New Star Trek Theme............
Sunday, March 15, 2009 by Leo the Lion | Discussion: OS Customization
Saw this on TSF today...........For all you Trekkies out there..........Don't turn this into a Hyperdesk 'bashing' thread, please. We went through that little immature debacle a few months ago. Just admire the creativity and even if you don't use Hyperdesk just admire the art work, cool icons and there's a free media player remote too.
Theme http://hyperdesk.com/product_details.php?p=33
Audio Remote for WMP11 and iTunes http://skinsfactory.deviantart.com/art/STAR-TREK-SE-Audio-Remote-114030208
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Reply #42 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:16 PM
One has nothing to do with another. Hyperdesk could be compared to MyColors not Windowblinds. And if you had $20 dollars left over you could buy 1 MyColors theme for 20 USD or buy a Hyperdesk theme for 15 USD and save 5 dollars. If you want to get technical our patch is probably the best one out there which means once you install Hyperdesk you can you use the many of 1000s themes out there that are free. Windowblinds doesn't change your icons so if we're just talking about theming.... You were saying?
Tons of free themes: http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=customization/skins/vistautil/visstyles&order=5
And anyone who tells you our patch isn't safe or touches system files is full of.... errr fertilizer. Our Vista in-memory patch which was coded by Andreas of AveDesk held up without breaking through having no Service Pack to Sp1 and then to SP2 beta.
Reply #43 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:27 PM
yah , in fairness , Hyperdesk is closer to MyColors than it is Windowblinds. If there's going to be any comparasion made , that's the one to make.
Please tell me Kol didn't make that star trek theme. Those buttons are bad.
Reply #44 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:29 PM
WOW...that sounds so familiar! It's almost like I posted that very same thing....
Maybe that's because I DID! Reply #33 -
Reply #45 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:31 PM
Then why are you saying quite clearly that you would spend your 20 dollars on Windowblinds not Hyperdesk because of all the free themes? Makes zero sense. Reply #37. Not like I'm making this stuff up.
And as far as being "malleable" goes. I'm glad people can't alter our work. The last thing i want to see is some amateur butchering our theme and showing a screenshot of it and people thinking that's what it really looks like.
Reply #46 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:34 PM
Jeff....I thought your themes were for XP only, but judging by your response #42, that's not the case. Correct me if I was wrong, please. Would that interfere with WB? Would I have to configure WB so that it would not initiate at start up? How would it interact with Object Dock?
Reply #47 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:39 PM
They were. Vista version is coming soon.
I don't know why it would interfere with WB. They theme differently. I would say yes you wouldn't want both trying to theme at once but you can unapply specific elements with Hyperdesk. So for example if you wanted to use a WB theme but the icon set from a Hyperdesk suite you could just uncheck the theme and click apply and it won't apply the theme portion of the suite. I use Rocket Dock but i used to use Object Dock and never had any issues.
This is Subspace for Vista: http://skinsfactory.deviantart.com/art/Hyperdesk-DM-Subspace-Vista-115698029
Without most of the icons applying. Yet. That's what we're working on now.
Reply #48 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:41 PM
Jeff...because there are three options for desktop skinning [excluding alternate shells, Winstep, etc] which would be Hyperdesk, MyColors and Windowblinds.
The latter [original] has more existing options [skins]....
Were it ONLY a choice of two....Hyperdesk or MyColors then the decision would be based on individual skin/theme appeal.
I kinda like bits of your new theme/suite ....but as with many themes released....not all 'bits'. As with most skinners...it's that which draws them to create their own...
Reply #49 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:42 PM
And as far as being "malleable" goes. I'm glad people can't alter our work. The last thing i want to see is some amateur butchering our theme and showing a screenshot of it and people thinking that's what it really looks like.
So clearly you feel you are above the customer, and the customer is nothing more to you than a financial number on the corporate balance sheet.
That seems familiar to me, too....OH YEAH! Reply #12, DrJBHL said
Nobody can hold a candle to Stardock's customer support.
Reply #50 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:44 PM
Dude you're crazy. Those buttons are awesome. If you knew the original series Star Trek you would know those are the button from the bridge panels only more vibrant. And Billy made them.
Look at the amount of detail that went into 3 titlebar buttons. If you can do better I'd really like to see. But I doubt you can. Of course if you could, I'd hire you in a second 
Reply #51 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:46 PM
Nobody can hold a candle to Stardock's customer support.
Did you bother to read that he was talking about TGT Soft and not us?
And yes i don't want our customers touching/altering/modifying our themes. You're damn straight. We're selling themes not templates.
Reply #53 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:53 PM
And don't be bringing Worf into this, this is a TOS thread.
Reply #55 Monday, March 16, 2009 8:01 PM
Well I dont know about bashing, But My Comment about having a "Official WB Version with all the bells and whistles" was actually meant as In a "Official TSF Built WB". Sure one could make a cloned version for Personal use, but I would rather see you guys build it..
Reply #56 Monday, March 16, 2009 8:03 PM
Please tell me Kol didn't make that star trek theme. Those buttons are bad.
Dude you're crazy. Those buttons are awesome. If you knew the original series Star Trek you would know those are the button from the bridge panels only more vibrant. And Billy made them.
Look at the amount of detail that went into 3 titlebar buttons. If you can do better I'd really like to see. But I doubt you can. Of course if you could, I'd hire you in a second
There isn't a chance in hell I'd ever work for you , and that has nothing to do with my ability ( or lack therof ) as a skinner.
Reply #59 Monday, March 16, 2009 8:11 PM
ROFLMAO!!! Oh Fuzzy....(re: ripped-shirt Kirk)...I don't think TSF staff care to impress the ladies.
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Reply #41 Monday, March 16, 2009 7:06 PM
yea! use them as shields!