All Things Microsoft > Microsoft Software
startup &shutdown screens
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by XP_sucks:
I have a question about XP.....Is there a way to replace that DAMNED UGLY start button?
[ January 18, 2003: Message edited by: XP_sucks ]
--- End quote ---
Well of course you can replace the start button. It is as easy as using TGTSoft's Style Builder to make your own custom theme then apply your custom theme. You need Style XP installed to use a custom uxtheme though. If you don't want to make your own theme there are thousands of themes made by other people that you can download at places like http://www.themexp.org , http://www.deviantart.com , http://www.wincustomize.com , http://www.skinz.org ,http://www.customize.org, www.tss2000.nl , http://www.getskinned.org and lots of other theme sites.
BTW, You can use Windows Blinds to skin your OS instead of uxtheme.dll if you prefer. If you don't like the way Explorer is setup you can use Litestep to replace Explorer and you can make it look however you want it to look.
quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by ecsyle_one:
yeah, xp sucks. i installed redhat8.0 and my computer has never been faster. its a p2 450 with 512 mb ram. damn slow for xp, works great with redhat8.0. i dont think you could put xp on that computer. it would freak out . and i didnt have to deal with windows ugly ui. KDE and GNome look way better than 2000, and even XP. by default. very nice.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Linux looks like shit. I have never seen a window manager that looks as slick and professional as the skins I can find or make for Windows. I don't like the way the fonts, buttons and scrollbars look in Linux....they are just tacky. I think that the way the Window Managers put an ugly box around all icons in the taskbar(or whatever you want to call it in Linux) looks horrible too. XP simply looks more professional(assuming that you aren't using Luna...ACK) than any WM for Linux I have ever seen. OSX looks pretty nice also. Linux = Ugly
Heck, if you think Linux looks so hot you can easily find skins for XP that look exactly like the real Linux WM that the skin is imitating. It is also very possible to make XP look like Mac OSX(the way it is setup, the Aqua visual style, etc.) with the help of a few programs. I bet it would be difficult to make Linux look like OSX.
[ February 03, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
Zombie9920:
{NT}
[ February 03, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
xyle_one:
i have to admit. at work, i have xpPro, and the theme i am using looks really good. it makes xp easy to look at. at home though, jaguars aqua cant be beat, and i really dig redhats bluecurve. they easily beat windows in the interface area.
xyle_one:
quote: Zombie:
Linux looks like shit. I have never seen a window manager that looks as slick and professional as the skins I can find or make for Windows. I don't like the way the fonts, buttons and scrollbars look in Linux....they are just tacky. I think that the way the Window Managers put an ugly box around all icons in the taskbar(or whatever you want to call it in Linux) looks horrible too. XP simply looks more professional(assuming that you aren't using Luna...ACK) than any WM for Linux I have ever seen. OSX looks pretty nice also. Linux = Ugly
--- End quote ---
dood. i was looking through this thread and found this link. solodesktop
linux is not ugly. it is very clean.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by ecsyle_one:
i have to admit. at work, i have xpPro, and the theme i am using looks really good. it makes xp easy to look at. at home though, jaguars aqua cant be beat, and i really dig redhats bluecurve. they easily beat windows in the interface area.
--- End quote ---
So you like Bluecurve ehhh? How about this...XP with a Bluecurve theme and a replacement taskbar(my rig).
http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/waltw/xpbluecurve.jpg
The bluecurve theme using the standard Windows taskbar that has been modified to look sorta like the one in Redhat 8(I said sorta like..not exactly like because I don't have the time to fool with making it look exactly the same right now.)
http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/waltw/xpbluecurve2.jpg
[ February 03, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version