Talk:Theme (computing)

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I made the picture smaller. Anyone wants to see the gigantic picture, they can click the thumbnail. I'm on 1024 x 768 which isn't that small, and the picture screws up Wikipedia's format. 71.126.151.104 14:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Skin (computing)

Theme (computing) and Skin (computing), merging ? 16@r 23:11, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

As mentioned in the article, a skin is typically for an individual application or portion of the user experience, while a theme combines many skins for different areas. Some may confuse the terms, but they are not regularly used to mean the same thing in the skinning community. The picture could do with improvement, as it does not really demonstrate that there is a wide variety of applications that may be included in a single theme. GreenReaper 23:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theme pack and Theme (computing) merging?

I don't know. --Patrick Maitland 18:47, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "MapleStory" theme?

The article has a picture entitled "MapleStory Theme".

...looks to me like a Windows Server 2003 installation with the Watercolor visual-style (created by Microsoft in late 2000 for beta Windows XP, it was never officially released) and a MapleStory wallpaper. The icons are all stock.

I vouch replacing it with a screenshot from a "real" themed desktop, not just a changed wallpaper and first-party skin. Who remembers those cool "Desktop Themes" that came with Windows 98/Plus 98? I liked the space ones :)

W3bbo 23:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

I always liked the 16-bit chess image they had in Windows 3.0 . . . GreenReaper 23:45, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes yes yes yes yes. It seems to me that's a really lame excuse for a "theme". It make way more sense to eliminate those images, and have a photo gallery at the bottom of the page showing various themes. Themes from Windows, Linux, Mac (do they have themes?), whatever else. If no one else says no, I'll go ahead and make some changes. There's a lot of themes out there. --Tech Nerd 04:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Vista6000-notify.png

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BetacommandBot 22:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)