Filed under: Google, Beta, Browsers
Google Chrome theme gallery opens with 29 themes, several blindingly ugly
Am I really going to stick with the grass theme? Probably not, but I was in the mood after finishing up my yardwork this evening. There are currently 29 different skins available.
As with other theme galleries, not all of the options are going to win a GUI beauty contest. Some of them (like Legal Pad - check it after the break) might make you do a spit take. There are, however, some interesting options. At the very least, maybe this will help spell the end of bothersome Chrome skinning that involves backing up the default.dll and restoring it after Chrome crashes due to an incompatible skin.
Some of the themes - like Dots, also pictured after the break - even bleed past the bookmarks toolbar on the new tab page. The download and history pages, however, are kept clean below the divide. Thank god, because that would be a little more than I could take.
Remember, you'll need to be running the Chrome 3 beta or developer channel or be using a recent build of Chromium to get in on the fun. If that includes you, check 'em out then tell us which one you're switching to in the comments. Unless you're not impressed with the selection, in which case - sound off!
After all this "make your Firefox look like Chrome" nonsense, I'm holding out for the Firefox skin - just so I can post confusing screenshots.
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Object Desktop 2007
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
