so far it seems apple's aqua is far better looking than any skin. but thats not the point. first just the fact that apple has been doing everything in its legal power to destroy developers of themes and to prevent users from using skins makes me want to use them.
and secondly its just that i like to mess with things (if the censor wasnt on i would use another word). its not about makingy it better looking or anything its just about messing with the os and learning how it works. its like developmental biology. you dont make mutant flies because they are better that way, you do it to learn whats going on and because its just fun in a curiosity sense to mess with stuff. any developmental biologists in the crowd?
when i was little i woudl torture bugs. cut the heads off, stick red ants down black ant holes, zap em with a magnifying glass, put salt, soap, raid on them, throw bugs in spider webs. i wasnt trying to improve on the design of the bug. i was just trying to mess around, have a little fun, and maybe (if i had time) learn something. if you have ever watched a spider rollup a sowbug you threw in its web you have to say its pretty cool.
OSX is a thing of beauty but id just like to know if i played with some of those pair rule genes (biology metaphore) if i could make a cool little mutant.