Steampunk desktop themes: your screenshots

[yereverluvinunclebert]

- and here it is on my desktop:

[yereverluvinunclebert]

It seems that the majority of us no longer have desktops... probably phones or tablets with amorphous corporate interfaces. So sad... 

[Caledonian]

It seems that the majority of us no longer have desktops... probably phones or tablets with amorphous corporate interfaces. So sad... 

I have a laptop, and customising that feels daunting... I hope to get a desktop at some point when I am no longer in the living situation I am currently, and I will surely come back to this thread to figure out how to set it up all good looking

[SeVeNeVeS]

It seems that the majority of us no longer have desktops... probably phones or tablets with amorphous corporate interfaces. So sad... 

Agreed, most people appear to wander around with a phone permantly, almost surgically attached to their hand these days.

Just for your info a few of your widgets have stopped working for me after Doz 11 updates.

[J. Wilhelm]

It seems that the majority of us no longer have desktops... probably phones or tablets with amorphous corporate interfaces. So sad... 

Agreed, most people appear to wander around with a phone permantly, almost surgically attached to their hand these days.

Just for your info a few of your widgets have stopped working for me after Doz 11 updates.

Not surprised. I stopped all updates for Win 10 in January. They've had so many issues with their security patches for Windows 11 and Windows 10, that I just had to stop the auto update.  For a moment, USB Sound card support and even Bluetooth connections stopped working altogether for many computers, in both Win 11 and Win 10, so I couldn't risk my boombox's computer and its new replacement either!

[yereverluvinunclebert]

Yes, Windows 11 is a reet pain for almost all that want a stable operating system that does not invade your privacy and get in the way of your workflow through inadequate design, annoying decisions re: security and schizophrenic design.

The old widgets are dying a slow death now. I no longer support them as it is a pointless and thankless task fighting against a tide of Microsoft crap.

Instead, I am rewriting them in VB6 and now TwinBasic. You can find them here: https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert

This task is a fairly monumental one and will take a lot of time. Therefore I am focussing upon developing them until completion. I suggest you have a look to see what I am up to but don't try installing any of them unless you like having fun and games.

No support will be offered whatsoever until I release them, otherwise I will never get them done.

You can see a few of them here, they work, they run, I just haven't finished, polished and built installers but I'm close...



Two of those are old-style yahoo widgets, the desktop hole and the media player. The rest are VB6/TwinBasic.

If any of you ever want to pick up TwinBasic, it is free, easy to use and produces 64bit binaries. If you want to get into real programming it is a no-brainer.

PS It is nice to hear from you all.

[SeVeNeVeS]

It's a real shame and somewhat sad you have given up on these wonderful original widgets. I have set up a four screen PC solely based on them.

Oh well there you go. I point blank refuse to become a mobile zombie so I suppose basic and boring is eventually on the cards, with a few monitors being removed and binned. such is life and thank you for the many years they have provided some kind of difference.

[yereverluvinunclebert]

Let me know the Yahoo widgets you use the most and I will let you know when/if the VB6 replacements will be ready.

The giving up is not a choice of mine, it is imposed upon me. No point in flogging a horse that has clearly been dying for a decade. Time to up sticks and head for pastures new. That is what I have done and the results should be positive. It is just a learning curve and progress is not as swift as I would have liked.