Henry Imler February 12th, 2007
A few months ago Microsoft added a new free theme for Windows XP to
coincide with the launch of the Zune, similar to the Royale theme and
the Media Center edition of XP. The theme is dark orangish-brown and
black-gray depending what programs you have open. Here is a sampling:
Personally, I like it the best over the stock monstrosity and
Royale. Best part is that you don’t have to purchase add-on programs or
mess with system files to get a dark theme on your Windows XP machine.
Download Link: Windows Zune Theme
P.S. In writing this post, I also came across another formulation of the Royale theme that is pretty nice, Royale Noir.
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Yuck. I don’t know who thought black and brown would be an elegant combination, but I think it’s awful.
What do you think of Royale Noir?
I’ve been using the Royale Noir theme at work for about a month now,
and it was a welcome change from Luna. At work though I am mostly
looking at the ‘Human’ theme (Ubuntu).
After using Nior on my laptop and Zune on my desktop for a week, I must
say that Nior is the best that is out there that does not require and
hacking around in system files or third party programs.
After using Nior on my laptop and Zune on my desktop for a week, I must
say that Nior is the best that is out there that does not require and
hacking around in system files or third party programs.