Gui.Air Beta 1

First off, thank you everybody for your support and patience.

I have spent a long time making the widgets, for example, check the way the caption buttons 'sink' when you click and hold them. Little details like that help define a theme, so keep your eye open for them :¬)



Please Read

1. This is a pre-release BETA which is only available here. Do not upload or distribute.

2. Bug reports are welcomed, as is constructive criticism.

3. Please, do not whine because orange is not in this release.

4. Try it for 30 minutes before you post, that way you'll get used to the interface and your feedback will be more accurate.

5. I have alpha-blended the caption bar corners to match the desktop (or any light background), so they look ultra smooth. This is a test and will eventually be removed so the corners look good on dark backgrounds. I am enjoying this style for now so I thought I'd let you see how it felt too.

6. Wallpaper included.

7. FONTS ARE NOT FINAL.

8. Progress bars, tabs, vertical taskbars (shudder) and sliders are not skinned.

9. Use the black cursor scheme. Don't argue, just use it :¬)

10. Modifications will not be given permission.

Enjoy

YES FIRST POST!

AND BOSE YOU ARE AMAZING!

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and can I be the first to say...

WOW...

amazing thx b0se

EDIT: one of the sexiest start buttons/panels ever.

first thing i gotta request is for the gray bar above/under the taskbar (depending if it's at the top or bottom of ur screen) to be optional. i can live with it but prefer it without.

so sexy.

AWESOME!!

Great, thanks b0se! I was hoping we'd get the wallpaper too, heh.

DOH!! ss looks amazing.. I use Winblinds 5 now.. I guess I need to do the theme patcher again.. just to try this one..

Here comes the first bug...

See Pic

Looks awesome, but the line on the bottom of the taskbar is VERY distracting, dunno why.

i thought that bug was part of it haha.

I don't like how the "Ok" button is black, is there a possibility that will change?

Just applied it and it looks good. I'd recommend removing the user pic from start menu however.

I really like it

User pic now turned off, strange how it didn't show on my own PC. Re-download if you have the bug - should be gone.

Black buttons are staying, its part of the design. They will grow on you, just takes some initial getting used to because its different.

Great work only think i can say, is i would like it better if the grey was lighter, even an almost white, just my preference .

ohhh i'm going to have to try this out.

Thanks for the update Ross.

b0se:

Words fail me. This is superb, and I don't mean that lightly.
It's just sooo usable!

There's so many other awesome themes, but this really is coming out top.
I have 2 early observations on this Beta;

1. Would you consider adding some kind of separator for the items on the taskbar?
2. Whether it's just something with my machine (highly possible ) or what, but I have a bit of the XP Account Picture showing on the Start Panel:



Going to use this theme constantly now and post any issues back here, so that the release can be truely "perfect".

Thanks so much dude, you've made my day.. well, week... aww heck, year.

EDIT: It appears you fixed bug 2 whilst I was typing this. AMAZING!

this is great b0se. really enjoying this theme. it's the first beta and it already very useable. great theme man. thanks alot

De helwa owie! Shokren.

English: This is mad good! Thanks.

hey this is great BoSe!!

taskbar is pretty much perfect, the only part that bugs me is the start button, something about the shadow/impression around it dosn't look right. also iam not really likeing the caption buttons.. just look.. em a bit boring(which is more personnal taste).

but great style will be keeping it on for bit

The program icons act as separators. None of my themes have separators on inactive taskbar items, never felt the need for them!

Re-download the theme, it was a bug that was fixed about 2 minutes after initial release. Well, I hope its fixed - anyone verify that?

Thanks for the comments

Yes it's fixed.

Yeah, bug = gone!

I also agree with freedom about the shadow around the Start button. I think it would look better if it was just the white button directly on the taskbar.

I actually like the shadow. Just my opinion though.

Thanks for the confirmation!

I like that shadow, it fits with the theme. Give it some time ;¬)

Are the tabs skinned? They look default luna.

A beautiful job - awesome colors!
Thanks for your time!

Looking good man
I love the taskbar, button and start panel programs menu. My only suggestion is to add an image for inactive buttons.

Look at the corners on the title bar. There are light coloured pixels at the edges on mine.

Only problem I see with it so far is that the Logoff and Shutdown buttons are the same and if you have the "Vista" no text patch it makes it hard to figure out which button is which.

Everything else is great and I love this theme. Most unique theme I've seen in a while.

people never read hehe

from first post:

"I have alpha-blended the caption bar corners to match the desktop (or any light background), so they look ultra smooth. This is a test and will eventually be removed so the corners look good on dark backgrounds. I am enjoying this style for now so I thought I'd let you see how it felt too."

First of all i have to say kick ass theme!
it is so nice on a tft and i most comment that the taskbar font is working real
good with the theme

i dont know if you have notice this...



Dont know if it possibel to fixit since in some bg colors it doesnt show and some times it does.

Keep up with the good work

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Some one was faster....

please read the first post or the post above yours. It's amazing what you'll learn when you read.

^ look up or at the first post.

Like I know what "alpha-blended" means. Chill out spanky.

amazing what you can miss when you are typing a reply.

It's pretty cool. I like it.

Is it crap?

KoL: Thanks. I didn't even notice the missing inactive buttons! They are meant to be a 25% (ish) transparent version of a normal button, I must have accidentally set it to 0 instead :¬)


I think I'll add the alpha blended corner note to the top of the post, I can see it coming up more than five billion times

Cheers for the feedback, its all being noted

F.Y.I: Tabs aren't skinned either.

Lotuis: That left bar is meant to be there. Was too plain all black. That Connect To dialog is one of a kind, and is usually not displayed 100% as intended on most themes.

o another thing , i dont' know if your planing to change is the inactive title bar, it would be cool if this completely matched the toolbar/menubar.. if you get me

That's what I thought but figured I'd bring it up just in case.

would you care if we recolored it?

BUG:

Found a bug, if you move the taskbar to the right or left of the screen it's not skinned.

No, too much blend means your eye can't see inactive captions in your peripheral vision. Bad. You *need* a contrast in colour.

fugazi26: As long as you don't make it available, personal modifications are fine. StyleBuilders recolour function is utter trash however, you'll ruin the colour somewhere along the line :¬)

Game: I mentioned in the WIP thread that I'm not bothering with vertical taskbars for the beta. Vertical taskbars are stupid anyway, can't see why anyone would want to use them. I'll add it to the first post though, thanks for mentioning it.

In the WIP thread he said he'd release beta without vert taskbars.

oh wow... beautiful, using it now

Unbelieveable...

ok I wanta use this one. Can anyone post a updated version of the theme patcher so I can install this theme?

Neowin Patcher... (second link, first post)

That?

b0se, beautiful looking theme man, really nice work!

One thing though, the line on the bottom of the taskbar, while it looks great when the bar is on the bottom of the screen, it doesn't look good when its at the top. It might just be me, but it doesn't really seem to fit.

Although, it might be because XMPC has spoiled me After using that for months I can't get used to any other theme, they just seem too bloated compared to XPMC, even if they aren't.

Nevertheless, great theme!

-Techy

that be the one.. thanks