Kamnitzer Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Obligatory picture required for thread: ;) excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I guess it's Microsoft's OS. If they say a new desktop background and an aero hue is a theme, then it's a theme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakers Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Gotta love someone who goes around questioning people's intelligence when they don't know the difference between to and too :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalpius Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Gotta love someone who goes around questioning people's intelligence when they don't know the difference between to and too:D Agreed. He lost whatever argument he thought he was engaging in quite some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code.kliu.org Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Wow, 2 pages of discussion, and nobody's brought up what Microsoft's official terms are. * Visual style: These are things like Aero, Royale, Classic, Luna, etc. These are system-defined entities that dictate the styling of windows and controls. * Theme: Any combination of sounds, cursors, screensaver, wallpaper, and/or visual style constitute a theme. These are user-defined entities. So by default, W7 uses the W7 theme consisting of the betta fish wallpaper, the default sound scheme, no screensaver, and Aero visual style with a blue tint. If you don't think that fits the dictionary definition, then take it up with Microsoft. But that is what their official terminology is (well, paraphrased), and if you ever pay attention to their technical documents (e.g., the docs at MSDN that talk about Luna), you will see that they are quite careful about what they call a "theme" and what they call a "visual style". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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