*box News & Screenshot Repository

darkmatter
2004-06-19 17:29
What about the second?

Nightbreed
2004-06-19 17:22
lol, yeah, I'll buy the first round..

NC-17
2004-06-19 16:59
lol this is hilarious. i dont think anyone was trying to get people to change anyway. they were just expressing opinions. and any intelligent individual knows people differ with respect to opinions and that's the way it should be. my gosh people, calm down. have a beer!

qwilk
2004-06-19 14:48
Hmm, I think this discussion got way out of hand... Let's just agree that some people prefer the original minimalistic style of the *box. We feel that the sheer beauty that can be achieved just by altering a simple text file is what makes the *box so special. Other people like the tweaking aspects that you get through e.g. BBInterface, which is some ways give you a bit of LiteStep's flexibility. However, where previous posters do have a point is that lately the fundamental aspect of *box design, i.e. the style, has been pushed aside in favour of BBI elements like the sidebars, with bitmaps and a lot of eye candy. This is IMHO a sad evolution, because although most (?) people can appreciate a style, only a few would want to use some other person's sidebar. Hmm, I guess I've had my fair share of airtime now, but I hope we can drop this discussion with a simple "choice is great, too much of anything is not that great"... :)

Nightbreed
2004-06-19 14:36
lol

cthu1hu
2004-06-19 14:34
although longhorn is, indeed, butt ugly.

cthu1hu
2004-06-19 14:17
a: the same people who are complaining about sidebars didn't mention gkrellm. b: gkrellm is a floating toolbar. c: it's about 80% smaller. d: it's in no danger of turning this site into the *BBI News and Longhorn Emulators' SS Repository. /joking on the last one

Nightbreed
2004-06-19 14:05
What it all boils down to is who these computers belongs to. Who paid for them and who uses them. If I wanted to use litestep I would but not because some one else told me to, but because of my choice. I'll be damned if I'll let another person tell me what I can do with my computer, what I can put on it and what I can't. I wont go minimal so you people need to get over yourselves an move on with your lives. Sorry gotta put my foot down on this. A conversation about sidebars. Ridiculous

Nightbreed
2004-06-19 13:58
Then I look at other screenshot of plugins thrown about peoples desktops. Sorry but Having plugins all over the place is just unorganized to me

Nightbreed
2004-06-19 13:57
People dont use blackbox for sidebars. Talk about minimal and then I go back to a screenshot that had 20 some odd replys and most about gkrellm which is a sidebar. what's minimal about that?

qwilk
2025-04-19 23:25
Pitkon: I can't add comments either; I click submit and it just flips to only showing the sidebar, then doesn't proceed from there. Brian?

qwilk
2025-04-19 14:45
Thanks Brian & Co! :D

pitkon
2025-04-18 05:40
For some reason, now I can't comment under screenies.

pitkon
2025-04-18 05:32
Hi again, friends! So good to c u again, Brian. Karl, the screenies function wasn't broken, just needed approval. I AM moderating, from time to time :) How do u think those newer screenies got up in the first place? :D

tresni
2025-04-17 10:52
uploading works, but uploads always require approval and I don't think any of us are as actively moderating as we did in the past ;-)

snkmchnb
2025-04-16 12:49
qwilk: that's exactly what I was wanting to get done :D

tresni
2025-04-16 09:25
qwilk - All pending screenshots approved :)

tresni
2025-04-16 09:20
I do check in from time to time :D I didn't realize it was broken. I can try to take a look

qwilk
2025-04-15 11:56
Hey old friends, another old-timer hanging on here :) snkmchnb: Do you think it would be possible to get this site's screenshot posting function going again with Brian's help? (read: not sure if he'll be reading this himself so asking any other admins more broadly)

snkmchnb
2025-04-14 11:59
glad to hear, pitkon.