Over the past few weeks I have found myself on the Vista
desktop more and more despite the problems I have written about before. So
spending this much "extra" time with Vista means I can't get stuck with the
basic Aero theme.
I have spent a lot of time just trying out different skins and
themes on Windows Vista.
WindowBlinds has
done an incredible job of making XP skins works pretty flawlessly on Vista, and
it has been nice to boot Vista and see some of my favorite themes on there.
I have been reading forum posts lately and realized people
don't know that
ObjectDock 1.5 is Vista compatible. Just as on XP, ObjectDock is
almost a necessity for me and having it on Vista has made the "switch" that much
easier.
There really isn't any difference running and using ObjectDock
on Windows Vista. You can still use the same backgrounds, tabbed docks
(plus version), and icons just as you did on Windows XP. There are many
backgrounds available and for me it's almost mandatory to have a matching
ObjectDock theme to go with the rest of my desktop.
One of my top favorites on XP was
Acrylic by
danilloOc, and has been the one I have used the most on Vista.
Next up on my rotation is
Dreamland by JJ Ying. Dreamland takes advantage of transparency and has been
a skin that I use when I want a real minimal desktop, and it looks great on
Vista.
The last skin that I have been using on a regular basis here recently is
5imple,
another skin by danilloOc.
These are some of the themes I have been using on Windows Vista with
WindowBlinds, and I recommend each of them if you haven't used them already.
So for the people who have Vista, what are some of the skins and themes you have
been using with it?