just STOP IT!
Published on March 19, 2007 By Phoon In OS Customization
Ok, so Vista is out.
Can people PLEASE stop capitalizing on the name when doing themes, walls, etc.
It's like nails on a chalkboard seeing people use the word Vista in something when it has absolutely NOTHING to do with Vista at all. It's called Popularity Whoring. It's distasteful, vile, putrid, disgusting and could be considered a felony in several states!!   
How about a new category called "This crap has nothing to do with Vista" and put all of this PWWare in there!!!   

Somewhere, there's a semi-transparent Turtle rolling over in his grave!   

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on Mar 19, 2007
Did you ever see my GUIChamp entry?
Popularity Whorign DOES NOT WORK.  With a title like I had, I SHOULD have one!

I was ROBBED!!  

Zubaz offers Phoon some coffee and chocolate to ease his pain
on Mar 19, 2007
awwe crap, I'll have to rename the skin I am working on just for you Phoon. Was going to call it Vista plus plus. If I change it to Boobies, I'll probably get more downloads. Is that OK with ya Duane?   
on Mar 19, 2007
Some people are never happy,always complaining.  
on Mar 19, 2007
Well, I went to the Vista Starbucks earlier for a vanilla bean Vista frap. On the way home, I stopped at Vista Speedway for some gasoline. Later today, I'm going to get on the Vista Freeway to go to my brother's so I can fix his Vista computer. After that, I intend on stopping at the Vista Bar & Grill for a Vistaburger and fries. Phoon, I'll buy if you meet me there. Cya then, Vista-buddy.     
on Mar 19, 2007
If I change it to Boobies, I'll probably get more downloads. Is that OK with ya Duane?


on Mar 19, 2007
    
on Mar 19, 2007
I was gonna call Neutronium grey...Visterrific!You've shown me the error of my ways.    
on Mar 19, 2007
I agree @ 500% with this Phonn
At least we can open our mind to choose some new name
on Mar 19, 2007
agree @ 500% with this Phonn


If you agree then why is most of your stuff named Vista?     
on Mar 19, 2007
There goes my "Vista Ultimate Dead Weed" logon...
on Mar 19, 2007
didn't the same thing happen with XP when everyone was running win98 or win2k,
people like new stuff, vista is new and it's going to have alot of appeal and you're going to have alot of people like myself who create vista themed skins because they like vista.

I hear what you're saying about everything being labeled "vista ______" although I've never actually heard the term "popularity whoring" before.

But if you took away all of the vista themed skins and never allowed the introduction of vista themed skins into the site it's possible that you wouldn't have as many website subscribers/customers, you wouldn't have as much skinning content (if you removed all the vista themed skins) and you would probably get less website traffic which wouldn't be good for the website in general. Great examples of the popular vista theme is Adni's Vista Plus v2 wb theme and iy!n's Vista Final Version wb theme (based on Kol's vista theme). Those wb themes have rec'd tons of downloads which indicates that there is a need/desire for vista themed skins on this site. And including "vista" in the skin title makes it easy to search for.

I like vista and alot of the vista themes on this site - but that's just me and my personal taste. You may not like vista themes or maybe it's that you don't like everything labeled with a "Vista" title, that is your preference and you're choice.
on Mar 19, 2007
If there were a tag cloud, I wonder how big XP and Vista would be? 

Artists should name their works however they want.  They may gain by being popular until EVERYONE tries to gain the same way . . and then your work is one of many.  Everything will balance out.  Have a nice day. 

on Mar 19, 2007
Veeesta?We don' need no steeenking Veeesta.  
on Mar 19, 2007
Unclerob...the point of the article is naming something Vista this/that just to garner dl'ds...especially when the skin has little or nothing to do with Vista.

Asta la Vista peeps.  
on Mar 19, 2007
Enough Already...
just STOP IT!



LMAO, Took ya long enough Phoon, I have been sick of that for longer than I care to remember..back when it was "Longhorn"?..I dunno..a LONG TIME!..LoL

I was so sick of Vista, by the time it was released it was a struggle to buy it, I was "Vista'd" out..

Glad I got it though...

But really, your not alone...
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