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  • D David Wulff

    When I'm using Windows XP I use the default blue theme. I have done for the last five years (or however long XP has been out for now). When I using Vista I use the default theme. I tried the various colours, but ended up back on the default. I use them because they work best for me, and I work best with them.


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    MatrixCoder
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    David Wulff wrote:

    When I'm using Windows XP I use the default blue theme.

    The blue theme is ok. I like the XPize theme better though, it looks more modern.


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      Vista Transformation Pack. Vista look, without the Vista headaches.

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      realJSOP
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      link?

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        Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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        peterchen
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        Classic, Standard Color Scheme minus the gradient bars (so Screenshots look good at 16 colors)


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        • L Lost User

          Looks the same as the one I have, but I don't have that funky Start button. :(

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          Ed Poore
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          It's the compact style I think


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            David Wulff wrote:

            When I'm using Windows XP I use the default blue theme.

            The blue theme is ok. I like the XPize theme better though, it looks more modern.


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            David Wulff
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            Why does it need to look modern? It's a computer, not an iPod.


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              Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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              Chris Losinger
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              classic. default colors. classic folders, detail view. looks like Win98. so what. i don't have any use for a UI that wants to be the star of the show

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                link?

                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                • L Lost User

                  Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                  Lost User
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                  Classic, less space taken up by the theme that way with a desktop colour of r=66, g=0, b=99.

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                    Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                    PIEBALDconsult
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                    Classic... the Harley Davidson of themes.

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                      What: XP Theme / Silver Why: Gives me the eye candy without the Fisher Price look & feel.

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                      El Corazon
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                      I always did prefer silver...

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                        Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                        Pete OHanlon
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                        I'm waiting for the bling version.

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                          What: XP Theme / Silver Why: Gives me the eye candy without the Fisher Price look & feel.

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                          Ashley van Gerven
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                          Ditto. Silver rocks!

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                          • D David Wulff

                            Why does it need to look modern? It's a computer, not an iPod.


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                            MatrixCoder
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                            True, I never thought of that.


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                              Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                              Shog9 0
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                              Classic. Default color scheme. Because it's reasonably fast and stays out of my way. I used to use Watercolor, but got tired of patching uxthemes, so now i just don't bother. And yeah, way to go MS, requiring binary patched system files for 3rd-party themes. I could understand, maybe, if the system-supplied theme wasn't so gaudy and useless... but this just screams "we don't have a plan! or a clue! or a UI designer who doesn't spend his days watching Tellytubbies!" :^)

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                                Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                Anton Afanasyev
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                                Watercolor Lite, with Silver color theme. Thats the one that was planned for XP before MS came up with the bulky blue/silver/greeney_weird XP theme. Looks more or less like the old style win98, but..better. IMO.


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                                  Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                  Roger Wright
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                                  Classic, absolutely. The cutesy XP Fisher-Price interface is for toddlers.

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                                    Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                    Rocky Moore
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                                    Currently running Vista Aero which I like much better, but back in the day when I was on XP it was: http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=377&name=OSXP+102+UPDATE.zip[^] :)

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                                      Classic. Default color scheme. Because it's reasonably fast and stays out of my way. I used to use Watercolor, but got tired of patching uxthemes, so now i just don't bother. And yeah, way to go MS, requiring binary patched system files for 3rd-party themes. I could understand, maybe, if the system-supplied theme wasn't so gaudy and useless... but this just screams "we don't have a plan! or a clue! or a UI designer who doesn't spend his days watching Tellytubbies!" :^)

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                                      Dan Neely
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                                      Shog9 wrote:

                                      this just screams "we don't have a plan! or a clue! or a UI designer who doesn't spend his days watching Tellytubbies!"

                                      I always assumed it was the Eldrich purple horror myself.

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