[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yes, that's what it "should" take.... but:

- have you ever thought that every non-official mod to an application is usually released "as is" and you try it by your own choice knowing that it could not be perfect on every device/configuration/time_of_the_day/lunar_phase/mood_of_the_moment/whatever ?

- Moreover, have you ever thought that, as much as I like it, windows mobile still has the "microsoft" brand on it, making its behaviour unpredictable in almost every situation? (when making a cab file, a developer does NOT "program" every single step of the uninstall procedure... it should be handled by the sysop, otherwise you would have a uninstall program instead of the record to click on in the installed apps window............)

- And again... have you ever thought that if you decide to install a non-official mod/addon for an application, being it "NON official" it would be better to read anything and everything before trying it (FAQs included!!!) so to be sure it could fit your needs and also to know if it can have any issue? (the looooong uninstall time is a well known thing... IF ONLY you'd bothered searching for it and reading around....)

You're more than welcome to NOT use it.... I highly doubt someone put a gun to your head to make you install it....

... while this is not a M2D.... simple as that... it's a MAJOR modding of a DIFFERENT application which, if left alone on its own, would be "almost" nice but poor and terribly lacking. So you have several choices:

- use mobile shell in its original, poor shape and be happy with its _almost_ normal uninstall time (its still longer than maaaaaaany other apps)

- use mobile shell with unofficial addons, FIRST reading everything about them and accepting whatever can go wrong about them

- do NOT use mobile shell at all, after all there are a lot of other shell apps around, not to mention one could still use the standard ms today screen... it's not a life or death situation

whatever you choose to do, what a well educated human being should avoid is bashing other people's work with NO reason at all... and yes, I repeat NO REASON because everything has been discussed already IF ONLY you bothered looking for it.

And even if it wasn't discussed... the right thing to do would have been reporting the problem without shouting as a bear with a stomach ache, and trying to come to a solution together with the developer, which would have been more than happy to help you since he's been spending AGES of his FREE TIME on his mods and trying to HELP OTHERS.....

To everyone its own... it left me with less confidence in people's education...

I'm pretty sure he's NOT trying to convince YOU of anything... lol

And what was the problem in doing this QUIETLY, simply pointing out your problem with normal words and tone, without imitating a sclerotic mammoth?

Most probable.

They still are DIFFERENT application.. it's just up to you to pick the one you prefer... noone's gonna cry a river if some user decides to use M2D over MS3.5

Your free choice, man...

noone wants to force you "in" or "out" of some app, all this would have just been "solved" in a quicker way (and a better one for your image) if you just asked politely about your issue (not to mention again searching for it on the forum, as it has been discussed several times already)

Cheers :D