Tuesday, March 15, 2005
What I Do In My Spare Time #3: Outback Skin (Windows Media)
Posted by Darius Wey in "CONTENT" @ 10:00 AM
And now for the third and final skin on offer. "Outback" is very different to both "Bubble" and "Shady", so if you're interested in finding out the thoughts I had when designing this one, read on!
Having lived in Australia all my life, I decided to add a bit of local touch to this skin. So what can be seen? The colours are drawn from Australian Airlines, which makes great use of orange and white (used in the main interface of the skin) as well as black (which is used in the push-button effects). Then there's that slight shade of blue, which any today theme with a blue taskbar can provide. On top of all that, the orange is somewhat symbolic of the Australian outback, so all up, you'll find "Outback" to be a relatively flat, clean skin.
Once again, it is available for free at Handango and PocketGear, so if you're interested, please feel free to download it and test it out. If you've got thoughts, I'd love to hear them! :-)