Flying Kites Has Never Been So Easy
Apples. Can't stand them. Don't know why, but have just never liked the taste but curiously, I love apple juice. Shloer is even better (it's like apple-juice plus enough sugar to get you hyper for a whole day).
There are two apples that are the exception to the rule though - firstly The Big Apple,
and Apple Computer, Inc. Apple have always been seen as the company that is the most original, most creative. Whether or not you like Apple's iMacs or their operating system, there's one thing you have to agree with - everything looks far nicer on a Mac!
Microsoft Windows has often been quite a horrible dull boxy interface - and the more recent Luna theme in XP just feels big, childish, clunky and cluttered in respect to the clean, shiny Aqua interface of Mac OS X. Even Microsoft's own software looks better on a Mac. Just take a look for yourself at Microsoft Word on both systems:
For a while now, people such as myself have been modding our Windows-based computers to look like Mac OS X. Years ago it started with only being able to change the usual sounds and icons of Windows95 and then 'skinning apps' came along which allowed programs to look more like they were running on a mac - but it still wasn't convincing. Next people changed their actual system files, changing icons and dialogs that normally you couldn't, but even then things got difficult when Microsoft put a system called "Windows File Protection" into Windows to protect system files.
Suffice to say, you had to know what you were doing because modifying system files used to be a risky business.
making him do the hard work so you don't have to. Currently, the latest versions are FlyakiteSP1 v7.0 and FlyakiteSP2 v1.0 for WindowsXP computers with Service Pack 1 or 2 installed, respectively. They are amazing pieces of work, but there are a lot of limitations with them. Flyakite worked amazingly hard on the installers making it the safest way of system modding available.
But now he's out-done himself! FlyakiteOSX is a new revolutionary way of system modding - instead of just replacing files - it injects all the resources into your own system meaning that this pack will work on many more versions of Windows than just XP SP1/2. Add-on packs known as Flyapacks will also add many more features such as changing of the standard window dialogs (e.g. Display Properties).
This is the safest method I've ever come across and have been fortunate to talk to flyakite from concept to finish. It's incredibly simple to use - just run the installer and a couple of clicks later and you're done. Gone are the days of editing system files - now anyone can do it! And even better - if for some reason you find you don't like it then you can completely uninstall it.
The release date is December 31st, 2004 - and you can expect another preview and an interview with flyakite prior to then.
There are two apples that are the exception to the rule though - firstly The Big Apple,
and Apple Computer, Inc. Apple have always been seen as the company that is the most original, most creative. Whether or not you like Apple's iMacs or their operating system, there's one thing you have to agree with - everything looks far nicer on a Mac!
Microsoft Windows has often been quite a horrible dull boxy interface - and the more recent Luna theme in XP just feels big, childish, clunky and cluttered in respect to the clean, shiny Aqua interface of Mac OS X. Even Microsoft's own software looks better on a Mac. Just take a look for yourself at Microsoft Word on both systems:
For a while now, people such as myself have been modding our Windows-based computers to look like Mac OS X. Years ago it started with only being able to change the usual sounds and icons of Windows95 and then 'skinning apps' came along which allowed programs to look more like they were running on a mac - but it still wasn't convincing. Next people changed their actual system files, changing icons and dialogs that normally you couldn't, but even then things got difficult when Microsoft put a system called "Windows File Protection" into Windows to protect system files.
Suffice to say, you had to know what you were doing because modifying system files used to be a risky business.
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Better than monkey slaves... Chris Kite (known also as flyakite), a well respected member of the Aqua-Modding community has been making system packs for a while now. They are a collection of files that replace your existing ones - |
But now he's out-done himself! FlyakiteOSX is a new revolutionary way of system modding - instead of just replacing files - it injects all the resources into your own system meaning that this pack will work on many more versions of Windows than just XP SP1/2. Add-on packs known as Flyapacks will also add many more features such as changing of the standard window dialogs (e.g. Display Properties).
This is the safest method I've ever come across and have been fortunate to talk to flyakite from concept to finish. It's incredibly simple to use - just run the installer and a couple of clicks later and you're done. Gone are the days of editing system files - now anyone can do it! And even better - if for some reason you find you don't like it then you can completely uninstall it.
The release date is December 31st, 2004 - and you can expect another preview and an interview with flyakite prior to then.
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