DrFredC.com wrote: > James Knott wrote: > >> Now that I've installed OS2008, how do I get it to look acceptable? The >> current screen, no matter what theme I select is damn ugly and makes me >> want to go back to OS2007. Is there any way to restore the appearance >> of OS2007 to replace this crap??? >> >> > For starters, rather than ranting up a stinkola, you might take > things into your own hands and create several background pictures in > 400x240 format that looks attractive to you and rotate them into the > home page background. In 08OS, many of the home page apps have a > partially transparent mode that lets the background bleed thru. After > working with it for a while, you might grow fond of the customizable > evolution. > > Also, just because the new home screen is different doesn't make it > ugly. Everything is in constant evolution. If you give things a few > weeks/months, some other themes may appear. You may or may not like > them when they arrive. Given your splatting your extreme negativity all > over this list, I'd not expect a lot of warm fuzzy support from > developers listening to any of your critiques of their work. > > It's not the different home screen. It the horrible choice of colors etc. Have you tried the all black hand writing input? Do you think that looks nice? It may not be polite, but crap is crap. The OS2007 looked much nicer. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>
