Desktop Codename: RxStart™ Beta

1st. pre-Beta ready for 'Beta Testers'


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Hello to All.

My name is Jaziel, Graphic/Web Site Designer, Cisco Certified Network Professional, IT entusiast, Pelco® Certified Installer, "Visual Studio. Net" -unexperienced- Programmer, and a bunch of other junk you might don't even want to know about. This quick intro is to let you all know something about myself real quick. As some of you might know, I made a mockup of the current "Windows Vista" Start Menu. Here is the link for those who hasn't seen it yet:


http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=393717


As you can see, countless people liked the "Mockup", of which "countless quantity" of them might want to have this as the final "Windows Vista" Start Menu desing. Of course that cannot happen, unless Microsoft already saw my Mockup and they are currently trying to do something close to it. Though, countless people (again) criticized it in both good and bad ways, which still is "good" feedback (to me though) that such "Mockup" could not be implemented in a OS cause it does not have enough "Workflow" or let's call it some other way, "Clarity". It is clear, but it is not "clarifying" the real concept of Windows Vista, which is what this OS's main concern seems to be.

That's what they said between a few other things like "Oh sweet! - God I like it! - Damn! - Wow - Looks good - Its Ok - Em? - I would use this Start Menu" and other stuff.

Well I really want to say thanks to all for their feedback, and also I would like to present the FIRST beta release of this "Mockup" Project, as a real fact, actually being developed:




The Desktop Codename: RxStart™




Screenshots:






Description:

A Desktop X Environment fully loaded with a custom Start Menu, custom Task bar and Sidebar. This Desktop is based on the new "Windows Vista" look and feel. It conbines both the design and flexibility of the new beta OS from Microsoft "Windows Codename: Longhorn". Thought this is an early "BETA" release, it will include a load of rich content and widgets to make it a "Real" fake Windows Vista under Windows XP.

the purpose of this theme is to Replace your Windows XP environment with the new "Windows Vista Aero Style" so you can feel like if you were using "Windows Vista" at the moment.

This theme would only load with Desktop X from Stardock, so you might want to install it in order to beta test it.


Included Features in this Build:


- New Stat Menu based on the following features:

* Windows Vista™ Aero Style.
* Windows Vista™ New "Glow" and "Blur" Effects.
* Expandible and Configurable "Main Icons" Panel.
* "Quick Action Icons" for rapid "Shutdown/Logoff" Options.
* "Quick Launch Icons" Panel to easly acess your favorite applications.
* More features "might" be inplemented as future builds are released.

- New Taskbar based on the following features:

* "Unofficial" Windows Vista "Rounded" Start Button.
Note: The "Rounded" STart Button is an "unofficial" feature, meaning
it might not come with Windows Vista, as it might just be a"Mockup"
made somewhere else but at Microsoft's labs.
* Windows Vista™ Aero Style.

- New Sidebar Gadget based on the following features:

* Most features available on the "Official" Windows Vista™ Sidebar
might be implemented in this "Windows Sidebar" Gadget.

- A "pre-beta" Gadget version of the RxStart Lite Project (Lite: does not include the Taskbar and/or Sidebar. This was suppose to be the main project).


Features NOT Included in this Build:


- New Stat Menu under-development features:

* Windows Vista™ Start Menu's Search Bar.
* Start Menu "All Programs" Feature Inplementation.
* "Quick Action Icons" Commands are disabled, or not configured.

- Windows® Sidebar® "Gadget".


- Availabilty of a "Windows® Vista™" Stlye for Windows® XP™.


- Full Desktop Inplementation with System Controls.



Please note that this is a pre-beta and it is buggy, as any other Beta would be. Only around a 25% of the scripting is done, and the graphics may be in early releases. It is suggested to changes and/or even the total modification of its features and designs.

Please report your bugs in this Thread and help me make this, more than just a good looking design, an usefull project to any one who would like to use it.


Link to Download:

Download Desktop Codename: 'RxStart' Beta.



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Included in this Package:

rdvista_startmenu_r1106051142x86.exe
RxStart.035rxstart.051108-0732x86.exe
Release Notes.txt
1024.desktop
1152.desktop
1280.desktop
Screen1.PNG
Screen2.PNG
Screen3.PNG
Screen4.PNG
Screen5.PNG
Screen6.PNG


NOTE: This release is only available in 3 different resolution sizes:

."1024 x 768" - "1152 x 864" - "1280 x 1024".

Please ONLY use the file that fits with your Screen Resolution.


Please support my work and effort. Thank you!

ill wait till someone tries, it looks amazing though!

pretty good. the font needs work on that part thats white with a shadow. might be cool to be able to change location of it top, bottom, etc. the hue shift thing is cool. the lock button you can drag the circle arround

Awesome...

Ill pass.

very glitchy. Work on the taskbar buttons, pink shows up. No clue what happened, but I had to do system restore... I think I was clicking too many buttons, it was kind of slow too.

me too

Just tried it out and I must say, well done Good coding and its fun to use.

Too bad it requires DesktopX.

u rawk dude well done

thank you all!

Those who are "passing" might want to try the next release im sure it will be much better

thanks for your support, please post the bugs you find and the things you may want to have or see dissapear in it

and rate if you feel like doing it "zankz"

Angel, I'll see if i can find a way to realease it as a full gadget (exe application)... but that wont come until finals releases....

Does it? Doesn't here.

Dude this is amazing, I shall not try it yet, but when a newer beta is out i'll give it a go.

But well done.

wow. this looks very nice
downloading right now (8mb on dialup take some time )

Good job. I'd be more than a little worried about a cease and desist from microsoft tho.

too bad only for desktop x

Amazing work you've done here. I sware, if I would, I would go ahead and buy desktop x for this, but I right now, don't feel like spending money. Looks AMAZING!!! A+

Can someone verify it only works with Desktop X? Meh, I'd download it and try it out but I'm to lazy to un-install it later.

Looks great.

Yep game, it only works with Desktop X by now.... I might release it as a Gadget in its full version later.. but im still working hard on this

Thanks for your support everyone!

Downloading right now. Good of you to take time to introduce yourself and all, just another reason why I should try this theme.

I love it but why is the taskbar text pink

Thankz Viscera!

Hey Jase, im working on a way to fix that don't worry ... remember this early build compared to what I spect the final build to be, is like comparing Microsoft's progress within Longhorn 5231 and 4051!

Looks great, but not my style

i've always avoided desktopX, but this skin such a work of art, i couldnt resist................for the first time i'm gonna try desktopX, just to try this one out

wow, thats impressive.

Hi, i great work, i love it.
but it runs on my computer without desktopx!

It looks nice on the Longhorn desktop screenshots, how does it look like in Windows XP? I think many Vista themes looks great on Longhorn but usually look very different on XP.
Also will it work on other desktop resolutions? If not I think you need to make it resolution independent (if that's possible with DesktopX...)

hmmm...let me finish some assignments, then it wouldn't matter if it even messes up everything in my PC.

it looks really cool man. i'd probably use it if it was a widget of some kind. i don't think i'd want to use a complete desktop replacement just to use the very cool start menu. nice work tho.

I'm working with this under XP There is no longhorn there m8 So what you see is what you get (under XP) and about the resolution, well, right now i havent found a way to adapt the theme to every resolution change... so ill be releasing it in three different resolution sizes, untill i find the best way to make it work on any resolution without screwing up the whole desktop.....




lol aight... i saw somebody who posted about it messing up the whole computer and that he had to reformat... i think a good A+ would be enough for him this time lol

thanks all! ill be releasing an update very soon....

sniv, i released a start menu gadget in this build, you might wanna try it out.. thats why some people is saying that it runs without desktop x... but watch out, its the start menu only, not the whole desktop... ill see if i can release a full gadget beta, ill be working on it, it would be like a replacement of your explorer.exe... later ill explain more about it... depends of how it works out....

Yeah my start menu is blank with this...awesome though keep up the good work. lemme know if you need any beta testing as I'm always up for that.

I have a question. Would anyone care to share a screenshot of the package "in motion" or on your desktop? And also, does it take up a lot of resources? Thanks!

Kman

It looks nice, but it's not my style.

Any Progress?

Looks promising, but I don't like the round start button.

looks good...we need a gadget version...

Bump

Is this project still going?

Is this still going?I'd love to see if there is another beta project from you...this one looks really good and i think that u can do it better...
Thanks for sharing..

am i just being stupid, or are these just pictures? or if they arnt, how the heck do you make it your accuall start bar as that would be SO COOL ???


I LOVE THE DESIGN THOUGH

I love that Start Menu. I may use this when you have finished making it.

Yes. The Project has been reactivated as of:

September 7th 2006.

I will be trying to adopt it for Vista by november; Hopefully I can have it done for XP before that date.

I tried it, and it doesn't show my the taskbar or clock?...something to do with dual moniters? have a look at that anyway, love the start menu looks and the start button is a little rough but otherwise looks like it's gonna be good

Any news on this project? WOuld be nice to see it on windows xp...

Beta? Codename? ™? How trite.

Also, nice 18-month resurrection

I am so sad that this died