[VS] Japan|04

[uni]

comment: don't like the JAP and I agree with Opio plus makes it confusing for some ppl. also some scroll bars are all white making it hard to scroll up and down. for example when chaging wallpapers that scroll bar is all white. whats up with that? if this gets fixed i'll be using it till all the brightness gets on my nervous.

[Hurmoth]

Nice!

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

very different in a cool way.

wouldn't use it all the time though

[Labtec]

I have some Japanese friends and they consider the word "JAP" as derogatory/racist. So that's the only thing I would change. Other then that it's a quality, beautiful theme. :p

[Hidea]

it is a racist term, rename it to "JPN" a lot more appropriate.

anyway, the colour is beautiful.. except.. since when do the Japanese use the colour brown? they use a lot red.. and white :p

[Stingray]

Excellent work, beautiful and innovative.

[Jessterw]

Nice work, though I find myself judging it differently given the name. As others have stated, "JAP" is a less than ideal combination to use for the caption buttons. The compact start panel could use some reworking as it's not much use without a way to access programs. Not sure if they are supposed to be this way, but the scrollbars are way too think to be usable.

Visually, it's stunning. The browns work well and are somewhat typical of Japan in terms of earth colors; however, color is an important aspect of design in Japan and as such I'd expect to see some deep reds or green/blues here and there.

[Elior]

amazing work bro...

love this style...

[Stivoo]

Hubba Hubba!!! :woot: :woot: :woot: looks gr8t!!!!!!!!!! Very nice work dude :)

i will dd right now! cant u creat a toolbar theme 2 ? ;) :rofl:

[frease]

Very nice! :)

[BroChaos Veteran]

rediculously awesome. never thought of letters as min/max/close buttons...

start menu is extra compact, but thats ok. i'd prefer to have the left side rather than the right, but thats ok.

[whistl3r]

well maybe u didnt notice it but i added 2 versions of the userpane and 2 different kinds of caption buttons to get along with ppl who dont like the jap buttons and the compact pane

[BroChaos Veteran]

oh, no, i love the jap. totally original. i love the compact too. always better to be compact. i was saying that most compact pick the left half of the start menu to keep, and the right half to hide. and you did it the other way around. is that an option that i missed?

[lil_psc]

bug report:

when in any compact mode, the "all program" menu disappears :(

screenie below

edit: anyone noe any free programs to change .jpg compression lvl?

Edited March 28, 2004 by lil_psc

[BroChaos Veteran]

see, thats not a bug though, thats how it's supposed to be. read my post above yorus.

[GFM]

whistl3r excellent job. This is the best theme I have seen in a while. It would be even better if you made a black version of it.

[autodefe]

well maybe u didnt notice it but i added 2 versions of the userpane and 2 different kinds of caption buttons to get along with ppl who dont like the jap buttons and the compact pane

I don't think you understand. Alternative version or not, using a word with that association is nothing short of offensive.

[BroChaos Veteran]

huh? whats offensive about what he did?

[autodefe]

huh?? whats offensive about what he did?

To most, the word "Jap" is just as offensive as the word "Jew" ... or even "<< racial epithet >>" to describe people from Latin-America and "<< racial epithet >>" to describe African Americans.

Did you never learn about WWII in high school? :blink::

Heck, I'm not even Japanese and the word offended me, just as any other racist word should offend someone. You might not be offended by it and that's fine, but it does offend others.

EDIT: I suggest you read this article - http://modelminority.com/printout292.html

Edited March 29, 2004 by Opio

[GFM]

If you people find it so offensive stop whining and don't use the theme, it's as simple as that.

[autodefe]

If you people find it so offensive stop whining and don't use the theme, it's as simple as that.

Who's whining?

For myself, I've said what needs to be said so let's try and get back on topic here.

[nookadum]

If you people find it so offensive stop whining and don't use the theme, it's as simple as that.

It's not that we find it offense, but the fact that other people who see this theme will find it offensive. Also it's not good for Neowin if people promote the use of racist terms in their XP styles, ne?

And yes, we know he's truly not promoting the racist terms, but it may seem that way for some people.

On-topic: I love the colours of this theme. It's sleek and easy on the eys. Nice job! :up:

[hadiz]

Very nice work (Y)

[Nightfall69]

It?s a really great theme but I?ve got one serious problem with it. While using it Outlook 2003 switches to lowres 16 color icons, which are really ugly.

This is the first vs I?ve seen that does this

[pom]

Awesome. Only thing i can think of i don't like is how if something happens in another window, you aren't notified by a flashing taskbar or what not. Great though.