Vista Explorer


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Before the concept: The idea.

After the idea: The concept.

After the concept?

...this is where mockups come to life.

May I present to you Vista Explorer, the first step into true Vista? emulation!

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This is where concepts bloom; My first publically releasedgadget>, created in DesktopX. This simple standalone application presents the sleek, elegant glass theme of Windows Vista?!

I need coders, or experianced DesktopX designers to help me with features! If you think you can help, PM me, or email me at andrew-gw@hotmail.com.

I need:

-Address to appear in address bar/title bar

-Preview pane/menu bar to change colour according to folder type

-Icons to change in title bar/address bar/preview pane

-Status information to appear on preview pane

*UPDATE (0.1.42)*

-Created separate IE7/Explorer files

-Updated preview pane

-Added menu bar

-Moved IE7 status text to status bar

Download@DeviantArt

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Nice

Good work

Now for a full explorer replacement?:laugh::

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Working on a series. Taskbar, start menu, context windows...

We'll see. I need coders; I suck. :no::

Looks pretty nice, defniately needs a lot of work still.

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Be specific. This is a beta release, and I need to know what could be better! Currently I need menu bar, and icons on address/search bars. I think that's all...

Not quite sure ;)) .

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where can I find the wall you're using ?!

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@kiall:to install it to work with your main explorer navigate to C:

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It should navigate there automatically at startup.

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@kiall:to install it to work with your main explorer navigate to C:/Windows(WinNT)/Sytem32 and find explorer.exe and rename it to explorer.exe.bak(incase something goes wrong)then just drag the vista explorer.exe into system32 and there you go!

edit: sorry before when i posted i acidently clicked add reply

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I don't think that would work, Agent Alexandre... explorer contains a bunch of icons, string tables, and context menus that Vista Explorer doesn't contain. It would be like renaming Internet Explorer, and sticking it in System32... just wouldn't work.

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Thank you for all the awesome comments!

Yes... I do plan on implementing resizing and maximizing, but right now I need to get somebody to do that for me. I will eventually learn code* so that I can do all that and more to make this a useable explorer/browser. In order to put in resizing, however... I would have to cut-up the backround and kick up the memory usage (which is already around 22k, for me). The glass and shadows are actually one image, to save memory.

*Yes that's right, I don't know code. What are you going to do about it?

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*UPDATE!*

I updated the file on Deviant Art. I removed the menu bar, because it looked awful with top shellstyle themes and did absolutely nothing as of yet. I would like some feedback on that. What would I put on the menu bar? Do you want the menu bar? Anything...

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