Am I the only one? Classic Theme FTW.
Am I the only person on here who disables Luna and always defaults to classic theme? Back in the day, I did this to save local resources, but to this day, and even running under a VM, I always disable Luna.
I don't think Luna looks bad. I just think it's pointless and makes navigating the OS less accurate. I don't understand why Classic Theme was converted into yet another graphic skin under Windows 7, or that no newer mainstream version of Windows has the basic vector-based classic theme anymore.
That dang uxtheme patch and WindowsBlinds; I had a bunch of clients who would screw with applying themes until the UI broke completely, or just wouldn't appear after a reboot anymore. I don't think I charged enough to fix that either, because had a couple of instances of people re-applying the hack, trying to apply a previous theme they thought was safe, and bam - same issue. You could forget upgrading to a new service pack afterward too.
That's a big part of the reason why I liked XP. It showed off what an OS could do with extra resources, but you could still make the OS get out of the way if performance and utility were the focus. That hasn't really been true of any OS since.