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« on: Thu, 14 October 2010, 20:55:05 »
Post your ugliest Windows themes here. I'll kick it off with the trusty old Hot Dog Stand color scheme! This is how I like to compute.

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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 14 October 2010, 21:26:30 »
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Hot Dog Stand


i relish this glimpse of ancient bad design
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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 14 October 2010, 21:48:56 »
I find "high contrast" to be very ugly (interestingly enough it's one of the few themes microsoft kept in later windows versions, sick):


EDIT: ironically the text for "My Computer" isn't contrasted very well against the white with yellow text.
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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 03:49:32 »
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I find "high contrast" to be very ugly (interestingly enough it's one of the few themes microsoft kept in later windows versions, sick):
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EDIT: ironically the text for "My Computer" isn't contrasted very well against the white with yellow text.


I think it's for those half-blind users, but that background showing there is bit of an feature ;D
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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 06:05:00 »
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Post your ugliest Windows themes here. I'll kick it off with the trusty old Hot Dog Stand color scheme!


I was thinking of that scheme before I even opened the thread. I think we're done here! Maybe something with fluorescent pink could match it for garishness, but not outdo it. At least it's legible, so I guess it could be worse.
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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 19:54:14 »
Oh yeah, I totally forgot you could customize the colours of the "3D" shapes.

So I present to you, hotdog stand for windows 98:


Nerds and nostalgics rejoice!
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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 20:03:10 »
Aw, you got the window title colors wrong!
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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 22:48:00 »
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Post your ugliest Windows themes here. I'll kick it off with the trusty old Hot Dog Stand color scheme! This is how I like to compute.
 
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This one I use is boring but easy on the eyes
 
 
 
 

 
 
 http://s1.postimage.org/AxTSi-c2fd32c5.jpg
 
 
 
 
This next one burns your eyes out
 
 



 
 
 
 http://postimage.org/image/227md8cqs/
 
 
 
 
And this one is just horrid
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 http://postimage.org/image/228q24olg/
 
 
The little proggy that I use to change themes (36 styles) is functional, efficient and small (140kb) .It's called ASchLoader v1.0 and it's freeware from:
 
http://www.kamburov.net/aleksandar/projects/aschldr.zip
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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 22:51:25 »
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This one I use is boring but easy on the eyes
 
Show Image

 
 
This next one burns your eyes out
 
Show Image

 
And this one is just horrid
 
Show Image

 
The little proggy that I use to change themes (36 styles) is functional, efficient and small (140kb) .It's called ASchLoader v1.0 and it's freeware from:
 
http://www.kamburov.net/aleksandar/projects/aschldr.zip


I can't see the screenshots because you linked them to your C:\ drive for some reason =p
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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 15 October 2010, 23:12:38 »
I did at first then I put them on a forum I'm in.I'll get 'em to work!
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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 16 October 2010, 11:41:44 »
Yeah I can't see them either.
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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 16 October 2010, 13:23:51 »
I can see 'em now - I just pasted them from file.They're 400,500 and 600 kb size. 1920 x 1080.
They must have been too big or something.
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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 17 October 2010, 07:57:05 »
As another poster here said, was thinking Hot Dog as soon as I read the title.

Perusing this thread has almost given me a headache.

Whoever came up with Hot Dog *is* a hotdog...and either was on drugs when he/she put it together, or has a very warped sense of humour...(ha...or maybe suffered from some form of colour-blindness).

Time for an aspirin or two......


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