Retractor Beta-1

[ChaNinja]

Tzup guys! I spent yesterday making a grey color scheme for JustTally and when I finished I was so pleased with the style that I decided to make it a standalone theme "Retractor" (cos of the retracting curve). I ran outa weed so its not creative like ChaNinja or TallyHawk but I've used bits from both. Its light grey, very clean and should appeal to all you Sosumi/Mercury/Classic users.

I've tried to make it as bug free as possible, it even looks cool using double-size taskbars. I haven't done Large Fonts so till then use normal fonts. Some of the graphics are still a bit rough.

Gimme comments please! (and bug reports)

Screenshot :

Download :

RETRACTOR

[andy_rose]

I ran outa weed so its not creative like ChaNinja or TallyHawk but I've used bits from both.

LOL,i hate when that happens to me..

cool theme..looking good as always..any news on tallyhawk?like the shellstyle etc?..really like that theme.:)

[ChaNinja]

Not yet Andy_rose, soon.

Hey wheres Whackboy? I could use some help with the shellstyles.

[andy_rose]

yeah,havent seen him here for a loong time now..

[Faction]

yay grey! /me donces

[AlexMC]

As always it is awesome!!!

But please don't stop working on the other two :)

[User_Deleted]

nice looks great

[iconman]

nice theme

[ChaNinja]

Thanks guys! But I need more detailed comments please, like what do you like? Whats not cool? etc.

Oh yeah, I've added a Poll under Customizing Windows XP to help me decide what to finish first, please vote.

[kennisonxgs]

Hmmm... These are some things I think that are not cool:

X Box "X". I guess it is fine because of the style of "minimize" and "maximize".

The curve.

Fat title bar.

Rounded-looking title bar. They have been way overdone.

Cool:

The task buttons.

The Start menu.

Tabs. :p

The Start button curve is ok, but the other curves don't look right.

[nomis_nehc]

This is what I find myself doing past 3 days:

1. Come home from work.

2. Eat.

3. Get on computer.

4. Check out ThemeXP.ORG

5. No cool+new style(s)... damn *grumble*

6. Swing to Neowin.NET, check out customizing XP forum...

7. See a thread post by ChaNinja... *YES!*

8. New theme...!

9. Whoohoo! Theme stays... till another great work is out :)

So ya, great work I say. I'll let you know if I notice anything, i.e bugs or what's not cool, etc.

As of now, I am lovin' it. ;)

I'll like to add, unlike kennisonxgs, I like the X and the curves. It's different from other people's work. Also the notification button is great too.

[Dudlington]

One thing I noticed about it is that when you have a file hilighted, say on the desktop, it looks kinda washed out and a little jaggy around dark edges. It could just be because I'm using a dark wallpaper though (from Chaninja theme), and maybe it'd look ok on a light grey wallpaper. Just my $0.02, oh god of theming

[Kasper]

wow, you just keep kicking out amazing work, but PLEASE do something in that color balloo that you use in "tallyhawk"

as for this style its great in its own way, even tho i dont like the start button to much. maybe i will get use to it. i just havent seen the word "start" in so long. :D

i like "justtally" the most so far.

[hermit]

guess u don`t read threads

here`s what i wrote in 3 of ur other posts

(btw, i think retractor is not as good as the ones before, just my opinion)

CHANINJA CHANINJA CHANINJA CHANINJA CHANINJA CHANINJA CHANINJA :::::::

damn it man

every time i post my post, chaninja went on to start a new thread and forget about his last thred

can u read this, CHANINJA :::

no wonder u didn't reply my msg in the thread silver wing and cha ninja 3.1 jts

u renamed ur theme

here is some problems i have with chaninja (which applies to tally hawk in many cases):

1. Chaninja- can u fix the explorer side bar error for ppl that turned on other language for non-unicode program in the regional, language option in control panel

i think from rc 1.5 and up i see this error

u mentioned the error some time ago and u said u will fix it

(In tally hawk, u didn't skin it- i think u know that..and i guess that's why it is in beta)

2. i think many ppl said this too- top right hand corner- the close, minimze, buttons- way too large...they dont' fit (probably cuz i m using 120dpi)?

i wrote this b4: unlike many other visual styles by other authors, if i use "large fonts", or change to 120 dpi in display setting, ur visual styles messed up badly...

plz correct these bugs (this apply to chaninja)

3. The start menu- why is it like that?...the line doesn't go straight? (i mean like the line separating the left side of the start menu and the right side)

(guess u won't understand what i mean here- too bad neowin won't let me upload pcis)...

but overall......ur skins are very nice- u are very creative!

4. what about considering making the icons go inside (cutout effect) for mouseover effect like the theme Quasar, it looks rather nice

[ChaNinja]

Hermit! Really sorry for not replying sooner. Can you describe the non-unicode error a bit more, and maybe email me a screenshot (make it small please) of the startmenu bug (which theme is it btw?). I'll have a look at Quasar when I get home.

I'm loving Retractor already however I use TallyHawk black at night. I'm eager to make a shell32 for Retractor but I doubt I'll have the time to make a full icon set so please tell me what icons you think suit it the best so that I can start making the shell32 & other dll hacks. I'd also appreciate some Wallpaper recommendations.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

awesome-a-rific!

[ChaNinja]

Hey this is totally off-topic but I just found a Windows Startup sound that I made about 3 years ago, its done using a sample from a drum'n bass track by Roni Size. Just for fun, what do you think? :D

Link : Windows Startup Sound

[BroChaos Veteran]

wow, another amazing theme. i like the simplicity of this one compared to tallyhawk (not taking anything away from tallyhawk). looking forward to the next release.

[SirPsychoSexy]

I like this theme but still i like tallyhawk more! I like those round buttons where the icons are in but from the justtally theme i like that curve on the titlebar more then the wing! And the minimze maximize close buttons! I hope you will do something with that theme again in the future. ;)

[hermit]

Originally posted by ChaNinja

Hermit! Really sorry for not replying sooner. Can you describe the non-unicode error a bit more, and maybe email me a screenshot (make it small please) of the startmenu bug (which theme is it btw?). I'll have a look at Quasar when I get home.

I'm loving Retractor already however I use TallyHawk black at night. I'm eager to make a shell32 for Retractor but I doubt I'll have the time to make a full icon set so please tell me what icons you think suit it the best so that I can start making the shell32 & other dll hacks. I'd also appreciate some Wallpaper recommendations.

HEY chaninja!

nice that you finall reply me!!!!

i sent you an email to [email protected]

[kidrocky7]

whoa, chaninja, the theme is pretty damn awemazing like always, but what i wanna really talk about is the the music. i was like freaked out when i opened it!! lol. trying not to offend you in anyway, but *LMAO* sorry. but it is like 3 years old, like you said

[whack]

all right looks like my account is working today it's been trashed for a while now well I'm still around and kicking been keeping track of stuff Hey Cha unbelievable work lately your on fire man but some of this stuff needs to be filled out with more details (shellstyles icons and other shell hack craziness) If you need anything let me know I think I got my e-mail addy all straitened out on my profile here or you can PM me or I sent you an e-mail from work in case you lost my work e-mail addy any will do,

[whack]

Also a comment on the startsound RONI SIZE KICKS ASS

and kidrocky7 dont take this to personal as I'm guessing you've not heard the song that was sampled from but SHUT UP (not seriously I wouldn't actually want to try to stop you from expressing your opinion I just have to defend Roni Size as he kicks serious ass)

[ChaNinja]

Whackboy! :D :D :D :D Welcome back man! I almost filed a missing Neowinian report on yo ass! So you like my new styles?! Which ones your fav?

Yeah I could def use some help with the shellstyles. I've almost completed the Retractor one, but I think I've made a bug. Maybe you can help, I'll give more info on a new thread when I upload my work (tonight sometime).

About the sound file, thanks for 'Reprazenting'. Kidrocky7 had me feeling like a 'freak' for awhile there! :p

btw

Any idea what happened to Olog Hai? He disappeared about the same time you did and I haven't heard from him since.

Later!

[whack]

I'll sport a custom retractor sig when my webserver is back up too. But I don't have time to reply to every thing at the moment I'll finish later. So in the mean time no idea on Olog Hai