dang! that's a lot of stuff! time-suckkage indeed.

hey-- i've found some of my likes and dislikes (yeah, sorry there are a couple dis's). the dislike that i have really is the themes-- from what i've downloaded, i didn't like any of them more than the really basic one that came w/ the installer-- is there a contest to see who can make smaller buttons or something? in my opinion, the Austerity theme is laid out intuitively-- it makes sense, and i don't have to think about what's what-- which i kinda got the impression that part of the whole sense of LS is to take focus from the selection of the application-- and place it more on the 'application' itself (i.e. the proposed tasks; reason the app is launched). i mean- you've got "text editor"-- i can't sit here and think, okay-- which one do i want to use for this .ini file, this .php file, etc.-- you've just got the editor-- which is really cool. so-- does anyone know of more themes which have a focus on the intuitive nature of Litestep? is there an updated version of Austerity, or something Austerity-esque? don't get me wrong-- the other themes are very well done... i guess i'm just being old-fashioned-- and i don't feel a need for 99.9% of my desktop to be visible-- but that's just me... i'm sure there's an equally good argument for the contrary-- otherwise it wouldn't be the prevailing style.

EDIT: i went back and check'd what i've installed-- i knew there was one that i kinda liked-- it's called "Saphardana". that's more up my alley... maybe i just need to 'get used to it'... but, i'm still open for any suggestions. ;)