Will Windows 7 feature a new THEME?


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  1. 1. Will Windows 7 feature a new theme?

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I voted no, because just like everyone else, I don't see M$ changing the look much from what we have.. What I DO see them doing is allowing more theme color choices, and wallpaper/screen savers, that they will/could call a different THEME.. Remember back with old XP, we had that XP extra's or whatever it was, where it had a baseball theme, and a train theme, space theme, etc.. They all had different cursor's/colors/icons/sounds/wallpapers/screen savers..

If anything I could see M$ doing something like that again with 7, maybe not that extent but a similar concept.

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quite honestly imo i think they should just reinstate basic from 6801

It may look like vista but looks much better then blue superbar. and obviously fix up a few other things like menu bars so the suit the interface.

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a new Flip3D is arriving with Windows 7 RC... :yes:
Source? Link?

Indeed. Source? No source means it ain't gonna happen.

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quite honestly imo i think they should just reinstate basic from 6801

It may look like vista but looks much better then blue superbar. and obviously fix up a few other things like menu bars so the suit the interface.

win7basic.png

Or make the windows gray like old basic too. I would actually love that. It would work too.

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I could totally see them having a new basic theme, but I think the current Aero glass one is going to stay pretty much the same all the way to RTM.

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heh... instead of "Will Windows 7 feature a new theme?" I think you should make it "Would you like to see a new theme in Windows 7?". Because this is technically pointless, since no one knows will there be a new theme or not and everyone is just guessing... ;)

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Because this is technically pointless, since no one knows will there be a new theme or not and everyone is just guessing... ;)

How is that different from every other W7 thread?

I don't think a new theme will appear. Maybe a tweaked version, but nothing major.

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Bluck...that is hideous!!!

No, it looks GREAT. So much better than that HORRIBLE powder blue crap.

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If anything, it'll be a tweaked version of Aero. That, and some more colour presets.

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They need to get rid of the glass in my opinion, It's the only thing that resembles Vista.. or than that Vista is nothing like Windows 7 and with Vista having a bad rap you would think they would want to keep Windows 7 far away from Vista.

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They need to get rid of the glass in my opinion, It's the only thing that resembles Vista.. or than that Vista is nothing like Windows 7 and with Vista having a bad rap you would think they would want to keep Windows 7 far away from Vista.

Glass is here to stay. That is one thing they will NOT get rid of. No need to get rid of it as there is already an option to turn it off by using Basic.

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I doubt there will be an official theme change but as always there are plenty of actual themes that can be downloaded from places like deviantart, interfacelift and such so I'm not worried.

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Unfortunately, implementing the color customization options and such are probably enough of a reason for Microsoft not to implement another theme. A radical new theme could also lessen Windows' Aero identity.

If anything, I think they can mimic the look of Aero better in Basic. Have the buttons cling to the top edge of the window frame, etc. Maybe having the option to select different Basic colors could be realized, much like how you can change the Luna skin's color in XP to Olive or Silver.

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So new alpha-transparent theme (Aero-ish)? Maybe. But only one over the other, and I doubt they would have a new theme if they constantly polish the current one in W7.

New Basic theme? I would think so. Have it mimic Aero without the transparency and give the users the ability to change to preset colors (Silver, Graphite, Green, Orange, etc). They added color option to their XP theme so I don't see why they can't do the same for Basic.

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Unfortunately, implementing the color customization options and such are probably enough of a reason for Microsoft not to implement another theme. A radical new theme could also lessen Windows' Aero identity.

If anything, I think they can mimic the look of Aero better in Basic. Have the buttons cling to the top edge of the window frame, etc. Maybe having the option to select different Basic colors could be realized, much like how you can change the Luna skin's color in XP to Olive or Silver.

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So new alpha-transparent theme (Aero-ish)? Maybe. But only one over the other, and I doubt they would have a new theme if they constantly polish the current one in W7.

New Basic theme? I would think so. Have it mimic Aero without the transparency and give the users the ability to change to preset colors (Silver, Graphite, Green, Orange, etc). They added color option to their XP theme so I don't see why they can't do the same for Basic.

Good point. The Aero graphical user interface is a clean and more aesthetically pleasing than Windows XP's Luna theme.

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Even addition of new theme will still make it look the same since its just the Aero style which will be modded a bit and people would not go crazy over it

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Even addition of new theme will still make it look the same since its just the Aero style which will be modded a bit and people would not go crazy over it

I wouldn't call that a new theme. A new theme would have to look clearly different, and I don't see that happening.

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no way, they've been tweaking auro for way to long. They've also put a lot of emphasis on the themes, with rotating wallpapers and etc. so 99% there wont be any new UI.

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Just to elaborate or something. Microsoft's definition of 'themeing' has already been implemented in a sense that if you download a wallpaper back etc, it changes the colours and so of the Aero to suite the wallpaper.

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no way, they've been tweaking auro for way to long. They've also put a lot of emphasis on the themes, with rotating wallpapers and etc. so 99% there wont be any new UI.

No one said anything about a new UI. The topic is about a new THEME. Theres a huge difference.

Just to elaborate or something. Microsoft's definition of 'themeing' has already been implemented in a sense that if you download a wallpaper back etc, it changes the colours and so of the Aero to suite the wallpaper.

Yeah but most are all crappy. Some dumb fish, flowers etc. What they need to do is bring back the old style of the windows 98 plus pack themes

I swear, I wonder if the person in charge of these silly ideas is still single and lives with his mother.

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Yeah but most are all crappy. Some dumb fish, flowers etc. What they need to do is bring back the old style of the windows 98 plus pack themes

These ARE in the style of the Windows Plus themes. Sounds, colour scheme, wallpaper, icons (maybe not icons, yet).

I swear, I wonder if the person in charge of these silly ideas is still single and lives with his mother.

Just wow. Where the hell did you get this crazy assumption from?

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No one said anything about a new UI. The topic is about a new THEME. Theres a huge difference.

Yeah but most are all crappy. Some dumb fish, flowers etc. What they need to do is bring back the old style of the windows 98 plus pack themes

I swear, I wonder if the person in charge of these silly ideas is still single and lives with his mother.

You can create your own themes. They can include (a) wallpaper(s), sound schemes (with sound files), and cursors (with files). Maybe also screensavers, not sure about that. You can understand creating fancy themes with cursors and sounds etc isn't really Microsoft's priority. They were only added in Win98 Second Edition too...

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