Originally Posted by aspidites (Post 421962)

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When you say skinable, I worry. While I don't mind programs giving users the ability to apply skins, I absolutely hate it when the only way for an application to look native is to choose the correct skin.
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Originally Posted by Fargus (Post 422041)

Probably just me not explaining myself very well on this. By skinable I mean able to be to skinned rather than requiring one in the first place (I'm dev so language slightly different).

Allowing skins to be applied over a stock look and feel I believe offers a great end user experience. If we can combine that with intelligent control associations (keep associated controls together) and allow configurable UI widgets then everyone is happy: UI becomes just another configuration dataset for the developer.

Originally Posted by christexaport (Post 420963)

If you don't write up the brainstorm, I'll kill you! AWESOME IDEA!!

As for rhe racism/Chappelle talk, just judge that girl on her own merits. She's Black, not Martian. It is only a skin color, just like a hair color. My girlfriend is a White woman with blonde hair, and she's exactly like the red headed and brunette women I've dated: unique as individuals. Worry about getting to know her, not her culture. Not all Black people IN MY CITY are much alike, much less in the world. I'm not much like Bryant Gumble, Shaka Zulu, TuPac, or Al Sharpton. I'm the only christexaport, and she's the only her. Keep that in mind and she'll be your's forever if that's what you want. Chappelle will only teach you to be laughed at, and maybe that's not always the best idea.

Now back to the topic...

Originally Posted by ColdFusion (Post 422514)

We already have that. It's called Themes. They have the additional advantage that they make all apps uniform, which is very important for usability.

Originally Posted by joshua.maverick (Post 415168)

but there has to be some way to "force" 3rd party app developers to make their apps prettier.