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in thread web-based application or desktop application?

Some GUI programs do go out of their way to look different, and offer the user a way to change the look as they see fit. In particular, MP3/Media players tend to do this a lot.

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Re3: web-based application or desktop application?
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 04, 2003 at 15:27 UTC
    I've worked at a place that provided "skins" for their web app. It was actually quite simple. *shrugs* Granted, the skin had to be stored server-side, but that's because HTML doesn't provide an easy way to choose images on the client machine.

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      Web "skins" can be implemented much better by using an all CSS design. The HTML doesn't have to change, only the CSS. Here is a site with tons of examples:
      CSS Zen Garden

      All the designs all use exactly the same HTML file only the CSS and images called by the CSS change.

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