let me preface by saying i understand all about differing tastes, and the desire for variety. after all, right now i'm listening to type-o-negative with ozzy doing a cover of 'pictures of matchstick men' on internet radio.

that said, it really confuses me why the adamant (and often irrationally irate) demand to serve -every- taste and option continues to re-surface.

i think an appropriate analogy for skinning and gui sites, especially large ones, is malls. maybe that's just because i'm in the mood to watch 'mall rats' again this morning, but there you have it. go to any mall, even your 'favourite' mall, even (jeez) 'the mall of america' in minneapolis. do they have every store imaginable there? no. even just all your 'personal favorite' stores? no, of course not.

they don't have that funky used book store you love.
they don't have the record store with tons of vinyl, where you can find the latest import from the netherlands.
they don't have (i'm thinking of specific skins we've had to mod here) an adult book store.
they don't -even- have every single major department store, just 5 or 6 specific ones (-if- it's a big mall.)

to find certain stores, or shop for certain things, you have to go to the other mall across town. to find some things, you have to just go to a little shop someplace.

:: and nobody minds ::

this doesn't -really- bother anybody, it's just kind of expected. usually it's even appreciated, because then you're motivated to go check someplace else out for awhile. see other things. experience the variety of life.

what i've never seen at a mall is somebody in the mall office, screaming at the top of their lungs, chewing the staff out, telling them "even though you have all these other stores i always go to, how -dare- you not have a 'hot topic' and a 'spencer's!' how can you even call this a mall?! i demand you add a 'hot topic' or close the mall!"

so just enjoy, shop around, visit other malls, and have a good time