Microsoft’s current Office interface, the “Ribbon”, was a radical new approach to an interface, essentially removing File, Edit, View, et cetera, and replacing it with
a new method of displaying all the tools needed to get the job done, by putting them into neat little sections, that are tabbed, and put [...]
With each interface you come across, you have a different guideline set up (if this interface wants to stay consistent) and many of the popular GUIs (Windows, OS X, and Linux interfaces) all have their own guidelines to follow through with. Here are several resources regarding interfaces on some of the more popular ones:
GNOME
Tango Icon [...]
Here are several [good] themes up for different systems/applications up for grabs this year.
1. Windows XP Visual Style: Crystal.Systema Suite is a set of similar themes that features a Crystal Noir theme, and a darker 2.0 version with a Styler skin.
2. Vista Visual Style: NEXTlevel is an amazing Vista Aero-compatible visual style that has gotten [...]