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Postby DJGM » Wed 14 Apr, 2004 11:01 pm

Mandrake wrote:DJGM, are you using Style XP for your Windows themes?


Up until recently, I was using WindowBlinds, but that's a bit of a resource hog, so I
ditched it. Now I'm using MultiPatcher, and the "Axialis" theme from Belchfire.net.
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Postby Mandrake » Wed 14 Apr, 2004 11:11 pm

Ah, that's just a patch to use Microsoft's skinning engine in Windows XP. Style XP does the same thing, but provides a GUI to easily install themes and Visual Styles. One of the best places to get themes is www.themexp.org - there are tons of themes that work with the patched uxtheme.dll :)
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Postby DJGM » Wed 14 Apr, 2004 11:38 pm

Mandrake wrote:One of the best places to get themes is www.themexp.org . . .


From what I've heard, that site has started to bundle spyware with the themes!

Quote from Dunderklumpen on the MozillaZine forums . . .

Dunderklumpen wrote:Up untill now themexp.org was a good place to find
new themes for Windows (Visual Styles).

I just discovered that they now make their own distribution
files, with licensedemands and that thay have
started to include SaveNow - spyware.

They grab someone elses work, repack the
files and include spyware to make a buck.

Stay way from themexp.org!


Until that it confirmed or denied eitherway, I'll be avoiding themexp.org . . .
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Postby DJGM » Wed 14 Apr, 2004 11:43 pm

Antony wrote:. . . if you can move the Windows taskbar to the top, it might be better . . .


Ok, how about this . . . ?

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As you can see, I've even installed a Mac OS X style dock too . . . !
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Postby Antony » Thu 15 Apr, 2004 12:24 am

better. but don't like the dock in Windows.
Can you put the dock on the sides?

Aside, I still feel my Desktop in Action (part 2) stands out. Native Mac OS :panther:, no patches at all.
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Postby Mandrake » Thu 15 Apr, 2004 1:34 am

I've not seen any spyware yet.. but I'll keep and eye out for it, thanks for the warning DJGM.


Meanwhile... WinXP Pro again.

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Postby Antony » Thu 15 Apr, 2004 11:42 pm

Mandrake,
Nice, what are the "A" and "F"? Never seen that in my Office v.X.

BTW, one of the reliable operating systems, stable and easy to use.
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Postby Mandrake » Fri 16 Apr, 2004 7:24 am

'A' is for Microsoft Access, 'F' is for Micrsoft Frontpage - the two Office apps that don't have a Mac version. (Not that you'd want a version of Frontpage!)
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Postby Josh » Sat 24 Apr, 2004 4:25 am

here's my wallpapers that are on the desktop:

Dell PC (Windows XP Home SP1):

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iBook (Mac OS X 10.2.8):

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iBook (Mac OS 9.2.2):

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Postby DJGM » Sat 24 Apr, 2004 4:54 am

The 3 desktops of ROBIN, the mini OS that runs inside your Gecko based browser.
(These instances of ROBIN, were running in K-Meleon 0.8.2, with fullscreen mode)


Default:

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Groovy:

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Tan:

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It was this sort of thing that caused Microsoft to see Netscape as a threat all those years ago.
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Postby Jeffredo » Sat 24 Apr, 2004 1:30 pm

Hello Greg. Robin looks very interesting. Where can I find a link to the software? The two on your post just show the first background. Thanks!
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Postby Jeffredo » Sat 24 Apr, 2004 1:31 pm

Scratch that, figure it out! :oops:
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Postby Phoenix21692 » Sun 25 Apr, 2004 12:40 am

Here's my desktop on MandrakeLinux 9.2...

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Postby keith » Sun 25 Apr, 2004 12:56 am

Hey where would one go to find all these cool desktop things? like the ones that almost look 3D sorta, that yall have put on?

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Postby Mandrake » Sun 25 Apr, 2004 3:35 am

The backgrounds? There are tons of sites that have backgrounds, although my favourite place to get backgrounds is DeviantArt.
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