Perfect DesktopX theme
Sunday, January 16, 2005 by gef | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
OK – If you had a perfect DesktopX theme, what would it consist of:
1. Basic colour scheme
2. Dark or light
3. Complicated or simple
4. Resolution
5. Would you like menus for all your applications or not
6. What objects do you use on the desktop (Weather, Calendar etc.)
7. What do you use for playing your music ( DX Player, Winamp etc.)
8. Do you use Widgets
9. Do you want animations
10. Anything else you can think of
1. Basic colour scheme
2. Dark or light
3. Complicated or simple
4. Resolution
5. Would you like menus for all your applications or not
6. What objects do you use on the desktop (Weather, Calendar etc.)
7. What do you use for playing your music ( DX Player, Winamp etc.)
8. Do you use Widgets
9. Do you want animations
10. Anything else you can think of
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myrkat
Reply #22 Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:02 AM
Reply #22 Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:02 AM
Is it too late to add my comments? Hopefully, you're still keeping an eye on this great thread...
1. Color picker (dark vs. light will never be resolved)
2. Hiding/Non-functioning widgets/objects until I click (tell them) to be...
3. SIMPLE. Cannot stress this enough. If you try complicated to placate the few that have nothing better to do than wrestle with their desktop, it likely won't be complicated enough. PRODUCTIVITY is best achieved through SIMPLICITY.
4. Resolution Independant (we can safely call this "the dead horse" as it's beaten over and over in all the previous posts) - for the record, I'm at 1280x1024
5. Automagically add ZOOMERS or simple-popping icons (a la IconX?) to the desktop; one of the previous posters hit the nail on the head with the gripe about adding icons to DX - STARDOCK: ARE YOU LISTENING?!?! Remember OS/2's "Find Applications" utility?
6. Weather/Clocks/Calendars are nice, but should be transparent/small - I don't need 25% of my desktop dedicated to telling me what the day is or how cold/hot it is.
7. Stats, stats, and more stats. Net traffic, HDs, uptime - all the usual.
8. MATCHING BOOTUP, LOGIN, WINDOWBLINDS, etc. - make it a TOTAL MAKEOVER and give Billy G. the finger!
Hope that isn't too much to ask for. Many options people have requested seem to be gripes on the limitations of DesktopX - i.e. adding icons/apps.
Of couse, please insert the typical "yUo rulez" compliments here - your work is very nice, and I am looking forward to experiencing it firsthand (just downloaded a couple DX themes of yours).
Regards,
-myrkat
1. Color picker (dark vs. light will never be resolved)
2. Hiding/Non-functioning widgets/objects until I click (tell them) to be...
3. SIMPLE. Cannot stress this enough. If you try complicated to placate the few that have nothing better to do than wrestle with their desktop, it likely won't be complicated enough. PRODUCTIVITY is best achieved through SIMPLICITY.
4. Resolution Independant (we can safely call this "the dead horse" as it's beaten over and over in all the previous posts) - for the record, I'm at 1280x1024
5. Automagically add ZOOMERS or simple-popping icons (a la IconX?) to the desktop; one of the previous posters hit the nail on the head with the gripe about adding icons to DX - STARDOCK: ARE YOU LISTENING?!?! Remember OS/2's "Find Applications" utility?
6. Weather/Clocks/Calendars are nice, but should be transparent/small - I don't need 25% of my desktop dedicated to telling me what the day is or how cold/hot it is.
7. Stats, stats, and more stats. Net traffic, HDs, uptime - all the usual.
8. MATCHING BOOTUP, LOGIN, WINDOWBLINDS, etc. - make it a TOTAL MAKEOVER and give Billy G. the finger!
Hope that isn't too much to ask for. Many options people have requested seem to be gripes on the limitations of DesktopX - i.e. adding icons/apps.
Of couse, please insert the typical "yUo rulez" compliments here - your work is very nice, and I am looking forward to experiencing it firsthand (just downloaded a couple DX themes of yours).
Regards,
-myrkat
Tycho7
Reply #25 Saturday, July 9, 2005 5:06 PM
Reply #25 Saturday, July 9, 2005 5:06 PM
1. Dark, but with a color picker to change the accent colors.
2. Dark
3. Complicated! Looks cooler and is more fun to use.
4. Independent would be nice for everyone, but I think 1280*1024 looks best.
5. Menus are a must. But, they must be easy to configure and there must be space for new menus.
6. Player, Weather, Clock, System Info, News
7. DX player when available, though I really like Creative Media Source (but they have no skins!
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8. I only use widgets if there is no object that does the same thing.
9. Animations are cool, but they can't be too gaudy
10. I like it when the WB skin and the DX theme are really similar or exactly the same (eg. Tronix, Cabal). A perfect DX theme matches perfectly with a cool WB. That was were Digital Revenge fell short.
2. Dark
3. Complicated! Looks cooler and is more fun to use.
4. Independent would be nice for everyone, but I think 1280*1024 looks best.
5. Menus are a must. But, they must be easy to configure and there must be space for new menus.
6. Player, Weather, Clock, System Info, News
7. DX player when available, though I really like Creative Media Source (but they have no skins!
)8. I only use widgets if there is no object that does the same thing.
9. Animations are cool, but they can't be too gaudy
10. I like it when the WB skin and the DX theme are really similar or exactly the same (eg. Tronix, Cabal). A perfect DX theme matches perfectly with a cool WB. That was were Digital Revenge fell short.
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Reply #21 Friday, March 25, 2005 2:43 AM
OK – If you had a perfect DesktopX theme, what would it consist of:
1. Dark. Think clean industrial, similar to psi-co. Lots of metallic looking objects. Greys and dark blues.
2. Dark, light colors distract my attention too much.
3. Complicated. I do love stuff.
4. I'm running 1280x1024, or resolution independant.
5. I would like customizable menus. I like having lots of menus, but I don't like only being able to use half of them, and then only half of the things on them.
6. All of it. If they've come up with it, throw a button on.
7. Winamp
8. Sure, why not?
9. Animate everything tastefully. I don't want everything on my desktop twirling and exploding, but I like having all my menus animated to "pop out", and that would also be nice with the special features like weather objects and stuff.
10.
You skins are near perfect, psi-co and blowout. I like the use of dark, metallic colors, the full animations and compact designs. What I'd like? A lot of the objects and menus contain programs I don't run, and while I can customize the target, I can't customize the text. Maybe I'm just new to all this (yes, yes I am), but I'd like to be able to change these buttons around so I could get the full skin experience.
That last part sounded dirty.
I also like themes that aren't linked directly with your desktop wallpaper. I like being able to change that and still have things looking right. Thanks for asking, gef, you are truely talented at what you do.