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cmove · Nov 1, 2003, 02:42 PM

Hello i have a request for they thememaker
it's reluna
we can see it here : http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=103487
it's a windows theme
thanks in advance

NetworkShadow · Nov 1, 2003, 02:44 PM

It's just a less ugly version of the default XP theme. I don't think it would be worth porting to Mac.

codywalton · Nov 1, 2003, 03:09 PM

it's just luna....

superfula · Nov 1, 2003, 03:24 PM

Bleh, no way.

Oh, and the mods have already told you your sig is too big. You may want to listen

sushiism · Nov 1, 2003, 03:34 PM

that theme is awful, but that forum is really amusing
http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/scree...ex/Screen1.jpg
i mean seriously

Kujo · Nov 1, 2003, 04:06 PM

mafia and the dynamite|mod by Dazzla should be ported tho. really really really nice themes.

kovacs · Nov 1, 2003, 04:26 PM

Originally posted by sushiism:
that theme is awful, but that forum is really amusing
http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/scree...ex/Screen1.jpg
i mean seriously

Jonmega is a big idiot, he steals icons from talented mac designers ( xicons, mix the pix, matthew bice, ... ) and converts them into windows icons, without the permission or even mentioning the name of the original designers...

sushiism · Nov 1, 2003, 05:45 PM

thats the windows desktop customization scene for you
stolen software
stolen ideas
stolen graphics
stolen everything
no talent

(99.9% of the time)

NetworkShadow · 10:45 PM

Originally posted by sushiism:
thats the windows desktop customization scene for you
stolen software
stolen ideas
stolen graphics
stolen everything
no talent

(99.9% of the time)

That's true, I still haven't seen a theme that looks as good as the good ones on OS X. Even the ports of the OS X themes don't look as good.

cmove · Nov 1, 2003, 09:03 PM

that's not a topic for windows users
so plz stop it

solidfox · Nov 2, 2003, 07:14 AM

Nope...wouldn't work...

sheer · Nov 2, 2003, 07:46 AM

Originally posted by sushiism:
thats the windows desktop customization scene for you
stolen software
stolen ideas
stolen graphics
stolen everything
no talent

(99.9% of the time)

I think 'no talent' is very unfair and a bit of a sweeping generalisation. There are some very good, very original XP themes out there, although why some persist in imitating Mac desktops is beyond me.

codywalton · Nov 2, 2003, 08:56 AM

Originally posted by sheer:
I think 'no talent' is very unfair and a bit of a sweeping generalisation. There are some very good, very original XP themes out there, although why some persist in imitating Mac desktops is beyond me.

Yeah, if you take a look through the themes available on www.wincustomize.net you will see the situation is pretty similar to the old days of Kaleidoscope. A few really really good themes swimming in a sea of mediocre and really bad ones. It's easy to miss the good ones like that.

sushiism · Nov 2, 2003, 10:44 AM

nah after being a huge fan of the windows customization scene for a good few years till i got a mac, then i feel its safe to say all the decent talent is long gone. Everything these days either looks like an osx ripoff, xp rip off or some other commercial interface rip off

phillryu · Nov 2, 2003, 11:23 AM

Originally posted by sushiism:
thats the windows desktop customization scene for you
stolen software
stolen ideas
stolen graphics
stolen everything
no talent

(99.9% of the time)

http://homepage.mac.com/max_08/themes/macosxp.htm

cmove · Nov 2, 2003, 11:27 AM

kovacs · Nov 2, 2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by cmove:
Hello i have a request for they thememaker
it's reluna
we can see it here : http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=103487
it's a windows theme
thanks in advance

Sorry to derail this thread, about the original post; I don't see what's so special about this theme he changed some colors but only made minimal changes to the buttons or any of the other interface elements. I like the colors he used but I'm afraid that's about it, it's really not that hard to change some colors in themepark, the buttons and the other interface elements are a lot more challenging. I'm sure someone could make a similar OSX theme in a few hours...

cmove · Nov 2, 2003, 12:53 PM

if you say it ...

Dace · 01:06 PM

essorant has great Windows skins and none of them are Aqua clones: http://essorant.com/

NetworkShadow · Nov 2, 2003, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by Dace:
essorant has great Windows skins and none of them are Aqua clones: http://essorant.com/

Still not my thing. I think the quarts rendering in OS X also helps the look of themes.

Kujo · Nov 2, 2003, 02:06 PM

i am a pretty big fan of watercolor for osx and i do think there are some good themes on windows that would also look good on OS X

these are my desktops

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/dyna.PNG

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/mafia.png

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/stanger.png

i think the first 2 would look great on mac.

codywalton · Nov 2, 2003, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by Kujo:
i am a pretty big fan of watercolor for osx and i do think there are some good themes on windows that would also look good on OS X

these are my desktops

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/dyna.PNG

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/mafia.png

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/stanger.png

i think the first 2 would look great on mac.

Those look WAY too "office-y" for me. If I wanted a plain blue and grey theme I'd use Windows 95.

kmkkid · Nov 2, 2003, 02:14 PM

Watercolor OWNS aqua. Nuff said.

Chris

Kujo · Nov 2, 2003, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by codywalton:
Those look WAY too "office-y" for me. If I wanted a plain blue and grey theme I'd use Windows 95.

its called windows classic or standard and you can select it in windows xp, but it looks absolutely nothing like what i posted.

codywalton · Nov 2, 2003, 02:32 PM

Originally posted by Kujo:
its called windows classic or standard and you can select it in windows xp, but it looks absolutely nothing like what i posted.

I know you can use the "classic" style windows in XP, and in my opinion those pics looked very similar.

kovacs · Nov 2, 2003, 02:38 PM

Hmm, these themes look completely different from Windows 95, actually the first thing I did when I got XP was change the theme so it looked more like windows 2000 and less like XP. IMO 2000 has the best user interface of all windows versions...

I really like the last one, it looks like a mix between chosenOS and watercolor, not that I want to imply that it is a rip off....

Mike S. · Nov 2, 2003, 03:11 PM

I don't care for any of those Windows themes shown here, most have horrible or boring color selection and they're all far too flat and derivative.

What's with messing with title bar shapes? It's like they're doing it just because they can, not because it adds anything to the design.

I've always liked Enlightenment's Blue Steel Theme

But that's just me :-)

codywalton · Nov 2, 2003, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by Mike S.:
I don't care for any of those Windows themes shown here, most have horrible or boring color selection and they're all far too flat and derivative.

That is exactly what I meant when I said they look "office-y" or like win 95.

NetworkShadow · Nov 2, 2003, 07:59 PM

Originally posted by Kujo:
i am a pretty big fan of watercolor for osx and i do think there are some good themes on windows that would also look good on OS X

these are my desktops

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/dyna.PNG

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/mafia.png

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/stanger.png

i think the first 2 would look great on mac.

Ya I really like watercolor too. Not sure about those themes though... But the ports to OS X seem to look really good most of the time.

lenox · Nov 3, 2003, 12:45 PM

Yuck. Please keep those yucky windows themes away from my mac!

They look like really bad GTK+ 1.x themes for X11. I much prefer the original themes that are coming out for OS X from the very talented mac-using folks.

cmove · Nov 3, 2003, 03:37 PM

what's your problem if you don't like, don't talk about it

sushiism · Nov 3, 2003, 06:47 PM

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/dyna.PNG
nothing new there, bit k10k inspired mixed with other crap

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/mafia.png
clich�

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/stanger.png
actually just a k10k ripoff

http://www.wincustomize.com/window.a...state_xpsh.jpg
ugh bevel how cheesy

as for bluesteel well god thats been around for years and isnt really that amazing

Mike S. · Nov 3, 2003, 11:05 PM

as for bluesteel well god thats been around for years and isnt really that amazing

I didn't say it was really amazing, I just happen to like it.

sushiism · Nov 4, 2003, 05:04 PM

i know i was just saying i dont find it as amazing as some people feel it is (seen absolutely countless BSteel litestep themes)

Hi I'm Ben · Nov 4, 2003, 05:51 PM

Originally posted by sushiism:
http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/dyna.PNG
nothing new there, bit k10k inspired mixed with other crap

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/mafia.png
clich�

http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/stanger.png
actually just a k10k ripoff

http://www.wincustomize.com/window.a...state_xpsh.jpg
ugh bevel how cheesy

as for bluesteel well god thats been around for years and isnt really that amazing

Just another retarded forum poster.

Insulting everything that isn't on a mac is fun.

kmkkid · Nov 4, 2003, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
Just another retarded forum poster.

Insulting everything that isn't on a mac is fun.

Sad, Isnt it?

Chris

timdorr · Nov 4, 2003, 07:30 PM

Originally posted by sushiism:
http://www.qfrag.com/~kujo/stanger.png
actually just a k10k ripoff

Uh, that's the official k10k MSStyle, actually. The author had gotten permission to make it...

sushiism · Nov 5, 2003, 01:36 PM

"insulting everything that isn't on a mac is fun."
i shall insult some things on macos if it would make you feel better? Making stupid assumptions like that make you look more retarded.

"Uh, that's the official k10k MSStyle, actually. The author had gotten permission to make it..."
I don't care if its official, its k10k's visual branding so all credit should go to them, nothing to do with the themer any old gimp could throw something like that together.

Hi I'm Ben · Nov 5, 2003, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by sushiism:
"insulting everything that isn't on a mac is fun."
i shall insult some things on macos if it would make you feel better? Making stupid assumptions like that make you look more retarded.

"Uh, that's the official k10k MSStyle, actually. The author had gotten permission to make it..."
I don't care if its official, its k10k's visual branding so all credit should go to them, nothing to do with the themer any old gimp could throw something like that together.

Making themes is easy anyone that takes the time to do it and do it correctly port or not deserves absolutely no credit.

If I give you a windows theme could you port it to OS X? You're a gimp it seems like your kind of ballgame.

sushiism · Nov 5, 2003, 02:26 PM

hmm was that theme in question on osx? SHOCK HORROR IT WASNT! It is much easier to make windows themes I have done them many many times in the past for personal use and you know what I'll do you all a lovely osx theme over xmas if i can get my portfolio out of the way soon enough and then you shall eat your words. Although it would be something much more original than just bevels shadows and gradients.

kmkkid · Nov 5, 2003, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by sushiism:
hmm was that theme in question on osx? SHOCK HORROR IT WASNT! It is much easier to make windows themes I have done them many many times in the past for personal use and you know what I'll do you all a lovely osx theme over xmas if i can get my portfolio out of the way soon enough and then you shall eat your words. Although it would be something much more original than just bevels shadows and gradients.

You are such a loser. Make a theme first, then spout your mouth, not the reverse. I'm willing to bet you have no talent at all. Those are usually the types who throw around insults as easily as you do.

Chris

sushiism · Nov 6, 2003, 07:17 PM

we'll see in a few months wont we

Hi I'm Ben · Nov 7, 2003, 01:01 AM

Originally posted by sushiism:
we'll see in a few months wont we

im willing to bet.. no.

sushiism · Nov 7, 2003, 09:52 AM

bad idea to make assumptions when you know absolutely nothing about a person bah a few posts done only for entertainment value

Lost · Mar 20, 2005, 09:24 PM

oh yeah, please please port it to osx it was my favourite theme while I was using windows

brutal · Mar 20, 2005, 09:51 PM

Holy crap!
This must be a record in zombie-threads.

cruciarius · Mar 20, 2005, 10:02 PM

dated back in late 2003, this old thread was started by someone who wanted a port of an ugly theme, to the beautiful mac osx. the wise themers and other osx users, laughed and poked fun at him. nobody ever ported it, to anyone's knowledge and the osx users liked it that way.

AveTenebrae · Mar 21, 2005, 12:35 PM

on osx we need more flat theme, squared theme, with squared widgets and without textures.
I don't skin my system to make it funky. I skin it to make it more usable than with aqua. If i had skills to do a theme, i would port SHADED to OSX..

ps : you are register to a macGUI forum. It's natural to always ear about mac themes ported to windows. You never look at originals WindowsBlind themes...

esXXI · Mar 21, 2005, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by brutal:
Holy crap!
This must be a record in zombie-threads.

Someone went a'diggin' in the GUI Graveyard again.

/Me hears the dead-thread groans, scuttles away.

eyevaan · Mar 21, 2005, 02:51 PM

RISE my monster - RISE!!!