Stardock, the company behind WindowBlinds, the theme engine for the Windows operating systems, started a competition regarding GUI design. One of the categories where you can compete and win at GUI Olympics, is operating system User Interface design. By using the Stardock products in order to create compatible WindowBlind themes, you can enter the competition and you can even choose represent OSNews! Read more about the event and the cash rewards here.
Represent OSNews at GUI Olympics
About The Author
Eugenia Loli
Ex-programmer, ex-editor in chief at OSNews.com, now a visual artist/filmmaker.
Follow me on Twitter @EugeniaLoli
sounds like fun.
this is a competition to design _skins_, not a whole GUI. you still have to work within the confines of the windows desktop metaphor. there is no real scope for checking out and having people test really new ideas in GUI design like visual pipe metaphors, zoom-able UIs or anything more interesting than just adding decoration to windows.
it should be the “theme olympics”… and what has it got to do with the olympics anyway?
just my £0.02
as matt said you will still have to deal with the ickyness of the windows GUI. however, adding Object Desktop to the contest would at least make it a little more of a GUI contest.
Oh well.. I bet Microsoft is happy about getting fresh ideas for their GUI looks from this contest, since most people seem to complain about the ugly luna skin
luna seriously sucks… m$ always tries 2 copy apple and screws up.