| It's Friday! Huzzah! To celebrate the end of the week, here's a bit of a recap for you as to what's been happening in the world of skinning since Sunday. This is just a quick run-down of stats, stories and major happenings just in case you missed anything.
Submissions
Ever wonder how many submissions get added to the library every week? Here are the numbers for a few of our more popular categories:
- BootSkins: 18
- CursorXP: 8
- DesktopX Widgets: 3
- Logons: 15
- Misc. Icons: 21
- ObjectBar: 8
- ObjectDock Icons: 20
- Rainlendar: 3
- SysMetrix: 5
- WindowBlinds: 2
- WinMedia: 2
News
The goal is to get at least three news articles up per week on WinCustomize, but some of them stand-out more than others. Here are a few of the larger stories posted to the front page this week:
- Pick of the Week - The first in a new weekly series that asks the moderators to pick their favorite new items from the prior week.
- WWW Turns 15 - Fifteen years ago this week, Tim Berners-Lee announced to the world his hypertext project, the World Wide Web.
- WinCustomize Content Announcement - The first details on some of the exciting new content that'll be rolling out to WinCustomize in the coming weeks/months.
- IBM PC Turns 25 - Another historic birthday in the world of IT this week. The trusty IBM PC, the granddaddy of what most of you are using right this moment, was released to the world a quarter of a century ago.
Other misc news includes the Department of Homeland Security telling you to patch Windows. DeviantArt launches v5 of their site and Apple gets everyone worked up over their WWDC keynote speech.
Next Week
So that's what happened this week. Check back in next week for our first Skinner of the Month, a new contest for WinCustomize, and some news on the return of a large multi-site skinning competition!
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