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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stokkes" data-source="post: 213195" data-attributes="member: 61103">I just wanted to post something from a Designer's point of view.I won't single out any other MP skins, as I realize the amount of work that goes into creating something like this - it isn't easy and requires a lot of effort. But out of every skin that I've seen for MP, Monochrome is by far the cleanest looking skin available. Heck, from a design perspective, it's (in my own humble opinion) probably the best skin available for MP. The reason being is rather simple - everything flows the way it should. For example:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's subtle (so many designers forget this attempting outlandish things)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Things blend where they're supposed to blend</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clean lines</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To hard edges (to go with the above), buttons, icons, images, text are easy to read yet the contrast is unmistakable</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Speaking of text, it's easy to read, jumps out at you in a very elegantly presented way.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nothing outlandish, sticks to the original vision of the theme and executes the various elements of each part of the theme with near-perfection.</li> </ul>There are so many skins that have what I would call an "anti-aliasing" issue. The icons, buttons, objects just aren't smooth or just don't appear to fit into a cohesive whole. Many skins have great ideas behind them, they just aren't implemented correctly and when using them, these glaring issues jump out at me like a sore thumb (or a white man at the Apollo). These reasons mentioned are also why I still use BlueTwo (Wide) as my default skin for MP. Sure, the colours aren't my favourite, but from a design perspective, the lines in BlueTwo are very clean (to the point where even though it's the default skin, a significant amount of effort was put into it). IMO, more skin designers should take cues from Psycho Reptile, a truly remarkable skin. Good job mate!</blockquote>

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