Office 2003

[jgutierrez]

Have you considered implementing an Office 2003 look & feel to xplorer2, similar to the XPlorer file manager (http://guti.webcindario.com/static.php?page=XPlorer), and so other applications?

I think that Office 2003 interface is not only pretty and modern, but also the defacto standard nowadays.
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[nikos]

it's all about visuals, no substance
next year the "2003" fashion (i personally find it hideous) will be forgotten in favor of the new longhorn "style"

[MegaZapFan]

Ahem, "Vista", please

[jgutierrez]

Well, then call it skinning. Where users could design its own color combination and icon scheme.

This way we could have Office 2003, Visual Studio 2005, or Vista look and feel (among others).
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[nikos]

the problem with skins and styles is that you don't get it for free. It's one of the most frustrating and tedious things to program and takes a long time to get it right.  Or you need deep pockets and buy such code every other year when fashions change.

x2 isn't a looker but it isn't a dogface either. Somber is the word i'd use to describe its looks

[ckit]

I've seen the way Office 2003 looks and I prefer xplorer2 just the way it is.

[vserghi]

I agree.

[ZoNi]

skinning (at least, nicer icons!) would be great!!!  :P

[wasker]

Have you considered implementing an Office 2003 look & feel to xplorer2
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I think that Office 2003 interface is not only pretty and modern, but also the defacto standard nowadays.

Oh, please, no. Lots of people implemented the Office 2003 look, but it's rare when the one implement also a feel of Office 2003: either menus not drawn correctly, or icons wrong, or toolbars implemented badly.

So, please, stay with classic view and don't go with skins.

And, BTW, that'd be great if X2 also used this new-fashioned transparent-blue selection as Explorer does when running in Windows XP themed environment. Of course, if this is possible.

[RickyF]

I would hope that sophisticated users, as I expect most xplorer² users are, would not confuse the UI and a program's functionality.

IMHO Nikos rates an A++ for functionality. I could even argue there is too much functionality in xplorer² because I keep finding out that it does so much more than I will ever be able to remember! (I could argue this but I won't since the memory deficiency is mine and not the program's.)

I believe that xplorer² uses the underlying Windows theme for its UI.

If a user wants to really play with the Windows UI or the UI for a specific application then I recommend buying WindowBlinds from http://www.stardock.com which in their words is

The ultimate GUI customization program. It allows users complete control over how Windows looks and feels.

[JamieG]

ckit's reply to Nikos's dogface comment is about the funniest visual posting I've ever seen   I echo his and RickyF's thoughts too, I don't really care how xplorer2 looks (& it looks fine to me!), just how it works!