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Leo the Lion
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What do you think of these skinning set-up's

February 4, 2009 9:53:46 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I must admit I am a bit of a 'neat freak' and I like minimilistic set-ups. I came across these two which I thought worth sharing with you.

http://lifehacker.com/5124643/enigma-desktop-customization-update-now-available

http://lifehacker.com/5145421/windows-7-gets-customized

Pretty cool!

 

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Reply #1 February 4, 2009 10:28:45 PM
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Really nice to look at Leo.. would be totally useless from a usabilty standpoint for me tho.

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Reply #2 February 5, 2009 9:37:48 AM
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I like the 'looks' too, John. As a matter of interest what would you find as 'unusable'?

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Reply #3 February 5, 2009 9:55:09 AM
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pretty sharp looking desktops, the first one (enigma) being my pick of the 2

it's mostly a Samurize config.......

I've been using Samurize for a couple years now and I love it.......it's very easy to skin FOR YOURSELF........It's a bit of a pain to produce skins for other people tho....

Many of the meters are computer specific and a "user" would need to have a familiarity with samurize to get it to work for them.

Rainmeter is much the same, without the built in editor that Samurize has............I've only attempted a few basic config's with rainmeter.

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Reply #4 February 5, 2009 10:09:43 AM
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would you find as 'unusable'?

Well, I dont see a taskbar (Manditory for me) I dont see desktop icons, (also manditory for me) and the desktop is cluttered up with things I have no use for (shown constantly) or things I can find at the click of a mouse.

My desktop is my workspace, I dont need weather, news, hard drive space, etc showing 24\7.

Great for a screeny, useless as a work environment.

 

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Reply #5 February 5, 2009 11:12:13 PM
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I tried the Samurize prog a while back and enjoyed experimenting with it too, Lantec.

I see, John. Fair enough

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Reply #6 February 6, 2009 9:33:34 AM
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both are quite nice, for my taste way too much cluttered up with sys and other info. Not really minimal... but I dig the clock of enigma

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