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Opus Apollo v1.2

Designed to be unobtrusive and useable, yet pleasing to the eye and individual (that rhymes!).

Contains

- 2 colour variations, Apollo (grey) and Coffee.

- Each colour variation contains:

- Normal and Compact start panels

- Normal and Thin taskbars

- Giants Collide wallpaper (they go together perfectly, please try them).

- VERY fast UI, highly optimised code.

Important Notes

The end tab on the Display Properties box is not a bug, its Windows being stupid. All other tabs are fine.

A shellstyle is on its way.

Yz Shadow is used to create the window shadows in the screenshot.

Updates (1.1 -> 1.2)

Added Compact Start panel versions

Added Normal Taskbar versions

Smaller status bar w/3D text

Large and E.Large start button bug fixed

All programs arrow aligned with text

Added tab mouseovers, made selected tab brighter

Inactive titlebars now slightly darker

Enhanced all mouseover widgets (more 3D)

Screenshot

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previewT.png

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Opus Apollo 1.2 @ DA

Comments are welcome, enjoy!

Edited by b0se
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think I found a bug

change the font size to large and look at the start button--there is a t (start)there on my desktop...anyone elses?

Ah...no biggie I just won't use fonts other than normal.

good skin, by the way.

whats wrong with wanting it in blue?

Edited by bsarmir

Great job!!

I have a quick question though. I've been using WatercolorLite for about a year now, because all of the new styles that come out (which I actually like, like this one) are all thin-taskbar - they look terrible with WMP9's taskbar control. It's probably rude to ask you for a standard sized taskbar, so could you possibly point me in the right direction for getting it doen myself? I've never been able to make a thin-taskbar theme full-size, and I'd really like to with this theme, because it looks great!!

:blush:

Anyway, good job!!!

OK, something like this. Is this possible?

Top: current version

Bottom: the way I want to make it look. How do I do this?

that's the problem i had mavis .. unlock your taskbar, then move it .. to say the side of the screen, then put it back on top or bottom and your problem should be solved

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