The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Skins, Visual Styles, Themes

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Thomas, Dec 25, 2007.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Does anyone use these? Please show a screenshot if you do.
    Here's my OS X themed Windows XP.
     
    Thomas, Dec 25, 2007
    #1
  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,886
    Messages:
    6,566
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Nope, don't use 'em. I use aero in vista because i find it's just plain 'ol sexy.
     
    Gintoki, Dec 25, 2007
    #2
  3. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    123
    Messages:
    1,014
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55

    Same here. I like Aero much better than OSX's interface.
     
    Patrick Y., Dec 25, 2007
    #3
  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    I don't like Aero.
    I'm much more productive now.
    But, this is all personal preference so, lets not flame O.K. guys? :eek:
     
    Thomas, Dec 25, 2007
    #4
  5. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

    Reputations:
    79
    Messages:
    959
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Tried the Vista transformation pack, after a while I got sick of it so reverted back to normal XP.

    Then I'm assuming this is FlyakiteOSX? It wouldn't complete the install. So... :D

    But yeah I'm getting a bit tired of the XP look. Been using it for more than 4 years! When I first opened my lappy, I even thought to myself, "Hmm, doesn't feel like too much of a new computer when I'm seeing the same thing here, huh?" But I wouldn't trade looks for performance so... :p
     
    scythie, Dec 25, 2007
    #5
  6. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    No, this isn't flyakite.
    I did it the manual way.
     
    Thomas, Dec 25, 2007
    #6
  7. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    123
    Messages:
    1,014
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    wow... impressive
    Anyway, I don't dislike OSX at all... In fact I strongly prefer OSX to XP. However, Vista won me back... :p
     
    Patrick Y., Dec 25, 2007
    #7
  8. vaio2k7

    vaio2k7 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    549
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Same here as well...to me Vista's UI tops the UI of OS X Tiger and Leopard.
     
    vaio2k7, Dec 25, 2007
    #8
  9. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

    Reputations:
    1,553
    Messages:
    2,722
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I wish I could Leopard's top bar (with Edit, View and whatnot) to autohide, then it would be an almost perfect, unobtrusive desktop.
     
    Lysander, Dec 25, 2007
    #9
  10. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

    Reputations:
    1,654
    Messages:
    5,955
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    i m using this ( http://landvermesser.tripod.com/ ) and having no issue with hiding the taskbar

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Dec 25, 2007
    #10
  11. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Yee,
    Windows blinds is gonna be really useful when I upgrade to Vista(& turn off Aero).
     
    Thomas, Dec 25, 2007
    #11
  12. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,886
    Messages:
    6,566
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    I could probably use a mac and be fine because it has a dock and a "sidebar" but i just like the whole "shiny" thing vista has got going when mac has a..how do i say this? Erm "semi-liquid water" look? :D
     
    Gintoki, Dec 25, 2007
    #12
  13. Gobmonster

    Gobmonster Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    176
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    im :mad: it doesnt work with vista right, it made half of my taskbar disappear
     
    Gobmonster, Dec 25, 2007
    #13
  14. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

    Reputations:
    1,654
    Messages:
    5,955
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    it does work with vista!
    review the FAQ on the page, it addressed the issue with 1/2 taskbar (under xp as well) :)

    for more user queries and feedback, u might want to browse this - some 20+ pages and all:
    http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=18983&pp=20

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Dec 26, 2007
    #14
  15. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    I had that problem only once.
    All I had to do was reinstall witch takes like 30 seconds(really).
     
    Thomas, Dec 26, 2007
    #15
  16. Gobmonster

    Gobmonster Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    176
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Please relink to that faq, it took me to a post in this forum that had nothing to do with the taskbar error
     
    Gobmonster, Dec 26, 2007
    #16
  17. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    He's talking about the <noparse>FAQ page</noparse> here.. Not the WNSIB FAQ
     
    Thomas, Dec 26, 2007
    #17