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| Theming Windows |
| Friday, April 14, 2006 |
Bored with the original, dull, boring Windows ?
So, its time for you to theme your Windows and turn its appearence into what-ever suits your taste.
There are some softwares available on the internet which enable to theme your Windows easily. The best are:
StyleXP is developed by TGTsoft while, WindowBlinds is developed by StarDock.
Both are good in respective fields. While, WindowBlinds is a resource-hogger, you can use some really great themes with it.
If you have a well-equiped computer, running WindowBlinds shouldn't be more of a problem. StyleXp also, has a great collection of themes
and its major plus-point is that it can be closed after applying a theme unlike WindowBlinds. It is entirely your choice as to which software to go for.
Although, both these softwares come pre-packed with themes, they are simply not enough.
To get more themes, you can visit the following sites :
These software are no-where close to the limit of skinning. There are also many shell replacements available for more skinning.
A shell is the interface between you and the system, which shows you stuff and lets you do things and interact with the Operating system. By default, Explorer is the shell that window uses.
The default shell can safely be replaced because it is not the core of the system, just part of the user interface. Your applications don't know or care what you are using as a shell.
Replacement shells (or Alt Shells as the geeks like to call it) do the same basic jobs as explorer.exe, but they don't necessarily try to mimic the usual Taskbar and Start Menu with merely cosmetic changes. Instead they usually provide one or more toolbars, popup menus, hotkeys, an alternative Desktop, etc.
Some shell replacements are :
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posted by J @ 2:50 PM   |
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