Vista和Win 7带来了第三方主题的消亡

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：Vista和Win 7带来了第三方主题的消亡

 Windows Vista的出现改变了整个Windows的世界。但并非所有的改变都是我们想看到的，比如，主题。

Windows XP不大好看，这是无可争议的事实，默认的Luna主题除了干净和单调外一无是处，后来微软为其发布了Royale主题以改进外观。但此前，已经有不少主题作者为XP制作了不少主题，而其中，不乏精美的作品。

很多人都参与到了主题制作的行列中来了，而且，用户无需为此支付，仅仅是下载-破解主题-使用这么简单。几乎每周都会有新主题出来，因为主题作者们都在坚持不懈地推出自己的新作品。

但Vista的到来毁了这一切。随着全新主题系统的到来，主题作者们感到有点无可适从了，很多创意都无法在主题制作中随意挥洒。老实说，95%的主题都只是对默认Aero的一些修改。或许Vista的主题很难修改，或许做主题的越来越少，但不管怎样，事实摆在面前。

没错，我们还有Windowblinds，诚然，Wba主题的制作几乎可以随心所欲，有了.avi的支持，可以制作出更绚丽的效果。但问题也很明显，第一，很多用户不习惯安装第三方软件来应用主题；第二，WindowBlinds是收费的，这是最根本的问题，为了换个主题，花这么多钱，值得么？

而更可悲的是，Vista仅仅是开了个头，Windows 7对主题的控制依然很严。没错，默认的Aero已经很不错了，但这是个个性张扬的年代，我们需要更多个性的东西。问题是想不通为何微软要对主题控制得如此之严格。

真的不想看到主题制作的消亡，对此，Vista和Windows 7有着不可推卸的责任。

离开了第三方主题，还能真正个性化么？

附部分原文：

Windows Vista changed so much within the world of Windows, as Microsoft threw that red headed step child out there for the world to see. Not all of those changes were good. Your mind is flooding with obvious jokes after reading that, I know, but it's true in ways many people tend to forget. Vista, in many ways, did to the skinning community what The Buggles claimed video did to the radio star: Killed it.

Windows XP was ugly. There was no way around that fact. The default Luna interface looked as though it was drawn by a crayon on a crumpled up napkin. Nothing about it was clean or polished. It was bad enough that, after a while, Microsoft released the Royale visual style to spruce up the appearance of their star operating system. However, before Royale, there was a large community dedicated to changing the appearance of XP. A few select members of that community were celebrities, in their own right, and had a large portion of the geek community captivated by their works of art.
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