Poll: Do you mod OS X's appearance?

In response to #11 Is it that bad in Windows-land that you need Mac skins to look cool? When you are originally a Mac user but has been forced to use Windows for work and other programs that just don't run on Macs and you can't afford the upgrade or waiing until you can afford a Mac to switch... Modding the heck out of Windows to look like a Mac is the next best thing. Yes I guess things are that bad for some of us.

I have just felt in love with a theme (ShapeShifter managed) called "mes 20050824" which can be found here (^.^)

I got a bad taste of skin modding from Kaleidoscope -- looked fun, but virtually every theme didn't work 100%, and I still ended up using Mac-based themes like Platinum or Aqua. I just don't like system hacks very much anymore, and besides, I don't like any of the skins that I've seen.

I started modding my Mac since Tiger. I use Shapeshifter with the Milk skin. Basically everything is smooth white and curvy. My favorite little tidbit is that it replaces the OS X progress circle with a droplet of milk splashing. It's really great. Much easier to read than OS X's "I can't decide whether I'm aqua or metal" interface. Also, the all white interface means I can invert the screen to nearly entirely black. It's a lot easier on the eyes whilst working at night.

Oh yes! I've been doing it since the Kaleidoscope days. Now I use ShapeShifter and CandyBar. Today I am using Brushed Metal (by Max Themes) and a custom icon set from several brushed metal sets.

The only appearance change I put into effect is the transparent dock, otherwise it just does not look right to me. Besides that I'm crusing with aqua goodness.

Transparent Dock is a definite YES! Also some Dock separators for good measure!

I've changed quite a few of my icons. Not extreme changes, I prefer the Finder icon from Jaguar to the Panther/Tiger icon I find much less appealing, likewise I use the older version of iPhoto to the new camera on 5, and I've taken the Tiger iChat icon for my personal macs which I'm keeping on Panther. At work were I've been required to upgrade to Tiger, I've been modifying it to act as much like Panther as possible, replacing the icons hacking the Mail interface builder files to use the old toolbar style, replacing the horrible icons and I'm working on an Aqua "Save..." button to replace the incorrect and Graphite button that has an incorrect down arrow. I'd love to find out how to mod Tiger to behave even more like Panther.

im using void which is what the picture attachted to this story is. its really sweet. ive been modding since early on and made 5 themes myself. its fun and macnn.com is sweet for their forums.

SIRO is my favorite OS X theme. It's low-key, monotone, but with just a few nice subtle color accents (in the scroll bars, a pulsing red unsaved light on the close button. http://homepage.mac.com/dsky/guikit/tiger.html