Vista Explorer

[porky]

Before the concept: The idea.

After the idea: The concept.

After the concept?

...this is where mockups come to life.

May I present to you Vista Explorer, the first step into true Vista? emulation!

This is where concepts bloom; My first publically releasedgadget>, created in DesktopX. This simple standalone application presents the sleek, elegant glass theme of Windows Vista?!

I need coders, or experianced DesktopX designers to help me with features! If you think you can help, PM me, or email me at [email protected].

I need:

-Address to appear in address bar/title bar

-Preview pane/menu bar to change colour according to folder type

-Icons to change in title bar/address bar/preview pane

-Status information to appear on preview pane

*UPDATE (0.1.42)*

-Created separate IE7/Explorer files

-Updated preview pane

-Added menu bar

-Moved IE7 status text to status bar

Download@DeviantArt

Edited July 29, 2005 by Trojan

[kiall]

very kl i like how do i install it so it work with all the other windows is u know what i mean

[p1xel]

Nice

Good work

Now for a full explorer replacement :laugh:

[vcv]

Looks pretty nice, defniately needs a lot of work still.

[JakeSWE]

Very nice:) Dang vista is gonna rock! :D

[porky]

Nice

Good work

Now for a full explorer replacement?:laugh::

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Working on a series. Taskbar, start menu, context windows...

We'll see. I need coders; I suck. :no::

Looks pretty nice, defniately needs a lot of work still.

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Be specific. This is a beta release, and I need to know what could be better! Currently I need menu bar, and icons on address/search bars. I think that's all...

Not quite sure ;)) .

[dreamon]

wow, that's great !!

good job !

[Whidbey05]

wow even runs on Win2k lol

[dreamon]

where can I find the wall you're using ?!

[Dane]

Holy **** dude, GREAT work! just think of this as a theme! I'd use it instantly.

[Colin-uk Veteran]

Looks v nice :D

*downloads*

[Alexandre.]

@kiall:to install it to work with your main explorer navigate to C:

[porky]

where can I find the wall you're using ?!

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@kiall:to install it to work with your main explorer navigate to C:

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It should navigate there automatically at startup.

[mayamaniac]

was afraid to click on an .exe made by someone named trojan, but it seems safe. :p

very cool little gadget though, keep up the good work.

[Alexandre.]

@kiall:to install it to work with your main explorer navigate to C:/Windows(WinNT)/Sytem32 and find explorer.exe and rename it to explorer.exe.bak(incase something goes wrong)then just drag the vista explorer.exe into system32 and there you go!

edit: sorry before when i posted i acidently clicked add reply

[dreamon]

thx for the wall :D

[porky]

I don't think that would work, Agent Alexandre... explorer contains a bunch of icons, string tables, and context menus that Vista Explorer doesn't contain. It would be like renaming Internet Explorer, and sticking it in System32... just wouldn't work.

[insomniac9]

sweet, nice work!

[Whidbey05]

not a bad web explorer either:

[.fury]

Nice, now how about that taskbar/start menu :)

[Blob from TVForum]

beautiful, but it really needs window resizing/maximizing

but it's a really excellent

[SISO]

Could someone post the link to the program that is needed to run this?

Thank you!

[Nexus-]

is resizing the window going to be possible?

[porky]

Thank you for all the awesome comments!

Yes... I do plan on implementing resizing and maximizing, but right now I need to get somebody to do that for me. I will eventually learn code* so that I can do all that and more to make this a useable explorer/browser. In order to put in resizing, however... I would have to cut-up the backround and kick up the memory usage (which is already around 22k, for me). The glass and shadows are actually one image, to save memory.

*Yes that's right, I don't know code. What are you going to do about it?

[porky]

*UPDATE!*

I updated the file on Deviant Art. I removed the menu bar, because it looked awful with top shellstyle themes and did absolutely nothing as of yet. I would like some feedback on that. What would I put on the menu bar? Do you want the menu bar? Anything...