[WIP] Windows Cumulative

[Vidar]

I'm not a themer, but I am somewhat savvy with photoshop. Attached is a quick mockup I did of some ideas for a Visual Style. Works with the wallpaper in as far inspiration. Aero, Royal, Watercolor... but different.

"A little bit of Whistler, a little bit of Aero, a whole lot of sexy" is the idea.

[Nexus-]

i like the idea for the wallpaper in your mockup care to post it?

[couture]

that actually looks really nice. I'm not too keen on the start button though..I would like to see what this develops into :)

[Vidar]

The start button was bugging me so I went with that. I'm looking for anyone wanting to help. Call it a desperate cry for an a new Visual Style ;)

[HPMCommander]

I am in secks with the taskbar.

[insanekiwi]

wow. looks nice.

[Matt T]

yeah, very nice (Y)

[cmove]

I love it

[Vidar]

Just a concept of a window and a shift in color.

[[hxc]]

nice concept! love the shellstyle.

[Winswy]

I love the way people love mockups.

U shoould know whats possible in a vs and whats not before u go posting Vs mockups

Some nice ideas, but implementation is another thing

Example, its not possible to keep the text within the blue area on left in msstyles.

and the shell...well.. it would be the only vertical and horizontal one ive seen thus far.

Not trying to be negative just trying to point out that .msstyles are not very flexible, maybe a WB could come out of this.

having said that, id be up for something along these lines.

Something fresh indeed.

My Msn is in my profile.

Edited November 23, 2004 by Winswy

[YBG]

No offense winswy, it seems like everytime a mockup is made you're quick to deliver bad news on what wont work..

Nice mockup (Y)

[Winswy]

just being realistic, i also offered to help.

:D

[Vidar]

Eh, not possible? Start/Run/MMC - Viola, both vertical and horizontal. Not currently used? Correct, but not impossible. Its a mock up, things aren't going to be 100% working model.

[Hypoxiaicon]

Looks good, post the wallpaper, make a dark version :D

[nomis_nehc]

i actually think the start button and task bar is great. (the clock section is absolutely ingenious)

BUT, seems like the caption window and the min, max, and close buttons are sexy enough for it.

[Winswy]

Im sorry i thought u were asking for a themers help, i must have misunderstood.

What exactly were u gonna do in the MS Mgmt. Console that pertains to what i pointed out?

Edited November 23, 2004 by Winswy

[Vidar]

What I was refering to MMC for was that the shellstyle I made (granted, its completely fake and hypothetical) should be possible. Attached is a screenshot from the original Whistler, which as we know later became Windows XP. If it was in the old code, it can't be that hard (shouldn't be at least) to mimic in the new msstyle format. I'm not saying it *can definately* be done. I merely put forth the ideas I was aiming for.

Whistler had excellent areas in UI design that they dropped in favor of Luna. I'm wanting to take a flavor of Aero & Royal and apply it with the best parts of Whistler.

I have only attempted making an MSStyle once before, "Carbon" and was not impressed with the result. I'm hoping someone can take the mockup and run with it. I see several themes, currently Bant's 2005 Luna mod that has elements that lend towards it.

[Vidar]

I love the way people love mockups.

U shoould know whats possible in a vs and whats not before u go posting Vs mockups

Some nice ideas, but implementation is another thing

Example, its not possible to keep the text within the blue area on left in msstyles.

and the shell...well.. it would be the only vertical and horizontal one ive seen thus far.

Not trying to be negative just trying to point out that .msstyles are not very flexible, maybe a WB could come out of this.

having said that, id be up for something along these lines.

Something fresh indeed.

My Msn is in my profile.

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More to a point, because I don't want it to seem I'm flaming or baiting one. Text isn't easy to relay expression. I'm not taking it as negative, just looking for help on making a theme and hopefully -- and more importantly -- ideas. Foood put up some elements on the Aero-Soft board that seem appealing.

1. The blue area, I know about. When Yt and DeadZombie worked on Quantum, I discovered this hinderance (heck, even Trillian 1/2 has this issue). The caption bar is "ok". I just wanted to get something in my head beyond just a taskbar and wallpaper. Its looking a little too Royalish for my taste and think it needs a dose of Aero (but NOT to the point its another Inspirat mod) and hopefully incorporate the famous Watercolor squares. But then, Royal + Squares looks an aweful lot like the old Metal visual style that was posted on here last year.

2. As I said, the shell style is what I'm aiming for but can be changed. One I'm thinking of is using the Aero style shellstyle but with the blue colors and setup like I have displayed --- but I'd also like to offer the generic vertical shellstyle.

[Destian]

Example, its not possible to keep the text within the blue area on left in msstyles.

and the shell...well.. it would be the only vertical and horizontal one ive seen thus far.

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These things do need to be fixed. Once you get it to a point where it's possible to do I'll throw it together into a VS for you if no one else will. :)

Nice work. Looks great. I'm not big into form over function, so having the start button take up so much room is a bit of a pain. Looks nice though.

[XanDaMan]

You know, I see something here. Not nessesarily in the way you posted it, but I see something.

Mind if I run with it after my mocks are over?

[Bloodwork]

I like it (Y)

[Mx]

Yea I like it too, looks quite nice.

[AltecXP]

I would love if windows looked like your mock up or that whistler

[Riffz]

The first one is amazing. Please make it real :p :D