That sounds much better

You misinterpreted my comment .. mine was just an observation that I had not seen any female type skins featured in over a year. They used to get featured.

My comment was meant to drawn in more female users and ultimately buyers of software and skins.

You completely misread what KarmaGirl was trying to say with her comment.  Perhaps put another way: A feminine skin is not outstanding work to be featured simply because it is feminine.  It has to stand on its own merits regardless of style, author or intended audience.  If a feminine skin happens to be released the same time a vlad wallpaper comes out, or a new MikeB skin is released, it has to compete with those to get noticed for featuring.  (I use MikeB and vlad as examples not because they are featured for who they are, their work is featured because it is simply some of the best in the community)

As one of the people who features skins on the site, I pick...
  a) .. what I think is the highest quality item (or items) on the site at the time I scan to feature something
  .. regardless of author, style etc. 

The ability of a feminine skin to be featured is no greater and no more difficult than that of any other skin submitted to the site.

The basic contention though is that if there is a demand for more feminine skins in the community, then it's up to the skinners in the community to provide it.  WinCustomize is a platform for skinners and users to come together, to share skins, discuss them etc.  We've learned a few lessons over the idea of trying to push galleries and content from our end without there being any clear demand from the users.  Look to the Google Gadgets and Sidebar Gadgets galleries.  We made them, featured them, talked about them but the userbase had no demand for them (both at WC and beyond, they're both fairly dead platforms).  We have to go where the community leads us for the kind of content to promote and focus on. 

This cell phone poll shows there is a divide, so it's something we have to reconsider.

I count less than half a dozen items that could be considered "feminine" out of the last 200 uploaded to the site.  If I exclude fractals and logons of questionable source, there are two items out of 200.  One of those is already in the queue to be featured as well.

And it seems Karma and I were typing at the same time.

What makes something "feminine" or "girly"? Because it's pink or purple, pastel colors, has funky fairies and chubby cherubs on it? I've looked for "pink" skins and they didn't appeal to me. Most of the time, I find a skin I like and recolor it to match my wallpaper, which tends to be more "feminine" in content: the bright/pastel colors, has a hot guy on it, etc.

Good to see this is getting sorted.

I think a big part of not seeing more "softer touch" skins featured, is a lack of them being uploaded.

To be featured means it must really stand out quality/professionalism wise.

I would love to see a really awesome "soft touch" suite hit WC, so would the Mrs.

[quote]If a feminine skin happens to be released the same time a vlad wallpaper comes out, or a new MikeB skin is released, it has to compete with those to get noticed for featuring.

And everyone knows a pasted Toucan wallpaper is far harder to make than a "femine" windowblind.

 

Now..that might get featured..  lol (just kidding!)

Exactly.  Doesn't matter what the color/theme/etc. is- it just has to be really well done.

 

The effort that somebody puts into something has nothing to do with quality.  Vlad draws all his wallpapers by hand- he creates his own images.  How do you consider that "pasted"? Also, did you compare it to other walls that were submitted around the same time?  It's a very well done wall.  It is original, it appeals to many people, and most of all- it works really well as a wall.  Before you accuse an artist of "pasting" art, you should first look at the library and recognize who is using their own images and who is not creating their own.  As an example, I know of many wallpaper artists who find photos and use them in their walls.  The wall might look nice, but the main images weren't made by the artist.  Those types of walls are less likely to get featured.

 

When I think of cell phone themes I think of all those incredibly annoying late night ads that bombard you with tones and wallpapers that cost $4.00 a pop if you TEXT NOW! They are right up there in annoyance with the 'text the scantily clad bot for a date tonight' ads Every glittery teenie magazine is clogged with pages of the same stuff, giant lists of phone themes meant to rip off kids who buy them by the dozen on their parents credit cards The whole idea is pretty horrible to me so I would say no thanks