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ryanst24 [deleted] says:

what visual style is that? Looks great
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

ginatrapani says:

Yes please tell us more! We want details.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

I am running Vista (Business Edition). You can adjust the icon size by holding the "CTRL" key and then either drag your mouse or use the mouse wheel. To get the "list" layout, I use a small, non-resident program called Iconlayout. You put it in your path, run it, set the icon layout you want, click save, then put a shortcut to it in your startup folder.  Example: "C:\iconlayout.exe -r" which tells it to restore the icon layout then exit.

The IM program is Trillian Astra which I am alpha testing. I have 3 Jabbers, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Bonjour, IRC, Astra, Facebook, MySpace, and Xfire all running in one program at a fraction of the resources.  It also does Now Playing, Weather, and RSS. Skin for Astra is Cobalt, custom window is Vista Glass.

I have patched Vista to allow for custom visual styles, and the visual style is Cleaero.

Sidebar Gadgets:
Lava Lamp (Animated lava lamp)
Multimeter
Indexer Status
Network Meter ProWeather(Best Gadget EVER)
Slide Show(Comes with Windows)
Now Playing
Sidebar skin is called "None" (Seriously)

I use John's Background Switcher for my wallpaper, and never know what is going to come up since it uses Yahoo, Flickr, and more Internet places to get it's images.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Soft_ says:

Where can I get that skin for the sidebar?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

cameron cook says:

that's looking "big screen" good!
thanks for the info on Iconlayout for vista.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

tigerhawkvok says:

Where did you get the Astra skin? I too run the Astra alpha but can't seem to find the skin ...

Looks awesome!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

dbldown768 says:

great look for vista business...

is it possible that I could get an invite to Astra? I have been waiting for
an email from them for a long time... dbldown768@yahoo.com
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

badmagic36 says:

I like your transparent look, I've been try to set one up myself for a while now. Looks good.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

John Conners says:

Glad to see JBS is still there! :)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

- =Ben= - says:

Saw in lifehacker.com
+fav

I prefer MirandaIM over Trillian
MirandaIM is like the "Firefox" of IM clients.!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

WastePotato says:

Hey!

Could you post a link to the sidebar theme please?

Thanks!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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