Customized Mac desktops?

[akiratheoni]

Alright so Windows has WindowBlinds and Linux has GNOME, KDE, IceWM, Blackbox, Openbox, Xfce, blah blah blah (we all know that).

I've seen my fair share of customized Linux desktops and Windows desktops (of course they aren't customized to the point of Linux) but I have never seen a truly customized Mac desktop.

I don't mean to insult Mac at all; but in a lot of 'Show your Desktop' threads with Mac users, I see the same thing; the dock at the bottom and the taskbar (or whatever you call it) at the top. Sometimes the taskbar is transparent, sometimes it isn't.

I just want to see a TRULY customized Mac desktop that changes how it look rather than just make something transparent or not.

Does anyone have any pictures of one? Thanks.

[Rhubarb]

Doing a simple internet search brings up this application:
http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shapeshifter/
It does cost US$20, and does change the appearance a little bit.

Generally speaking I wouldn't bother personalising windows or mac beyond the wall paper.

Maybe mac users just aren't thinking different like apple's marketing claim they do? ...

[PrimoTurbo]

I think when someone spends that much money on such a sleek computer, they figure there is nothing better as far as interface.

[boast]

I'm curious on a free theme stuff for mac.
(like the uxtheme.dll hack for windows)

[alwiap]

try http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin/ if you want to convert to the maccies :)

[crimesaucer]

Alright so Windows has WindowBlinds and Linux has GNOME, KDE, IceWM, Blackbox, Openbox, Xfce, blah blah blah (we all know that).

I've seen my fair share of customized Linux desktops and Windows desktops (of course they aren't customized to the point of Linux) but I have never seen a truly customized Mac desktop.

I don't mean to insult Mac at all; but in a lot of 'Show your Desktop' threads with Mac users, I see the same thing; the dock at the bottom and the taskbar (or whatever you call it) at the top. Sometimes the taskbar is transparent, sometimes it isn't.

I just want to see a TRULY customized Mac desktop that changes how it look rather than just make something transparent or not.

Does anyone have any pictures of one? Thanks.

Look at this one, it's one of the best looking desktops I've ever seen in any OS:

http://codyyy.deviantart.com/art/Desk-69265388

[akiratheoni]

try http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin/ if you want to convert to the maccies :)

Oh no, that's not my intent (mac4lin never worked for me but that's not the topic), I'm looking for a Mac desktop that was customized, not a Linux desktop customized to a Mac desktop.

[Rhubarb]

Looks like if you're running Leopard, you can't presently customise it with 3rd party applications at present.
To make matters more amusing the default icons are more ugly and less distinguishable than Tiger's.
http://theappleblog.com/2007/11/26/ui-customization-in-leopard/

I was under the impression that macs where for / used by many "creative professionals" ...

[akiratheoni]

Yeah it seems like customization is limited on Macs, I'm looking at the deviant art of Mac OSX screenshots, and other than the wallpaper and transparency of the task bar, it's all the same...

[Nano Geek]

Try here.
http://interfacelift.com/themes-mac/index.php?sort=date

[earthman]

Apple doesn't really encourage that sort of thing, their attitude is that the system is ideal as delivered. Also, the more tweakable something is, the more breakable it is, and that creates more support issues, as well as a poorer reputation for reliability. I think most professional mac users would say that they have more important things to do than fiddle with their desktops. Or maybe they're just clueless in that respect, I'm surprised by how many Windows users don't know how to change wallpaper, much less anything else.

[SomeGuyDude]

Apple doesn't really encourage that sort of thing, their attitude is that the system is ideal as delivered. Also, the more tweakable something is, the more breakable it is, and that creates more support issues, as well as a poorer reputation for reliability.

To wit: the iPhone debacle. People buy iPhones and tweak them, Apple releases a mandatory update that erases it all and takes you back to factory-fresh.