You could get the same look using just 3dcc

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erm, taskbar is ok but all in all rather bland imo :\

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This is exactly the type of theme I use, plain, simple. IMO there are to many black based themes floating around, its like looking at a 15 year old depressed goths computer.

Rating 90 for simplicity
- 10 for the fat start menu.
Though I use litestep so I wouldn't see the start menu, I would like to see an option for a compact menu.
Fantastic. I'll be using this in the future.

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too bland. i'd spose it'd be okay for a server pc or something.

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agreed. very bland.

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If you're into minimalism, this is excellent. Allows for great ease of use and low processor vidcard load.

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good for those that like simple, the skin may be designed well ... but for those that aren't such a fan of grey its possible to have other colours use the same vidcard load ;)

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Uhm... how to approach this tactfully. Skins are comprised of bitmaps, which use uniform system resources no matter what color the pixels are. An 800x600 bitmap of Mona Lisa is going to use the same resources as a 800x600 solid gray canvas. If conserving resources is an issue, disable visual styles and use a 3DCC theme. But in this day and age, with 2GHz+ and a gig of RAM thought of as the "standard", you may as well use a pretty VS. Minimalistic themes have their place, but they just aren't a factor in any meaningful level of resource conservation.

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I'm typically a fan of colours, but this skin makes up for that with an effective minimalistic appearance that I can imagine would be very well suited to some peoples' desktops.

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definetly bland...

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I really like this theme, great minimalism.. but I agree maybe some color options or something.

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i like how it is called win pron x... we could all use a little more pron in our lives

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Nice! would also be sweet in black and why not white... But pls do something about the select color... it's too hard to make a difference btw select on and off...

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really nice, but i dont know if my screen is to bright or whatever, ...i changed the titlebar-textcolor to a darker grey which is really enhancing the readybility, but the rest is almost perfect, n1 workout

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I really like this theme, but since you're going strictly for usability, I think you should make the distinction between active and inactive windows a little more apparent, for example by putting a black border around the active window. Right now it's a little hard to differentiate and I get confused. Also, what is up with the gradients?

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I've been using nxpro since way back in the day and just discovered your update. Many new improvements, thanks! A few things I don't like quite as much but I'll get used to them.

This is unequivocally the best theme for Windows XP ever made. Gray may be "boring" but this WinProNX proves that a functional theme can be slick while still being clean, unobtrusive, and unpretentious. This theme is at the *top* of the very short list of themes that are seamlessly integrated with the OS and look professional enough to have been included as a default. Bravo!

Any chance you could make a ProNX skin for Trillian? :) There are no great skins so I'm stuck with the default.