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Great job! I can't wait for the other colours, ergonomic blue in particular.

looks cool but i dont get the fuss about it

You may or may not remember how Binary's Watercolor visual style pretty much started the whole XP skinning scene. Capric0rn's style is an amazing rendition of Watercolor. That is what the fuss is about.

Got it installed on my Terminal server now, looks great :) LE Black V5 on my main screen, and this one my TS screen 2 great themes m8, your work is greatly appreciated.

I cant wait to see what the second blue, black and silver ones look like. though i get the feeling i will be changing my LE Black installs on several machines to Watercolor Emico: Black :)

^First I'm going to finish the visual styles. Then I'm going to work on application skins. So yeah.. Miranda-IM will get a skin.

@The rest: Thanks again for all the positive comments :D

:x :x Shouldn't be let near Vista, let it show off its beauty on XP.....

If it were turned into a Vista theme, it would be one of...one that I would consider using over the default Aero. Anyway, explain how a Vista port would detract from your enjoyment of the theme.

^Not going to post screenshots of it. I want to keep the other styles a surprise. The people in the Neowin chat have seen them and I received positive reactions about it :)

@magik: Multi-row taskbars with modern don't look as nice as in classic ;)

To the Vista users: I don't have Vista nor do I plan to install it anytime soon. I'm not going to allow ports to Vista either since I want this skin to be XP only.

To the WB users: I'm not going to make a WB version of this skin anytime soon. I can't promise if I'm going to make one or not either.

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I completely understand why Capric0rn would want to keep it Windows XP only. I mean, I assume it's easy(ish) to port the theme to Windowblinds, but most XP msstyle ports I've seen (from screenshots) look pretty sloppy.

<- ocd about having themes/walls/app skins that match

So you're not the only one :p Haha!

^You guys have no idea bout how complete I want to make it :p When all the color styles are done I'm going to make shellstyles, after that I'm going to work on some matching login screens. Jim-Phelps told me that he wanted to make Winamp skins for it but I haven't heard from him yet. Maybe I might start making Winamp skins around that time

You guys can also make Emico skins for other apps as long as you send me a PM or an email for permission with a screenshot of the skin.

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