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Is it just me, or does putting "XP" or "Aqua" in your skin title guarantee a high download ratio? Of the three WMP skins I just put up -- Falstaff, Falstaff Red, and Falstaff Aqua -- the Aqua version by far gets the most downloads, yet I think it's the worst of the three.

Nobody new looks for anything unique, do they? :-/
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Glen, it's indeed a fact.
Name anything with the XP affix, and you'll see the downloads start rolling!
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i guess Falstaff Aqua is the blue version? that may be a reason too. really interesting to see how many people like that color. on DeviantArt there are 3 color versions of a HoverDesk theme by Honz12 and the blue one is downloaded 10 times as much as the green and red versions.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, it's that aqua shade of blue. I wasn't even going to bother with it, but I felt too Christmas-y just creating a green and a red
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You want to try something cool. Search any library on this site for the word "aqua".
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As a test, try submitting a "Falstaff XP Aqua"! j/k
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
True blue color is not that yucky "aqua" color. "Aqua" is a bastardization of true blue and I for one will never have it or anything named "aqua" on my computer.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A skin called 'XP-Aqua-Blue' by treetog would be a guaranteed winner...

/me wants to be known hence-forth as 'XP-Jafo-Blue'....
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Who was it that submitted a total crap wall with a specific XP/Aqua-esque name just to test how popular it would become and saw it skyrocket up the charts?
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
nuvem, jafo, and a think a couple other people did too.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Old Crab, I can see where you got that nickname (the "crab" part, anyway). I think the aqua color gained popularity because it's easier to read black text on it than on a more "standard" blue. I agree, though; I'm not too fond of the shade either.

Crae, from the looks of things, a LOT of people have submitted total crap walls with an XP/Aqua name. (Well, relatively ... I'm sure the stuff that doesn't get in is even worse; and there are SOME good wall with XP/Aqua names.)

Kind of interesting that right after I brought this up, the "AquaXP" skin for ObjectBar got updated