Posted by member 3116 on 2003-05-23 09:32:32 link
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED READ NO FURTHER:
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I'm personally not dismissing minimalism here, just because it looks like explorer, and you are right, there are faults aplenty to be found with explorer, I just don't like these themes with a taskbar because they're boring (no offence to minimailsts out there), but you're absoloutley right; they are functional.
Maybe I'm a product of my generation, and seen too many sci-fi/hacker flicks, but i believe a computer should be
a) Functional
b) Graphcial
c) Animated
d) Personalized
Case modders personalize thier system by putting cold cathodes in the dark recesses of thier pc's that pulse to the beat of whatever music they have pumping out of thier Klipchies, or z680's, or throw blue windshield washer fluid, and black light reflective coolant in ther water cooling systems, to show that the Coolant IS moving, and IS working.
Litesteppers, on the whole, seem to be presenting minimal, functional themes, which is like takng the case off your system and putting it next to the A/C, because it'll keep the system running at a cool, reasonable temperature. Sure it works, it's kind of original, but it's boring. Hell if A/C cooling works for you, go ahead and use it, right? I'm not going to tell you not to, but don't expect me to fall in line at the local hardware store to pick up my new $100.00 heat sink.
Anyway, my point is simply thus: if you like minimalism, yay for you, but I like graphicly intensive themes (Singularity rocks) not to impress my friends/co-workers, but to impress myself. Why would anyone use a program they weren't impressed with?
Don't like win98? -> upgrade
Don't like windows? -> linux\litestep
Don't like Paintshop Pro? -> Photoshop
If you're impressed by minimals, more power to you, but I'll be damned if I use anything I don't look at and say "wow".
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:start Counter-responsive rant
I'm personally not dismissing minimalism here, just because it looks like explorer, and you are right, there are faults aplenty to be found with explorer, I just don't like these themes with a taskbar because they're boring (no offence to minimailsts out there), but you're absoloutley right; they are functional.
Maybe I'm a product of my generation, and seen too many sci-fi/hacker flicks, but i believe a computer should be
a) Functional
b) Graphcial
c) Animated
d) Personalized
Case modders personalize thier system by putting cold cathodes in the dark recesses of thier pc's that pulse to the beat of whatever music they have pumping out of thier Klipchies, or z680's, or throw blue windshield washer fluid, and black light reflective coolant in ther water cooling systems, to show that the Coolant IS moving, and IS working.
Litesteppers, on the whole, seem to be presenting minimal, functional themes, which is like takng the case off your system and putting it next to the A/C, because it'll keep the system running at a cool, reasonable temperature. Sure it works, it's kind of original, but it's boring. Hell if A/C cooling works for you, go ahead and use it, right? I'm not going to tell you not to, but don't expect me to fall in line at the local hardware store to pick up my new $100.00 heat sink.
Anyway, my point is simply thus: if you like minimalism, yay for you, but I like graphicly intensive themes (Singularity rocks) not to impress my friends/co-workers, but to impress myself. Why would anyone use a program they weren't impressed with?
Don't like win98? -> upgrade
Don't like windows? -> linux\litestep
Don't like Paintshop Pro? -> Photoshop
If you're impressed by minimals, more power to you, but I'll be damned if I use anything I don't look at and say "wow".
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