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04.27.06
Google Talk Themes
 By
Nathan Weinberg
Ever since the new avatar/themed version of Google Talk came out, people have been creating themes for it, many of them pretty cool. Lets try to run them down.
* Novelist - very clean, sharp text on plain white, looks like a book. (3.7/5)
* Slashdot - looks like Slashdot, complete with green bars (and rounded corners) and "posted at" times. (4.5/5)
* DOS Box - looks like a DOS command prompt windows, complete with C:\YourName> prompt. (4.3/5)
* Windows XP - similar to XP's folder grouping. (2.6/5)
* PHP - looks like PHP code in a text-based HTML editor. (3.9/5)
* A combo of Bubbles and Ping Pong themes. (2.8/5)
* Windows XP - dialog boxes in the XP style (3.6/5)
* Daring Fireball - based on the website, white text on a charcoal gray background. (3.6/5)
* mIRC - By Phillip, resembles an IRC chat window (I'm using it right now). (3.8/5)
* Windows 9X - Windows 98-era dialog boxes. (3.4/5)
* Shoop - sheep with dialog balloons on a blue background. (4.0/5) Page also includes several other decent themes.
* Star Wars - Star Wars font names, lightsaber seperations on a starry background. (3.5/5)
* Digg - Digg font style names and seperators. (3.7/5)
There are a lot of themes being posted all the time here. If you have a cool one, post a link here or shoot me an email.
Just so you know, if you want a high rating, make me a Windows Vista theme.
About the Author:
Nathan Weinberg writes the popular InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.
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