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Inauro
2005-03-25 23:36
I'm hesitant to chime in on this discussion because i think it comes down to personal preference. However, as someone who uses wallpapers to inspire styles fairly frequently, i will say that i tend to look at the whole style as art, and that can just as easily include a wallpaper as a bsetroot background. To each his/her own.

snkmchnb
2005-03-25 22:12
because it shows the artist in the stylemaker

sMs
2005-03-25 21:29
how come bsetroot makes the styles more sophisticated??? i dont get it...

clovemagic
2005-03-25 11:07
I have mixed feelings about the wpaper issue. It is true that a great wall will attract attention and probably get more clicks than a bsetroot; however, it's also true that the more sophisticated styles are usually over a bsetroot background. I personally am turned off by girlie walls, so I may miss an otherwise good style that is upstaged by a girlie wall. My prejudice assumes that the style will be "immature." I'd love to see more bsetroot backgrounds.

ArthurDent
2005-03-25 08:31
I agree 100% with zen. I'm much more likely to check out a bsetroot style then I am a busy wallpaper style. It takes more creativity to do a bsetroot style. I find them much more usable because more time was spent on color and design than on matching colors in a wall.

thewayofzen
2005-03-25 07:18
auto: i think maybe im arrogant but i kind of feel that a fellow style author is going to notice a graet bsetroot style a little quicker then the average user who might respond otherwise to say... a girly wall.. etc.

phryne lorry
2005-03-25 07:05
snkmchnb: styles feed is broken again, sorry!

phryne lorry
2005-03-25 07:04
I think walls have a lot to do with drawing attn when brwsing thumbs. U can't really see the style at that size, so the wall sells it. Sometimes i create a bsetroot bg or replace teh wall if i like teh style but not teh wall. A good bsetroot can be just as exprssive as a well chosen wall, and is usually less distracting. Styles married to a spcific wall are nice, but waht do u do when wall dosn't really match or wall isn't available? Then teh style is not so usable.

d1pr3d
2005-03-25 02:09
gm, thewayofzen, you are right.. wpaper must suit style, and stye must suit wpaper. wpaper makes style more expressive, for example some styles wouldn`t look so beautifully if they hawn`t wpaper they have on a screenshot. and one more thing - somebody is a wpaper fan and likes to get some uncommon walls in his /hdd ^__^

auto
2005-03-25 00:40
I agree with you there, ive seen some styles that i thought were awesome just fly under the radar due to the lack of a flashy wall to go with it.

qwilk
2025-04-19 23:25
Pitkon: I can't add comments either; I click submit and it just flips to only showing the sidebar, then doesn't proceed from there. Brian?

qwilk
2025-04-19 14:45
Thanks Brian & Co! :D

pitkon
2025-04-18 05:40
For some reason, now I can't comment under screenies.

pitkon
2025-04-18 05:32
Hi again, friends! So good to c u again, Brian. Karl, the screenies function wasn't broken, just needed approval. I AM moderating, from time to time :) How do u think those newer screenies got up in the first place? :D

tresni
2025-04-17 10:52
uploading works, but uploads always require approval and I don't think any of us are as actively moderating as we did in the past ;-)

snkmchnb
2025-04-16 12:49
qwilk: that's exactly what I was wanting to get done :D

tresni
2025-04-16 09:25
qwilk - All pending screenshots approved :)

tresni
2025-04-16 09:20
I do check in from time to time :D I didn't realize it was broken. I can try to take a look

qwilk
2025-04-15 11:56
Hey old friends, another old-timer hanging on here :) snkmchnb: Do you think it would be possible to get this site's screenshot posting function going again with Brian's help? (read: not sure if he'll be reading this himself so asking any other admins more broadly)

snkmchnb
2025-04-14 11:59
glad to hear, pitkon.