How long have you been skinning?

I started changing wallpapers and fonts in Windows 3.1 back in 1995, then in Win95; I even remenber trying to make them look like early Mac OS; I also remenber trying to skin Win98 with LiteStep, but my 486SX with 32MB? of RAM couldn't handle it, neither my patience (damn scripts).

I remember webpages like DeskMod.com...early Windowblinds; MacOSX had such a beautiful shell, I just loved at first sight (or first screenshot).

I also remember coming to this page years ago, but I don´t know why I didnt register, I guess I always found my skinning answers somehow. Damn, I wish I had more time to skin my computer now.

I´m getting old!

#452810

man, I forgot all about the horrors of litestep scripting.....and remember, making WB skins was done with notepad. Talk about trial and error...

#452829

I started skinning Windows in late 2002 when I discovered StyleXP, I bought it, one of my worse decision :mad:. I found out AquaXP (ah the good old day of AquaXP) and eventually Aqua-Soft about a year later which made me switch to Windowblinds, thanks to Xero's Aqua and brush themes

I made my first port back in 2004 when my favorite porter Bz followed the voice of his Mac mini :mad:. I've been a loyal Mac user since 2006.

#452832

2000.

First skinned 98 to NFS Porsche colour scheme. Then discovered Windowblinds. It was too bloated back then.

Then Switched on to XP and it has been aqua-ish since then. Now in Ubuntu its Murrine.

#452840

2002, XP was still new...

(how old is firefox? because I remember using phoenix on 98)

#452860

Cripes... since I fell onto the Iceman's site (by accident!). Had a mac for the the last eight months... trying to turn it into a jag clone... what goes around comes around!

#452862

window blinds early versions

#452877

what the hell happened to the iceman anyways?

#452907

2003

#453706

Late '98 - Early '99..sometime around then.

#453726

Mid-2002, although I signed up here later in the year.

#453747

Mid-2002, although I signed up here later in the year.

Oh my goodness!

-NC

#453779

i remember im using the win95 plus! and find out how to change cursors and i fell deep in the skinning world with DeskMod and skinz.org. and after that with virtualplastic.net i could modify the sys files. then i found AS

#453840

Oh my goodness!

-NC

And a fine hello to you too, NC. How ya been keeping yourself then? Any hijinks I should know about?

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