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The epitome of theming was on with Kaleidoscope. You could not only change colors, but the complete shape of every widget. And there were a few very tasteful th
by tambourine_man 6y ago
The epitome of theming was on with Kaleidoscope. You could not only change colors, but the complete shape of every widget. And there were a few very tasteful themes, among the ocean of crazyness one would expect.
This Twitter handle shows what was possible on early OS X:
https://twitter.com/osxthemes https://twitter.com/osxthemes
Web Archive's page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20050216050114/http://www.kaleidoscope.net/What_is_Kaleidoscope.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050216050114/http://www.kaleid...
- anthk 6y agoCompared to any Linux desktops and WM's that was nothing.
- tambourine_man 6y agoLinks please.
- anthk 6y agoThere are uncountable, literally. Search for fluxbox, blackbox, fvwm, and so on, screenshots since 1996.
- masswerk 6y agoKaleidoscope 2 was really great. Technically, it was a more accessible frontend to the built-in Theme Manager of OS8 and OS9, and it facilitate some radical theming. Here are some of my own Kaleidoscope schemes (still available as free downloads): https://www.masswerk.at/schemes https://www.masswerk.at/schemes
- tambourine_man 6y agoNice collection and great looking site. Congratulations