Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Mar 2010 23:35 UTC, submitted by Extend

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RE[3]: Less brown, but too much purple
by Zifre on Mon 22nd Mar 2010 00:57
in reply to "RE[2]: Less brown, but too much purple"
At the end of the day users are going to choose their own backgrounds and color schemes; typically within hours of installing.
You overestimate users.
I'm guessing that maybe 50% of users change the background. And maybe 2% change the theme.
Even if most users did change the theme, it is very important to leave good impressions when it is first installed.
RE[4]: Less brown, but too much purple
by biffuz on Mon 22nd Mar 2010 11:12
in reply to "RE[3]: Less brown, but too much purple"
I'm guessing that maybe 50% of users change the background. And maybe 2% change the theme.
On my primary machines/OSs I tend to customize them as much as I can. Otherwise, I just don't care, and I tend to have a lot more secondary machines/OSs than primary ones, so I'm well below 50%

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Personally I think the new look is a huge improvement over the old brown & orange scheme. But then again, what difference does a theme make? Really? At the end of the day users are going to choose their own backgrounds and color schemes; typically within hours of installing.