Avlon Longhorn v2
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Theme using a mix of longhorn aero and athens (ports by Kol)
and inspirat shellstyle (by Stefanka)
brought together to form a mod I decided to call Avlon.

includes objectdock backgrounds

Changes v2
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Added better buttons
new tabs
fixed taskbar font colour bug
many other improvements to both versions

Credit & permission
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Kol - www.studiotwentyeight.com / -kol.deviantart.com
(permission given to release my mod using the longhornVS v2.1 ports of Longhorn)

Stefanka - stefanka.deviantart.com
(permission given to mod and use the inspirat shellstyle for this theme)
Thanks guys





Download @ deviantart


db

Looks great Dartbra!

thanks

Quite nice.

I think the design is ugly and looks annoyingly similar to 80 other visual styles.

link doesnt work

Same style same LH crap please tell me the visual difference between this and all the other 180,000 or so LH VS's... Thats it im going LINUX

show me?

i like it, Longhorn is gonna rock

hey can you post the yz toolbar theme like the one in the screenie plz?

oooh looks nice

all dark longhorns look the same...

congratulations on making an addition to the few out there already

very nice

its royal inspirat yztoolbar theme
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10949392/

this i a pers mod
ive had requests to release it so there

Its true theres a lot of LH themes out there, but its a nice work, dont want it, dont download it. Anyhow, i think it looks nice... Keep it up.

This one is cool.

Nice

could you compile a list for me? with links

Now, that's enough, you're a lucky guy, stupidity doesn't kill, otherwise you would be dead a long time, but it needs a king, want to apply for the job. If you can only post this sort of crap, leave it. In two years from now you will be using LH you fool then what will you say, Blackcombs themes are sucking, I'm going Mac...

Anyway, you say LH themes are all the same, so are your last 80 replies, LH, blablabla, crap,blablabla, going Linux....... PPl can check them...

There little rapper, beat to your own game...

Oh, yeah, your arm tattoo, already see it a 1000 times.

Good work.

Although in my opinion, Longhorn skins are losing their 'edge' due to the many many mods out there. Whether or not they're accurate to the original Longhorn skin, we'll just have to wait till 2006

looks real nice
"first non to dark longhorn theme i have seen*
thx

Loving this.

Good job.

Umm, just browse this forum. It has a different gradient and a few different colors, oh me oh my. I'd much rather you put your talents towards something original.

nice work

great work
well done

Hi dartbra,

Like you did with your neat iTunes VS, you have successfully modded this LH VS with some different twists, and I for one am a fan of your work(s)...

You receive various requests for your VS's (which you basically mod for your own personal use), and you generously share your always polished work...

lol w/ my colleague J-M...

i don't like those longhorn themes at all, sorry.
those ugly caption buttons are just horrible.

nice theme.

Nice!!

I like it, it's a nice combo of styles. Keep up the good work

More Longhorn...I think that i have enough with the 50 mods out there...

looks nice.....but......originality is good too...

ok i installed it but how do i switch to this theme? thanks

awesome good job

Well, I guess it's another decent LH style with the regular horrible title buttons and strange toolbars...

I guess if that's your thing, and you haven't got another good LH skin already, go for it...

by the time longhorn comes out, everybody is going to be so sick of seeing the longhorn skins already installed, because of the million other VS renditions

Nice work. Actually, I find your visual styles to be the most professional and the most complete. Plus, you never use those microscopic fonts (like hooge) which I absolutely cannot stand. Thanks again!

Thanks for the kind compliments

Ive added a light version aswell
u can view & download @ DA

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/13056692/

or check the first post


db

best LH themes out there are Longhorn Inspirat & Longhorn Alternative, but hey, thats my opinion great effort tho

i agree those are excellent vs's no doubt
and im not competing in anyway

like i said before.. this is my pers mod
and ive had requests to release it

The taskbars and start menus on both variations are sleek like nobody's business. But one thing I hate hate hate about LH themes are the annoying patchy background gradients. Total authenticity shouldn't be a prominent factor when porting LH, which is why I like this theme - ditch the gradient in the upper right hand titlebar/window corner and I'll be in love.

thats one of my planned fixes for the next update (cool psychic )

im not sure if i should make the taskbar of dark as thin as light's
u may post ur preference in my journal
http://dartbra.deviantart.com/journal/4057222/
or here

yup, exactly because i know im sick of seeing them come out, OMG IM RELEASING THIS KNOWING DAMN WELL THERES A MILLION OF THESE FLOATING AROUND!!!! ILL JUST MAKE ANOTHER BUT THYIS WILL BE DIFFERENT BECUASE I ITS HAS DIFFERENT BUTTONS!!! YAY!!!!!


but then the back button is my friend

another crap LH
nice work anyway

It's a good piece of work but i'm currently ignoring all longhorn mods because their too similar, ive saved it anyway, i might change my mind

Its going to be hilarious when longhorn comes out for real with a proper theme, then noone will use these themes that are based off placeholder themes, or at best, bad versions with crap gradients of the aero look from PDC 2003.

Don't get me wrong, as LH themes go, this is nice. Good job. I know it's alot of time to work on stuff like this (even if it is porting elements from other peoples work) so please don't take it personally, it's not an attack on your theme.

But I want to voice my opinion that, LH alpha themes have gone too far. It's not original. In fact, i feel it's polluting the VS forum here at neowin. I'm not a contributor to the VS scene, so some may say, "shut up ev0|" and they may be right. But I bet alot of others feel the same way I do. I remember a time when there were all kinds of interesting themes that were different and unique, but since stefan came out with Inspirat, it's just a parade of people wasting their skills biting his ****.

Looks nice

updated to v2 now

go to 1st post or here
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/13056692/

to download



db

This LH based VS looks really good. I like it

Thanks again. Improvement on an already excellent visual style.