either stylexp or uxtheme.dll patched is needed.

No, they mean to make it smaller like 18 pixels or something...

Chris

I for one say leave the taskbar the thickness it is. I hate thin taskbars. At 1600x1200 they're way too tiny.

But I would love to see some of the graphic treatment of the caption bar worked into the taskbar. A little.

I understand if you want to keep it "true" Whistler, though.

But the tray chevron is a bit ugly... I'd like to see that changed along with perhaps the tray (clock) area...

But this is a killer theme, don't feel pressured to muck it up!

there would still be the thick taskbar version too. i'd love to see a thin taskbar for it.

Ok I will make 2 versions for now, a small taskbar and the current one. First of all, I need to know how "small" you guys feel it should be, then I need someone to tell me how to do it I've never made a small one, and I've tried briefly without success. So, anyone wanna teach me? (msn me tomorrow, I'm busy tonight, or send me an email with instructions ) I hope it's not too much work, cause remember there are 4 substyles, and I have a job, so my time is limited to evenings and weekends now.

Chris

thin like saint dark's k10k 2 and samara themes. i'm sure he could tell you how to do it too. thanks for trying a thin taskbar.

can't seem to edit my post but i wanted to add that it should be just thick enough for a system tray outline, like the original version. just a little.

Binary,

do you think it would be alot of work to skin the task bar to match the theme?

The task bar does match the theme... or do you mean the Windows Explorer task pane?

The goal was authenticity, once the theme is as bug free as I can get it, and as authentic to the original, then I may experiment with a watercolor+ version or something. But not right now, I'm just too busy.

*and for those who say it's bug free, I still have a few things that need taking care of.*


Chris

what I'm reffering to and what I'd love to see is the task bar skinned to match the title bars, that would be awesome.

I submitted my skin to Cerulean and still they haven't posted it. I am getting upset. I bet they think it's a rip or something.

i'd say you should make the taskbar the same size as the one from classic (no theme)

yeah, that would be good.

good job.. i like, unfortunately, i like the classic style

I know what your talking about, but I wont do that right now. Maybe in the future. Like I said, I'm just too busy.

Chris

Binary,

That fine, no rush on it.. just thought I'd give you my wish to be done on the Watercolor theme. I do feel that your theme is by far one of the best produced themes out there, I have always liked it and it's been on my computer for some time now. Excellent job with it mate

Ok i love this theme but i can't fathom what there is to talk about with this theme that takes 28 pages !!! for crying out loud its Watercolor, its great, everybody has it , what the else is there move on already ...

Let's see... bug reports, point releases, comments, suggestions, etc. Is there something wrong with people maintaining interest in this visual style? You have a problem with it obviously so why don't you just "move on already ... "?

:|

cuz with help from users... products become better... through bugfixes, features and what not. this could be the best theme period.

peep what i have so far. lemme know what you think.

http://www.thedarkcyde.com/watercolor/

Very nice!
Maybe you can get ride of the white margin, dunno.

i can do lots of things. do you mean at the top?

no comments... i got the dynamic stylesheet switcher in. please let me know if you see any bugs. note: i still need to compress the art more. if you find a bug, please tell me what browser you are using and what you are seing so i can fix it. i think it looks good, but i need more feedback. my host is fast and should be able to handle any traffic that comes to it. i hope to add downloads and such soon.

That's a real good idea Toxikk, maybe you can put my Trillian Skin up on the site.

for me the silve and the olive colors do not show up

just the text

what browser you using?

Ok I'm working on a rather large update. I have decided to make a small taskbar version (thanks to dazzlas thread explaining some things) Also I believe I will use a bitmap for the start button (with the other flag) and I am going to hunt down and destroy that resizing bug And there may or may not be another color added.

I'm debating whether to call it 5.0 once finished, but I think I will...


Chris

you are indeed the Watercolor Pimp, Chris...

sweet, i can't wait, binary. maybe black for the "new" color or something?

Thats what I'm leaning towards, though I'd never use it myself. But then again, I dont use anything other than ergonomic anymore

Chris

same here but black would be pretty cool too.

Thats sweet binary. But, I would keep the more modern flag... as microsoft would have updated the flag to the new one if they kept building it.

i think the one used in watercolor 2257 was the best looking.

can you post a ss?

binary, you got any im clients? i really wanna get this page up in time for that update. i have reliable, fast hosting and would be able to serve out the skin and other app skins aswell. if you got all the other exe, i can even make an archive and an update history.

what program is this watercolor theme for? theme xp? windows blinds?

StyleXP

Or just patch your uxtheme.dll with a hacked one, which will let you use these themes.

or that

Thanks dysektor for correcting me

Heres an automated install for the hacked uxtheme.dll (SP1 Version) I found awhile ago. (ntfs update)

Binary what about the shellstyle ? it will be updated. . .

No problem, Space Guy. They both work though. Just that I don't want another program on my system if I can hack some files to receive the same result.

binary... maybe you can make the menu highlights all look like the ones when you open the "all programs" in the start menu. GreyBase does it and it looks quite nice.

huh?



oh and I will prolly be updating the shellstyles for the 5.0 release. But remember it's gonna take some time sine I'm working now. So I'd appreciate it if people didnt "bug" me about it It should be done within a week or two.

Chris

well... the menu highlight in the start menu has the border around the side when the the normal one, say in any application, is solid. is there a way you can make them all the same? like the greybase theme.

The start menu is special, haha. -_-;

Toxikk, if I make the menus that way then the startmenu looks ugly, cause the highlight color for the logoff and shutdown buttons will be different.

Chris

oh. that sucks.

Could we see a screenie of how the start menu would look if it were done that way?... menus with the outline seem really nice to me... >.<