The Cottage series of Snoopsoft Dashboard skins was designed to stylishly minimize the footprint of the tools and maximize the usesable space for the respective Dashboard applications.

Special features:

1) Each of the standard five Dashboard views has it's own background.  The FIRST LETTER of the title for each background is the hyperlink to the Dashboard settings.

2) I have included a corresponding "Today" theme file (*.tsk) that can be installed to work in conjunction with the Dashboard skin.  (It modifies your Start menu background, status bar color, tool tip colors, etc, to coordinate with the skin, giving a unified look. Be sure to install the .tsk file in the Windows directory for these to take effect.)

3) For those of you with the Compaq version of Dashboard, I have included a version of Toolbar1 (The 5 tabs), that replaces "My Dash" with "Contacts".  You will need rename that file to the default name "CotOcean_tool1.bmp". for example, in order for it to be the one that loads up. Likewise, I have also included an appropriate background for it.  You will need to change the name of "CotOceanContacts.bmp" to "CotOceanMyDash", for example, for it to load up properly. (Incidentally, if you wish, you can also use these files for a customized version of "My Dash Names" by Whittaker Moore Associates.)

Acknowledgements:

* These skins were inspired by the "Mac" skin done by Glen Eric Reed. 
* The Wisbar Start icon has been adapted from a Copland icon.
* Toolbars have been adapted from any number of others available.

My thanks to all.

Hope you enjoy these skins.

Jon Haley
