xp themes

Roger Alsing 0

is it just me or is the idea of rounded corners on the xp captionbars really stupid? (hint: reply "its just you" and get a 5 from the cool-kids who then reply with a few :laugh::laugh::cool::doh: ) scenario: i have vs.net maximized i open a webpage that for some reason opens in normal mode, but covers the entire screen i read the stuff in the page and i try to close the page , by dragging the cursor top right and then click and TA'DAAAAA the window behind the browser gets closed anyone else that suffers from this? //Roger

pankajdaga

I know what you mean! It happens to me all the time especially with the stupid media player!! Pankaj Without struggle, there is no progress

Colin Angus Mackay

Roger J wrote: anyone else that suffers from this? Actually yes... And here was me thinking it was just my ineptness at closing the right window. :)

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Paul Charles

The best thing I have found to do is the following Right-click My Computer Click Advanced Tab Click Settings under Performance Select adjust for best performance and click ok This in-effect stops the themes service and free 16 mb of memory (And the bonus is you get rid of tellytubby windows I live in a world of my own but it's ok because everybody knows me there

_moved

Since all controls are rounded, it looks like win3x

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

I don't run it - I use either Aikon XP or Eclipse OSX so I don't have "tellytubby windows". To me the so called "Windows Classic" look just looks horribly dated now. UxTheme.dll is definitely the way to go - and it's fun to write for too. ;P Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: and it's fun to write for too I don't know about that. I think the API is horribly clumbsy and poorly documented. :| But I agree, the classic look does look dated. -- Ich bin der böse Mann von Schweden.

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

I've not found it too bad at all - although the documentation is horrible it's a huge improvement on having to use raw GDI to write custom controls. :) Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

Ian Darling

I cheated and used TGTSofts StyleXP with a Longhorn Slate theme :-) Now all I need is a sidebar and XP is complete :-D

Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

Somebody's been reading Paul Thurrot's site I see...:laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

Ian Darling

Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Somebody's been reading Paul Thurrot's site I see... Not recently ( Someone did have his Internet Nexus feed subscribed in Awasu until the Great Work Computer Hard Drive Death a couple of months ago :rolleyes: ), but Someone did try out Longhorn build 4051 and Someone did really really like looking at Longhorn Slate instead of Luna and Classic :-)

Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

Not mentioning any names, of course! :laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In