[New VS] b0se Classic

[b0se]

Hi,

My second VS, below is readme...

Readme for b0se Classic Visual Style

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Version 1.0 (03.02.03 @ 22:37)

1. Its displayed as b0seClass since b0se Classic wasn't allowed in StyleBuilder

2. This *is not* designed to be used with a vertical taskbar.

3. I found myself using Windows Classic all the time, so I thought I'd make my own version...hope you like it!

4. I'm aware that the maximised caption text is shadowed, even when disabled this still apprears. Doubt you'd have noticed if I hadn't mentioned it :)

5. Thin taskbar

6. 6 colour variations

I've tried to create a skin that can be used for a long time without becoming boring, hence its very simple, let me know what you like / dislike!

b0se Classic

Hope you enjoy, Comments welcome!

BTW: Try the black theme, my personal favourite! :D

[SweetRiverBaynes]

Nice, Colorful, Simple, Lovable

[altezza Veteran]

Nice and simple! Well done! :cool:

[Mystical112]

sweet....

[bigmoose]

nice!

but better min/max/close buttones would be ahhh, better

[SirPsychoSexy]

You really know how to make original themes. :laugh: Good one!

[tahoma]

beautiful! a more flat look would be good i think

[b0se]

Thanks for your feedback :)

I might make a flatter version actually, not just yet though I'll use this one for a bit and see what needs changing...

What do you think of the start panel program style (.NET style),

should this be kept or changed to a plain style (e.g. faint grey gradient)?

I'm in a split mind about this! :wacko:

Thanks again for comments,

[caerma]

really good looking theme . . . :alien:

[tahoma]

another comment:

startpanel looks good imho

but (im using the dark blue version), blue menu highlights on a grey menu looks a bit weird (but still good)

also, most buttons are beveled, but in for instance internet explorer the menu mouseovers are blue and flat. sort of doesent match the rest. nevertheless, my fave theme for a long time :D

[b0se]

tahoma: This is done because if I kept the highlight text black, its really hard to see when

you select text for editing (in any app, Word etc), since the dark blue highlight is very dark.

Nothing I can do about that I'm afraid :(

Same with the File etc menu's, for some reason they don't get skinned. Very annoying!

Glad you like the theme though :)

[Fusion]

wow, it looks good

although i am really happy with my style right now so I wont be using it, but it looks great

[freeza]

please remake this theme with the default taskbar size :)

im a hater of thin taskbars.

[Toxikk Veteran]

please remake this theme with the default taskbar size :)

im a hater of thin taskbars.

ahh. there is another. :devil:

[BroChaos Veteran]

awesome theme. nice choice of colors as well.

[redrope]

Ahhhhh! This is awesome. Reminds me a lot of Iceqube, which isnt a bad thing tho. This is so awesome. Nice theme!

:happy:

[Veedems Veteran]

it's nice but I don't care for the offcenter start button text

[spyglass]

Dear Bose:

Great theme...

Now as for the shadow thing,this is how to fix!

Using "blue" as a example.

Blue/Values/General/Window/MaxCaption/Active...change from single to none...

You could also change perhaps.

Blue/Values/General/Window/Caption/Disabled...change from single to none...

Same goes for Inactive also...

Also i opened your theme and noticed you made button sizes blank..."example closeglyph9.bmp" did you know that if you edit the file "Blue.xml" and so forth for the other colours,that you can delete the lines that mention these pics,and thus deleteing them for good.

Once again great job...cheers spyglass :-)

[markus10018]

Great style. Maybe this can replace Windows Classic for me.

But I don't like the thin taskbar. If you minimize WMP9 to the taskbar, the taskbar looks ugly.

[baphomet_irl Veteran]

lovely man :)

i also think that the taskbar should be thicker thou...

and im not too inot the fancy bits on the selected item in taskbar...

[SpeaR]

The theme is cool. Great work b0se :)

[b0se]

Thanks for the comments!

I'll make a normal taskbar version, and I'll also update the start button :)

Spyglass:

Blue/Values/General/Window/MaxCaption/Active

Thanks, it was set to single :blush:

[justinpward]

i'd like to see some matching skins (trillian pro and winamp 2)

[freeza]

this theme rocks

but for some reason it doesnt work with wmp9's auto menu show thing..

neither did the coco theme.

fix that too please :)

[PRLYago]

Very nice indeed! Using it...