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Not nessesarily minimalistic, but definitely something with taste. Maybe some flat functional menu's with a floating effect and good color coordination. Shadows, etc. When I see these themes on here, I see people looking for depth by using the domed shapes and rounded looking menu's. But that, for some reason tends to turn me off. That's why I say 'floating' and shadows.. I see it as a better way to add depth. But I think in the GUIOlympics, they'll be looking for great functionality and even be

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I could say the same for this post.. Don't like what I have to say, don't comment on it. Ya fool.

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That's the funny thing.. Most of my desktop modifications came from editing system files, replacing and editing.. I never was scared to dig deep for something that I wanted to do with my desktop. Reinstalling is easy when you have 540gigs of hd space to back up your stuff on.

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I'm not using stylexp, just the uxtheme.dll or whatever for msstyles. The reason I don't use stylexp or windowblinds is because I don't want to have a 'whole' program installed just to skin my system if all I have to do is add a .dll to my system.

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Wizop, I wasn't demanding anything. I was simply stating the facts and I wasn't implying that people should skin for 'me.' I'm not trying to get people to do the work for me at all. I'm simply suggesting that you guys take a look in the "Themes" and "Suites" section of this website and decide for yourself if you see too many glossy, bubbled out themes. And then decide for yourself if you'd like to see something different or not. I see this GUI Olympics with a grand prize of $10,000 and I'd be ov

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sig101, I totally agree. I was looking at some of essorant's work with WB and his Simplex style caught my eye. I know it's something that's been done before, but that's the closest I've seen to what I think people with real taste are looking for. I'm trying to find some good simplistic/futuristic styles for msstyles. If you guys could give me some resources on where to start with this, maybe I could come up with something innovative to what we've seen. Right now I'm trying to find the .msstyles

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It's not all about skinning. It's about the colors you use, the amount of the colors, which colors to use a lot of and which colors to accent with. Say, use mostly neutral colors, like greys, tans, whites, and black if you like. Or tone down the color and remove some of the saturation from colors like red or blue, or orange.. Whatever. Then accent those with some more saturated colors. I've seen a lot of themes on here with 'nothing' but the same saturating color through-out with glossy bubbles

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Sorry for the comments directed to the community. I know you guys have put a lot of hard work into your themes and the styles you chose. I'd just like to see something a little different and someone needs to 'light a fire' under the bootay's of some of these guys and get them working on something original, rather than going on what they've seen before. I admit I came out like a donkey's rear with my posts and I am sorry, but I do believe that the graphic designs that I've seen aren't as good as

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Where do I look for these themes then? I've searched the whole WC website for decent themes and have found nothing worth applying to my desktop. Anyone got any idea's?

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Styl skinner, like I said.. I wasted my money. I don't like WB. I'm more into DX and IconX.. I still use msstyles for skinning because WB eats up processor and memory. I enjoy skinning, just not with WB. I just want to see something that's not like everything else and I haven't come across it as of yet. In the screenshot above, I made the active desktop menu's from scratch using html and VB scripting.. I made the stats myself and edited the wallpaper for the menu's so I'm not exactly asking for

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I'm openly admiting that I 'wasted' my money, white_moth. Because in my opinion, what I have seen is garbage. I'm not trying to insult anyone. I'm simply trying to get people to be more creative and get away from the "Windows XP" bubble crap. Move into something a little different. Everything looks the same, whether it be different colors or different shapes and sizes. It's all still bubbled out beveled edges with nasty reflections and imbossed buttons. It's gross. Just my opinion. If you don't

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I take it you're happy with my request. Don't have much to say though, do you?

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This is my desktop from a while back. I'm using OD and DX2 now, but I can't seem to find a decent theme.

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I'm looking at all of these Object Desktop themes and all I see are a bunch of beveled, rounded, big sloppy edges. This is definitely not eye-candy. I'm not much for making these themes or I'd do it myself, but I'd like to see something with flat, plain, smooth edges streamline and futuristic without the mess and garbage. Simplistic. You know what I mean? For example, everyone is raving over this "Killer Suite" but I took one look at the dock that was made and saw this ugly bubbled out mess of a