Hi,

My second VS, below is readme...

Readme for b0se Classic Visual Style
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Version 1.0 (03.02.03 @ 22:37)

1. Its displayed as b0seClass since b0se Classic wasn't allowed in StyleBuilder

2. This *is not* designed to be used with a vertical taskbar.

3. I found myself using Windows Classic all the time, so I thought I'd make my own version...hope you like it!

4. I'm aware that the maximised caption text is shadowed, even when disabled this still apprears. Doubt you'd have noticed if I hadn't mentioned it

5. Thin taskbar

6. 6 colour variations

I've tried to create a skin that can be used for a long time without becoming boring, hence its very simple, let me know what you like / dislike!



b0se Classic

Hope you enjoy, Comments welcome!

BTW: Try the black theme, my personal favourite!

Nice, Colorful, Simple, Lovable

Nice and simple! Well done!

sweet....

nice!

but better min/max/close buttones would be ahhh, better

You really know how to make original themes. Good one!

beautiful! a more flat look would be good i think

Thanks for your feedback

I might make a flatter version actually, not just yet though I'll use this one for a bit and see what needs changing...

What do you think of the start panel program style (.NET style),
should this be kept or changed to a plain style (e.g. faint grey gradient)?

I'm in a split mind about this!

Thanks again for comments,

really good looking theme . . .

another comment:
startpanel looks good imho
but (im using the dark blue version), blue menu highlights on a grey menu looks a bit weird (but still good)
also, most buttons are beveled, but in for instance internet explorer the menu mouseovers are blue and flat. sort of doesent match the rest. nevertheless, my fave theme for a long time

tahoma: This is done because if I kept the highlight text black, its really hard to see when
you select text for editing (in any app, Word etc), since the dark blue highlight is very dark.

Nothing I can do about that I'm afraid

Same with the File etc menu's, for some reason they don't get skinned. Very annoying!

Glad you like the theme though

wow, it looks good

although i am really happy with my style right now so I wont be using it, but it looks great

please remake this theme with the default taskbar size


im a hater of thin taskbars.

ahh. there is another.

awesome theme. nice choice of colors as well.

Ahhhhh! This is awesome. Reminds me a lot of Iceqube, which isnt a bad thing tho. This is so awesome. Nice theme!

it's nice but I don't care for the offcenter start button text

Dear Bose:

Great theme...

Now as for the shadow thing,this is how to fix!

Using "blue" as a example.

Blue/Values/General/Window/MaxCaption/Active...change from single to none...

You could also change perhaps.

Blue/Values/General/Window/Caption/Disabled...change from single to none...

Same goes for Inactive also...

Also i opened your theme and noticed you made button sizes blank..."example closeglyph9.bmp" did you know that if you edit the file "Blue.xml" and so forth for the other colours,that you can delete the lines that mention these pics,and thus deleteing them for good.

Once again great job...cheers spyglass :-)

Great style. Maybe this can replace Windows Classic for me.

But I don't like the thin taskbar. If you minimize WMP9 to the taskbar, the taskbar looks ugly.

lovely man

i also think that the taskbar should be thicker thou...

and im not too inot the fancy bits on the selected item in taskbar...

The theme is cool. Great work b0se

Thanks for the comments!

I'll make a normal taskbar version, and I'll also update the start button

Spyglass:

Blue/Values/General/Window/MaxCaption/Active

Thanks, it was set to single

i'd like to see some matching skins (trillian pro and winamp 2)

this theme rocks


but for some reason it doesnt work with wmp9's auto menu show thing..

neither did the coco theme.


fix that too please

Very nice indeed! Using it...

Hey this looks great, I hope you're still updating it. Could you change the text on an inactive window, though? It is almost unreadable.

Got loads of uni coursework at the moment so its on the shelf at the minute, when I get some spare time I'll release a normal sized taskbar version, and updates making the theme a bit softer all round (buttons and tabs) and a generic start button that won't bug people

I'll change the inactive text also



Will try and fix that too!

Thanks! take your time, I know school can get tough... just finishing myself!

um you know what would be cool an office based theme with the semi transparent mouse overs i liked that a lot. if there is one somebody link. this is a very proffesional style reminds me of nexis with color. very good.

Nice... think I'll give it a try

Good theme, but I don´t like thin taskbars either.

Are you almost done the great big update b0se?

Also could you make the Start Menu compact? Not like in mini mac but theres a great theme with a funky "compact" start menu heres a link so you can take a look http://www.themexp.org/view_info.php?id=15629 it's really nice and minimalistic yet it's got that cool look to it. Really great idea.

Just found this bug in b0se Classic 2 (no thread yet, thought I'd post it in here).

Taken in Ergonomic although I presume it happens in all themes.

-folio

Hi,

Update is nearly done, couple of tiny things left. Got a lot of uni work atm though so finishing a bit of that first.

folio: I've never seen that come up when using either v1 or Classic, but I know what it is. It was a test theme (which turned into b0se v1), and that particular image somehow stayed in the the style (but was not visible through StyleBuilder).

I'll fix that too

Ah ok, cool

Its just when there is a few windows of the same type, it stands out quite a bit.

Looking forward to the new build

-folio

Grrrr! Releasing a theme to thousands of starving fans is more important than uni work ! Where are people prioties these days! hehe

Hehe

I'll have one piece done by tonight, when I finish it I'll have plenty of time to finish the theme. I can only upload from uni though, since this 56k connection is completely unreliable (plus Demon suck).

It will be uploaded to deviantArt on thursday at about 1pm (UK)!

At least your not on a 33.6k connection like me Where abouts are you from in the UK?

-folio

Hi b0se!
It will be uploaded to deviantArt on thursday at about 1pm (UK)!

today is friday,sorry for rush,but any news for it?
cheers

Yes I was thinking the same thing Rudi1. ME WANT NOW! hehe

also, has anyone else begun the winamp 2 and trillian pro skins? just curious. i know b0se said he would after the update, but he's probably busy.

*bump*

*double bump* Come on B0se! You're killin us!

*triple bump*
Come on man

I'm very sorry about the delay, on that thursday I found out that a deadline had been brought forward a week, been working on coursework non-stop and haven't had time to finish.

Got **** loads to do for wednesday, so it won't be finished before then.

Final year of uni, so obviously it gets preference over a theme

Must get on, will post when its done soz for delay

Excellent theme bOse. Perfect this and it will be VERY VERY good, mayb even knock watercolor off my comps screen, who knows ...
Also, i must complement you on your hardware. Very nice system youv got hooked up
Cant wait for the update ... good luck with that and the rest of your (important uni) work.

Is there a Winamp Skin for this awesome VS in Blue? ....

Radish.

damn he's selfish! all about HIM and his EDUCATION,come on it's not like it's going to effect your whole LIFE... oh ya wait hehe
But anyway back on topic WEDENSDAY! ah well, you better be doing damn good in university, starving us poor theme mongers.
Good luck at that degree/ba/ma.

b0se said he'll be doing winamp and trillian skins after some more updates to the vs. i'm sure he wouldn't mind if someone asked him and did one themselves.