Tarkus and Frogboy, glad someone likes the concept. I call it "FrankenThemes"
Y'know,
Take a dangeruss WB skin, a TreeTog NexStart skin, a Nuvem Wallpaper, a c242 DesktopX theme and then you get "It's Alive!".
The problem with Convergence (well it's not really a problem) is that while it's really useful, is that it doesn't foster a lot of "community creativity".
1. A .skin file is posted that represents an entire theme (say Polymer or Heavy Equipment). This theme (since it's "sanctioned" by whoever originally built it, say the Skindicate or Essorant) is allowed to be publicly posted.
2. People create their own personal themes as an aggregation of skins and themes from various authors but they can't post them unless the can cobble all the permissions. Even if they do the resultant files are so big that you have to really really really want to upload it.
Going the "FrankenTheme" route with just skin references makes the files small and provides mere mortals/nonskinner's who are "desktop" enthusiasts with an outlet to be a little creative and particpate more in the community.
In response to screenshots, in the past I've had to create long emails that are "theme recipies" that list the applications, where they can be found on the net, and the URLs to the skins.
Then I end up emailing the message to everybody who emailed me about the screenshot. Of course, not too many people bother to email me a thank you after fulfilling they're request
Damn, this is a long reply and I'm starting to repeat myself so I think I'll stop now.
