Vxp - WIP

[Winswy]

I received and email from Bloodwork a few days ago with an idea for different caption buttons, honestly, i turned him down flat in favor of the ones that were currently being used. As all of you know Matt0 is doing a compact \ slimmed version, Bloodwork had also emailed him with his suggestion. Long story short, with this suggestion in mind and some collaboration with Matt0 i decided to give the idea a try. Im VERY pleased with the outcome.

Here is a screenshot of the New caption buttons in action, i will probably include the old ones in a substyle of you that preferred those.

I am also pasting some progress on the Matt0 slimmed style, he will be using similar buttons but slightly different as to fit in with his style. I expect both to be fantastic looking.

So here are the screens, again MUCHO GRACIAS to Matt0 and to Bloodwork for their time invested and hard work put forth, i would probably have not gotten off my ass and changed this up the way i have without their help and support.

Also thanks to Matt0 for his .xml help.

Without further ado ...

[Winswy]

Matt0's C0mpact version so far....:D

Edited September 9, 2005 by Winswy

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

new buttons are MUCH MUCH MUCH better and i am liking the blue theme too.

new start button is also (though not original) but is much better then the yellow/brown big flat one of old screenshots.

[invhntr]

shame, i like the old caption buttons

[Winswy]

no shame... there will be a substyle with the initial buttons. ;)

[BMac]

I personally think the new caption buttons are much better. To each his own however. Great job vStyler.

[invhntr]

no shame... there will be a substyle with the initial buttons. ;)

586502498[/snapback]

aha very cool

[Winswy]

For those of you that group your taskbuttons... done.

[Veedems Veteran]

That screenshot above shows two small oddities with the taskbar button. The left side seems to be lacking a border and the arrow on the right is over the edge.

[daydream nation]

Caption buttons look much better now. One thing I don't get is why everything in the style has rather thick borders but the taskbar buttons don't have any? They look a bit out of place IMHO. Also, bangbang023 has a point about the arrow.

[Winswy]

It was thought by some, including myself that the borders used everywhere would be overkill, the taskbar buttons have been whittled down from several choices by my beta testers and do match other elements of the theme i assure u.

As for bangBang's point, it is now moot.

:D

Edited September 10, 2005 by Winswy

[ledzepp14]

I'm lovin' it! ..new caption buttons, shellstyles, and matt0 and Bloodwork's substyle. Great work.. keep it up and take your time with this. Seems like this thing took a life of its own.. with the help of everyone's suggestions and inputs. :yes:

[Bloodwork]

matt0 and Bloodwork's substyle

586503102[/snapback]

It's actually matt0's work, just gave him an idea for caption buttons :blush:

Looking good both of you, hope to see it done soon

[Winswy]

Well, bad news, i slept in today on my first day back to work coming off vacation and my boss is ****ed at me :/

Good news is, i have one more day to work on this project and i HOPE that MAYBE i can have a public beta out to you all by the time i hit the sack tonight. :D

havng said that, first order of the day was to change the seperator in the system tray to something less obtrusive.

k, im goin back in !! :laugh:

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On a side note, some of u may have noticed i edit almost every post.. I have degenerative arthritis and tendonitis in my hands and wrists which 1. makes VS designing pretty much painful to say the least and 2. also leads to pretty fluent "typonese" on my part. :p

Edited September 10, 2005 by Winswy

[Darkscreenz]

This is looking more and more impressive with time. I have been using this for a while now, and it has really proven itself as a useable theme imh. The fact that pleasing looks and subtle bevel have been a priority in this theme from the start makes it what it is...sweet, smooth and useable! On an ending note, thanks goes out to a certain mod for being a bit more constructive in commenting...and to a popular member of this site for ceasing fire on Winswy, as he only wants to create something beautiful. (and that he has) Great work Winswy!

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[Winswy]

Ive always tried to be innovative when working on a new vs , the progress bar i consider one of my specialties, i couldn't see changing this approach for this project.

This is a working screenshot of my tri colored proportionally extending progress bar.. and no there aren't any "bug" pixels at the beginning or the end of the progress track.

:ninja:

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

cool. lets see the beta then :p

[Tweaker]

Ive always tried to be innovative when working on a new vs , the progress bar i consider one of my specialties, i couldn't see changing this approach for this project.

This is a working screenshot of my tri colored proportionally extending progress bar.. and no there aren't any "bug" pixels at the beginning or the end of the progress track.

:ninja:

586506707[/snapback]

That's an awsome progressbar!!! Great work! We are looking forward to your release of this great VS!!!

[invhntr]

definitely a slick progress bar

[xxdesmus]

can't wait to try this out ...need more beta testers? ;)

[Winswy]

If u guys only knew how hard im trying to get a beta out tonight, unfortunately i was nearly fired today for staying up too late LAST night working on the vs. :p

anyway, if its not up in the next hour it will have to be tommorrow night.

oh and ..wait till u see this progress bar .."move"

:ninja:

[mrnxdmx]

i wish to test thi stoo, need more testers? :D

[sdb815]

The progress bar looks cool, but to me it doesn't go with the rest of the theme. Anyhow, nice work thus far. (Y)

[Winswy]

I like to be creative in the progress bar area, the colors match..i like it, i think u will too.

[conna]

looks tasty.