I'm using it now... thanks

Applied it to my laptop - with the grey monitor suround - very swish

looks classy with a black 'n' white desktop.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7039/untitledwk4.jpg


Nice!

So much better than the TeletubbyXP default theme...

A_Pickle said:

well if you install style XP and change the theme.. then un-install style xp.. the theme (and all previous) will remain in display properties under themes.. just the start bar wont look the same (classic look). desktop icons, wallpaper will still be exact... and on a side note windowsblinds doesn't work with x64.. tried it

and if you right click on your system tray then click customize in the notification area, you can select what icons you want shown and dont. (hide when inactive, always hide, always show)

~Vel said:
That's not too bad. The extra bar is just the StumbleUpon bar. I think the main reason it looks cluttered is that all of my bookmarks are favicons, no text. Personally, I prefer it that way. I have no problem with my Firefox.

I'm not rating your WMP colours David :p

A_Pickle said:

Well for one, I use the classic start menu, and when I open it up, it's white. When I use the default start menu and open it up, it's black. This tells me that there are some things missing. It's nothing big, but incomplete nonetheless. In any case, it's still really nice.

Edit: Unless if it's supposed to be that way of course. I honestly don't know.

Second Edit: Ok, nevermind, I was wrong. It's supposed to be like that. I didn't realize that Windows uses different colour tones depending on whether you've chosen the classic or default start menu.

Bobby Phillipps said:
lol yeah but compare that to mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Velorium13/firefox.jpg

Phil verhey said:

And, just like a cat, you can't make it do anything it doesn't want to do.

Mike L said:

here look here at my desktop.. i switched to the noir theme to show you.. and opened a couple apps so you can get a picture of what windows does with colours..
http://www.ptverhey.piczo.com

just go to display properties>appearence>advanced>select menu> then change white to black and black to grey.. dont use white or any active window's menu bars will be impossible to see (file, edit, view tools, help.. etc)
.. i changed the font too.. african 10pt. looks alright..
.. and i changed application backround colour too.. to black.. check out adobe.. it's got a black backround... SEXY!

Wow, thanks a lot! I appreciate you going through all of that trouble for me. It's just that I've been using the Luna theme for so long, that I didn't realize how Windows variates between the different colours and such. I'll give it and shot. Thanks again.

OK Phil, either you've been playing us or you have a 7 feet wide monitor - that's huge!

How big must that beast be??

well actually it's four monitors....4x19" LG's

just be thankful i sized the screenshot down as it was bigger

There's a new theme out that's very similar to Royal Noir, it's called "Zune." Basically the only difference is the start button, which actually fits into the rest of the theme this time.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078

Nah, it's too white in My Computer - I like the Dark Grey sides in Noir.

Cool. Where'd you find that? I looked on the Microsoft website and didn't see it.

http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm

Zune is quite a bit different from the Royal Noir theme:
1. Smaller text, different font in title bars
2. Less black, more of a brownish color
3. Orange start button.
4. Orange loading bar (like when your loading a webpage in IE and Firefox)
5. Selected menu was orange, in Zune theme its grey
6. Unselected window's title bars look better

My guess is that "Royal Noir" is "Zune Theme Beta 0.1"