[req] clearlooks 2.0 for windows xp

[ishiok]

kevcart3, I'm sorry... but i managed to make great stuff here, well.. of course thanks to you. Take my VS and start making the thin taskbar, because i don't know how to do it, as i'm totally wasted :D

And i want to have a glassy taskbar to play nice with titlebar. Let's keep up with that thing anyway.

I added glassy look for buttons, tabs, scrollbars, etc... Also.. added 3 extra color schemes. Will make more later !

Now eat THIS !!!

BTW... I've also ported the icon set ;) https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=411059

Look great with Tango. I'd definitely put up with office PC after Xmas. My home PC uses WB5.

[martin10018]

Looks great!

But who did it? kevkart3 or ksaad? I'm somewhat lost...

[Bloodwork]

They both did one. kevcart3's is more accurate though.

[kevcart3]

Well, my whole point was to make a PORT, not a shiny xp theme, ksaad made the changes to the buttons, etc.

Having used Linux's Clearlooks Cairo on my machine for a while, I wanted to make the closest possible PORT over to xp, and not make any drastic changes to it.

Plus, ksaad didn't do the whole vs, I sent him my version and he made the changes he felt to be necessary.

[Daask]

Yep that's true, but we also should not forget that it's based on schmoove's clearlooks ;)

isn't it, kevcart3 ?

[kevcart3]

^ Indeed it is. And even though he said people could mod it in his readme, I asked for permission from him just to make sure he had no objections. But everything that he didn't do, I did from scratch using the colors from the first post.

Edited December 23, 2005 by kevcart3

[martin10018]

Well, my whole point was to make a PORT, not a shiny xp theme, ksaad made the changes to the buttons, etc.

Having used Linux's Clearlooks Cairo on my machine for a while, I wanted to make the closest possible PORT over to xp, and not make any drastic changes to it.

Plus, ksaad didn't do the whole vs, I sent him my version and he made the changes he felt to be necessary.

Is your version on DA too or is it included in ksaad's? Or is it the one on page 3?

[kevcart3]

My version IS kasaads, that's the idea, he just added a glossy look to a couple of the buttons. The version HE posted on deviantart still has my name in the documentation of the vs.

edit: sorry if that confused you martin10018

[Kristopher]

I'm lovin it kev.

[kevcart3]

Thanks :)

[Daask]

Well... ofcourse i appreciate your work on the port, but i wanted to perfect the VS, man.. the titlbar is so sexy.

Why not adding a glossy look to the rest ?

[moglenstar]

Well... ofcourse i appreciate your work on the port, but i wanted to perfect the VS, man.. the titlbar is so sexy.

Why not adding a glossy look to the rest ?

with all due respect, its not the same style then, heh

i'll be using kevcart3's version - almost 1:1 goodness :devil:

[kevcart3]

Thanks for the positive feedback.

If anyone has any more sugesstions, please let me know.

Also, I've been working on the "Slider" images, to make them look like the cairo versions, and probably post the completed "compact" version in the next day or so. :)

[AltecXP]

Any chance of this theme with an option to use the Whister start button flag? i think that would look SICK

[kevcart3]

^ maybe if you could give me an example of it, sorry i don't know what the "whister start button flag" is, just the windows flag, or what?

[Daask]

Here we go with an update, BETA 2 has many new fixes :D

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26779874/

[Draaku]

very nice theme!! I've always like the clearlooks look.

A couple of suggestions? Thin task bar, new windows logo for the start button :D

(Y) (Y)

[endemic]

I love this. I havea question, though: is it at all possible to get that alternate menubar color? If you look at the GNOME screen, you can see that the windows have a contrasting color in the menu bar. I want to know if it's possible to do that without the VS getting all gay and raggedy.

[kevcart3]

I love this. I havea question, though: is it at all possible to get that alternate menubar color? If you look at the GNOME screen, you can see that the windows have a contrasting color in the menu bar. I want to know if it's possible to do that without the VS getting all gay and raggedy.

I see what you are talking about, but I believe that explorer uses the same BMP file for the menubar & the toolbar, and it's called "toolbarbackground.bmp", but I will look into it, because I would like to make it as close as possible to the linux version :)

[Daask]

Dude, let's make that 2 versions. As i already handled the glossy one, i'm looking forward for yours.

Also... it would be so nice of you to help me make the taskbar thinner. i'm working on the next release ATM !

[kevcart3]

okay guys, thin taskbar version complete, Also, I changed the radio buttons and slider images to match the Linux theme.

Next is to add windows flag option :)

Grab It Here

[Billthy]

megaupload (N)

awesome job though! :D

[kevcart3]

Can you suggest a better place to upload it to? (i don't wanna upload to DeviantArt til it's done)

[AltecXP]

^ maybe if you could give me an example of it, sorry i don't know what the "whister start button flag" is, just the windows flag, or what?

its a few shades differnt then 2000

[kevcart3]

its a few shades differnt then 2000

Check it out