Return Styles: Pseud0ch, Terminal, Valhalla, NES, Geocities, Blue Moon.

Pages: 1-

Windows XP Themes that Don't Suck

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-12 18:01

Okay, i've patched uxtheme.dll and can run any arbitrary theme cobbled together by joe random 12-year-old with artistic intentions.
What are some that don't suck?
I'm looking for something closer to windows classic than windows xp, something with small decorations around windows (none of this "giant irregularly shaped crap" that seems to be vogue) and the upper-right cluster of buttons needs to be as close to full-sized as possible. I'm currently using "collide", which meets the "small decoration and full sized button" requirement and leaves almost everything else to be desired.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-12 18:49

I always use Microsoft's Watercolor theme, which was in XP at first but then got ripped out in favor of the Fisher-Price theme for some reason.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-12 20:58

Watercolor theme is pretty sexy. I find the attempt at rounded edges to be pretty ugly. I wonder if anti-aliasing would help at smoothing round edges.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-12 21:50

My favourite is Advance4 Pro. It's cute and minimalistic.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-12 23:14

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-13 4:36

>>5
That one's awesome.  I'm using it now. Just need a wallpaper that doesn't blow, and an icon package that's jawesome to go with it.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-13 8:59

Area04 is pretty damn good, simple and cool.  It can be found at Customize.org.  I combined that with the Serenity 2 icon set, also from Customize.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-13 9:16

>>5
Thanks. I used gnome before, but I hated that right-top corner wasn't completely in the corner.

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-13 11:00

lunaVX is the best theme there is. it was made to show microsoft what the default theme should have been, and it does a good job at being neutral and not too distracting, etc.

pic here: http://www.msghelp.net/attachment.php?pid=273665

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-13 14:29

ooo, that's nice too

Don't change these.
Name: Email:
Entire Thread Thread List