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Published on August 20, 2007 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

WinCustomize, in partnership with Maxthon International Limited is pleased to announce the Maxthon 2 Skin Competition!  Starting this week, skinners from all over the globe will be able to design, build and submit their own custom Maxthon 2.0 browser skins to WinCustomize.com to compete for prizes and bragging rights in the skinning community.

Maxthon is one of the most customizable web browsers out there and has taken the Chinese market by storm with over 10 million users world-wide, and just this month released the final 2.0 version of the software to users.  With the release of 2.0 and it's vast number of improvements, now is the perfect time to check out the software and get to skinning it!

Most browsers either aren't skinnable, or have limited customization capabilities, making Maxthon an ideal browser alternative to those wanting to customize every aspect of their Windows experience!

Entries will be judged by WinCustomize and Maxthon staff and select community members.  We're really looking forward to see what great designs the skinning community will come out with!

For those interested, the contest details are as follows:

Eligibility:

  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • No geographic restrictions
  • Must have a WinCustomize account

Submission Rules:

  • Skins must work with Maxthon 2.0
  • Skin must be new and original work.  You may NOT submit skins that have been previously posted to any website or for any contest.
  • Artwork used in skin must be your own.

Prizes:

  • Most Creative: Canon SD800 Digital Camera
  • Most Usable: Apple iPod Nano 4GB
  • Most Popular: Wacom Graphire 4x5 Tablet

Judging

  • All entries for Most Creative and Most Usable will be judged by a panel made up of WinCustomize and Maxthon staff.
  • Most Popular will be judged by a combination of panel voting and user voting.

Deadline:

  • Skins must be uploaded to WinCustomize no later than 11:59pm EST on October 31st, 2007 (UPDATED)

Important Links

Any questions?  Either leave them in the comments here, or send an email to mikec AT stardock DOT com with the subject "Maxthon Skin Contest"


Comments (Page 5)
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on Oct 31, 2007
Yippie. Today is the final day. Eagerly waiting for the result.
on Nov 01, 2007
I've uploaded my skin "gnome candy" and I wait after the result   
on Nov 02, 2007
Has this contest been closed or not? It should have been closed on 31st October, I think?
And when will be the result announced?
on Nov 22, 2007
Any updates on this contest?
on Nov 24, 2007
Has it been closed?
on Nov 24, 2007
Yep. The contest has been closed on 31st October but no result yet!
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