just invision big blue rectangles around them.

Chris

Shellstyle
I realized the other day that the shellstyle I created for the blue colour scheme in my Metallic Shades visual style actually looks pretty good with the Watercolor ergonomic colour scheme. Or at least it does in my opinion!! I partially based the title bars in Metallic Shades off those in Whistler (or maybe it was Watercolor!!) so it's a good match.

If anyone wants it just download the whole visual style from the first post in the Metallic Shades 1.5 thread (save me uploading just the shellstyle - 56k dialup). It should be fairly easy to change it to suit the other colour schemes.

I didnt find a post with an updated version so I thought I'd post.
http://lazydesert.net/image/dt2/trillian.PNG
the color isnt changed for the plugin heading titles things.
Thanks!

Nevermind, went in and fixed it myself.

hi, i think ive found a bug in watercolor. When you are in msconfig and you go to the services or startup tab when a box is ticked it doesnt show unless it is selected. Also could somone please explain to me what a shell style is??

thanks

Dan

I don't have your bug.

A shellstyle.dll is what defines how the boxes at the left of a folder window looks like. You know, the "Tasks" pane...

are you using the latest version? *see first post in this thread for current build* because I dont have this bug.

Chris

Also I will be making my own shellstyle. I already have the mock up.

Chris

just my 2 cents on the topic of discussion goin on here... I think Red would be a cool color to add to this theme as there is already a grey which looks alot of like to Black. In regards to the outlining on the menus I think that looks really nice, I would love to see that implemented to the next version of Watercolor.

i just installed the lastest version but i still have the problem ive attached a pic of the prob in the pic all of those startup items are selected but only the one ive selected shows

mine is fine

and Bain, as I said above, I WILL NOT be doing the menus that way for the reasons mentioned above.


Chris

I mentioned this problem 2 or 3 weeks ago.
It's occurs only at 16 or 24 bit color mode.(Settings on Display property)

Any other themes don't have this problem, so I guess it's a bug of Watercolor.

Start panel idea?


*ripped it from toxikk's site

That's a pretty good idea for the start menu. Looks great.

That might be doable in my watercolor plus version I'll be making, if you wish First I wanna get this theme as bug free and finished as possible, hopefully this will be done while I'm on xmas break For the Plus version you can ALL have your say, and we will collectively figure out what it should look like. I'll make a new thread for ideas when that time comes.

I also have another colour idea, but it's gonna stay a secret (it will only be distributed on it's own as a sort of "promo" item ).

Chris

I didnt dismiss the bug, I just said I dont have it. Why would people use 16 or 24 bit colour for XP anyways, that doesnt make sense (mmmm eye candy) :\ I'll try to fix it.

Chris

Here's a little thing I noticed in this style:

The fonts are different in the window text area and on the caption buttons of the original blue style. The other three styles match each other, only the blue is different. This is with the new one, Watercolor 4.3.

ahh u really have an eye, i see it now that u pointed it ou hope its fixed

I really wish there was someway for the menu highlights to have a border. >.<

watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start"

watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start"

Many other theme makers easily added simple "slim" editions, with simple start button option, start menu options ( no bloated picture )

could you make a simple slimer edition?

watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start"

Many other theme makers easily added simple "slim" editions, with simple start button option, start menu options ( no bloated picture )

could you make a simple slimmer edition?



!!!!! WTF????? I POSTED ONCE, AND IT POSTED ME THREE TIMES...I CANT EVEN EDIT THE OTHER POSTS.. WTF IS UP NEOWIN... THERE ARE MANY MANY NEW PROBLEMS NOWADAYS... LET US KNOW WTF IS UP...

Oh oh can I try it? Please?

I honestly like the start the way it is. It's nice and functional. The only thing I would like to see if the start menu Tim posted. Also, any word on a Windows Media Player skin, or no?

well, it isnt that simple for me to make a thin taskbar, I have to modify bitmaps aswell as change values, and thats x4. But I'll get around to it. As for the picture, no I wont remove it.

Chris

i guess i'll work on a wmp skin but its just going to be the old one with the wistler mock up

I knew about this, I was just too lazy to fix it. shhhhh

Chris

NOOOOOOO!!! Not in this version, go post this request in the Watercolor Plus thread.

Chris

Nothing great but better than nothing



Download Watercolor - Ergonomic.wmz

Its just the Classic WMP skin with updated controls and some small tweaks.

Thanks Tim...it's better than nothing man.

It's Great!

Nice Work Tim. Fit's in with the whistler style perfectly. Only things I would change are the two sliders, to match the theme better

Chris

change em how? lol, i just used the regular button but sized it a tad diff also made em a tad flag

does anyone have the old school stargflag buttons laying around? iIwould really like a copy.

yep i do

any chance for the blue taskbar with the white apple?

Tim: do you have a set i can load into the msstyle through reshacker. like xxx.bmp or whatever.

There will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be an apple on any of my Windows themes, it's Windows FFS!! Not trying to be rude, just trying to get the point across I HATE when people use the apple logo in msstyles, even if it is a mac port.

Chris

hahah good one,



not yet but i'll work on something, want to see whats going on this this watercolor plus first

whoa, ok dont go nuts but come on even you must admit Windows machines are just fugly as hell. But then again people who use computers for a "practical use" dont seem to care, god mine as well give em a god damn console. I'd still like to see the blue thin taskbar even with a white windows sign in it, something other then the boring windows taskbar. It just reminds me of being stuck in a monotone cubicule for the rest of your life.

hmmm like I said I was just getting a point across, I wasnt trying to be mean Why have apple logos plastered all over a windows machine? It just doesnt make sense. And no, I nor any other people in this part of the forum are likely to say windows is fugly. We love customizing our machines to make them look good, and thats why we are here. Thats an insult saying our OS is ugly At least windows is way more customizable than OS X . Not trying to start an OS war, but it's true. And I'd much rather have Watercolor than Aqua. Pinstripes can get annoying after awhile. In any event, tacking on an Apple logo to watercolor wont make it look any better, so I strike down the suggestion of any apple logos in my theme!


Chris

its like those kids who put typer badges on their toyota's

lmao.

Yeah I have the checkbox issue too - on my laptop - which doesnt have the same color depth as my tower boxes - that is my biggest gripe about WC cos my laptop gets as much usage as my other machines - and this is a bummer

[/QUOTE]Why have apple logos plastered all over a windows machine? It just doesnt make sense.


I feel the same way. There is a couple of nice themes I won't use an apple
start button on a windows machine

Sorry about my last post damn IE acting up

ok binary so you think its only a coincidence that you and a very small group of other people are the only ones not using icons or theme designed for macs. I dont want to insult YOUR os but i'll insult the hell out of mine. The way windows was origionally designed was all monotone with no sence of color, it was designed to stick somone in an office and keep them consentrated on work without any other stimulis to be creative, its designed for monkeys. And now with luna they attempt to give a splash of color to the user but even it looks god awful, the only reason why i use a pc is because everything works with it, unfortunatly since people have some sort of bias to macs theres not much out there for them.

Too lazy to look through the thread, are there WinAMP control icons that match Watercolor?

A large number of people here use watercolor, and other non mac styles. And an even larger number use luna, because they dont know about skinning. Don't get me wrong I love mac's and I am going to buy one. However a windows theme doesnt need apple logos on it when it is on a windows machine. I dont mind an apple logo in an Objectbar theme, but thats because it is meant to precisely mimic the mac menubar, wheras there is no start menu on a mac, so the start button should not be an apple imo. Like I said before, replacing a flag with an apple doesnt make any difference to the visual quality of the skin, slapping a mac logo on a skin doesnt make it look better.

Chris

I have seen them somewhere in this thread or an older watercolor thread, try the search feature "watercolor winamp"

Chris

The search feature is messed up... when I click the link to go to a certain post number, it just goes to the first page of the thread.