Weboh wrote:
Classic Shell: Not needed because you have a classic start menu already.
I use the Windows 7 style, plus Classic Shell's skinning flexibility is unmatched. No native Visual Style or WindowBlinds theme can beat it, and neither can other Menu Replacements, AFAIK (Except ViStart, but ViStart is terrible in every other aspect, so that's not really a solution).
Weboh wrote:
Windows 8.1 Visual Styles: There are a whoooole lot more Windows XP visual styles.
I was talking about making them. XP's theme market is already oversaturated, while 8.1 is kinda desperate. Mind you, that could be a moot point eventually, but for now, it remains.
Weboh wrote:
WindowsBlinds 8: Ditto. Plus, WindowsBlinds for XP integrates with Windows' theme management!
Ditto for the problem with WindowBlinds as well. Plus there are no versions of WindowBlinds left which work on XP and haven't expired.
Weboh wrote:
DWM: You need this? There are many free programs for XP that give transparency and Aero snap. And most of them do it using less resources than Aero.
DWMAPI, Visual Style integration, Aero peek, taskbar thumbnails, Windows Flip with thumbnails.
Also, unlike those tools you mentioned, DWM is actually somewhat stable and functional. Unless you were talking about something better than TrueTransparency and BorderSkin, in which case, I'm all ears O.O
Weboh wrote:
Paint.net obviously matters to you. I wouldn't have figured it could change that much in three years. I don't see that many features added. That's what I was saying where it's hard to see the Newest! and Best! being that much better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (that's why subscription services are so popular with developers these days: There's no reason to upgrade otherwise).
4.x changed and improved the keyboard shortcuts. That's really the biggest issue.
...now can somebody remind me why we're arguing about this please?
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