Windows XP visual styles
Luna is the codename for the default visual theme of Windows XP.
Officially known as Windows XP style, the theme is available in three color schemes: Default (blue), Olive Green, and Silver. By default, the blue color scheme, as well as the default desktop image (Bliss), is enabled when the user is first logged in.
Compared to previous versions of Windows, the new scheme has a larger emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using bitmaps throughout the interface with rounded edges on each window. The skins, like all msstyles skins, use CSS for layout.
When released, the interface has had somewhat mixed reactions, some complaining about the extra resources the theme required, some referring to it as Fisher Price.[1]
Since its introduction, the scheme has been supplemented in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Royale, and a Zune-derived edition of the Royale scheme. Luna has been removed entirely in Windows Vista in favor of Windows Aero, though the underlying graphics architecture is still present in Vista for machines that don't have the capability to use the Desktop Window Manager. The Windows Vista Basic theme is used on such systems.
References
- ^ "Full Disclosure: Your Take on Windows' Worst Irritations". PC World. October 2004.