paegoo Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 i know i'm gonna get flamed for this, but i altered unspec's Liquidus style. i love his style but some parts bugged me so i changed them. i'm in no way trying to take credit for this style, because i borrowed a lot of graphics from other various styles including AquaXP, EclipseOSX, and binary's screenshot of AquaOS. i know it doesn't look exactly like OSX, but i realize that copying OSX exactly might be hard in XP, so i just altered some of Liquidus' work. i changed it to my own liking, and i wanted to show you all, but if it offends anyone, i will take it down. again, i am taking no credit whatsoever for this style. i want to give credit for all graphics i used to their respective owners. i'm trying to upload it to themexp.org but i guess it's down. maybe i'll try again later. please don't kill me :) http://www.geocities.com/paegooo/alteredliquidus.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerroeffect Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 I say go ahead and alter to your liking - just get the author's permission before you release anything besides a screenshot. Otherwise, looks very clean and nice. I like the less colorful, more corporate min/max/close buttons and taskbar and the pinstripes don't bother me as much in this screenshot as with the original. Does anybody else not like the thin top bar on the windows in the Liquidus theme. It's the only reason I don't use it. It looks bad when I use Getright and link two windows together. Plus, they look a little crowded. I know a lot of people requested that, but I'm not sure it's so great to make an "exact" replica of the Mac OS X. Do thin top bars really make it more functional? I mean, it's just transparent on the rest of it. Otherwise, this is a great theme. Thanks for all the hard work unspec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted January 12, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2002 you've got some nerve, all you did was change a few things and you wanna go and upload it to themexp under your name? Thats not on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paegoo Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 i would upload it as unspec, and those other creators' names, however i can't. good thing themexp.org is down. i guess i won't upload it though, since there's already one objection. again, i just want to re-iterate that i am NOT trying to take credit for this style AT ALL. also, i've read on other posts that unspec doesn't mind if we play around with his work, as long as we give him credit. but oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 the theme's not done yet, give it time to finish. your changes make the theme look a bit cooler, but it's not right to upload it w/o permission. let people message you for the theme :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 first off I'd like to say your screenshot is down. Secondly did you read the txt file for liquidous before editing it and trying to upload it?? Well just make sure to contact the author I'm talking to him on MSN right now and he said he never got an e-mail just have the respect to tell him what you're doing and read his txt file. Also being as I can't see your pic I don't know whether you also used my shellstyle which was in the last release of liquidous but if so you might want to contact me as well as I'll surely be ****ed if you don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 i've read on other posts that unspec doesn't mind if we play around with his work, as long as we give him credit. but oh well He doesn't really just send him an e-mail like the txt file says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paegoo Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 whack, i'm not going to upload this style. i did not use your shellstyle.dll although it looks pretty sweet. i hope unspec is not ****ed because i did not mean to offend him in any way. i just wanted to show you all what i came up with. and as for the screenshot, geocities doesn't allow you to directly link it for some reason, so you might have to copy and paste that link. again, i'm sorry if i offended unspec or anyone on neowin. say the word and i will kill this thread immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted January 12, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2002 i think more along the lines of using some of the elements in your OWN theme, not take the entire theme and change some buttons then say voila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 no it still doesnt work when I copy and paste and he's not ****ed but if you do want to release it just talk to him he's a nice guy dont be scared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 i think more along the lines of using some of the elements in your OWN theme, not take the entire theme and change some buttons then say voila As long as you give proper credit and the author doesn't mind why not or maybe you could just make suggestions or help the author but then you dont have as many choices as his is the final word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paegoo Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 whack, copy and paste it into a new browser window. and WickedKitten, i never said this was my own work, my entire work, or even part of my own work. i tried to give credit to everyone involved. i don't know how many times i have to apologize. but like i said before, if you want me to kill this thread, i will. just say the word. i've seen tons of OSX styles that are pretty much just rips of each other. each author adds in his/her own touches or changes to the previous and calls it his/her own work. i know this because as i was working on this style and 'borrowing' graphics, i noticed a lot of the graphics and quirks are the same in many OSX styles. i'm not renaming this style nor taking credit for it. it's named exactly as what it is. an altered liquidus. so voila, this is what i came up with. maybe i'm using the phrase "what i came up with" too vaguely. this is how my miniscule changes to the awesome Liquidus came out as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 I have copied and pasted it it still wont work I know how to do it it's just not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paegoo Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 hmmm. give me your email address and i'll just email it to you. i don't know why it's not working. i had to use geocities because i have no other way to post the screenshot. sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 whackboy@gothic23.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprfli Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 paegoo isn't trying to steal anyone's work. he has explicity said that he is not taking credit and just made a few adjustments to his liking. however, i do think it's a nice thing to ask the author if it's okay before uploading it. most people are cool and as long as you give them credit they don't mind. as a matter of fact there are some things i'd like unspec to change and i'm too lazy to make the changes myself but i msg'd him w/my suggestions and hopefully he'll change them but if not i don't see anythign wrong w/making the changes on your own alothough uploading it w/o permission is definitely bad IMO. ;) btw, i'm getting tired of seeing 10 different OSX themes on themesxp.org that a title bar was altered or a scrollbar was changed and that's it and there is no credit given to the original authors that got ripped. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcalibur Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 maybe you should have had unspec's permission before going and altering his theme and giving it out... if i had a theme and someone changed it, i wouldn't be very happy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[saint lucifer] Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 *cough* RIP! *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paegoo Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 i have not uploaded this theme nor passed it out to anyone. i've specifically said i will not pass this out. as a matter of fact, i've received some PM's from people wanting me to send it, but i haven't. cough *RIP* cough is exactly it. i never said i made this theme nor did i even insinuate it. it IS a RIP. i'm not denying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Originally posted by [saint lucifer]*cough* RIP! *cough* my god you guys, back down. he hasn't released it, and i don't believe he's making any money off of it. it's just a theme, he can hack it as much as he wants, and if someone wants to download it, so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaulz Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 No KIDDIN!! Jeez people, put yer friggin pants back on and sit down!!! Fer cryin out loud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[saint lucifer] Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Originally posted by smaulz No KIDDIN!! Jeez people, put yer friggin pants back on and sit down!!! Fer cryin out loud! I don't wear "pants." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMore Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 paegoo has stated from the start of this thread that he altered and ripped it. At least he admits it. Moreover, he hasn't even release it and you guys are making so much noise. All he needs is to get the author's permission and he can release it. You guys are jealous over it or something? Or you all have trouble reading? And saint lucifer, don't try to be funny. "I dun wear pants." Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paegoo Posted January 13, 2002 Author Share Posted January 13, 2002 hey everyone that private messaged me for this style. i'm glad you like my changes, but unfortunately i can not send it to you. it would be wrong of me to do so. i'm sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted January 13, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2002 Originally posted by syko86 paegoo has stated from the start of this thread that he altered and ripped it. At least he admits it. Moreover, he hasn't even release it and you guys are making so much noise. All he needs is to get the author's permission and he can release it. You guys are jealous over it or something? Or you all have trouble reading? And saint lucifer, don't try to be funny. "I dun wear pants." Eh? Jealous? ummm no its more of a case of watching my bf work on this theme for the past 2 1/2 months and then see paegoo come along and change 3 things in the ****ing thing and want to rerelease it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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