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Rev
2005-03-26 09:08
I like pie. ~nod~

doctorfrog
2005-03-26 02:28
Hey, I like bsetroot styles more because they show attention to detail, and I don't have to go hunting for a wp that I'll get tired of in a few days.

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.

r-i
2025-12-11 13:31
greetz from cy-x.net where'd the forum go?

snkmchnb
2025-11-21 23:09
I really need to go back and redo some of the styles from when I first started.

zerrrg
2025-11-20 07:06
Wow holy crap, all this still exists. I haven't been on this site in forever. I'm glad to see blackbox, and all the other *box window managers and styles and stuff are still out there. So cool. Hi everyone!

antehex
2025-10-16 12:05
also, another question, how do i search with the windows ui? not with blackbox or sum

antehex
2025-10-16 11:55
hey guys how do i customize the layout of my menus n things pretty boring having my "taskbar" at the top

mogof
2025-10-11 09:27
how to apply this?

light
2025-10-10 00:46
it uses 1% of cpu !!! one Megabyte !!!!!!!!!!

bb4win1
2025-08-16 16:11
The fact that this is all up and still running is remarkable. Can't wait to try this on my pc

what?
2025-07-16 10:47
Umm.. NT and Win95 had 32bit support

Vic
2025-06-30 12:47
Yknow, i found it really amusing to see the 32 bit version working on 98SE. i also find it just as hilarious that this still runs even on windows 11 machines.