• rsw
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Topic: ProTip: Strip that ugly default theme off Skype

I was pleased to discover that Skype can be made to use the GTK theme.  Normally it has a hideous default theme that never goes with my desktop, but if I run it with

--disable-cleanlooks

as a command line argument, it will blend in quite nicely.

Also seems to fix the annoying bug where the background of Skype's tray icon would stick if you dragged a window over it.

I'll give you an image

http://omploader.org/vMmlhdQ

Last edited by rsw (2009-10-09 00:13:40)

  • omns
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Re: ProTip: Strip that ugly default theme off Skype

Nice tip, thanks for sharing smile

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Re: ProTip: Strip that ugly default theme off Skype

You can fix more apps with QtConfig

opera (As long as you have a qt4 version)
vlc
skype
and many apps...

Open QtConfig and set Appearance to GTK+ then File > Save.

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Re: ProTip: Strip that ugly default theme off Skype

Nice tip rsw smile

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Re: ProTip: Strip that ugly default theme off Skype

Very nice tip! I might give that a shot on my netbook.  Thanks!

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