AND START10 and windowblinds still rendering,  follow those ticks........