Posted by member 6742 on 2003-07-17 07:49:04 link

Warma, although I think ANYONE here would agree that your remarks are derisive, poignant, and worthy of contempt from the recipients, that no offence is taken. It is startling to me, the veracity of your attack on MMD3 and Singularity ("The horrors of trying to look cool", my goodness), and it appears (from your last comment) to possibly stem from a bit of graphical jealousy, which is alright. I do ask that you find more diplomatic means to express your thoughts in the future.

It's a fatalistic precipice one teeters on when ascribing value to nothing more than subjective opinion, and it has definitely been traversed in start of this thread.

As a fellow themer, you realize, as I, that every theme begins with concepts. Singularity was entirely intened to showcase the concept of user-configurable hotspots that could instantly render all or most desk-space usable with a mere flick of the mouse (something which I think DrWorm has mastered). The thick graphical interface of Singularity was designed to enhance the contrast between the top and bottom Z-order states, in essence "to look heavy" but still permit instantaneous access to the desktop. NO, it did not contain several multi-state Temperature guages for different CPU's (I'll bet my one cheap Athlon CPU is slower than yours!). This would have been determined if the theme was downloaded and the README.TXT read.

Releasing a theme is treacherous. There are always those that can't get it to work on their unique systems, or want you to make custom modifications, or just plain complain (hint, hint). I hope that if you choose to submit your themes, that you receive objective, conscientious, constructive criticisms that either move the theme towards perfection, or provide an impetus for future projects. From now on, this is the expectation laid upon your shoulders.