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May. 9th, 2007 08:48 pmI did try, I promise, but my journal seems to have entered a huge slump again. Since the 23rd of April, I have posted three times. The first of these was largely comprised of a copy and paste from a Unix terminal. The second was composed of one sentence. And the third was a note saying that there wasn't a post there after all.
After a build-up like that you'd expect me to have something interesting to say, but you're about to be disappointed again. On a whim last night I decided to install CrystalXP on recommendation from someone at Clickteam, just to see what the "Vista-like" interface was like.
But the description really didn't prepare me for what looks something like what would happen if Windows, Mac OS X and Linux were fired at each other at 100mph and the most recognizable bits picked out from the remains. There's a dock, Start bar, extra folder menu and various other shiny things, and you even get the swirling Beach Ball of Doom in place of the hourglass when it's busy.
Despite all that, I sort of like it - enough not to uninstall it instantly like every other time I've tried an alternative XP theme. It's clean and shiny without being intrusive. I also notice that it seems to make things run a little faster when it's on (startup for MMF2 is only about five seconds), but I don't know how that statement would be grounded in any sort of logic.
After a build-up like that you'd expect me to have something interesting to say, but you're about to be disappointed again. On a whim last night I decided to install CrystalXP on recommendation from someone at Clickteam, just to see what the "Vista-like" interface was like.
But the description really didn't prepare me for what looks something like what would happen if Windows, Mac OS X and Linux were fired at each other at 100mph and the most recognizable bits picked out from the remains. There's a dock, Start bar, extra folder menu and various other shiny things, and you even get the swirling Beach Ball of Doom in place of the hourglass when it's busy.
Despite all that, I sort of like it - enough not to uninstall it instantly like every other time I've tried an alternative XP theme. It's clean and shiny without being intrusive. I also notice that it seems to make things run a little faster when it's on (startup for MMF2 is only about five seconds), but I don't know how that statement would be grounded in any sort of logic.
