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People should be making these choices links to be honest, otherwise who cares to read through it and then search the internet for an hour.

Yeah really...I mean I actually had to go to the front page and click on Enter The Forums. Then I had to drag my mouse all the way over to that search box (my hand is still killing me) and type the name of the VS that I was looking for. Man, I've never been soo worn out in my life.

:rolleyes:

1. VistaXP by KoL - Black with grey text

2. VistaXP by KoL - Silver Normal

3. Luna Element

I don't have 3 so my favorite gets listed twice with different color variations

On the VS side:

1) Luna Element 4 - a great mix of good looks, usability, and it fits in with many or all applications running on XP

1a) Luna Element 3 - Also a good VS.

2) OpusLuna - a great minimalistic skin, taking parts from Luna Silver and adding others

3) Longhorn '5203' (before it was renamed VistaXP) - one of the few DECENT looking LH/Vista ports. Many of them are full of jaggies and inconsistencies.

And before my full time usage of VSes, I was on WB:

1) Luster - one of the few WB skins that doesn't cause many problems with applications. Looks nice, clean, and streamlined.

2) Dogmax - a simple skin with gentle gradients, yet quite usable

3) ChristmasTime - while quite a clunky looking skin (and definitely not for the VS users!), it's lovely for December. For the other 11 months - it looks awkward.

i don't mean to troll, but , come on ... LE4 PERFECT ?

with the pimp gold bar and the Uber-glossy look ... ?

get a grip ...  :sleep:

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Id have to agree, the only usable le version was v2. Since then, em3 has just been flogging an old skin. I'd like to see something new and original from the guy. I'm sure the creator of "the visual style some say is the best ever" could create something new right? Only time will tell.

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