LANT Skinning Example

To effectively show how the 'Skinning' or 'Themeing' function of LANT works, I will continue to use the fictional LAN Party "Big LAN 2008" as the theme. This is beneficial because it shows how LAN event organisers can create their own skins and make them available on their Intranet for LANT users to apply, this is very much an electronic metaphor of going to a festival or gig and buying the official T-shirt or apparel.

Here is a mockup of how the computer would look when a theme is applied to one of the modes ("LAN Mode")...



In this screenshot, as stated above, the user has changed the theme on "LAN Mode" to the 'official' theme of "Big LAN 2008", and so is shown exactly how it is in that mode on the Option Screen's thumbnail preview. The user has also customised the overlay to fit in with the theme's colours, and has also customised which stats they want to display on the overlay.

As is visible in the overlay, there are many features shown that are already available on Windows and infact come with any modern Windows Vista machines. On Windows Vista, the tool for displaying these statistics or data is called the "Sidebar"...


Image of Windows Sidebar from: about.com

... and the Overlay in LANT uses many of the same features and functions as it. However, it does have added bonuses that there is potentially more accessibility, as being open-source, for more third-party statistic addons to be created, and that it can display real-time data from the LAN Party or event Intranet/Community.