[brazil]

I have a Windoze machine I like to keep lookin' cool and on the GUI bleeding edge . That being said I have run into very cool Windowsblinds , called G-Pod . It may be the grooviest WB I have ever used . It has animations in the much smaller Start Menu and the Title bar . Full color support as well . A very well made blinds imo . And right next to that almost is a crazy - wacky - monkey slappin' story . Dig the rest of the "Skins" at the GUI Olympics .

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by brazil:
Dig the rest of the "Skins" at the GUI Olympics .

To me, they're meh. Majority of them use or have a similar look to Aqua.

[quandarry]

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
To me, they're meh. Majority of them use or have a similar look to Aqua.

your joking, right?

lasik eye fixerupping is pretty cheap theze daze...check it out.

[SubGeniux]

By and large, windows themes just trash upon most of those for the Mac, IMO. There are some good ones, like Neos, jetblack, etc. but I mean, look at the rest, some really garish looking monstrocities. It;s funny, but the Mac was always associated with designers, but half the themes look like they were done by someone pressing a bunch of keys together on their keyboard.

[fireside]

Originally posted by SubGeniux:
It;s funny, but the Mac was always associated with designers, but half the themes look like they were done by someone pressing a bunch of keys together on their keyboard.

thats only because there are less themes for Mac than there are for windows. when you compare the crappy themes for mac to the crappy themes for windows, just remember that there are a shitload more themes for windows than there are for mac. so yeah, it might look like there aren't that many crappy themes for windows because there are a lot more to see. with mac, there are less crappy themes, but less themes overall. so it just looks like there are a bunch of crappy themes, but in reality its the same for both OSs, but mac probably has a little less.

[SubGeniux]

Originally posted by fireside:
thats only because there are less themes for Mac than there are for windows. when you compare the crappy themes for mac to the crappy themes for windows, just remember that there are a shitload more themes for windows than there are for mac. so yeah, it might look like there aren't that many crappy themes for windows because there are a lot more to see. with mac, there are less crappy themes, but less themes overall. so it just looks like there are a bunch of crappy themes, but in reality its the same for both OSs, but mac probably has a little less.

Yeah, but at least there's a heck of a lot more good themes on Windows, as well as he options on how much one wants to tweak. True, the pool on the Mac is smaller, but it still means a few good themes in the end.

It'l probably change, but who knows.

[templetalker]

Originally posted by SubGeniux:
Yeah, but at least there's a heck of a lot more good themes on Windows, as well as he options on how much one wants to tweak. True, the pool on the Mac is smaller, but it still means a few good themes in the end.

It'l probably change, but who knows.

I think that there is a lack of high end GUI themes for OS X because the "Major Designers" have objectives that don't steer towards GUI design. Furthermore, a lot of other steps are in the game. More windows users, ease of tweak-age, & if Mac wants to keep the designers happy they shouldn't feel restrained. I for one feel like I have a lot more freedom to design on Windows then on Mac; even though I favor the Mac for productivity. The sense of endless possibility with anything on your computer can help motivate personal expression. Metaphorically speaking, Windows feels more like a ball of clay, compared to Mac's ball of 75% previously sculpted clay.

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by quandarry:
your joking, right?

Yep, I'm joking. None of them have Aqua look

Originally posted by quandarry:
lasik eye fixerupping is pretty cheap theze daze...check it out.

Thanks man, I'll check em out

[mac15]

G-Pod is cool, I really like the titlebars. I had the idea of that look for a while now

[fireside]

Originally posted by templetalker:
I think that there is a lack of high end GUI themes for OS X because the "Major Designers" have objectives that don't steer towards GUI design. Furthermore, a lot of other steps are in the game. More windows users, ease of tweak-age, & if Mac wants to keep the designers happy they shouldn't feel restrained. I for one feel like I have a lot more freedom to design on Windows then on Mac; even though I favor the Mac for productivity. The sense of endless possibility with anything on your computer can help motivate personal expression. Metaphorically speaking, Windows feels more like a ball of clay, compared to Mac's ball of 75% previously sculpted clay.

you are limited a lot theme-wise in OS X, but in Windows your possibilities are much much more plentiful. in os x you have to fix your themes to aqua, while in windows you're pretty much free to do whatever the hell you want.

[Holigen]

Originally posted by SubGenius or something:
By and large, windows themes just trash upon most of those for the Mac, IMO. There are some good ones, like Neos, jetblack, etc. but I mean, look at the rest, some really garish looking monstrocities. It;s funny, but the Mac was always associated with designers, but half the themes look like they were done by someone pressing a bunch of keys together on their keyboard.

The limitations in OS X as far as themeing goes are enormous compared to those of Windows.

'nuff said

[SubGeniux]

Originally posted by Holigen:
The limitations in OS X as far as themeing goes are enormous compared to those of Windows.

'nuff said

It's not a question of what can, and can't be done; it's what is done that makes me wonder. The limitations of theming isn't an excuse for having to look at themes which have funny looking patterns, colours that would blind a blind person, etc.

Anyway, just my opinion.

[OptimusG4]

Or half-assed themes like some of these: http://www.resexcellence.com/themes/

[brutal]

I don't see what's so cool about this G-Pod. Pretty standard stuff.

[rhythmicmoose]

Originally posted by SubGeniux:
It's not a question of what can, and can't be done; it's what is done that makes me wonder. The limitations of theming isn't an excuse for having to look at themes which have funny looking patterns, colours that would blind a blind person, etc.

Anyway, just my opinion.

The solution to that is to stop going to ResExcellence . Believe me. It helps.

But seriously, another reason I think this is so is that we're new to this. The Mac themeing community was pretty much destroyed when we moved to OS X and lost Kaleidoscope. We're just now recovering, but for the most part we've started over. Back in the glory days of Kaleidoscope, I think you would have had a harder time making an argument against Mac themeing.

[Macanoid]

I think I like this one even better - it's like a modern version of NeXT!

http://skins4.wincustomize.com/MikeB...thos-wb-ss.jpg

[Dace]

Yes Windows can be more easily themed...but I've tried Windowblinds and it sucks. Maybe it's Stardock's fault or maybe it's Microsoft's. All I know is the skins look cheap, for example the tabs always look bizarre . And then nothing in Windows looks right...alot of jageddy images, jageddy text, desktop pictures that aren't resized smoothly...no default Microsoft weidescreen desktops, and the desktops that do exist are all 800x600.

Anyways, Kaleidoscope was a much better app...it was fast, didn't slow down the system (like Windowblinds) it felt complete (unlike Windowblinds) and all themes displayed nicely and smoothly...no jagged edges or weird tabs.

Maybe I'm fussy, maybe I ask for too much...but that's why I like Apple, even if you can't skin to the extent that you can Windows, it's still beautiful as is. No jagged resources, not many apps with ugly icons that don't fit into the design of the OS. Smooth text, snooth desktop pictures resizing. Apple gives you more and cares about the little design details than Windows. So, again, I'd rather stay on beautiful OS X than be on on a jageddy, no text smoothing or smoothing at ll Windows with Windowblinds which is bloated, slow and feels incomplete and cheap.

Thats my 2cents

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by Dace:
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Couldn't agree more