ClearLooks for Windows XP

By Schmoove
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nvizible

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Absolutely and utterly brilliant!

I've only one reservation: When used in conjunction with an opera native skin (tested using opera 8.01 final), the first tab seems cut-off when not focused, as illustrated by these screenshots:

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As can be seen in the second screenshot, the bug is not apparent when that specific tab is focused.

I'll still use the visual style, just that this is, at least to me, a most irksome bug, as opera is the program which I use most of all (more than I use any built in functionality of windows, even!)

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Schmoove

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That is because Opera choses the wrong graphics when it draws the tabs.

It should use the graphics for in the visual style that are defined for left aligned tabs.... but it doesn't. Opera for some reason choses the graphics for right aligned tabs. That is why it looks weird.

It is not a problem with the visual style... it is Opera. (it also happens in the options dialog of Office 2003).

Unless I choose other type of tabs I can't do anything about it.

It will probably be fixed in a next release, since I'm reviewing the whole style and changing things.

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Schmoove

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Thank you and great work. This is on par with HmmXP.

Make the highlighted icons the same shape and you've won me over for good.

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Buddy.... that is a skin (Qute for Firefox).

I'm not gonna change my theme to match skin A for application B..... that makes no sense.

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Schmoove

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First, you can't just use graphics from Qute without permission.

Second, technically you can release a mod (it is GPL), but I wouldn't like it. I worked hard on the port as it is.

Third, I like it the way it is, I don't really like your modification so there is not a big chance that I will include it as an extra.

If I try to please everyone with thin taskbars, small startmenus, other captionbar buttons, thin statusbars... etc, etc, etc. I end up maintaining 432 different styles, which I don't want. So therefore I do it like I did with all my visual styles. I make it the way I like it and if you or anyone else don't like it that way it is too bad.... take it or leave it. Or you can always make a personal mod, all it takes is Stylebuilder, Photoshop and some creativity.

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First, you can't just use graphics from Qute without permission.

Second, technically you can release a mod (it is GPL), but I wouldn't like it. I worked hard on the port as it is.

Third, I like it the way it is, I don't really like your modification so there is not a big chance that I will include it as an extra.

If I try to please everyone with thin taskbars, small startmenus, other captionbar buttons, thin statusbars... etc, etc, etc. I end up maintaining 432 different styles, which I don't want. So therefore I do it like I did with all my visual styles. I make it the way I like it and if you or anyone else don't like it that way it is too bad.... take it or leave it. Or you can always make a personal mod, all it takes is Stylebuilder, Photoshop and some creativity.

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Fair enough. I don't have photoshop, so Paint will have to make do, I'll go buy Stylebuilder - bearing in mind I'll only be making smallish modifications, is it still necessary or is there another freeware program I can use? I guess I'll just make a personal mod.

Who's the judge of whether somethings a "rip"?

I've just downloaded the free version of StyleBuilder, but it says StyleXP also needs be be installed - is that true, or is it bull****?

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VManOfMana

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Just registered to say that this is the best port of Schmoove yet =) I used his Bluecurve port for a while, but this is the most eye-pleasant them I have used to date.

Now, for a little bit of feedback:

The theme doesn't seem to resize as needed whenever the user chooses more than 22 pixels for the titlebar height.. For example, I use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 12 bold for my titlebar font, with a titlebar height of 25 pixels. This also makes the titlebar buttons grow so I got big targets. In Luna, the titlebar increases its height so it can accomodate the text and buttons. In Clearlooks, the titlebar buttons will grow accordingly, but the titlebar won't resize, making the top of the text and titlebar buttons go outside the top window border.

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Also, for personal mods, is it possible to do the following with a style?

1. Make the start menu's All Programs menu use large icons and a custom font?

2. Force the Start Menu use a custom font for the taskbar, clock and other toolbars?

3. Apply the theme to command line windows like WindowBlinds?

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strayan

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Just thought I might post a link to the latest clearooks Gtk theme http://clearlooks.sourceforge.net/screensh...arlooks-0.6.png

Schmoove, your port is perfect, I like the size of your taskbar better, but for godsakes make the caption buttons sqaure rather than rectangular (just like they are in the above link).

You've done a great job though. I can't thank you enough.

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VManOfMana

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For what appears in the screenshots it looks like the port is based on 0.4

Schmoove: any plans to update the port to 0.6.1? There are also some differences in terms of inactive titlebars (0.6 has a bottom border that sets it apart from the rest of the window), progress bar, titlebar buttons, titlebar text positioning (more of a customization of Schmoove I suppose). I don't know if there are other differences.

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Schmoove

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For what appears in the screenshots it looks like the port is based on 0.4

Schmoove: any plans to update the port to 0.6.1?  There are also some differences in terms of inactive titlebars (0.6 has a bottom border that sets it apart from the rest of the window), progress bar, titlebar buttons, titlebar text positioning (more of a customization of Schmoove I suppose).  I don't know if there are other differences.

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Yes I have plans for an update. I'm gonna install 0.6 in Ubuntu and see what changed.

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