[RELEASE] Longhorn Percept

[savourymonkey]

I'm not doing the installer, but as I understand it, yes. The only proviso to that is that for it to look exactly the same, you'll need to have styler, avedesk and WB5 installed and running. Apart from that, yes. As for the above, the avedesk sidebar will be provided in the pack. It's not quite finished yet. The great thing about it is that, whilst I will include some widgets to match Vista, there are plenty of existing things for it, as in my screenshot, so you'll be able to have plenty of things to play with. Now, why isn't someone reading this also reading my desperate plea for help with my shellstyle three or four threads down? that problem is driving me crazy....

[feverfive]

Now, why isn't someone reading this also reading my desperate plea for help with my shellstyle three or four threads down? that problem is driving me crazy....

Maybe PM Boz? He did some shellstyles for LE4, and seemed to know what he is doing....

I'd prefer no installer, but that's just me.. Also, not addressing your post, but where can I get those folder icons? Those are great!

[Tuco]

This is shaping up to be something rather special, thanks to you & those helping you on this.

[hades16]

here the link of the best vista theme for WB5

enjoooy :D

http://s2.bitefight.fr/c.php?uid=42530

[savourymonkey]

All skins will be available as a pack without the installer because I never trust them myself. The installer will only be provided as an extra for those who are looking to change quickly, and is based on a very succesful installer package, which to date has received very few complaints from anyone. It will not be included unless every system tested reacts well, and the uninstaller is flawless.

Folder icons are to be included in the pack, along with other icons modded and recoloured from Vista. File types in my screens are Documinium, and the drives are from Hein's M.A.C set. Of course, these will not be included.

@hades16, this is not designed to be a vista theme, it will not mimick vista accurately, except for vista percept, which is really just for fun, but which is indistinguishable from the real thing in still shots.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

hades16 is spamming a lame link :s

it hasnt even got anything to do with this thread so why is he even posting it :/

[CeL_dAmAgE]

^^ Because he is t3h n00b!!!11!!oneone. Anyway. I'm not so smart at changing file type icons, and in Icontweaker, it only gives me a short list, so do savourymonkey, could you explain what to do in Reshacker (I assume that that is the safest way, right?) in order to change the different icons for .rar, .mp3, .wav, .mpeg, and others?

[Jamushroom Veteran]

heh, with iconpackager you can add file types to change the icons :p

[CeL_dAmAgE]

But I don't feel like buying iconpackager :(

[Jamushroom Veteran]

try iPhile :)

[savourymonkey]

Iphile is very good as is icon-sushi (is that the name, I forget?) Changing your icons in shell32 is great for most things, but file types tend to be contained in the .exe of the program that they are associated with, so, for example, if you use firefox as your browser, the icon for offline webpages is located in firefox.exe. That means that having some icon changing program is really a necessity, unless you have a lot of free time on your hands. PM me and I'll direct you to something half-way decent.

[CeL_dAmAgE]

Thanks a lot savourymonkey. Anyway, good luck with the pack, hope to use it soon ;) .

[+.Vamp Subscriber²]

Still hush hush on a release date??

Please release it soon, its like being a kid, hearing the ice cream truck a block of two away, and knowing its coming to you soon, but the wait it horrible!!

[CeL_dAmAgE]

Be pacient. . . Maybe if we don't post a lot of useless crap in this thread, it wont turn out like the W.I.P. thread for b0se's new VS, GUI.Air. 25 pages of complete crap. And I feel a whole lots better knowing I was a part of it ;) .

[CeL_dAmAgE]

Hey savourymonkey, how's the theme going? Haven't heard another so far, hope that it gets released soon!

[Tai]

I'm not doing the installer, but as I understand it, yes. The only proviso to that is that for it to look exactly the same, you'll need to have styler, avedesk and WB5 installed and running. Apart from that, yes. As for the above, the avedesk sidebar will be provided in the pack. It's not quite finished yet. The great thing about it is that, whilst I will include some widgets to match Vista, there are plenty of existing things for it, as in my screenshot, so you'll be able to have plenty of things to play with. Now, why isn't someone reading this also reading my desperate plea for help with my shellstyle three or four threads down? that problem is driving me crazy....

avedesk sidebar ? what's that ? did I miss something ?

[CeL_dAmAgE]

It's just a sidebar running within Avedesk. You know with sysstats, you can have calculators running, RSS feeds galore, and other stuff. This is just a complete dock though. You could also do the same with the leaked Vista sidebar, in which the patch and stuff like that is legal, yet the actual sidebar is illigal. Just wait some time till the Vista 5308 sidebar gets leaked, there will definetely be some good stuff over there.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

i think that looks awesome (Y) very good work

[grdh20]

Often the classic start menu backgrounds and other random menu backgrounds don't get skinned in the black and you can't read the text.

[+.Vamp Subscriber²]

Bump... any word??

[CeL_dAmAgE]

Yeah, any word on this shell patcher? I really want this on my desktop!

[shadowcaster]

What happened to the development of this?

[illicit]

I think that this looks very nice. :)

[grdh20]

What happened to the development of this?

I think he must have met a horrible fate.

[+.Vamp Subscriber²]

Maybe he got eaten by oversized man-eating hedgehogs.