Hello all. I need your help. I'm looking for a theme for winxp. see picture here (and full story about why it can't be found!) http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2005/12/14/2105 Apparently it was too popular, so microsoft demandet that it should be removed It's the only theme i have found so far that i like. Could somebody please help me find a place to download, or drop me a PM with either the file or send me an e-mail. I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me with this (this might be in the wrong place. I posted here because it's part software request and part MS rant. )
Try Vista Inspirat Tis what I am using now and I must say it looks almost exactly the same with the differnce being white window bars instead of black.
DougEdey : i have done that. I have found one that looks about the same, but i can't find a place to download it from. Tibby: I'm running "vistaCG". probably about the same thing. However i want them to be black.
Relax, it's all cool. That was just a quote from the discussion on arstechnica that followed the article. The argument is that unfortunately MS has to assert their intellectual property rights else more serious contenders (not just the hobbyist theme maker, but software companies) might copy the theme for their own GUI (say, for a Linux windows GUI). Kol is not seen as a problem, but if they let him get away with it, others may follow. Another point is that in the skinning community people can get really huffy when they feel their work has been "ripped" and used by someone else without the appropriate credit and permission requests. Arguably, this is what has happened to MS. We can't measure with two yardsticks, you know? So we have to respect MS' point of view on this. Of course, this had been, like, the most popular theme on the internet for the last six months or so. Some people argue that MS allowed the theme to exist for a while to raise the profile of the Vista GUI, and also to allow everyone who wanted the theme to download it, before having to make the token gesture of IP assertion.
If you haven't seen Glass Windows for windows blinds, you should check it out. It has the new Areo look to it. I'll try and get a link.
it's pretty wierd that ms wants it removed now, as it seems that theme won't be used in vista anyway (tested the newest beta last week, and it had that round start-button.) I found some themes, but they just aren't the same. kol's theme was wery good with pretty few bugs. (can't remember any, actually) the glass effect in vista is really cool. it have frosted windows, not just semi transparent.
Damn I really should get back in to skinning, I would of made a vista theme. Any whos Whistler themes still Cant beleive that MS wanted it gone! He did some nice work, I never heard them complain about Whistler/XP rips, and some of theme I tried in the past were perfect. Regards GiGo