wow, i like the TC theme *grins*
nice finds

So, no we know about four new iGoogle themes: this two, the crhistmas one and the one from that Google Germany astronaut page (i can't found the link but was commented here some days ago). I think that the iGoogle Theme directory is coming soon.

it's funny.... i have three tabs and I selected the sk8r girl's theme, when i was in the middle tab, and the last tab still have the old theme, a bug???
maybe one theme for each tab???

e-go: It's not a bug. The themes are set by tab since the last update. BTW, I think there should be at least an option to set the theme for all tabs.

I didn't know, thanks!!!

Pau Tomàs, the link to the Astronaut discussion is here:

blogoscoped.com/forum/117757.h ...

All those links are dead now though... weird!

There is also the Carbon Footprint theme ("carbon_footprint") from google.co.uk/carbonfootprint/i ...

Martin, cool! I saw that page recently (I think I clicked through from a Web Clip link in Gmail) but didn't realise it added a theme.

To add the carbon footprint theme:

javascript:_dlsetp('preview_skin=skins/carbon_footprint.xml');

You can force the WinterScape seasonal theme to start early by using:

javascript:_dlsetp('preview_skin=skins/winterscape.xml');

I believe this seasonal theme kicks in offiicially on December 22nd the first day of Winter.

ok, I'm not so smart- how do I get the holiday village theme? How about showing me what the url looks like...the whole thing. Sorrreeeee- I'm just not 'there' yet! Thanks!

anya, I don't think the holiday village theme is available any more. They took down the images for it.

The TC one is in fact the default theme for Hong Kong and Taiwan's iGoogle homepage.

I just noticed that the carbon footprint theme is the only theme to not have an iGoogle logo. Also, the WinterScape theme has slightly different icons for module controls.

If you oben the xml file you find a link to:
google.com/ig/skins/tc.css

That file says:
---------- snip ----------------
body,div,ul,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,form.....
/* ===============BEGIN BSD LICENSED PORTION============= */
/*
Copyright (c) 2007, Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Code licensed under the BSD License:
developer.yahoo.net/yui/licens ...
version: 2.2.0
*/
---------- snap ----------------

YAHOO ??????

Talkrabb, yep, Google have been using Yahoo's BSD licensed CSS for some time. Why rewrite when you can reuse?

Keith Chan, thanks! Of course, you're absolutely right!

Here they are:

google.com.hk/ig?hl=en
google.com.tw/ig?hl=en

Colin Colehour – Thanks. So maybe I wasn't as dumb as I thought... what a relief

<<I just noticed that the carbon footprint theme is the only theme to not have an iGoogle logo.>>

I see one, hosted at:

img2.gmodules.com/ig/images/sk ...

They just added the image today. Yesterday, it was the only theme I had that wasn't showing a logo.

Actually, I see the logo when I use Firefox 2, but not when I see the page in IE 6 on a different computer. STRANGE!

FYI – Google have added titles and descriptions to these two skins now:

google.com/ig/skins/tc.xml
google.com/ig/skins/skateboard ...

Furthermore, they're adding thumbnails and screenshots to each skin too.

e.g.

<thumbnail>/ig/images/skins/ig_thumb_classic.jpg</thumbnail>
<screenshot>/ig/images/skins/ig_screenshot_classic.jpg</screenshot>

Oddly, the Spring Scape thumbnail and screenshot filenames use "summer_scape" in them (perhaps because Google forgot to do a Summer Scape skin I guess) and the "Carbon Footprint" skin images use "countryside".

Could this mean the directory is on its way soon?