[Beta 1] Gui.Air

[wratho]

amazing!

[Weust]

Looks very nice

But i will wait for other colors

Thanks Bose

[nO-One]

Incredible the b0se, well worth the wait. You truly are one of the few themers out there that understands that less can be more and theme's don't have to be intrucive (sp?) to be different.

- The dark parts of the theme are going to take time to get used to but I'm sure I will.

- The over state of scrollbars are orange, just a heads up.

- I was wondering about the tabs, I know they can be a pain in the ass to make, but are you considering making tabs that are more like the rest of the theme, slightly beveled and such.

Now back in december I was making a theme for my phone and before I knew it I ended up with a theme that looked a whole lot like Gui.Air, I think it's a good thing when your designs are influencing people.

Here's what the theme looks like, originally made to look toonish since I like Adult Swim.

Now don't worry though, I won't be releasing the theme.

[feverfive]

So far, so good. I'm actually glad bOse changed the start button. Just my personal preference, but I hate a start button that has text. Looking forward to additional colors and a proper WB port....

[b0se]

binqker: No, I will not be giving permission to anyone (ever) to port my themes to Mac. I will be skinning for that myself soon.

digitaljames: How can he 'steal your thunder'? You made a personal port. Am I missing something? :?)

fudgetunnel: Got anything better to worry about? I would like to get my theme out and tested before releasing. Not to mention the fact it lets people use it before release. With XPMC I made the mistake of releasing each RC separately, and it caused problems. Hence a single closed beta on Neowin then the full final release.

Thanks for the feedback!

nO-One: They are meant to be orange. Default colour is a mix of blue, black and orange. Liek I said before, I find themes that are the same colour boring. Tabs are not skinned yet, I have a nice idea for them though :?)

[Googintosh]

I don't know how to make my criticism constructive because I know nothing of graphic design. So I'll just state what I like/dislike.

I dislike all the start buttons that followed after the concept skin. IMO the concept start button (the textual one) was best, it was very simplistic and unobtrusive. It meshed well on the taskbar.

I think the orange line on the bottom of the columns. They look out of place. Perhaps they'd look better if the the orange line appeared only when the column was hovered on (like Opus OS).

Finally, the line on the bottom of the taskbar. I think its great, however, maybe a pixel thinner. Some of the full 16x16 icons look almost flush against it.

What I really like:

As always, you make the best minimize, maximize, and exit buttons. The system tray icon is really neat. It suits the theme perfectly. As does the quick launch arrow.

I realise no one is going to like every aspect of a work, but the skin is still great and I appreciate the the skin nonetheless.

(Y) (Y)

The others that share my opinon can only hope for the chance of seeing a simplistic variation of the start menu skin. :drool:

Good work b0se.

[digitaljames]

binqker: No, I will not be giving permission to anyone (ever) to port my themes to Mac. I will be skinning for that myself soon.

digitaljames: How can he 'steal your thunder'? You made a personal port. Am I missing something? :?)

Ooh...Ross on OSX...excellent. Be prepared for a theming mightmare.;))

The stealing thunder part was a joke since I had already done a lot on the Mac platform.

I shall wait patiently....

[SMELTN]

amazing theme.. I can not wait for orange, and black...

I have wanted a good orange theme for a while now but couldnt find one.

[weirdal]

made a samurize CNN news thing using the screenshot in the first post here :)

[mikep]

if anyone is looking for a good matching wallpaper, this one goes great with it.

http://wallpaperstock.com/gflem-aqua-wallpapers_w999.html

[Marduk]

AHHHHHH!!! W00t! Looks amazing! Great work b0se!

[BreakingBenjamin]

I dislike all the start buttons that followed after the concept skin. IMO the concept start button (the textual one) was best, it was very simplistic and unobtrusive. It meshed well on the taskbar.

As an old reader of the work in progress topic, I follow that.

Please b0se, bring back the good old textual start button :D

;)

[ThePitt]

I was browsing your image dir and both preview rocks b0se! (the orange one)

[Dejon]

I dislike all the start buttons that followed after the concept skin. IMO the concept start button (the textual one) was best, it was very simplistic and unobtrusive. It meshed well on the taskbar.

I agree, other then that the visual style looks great.

[invhntr]

I like the new Start Button.

[sn00pie]

Hey, b0se, I have a suggestion could you make the taskband flash colour something brighter? Or something that stands out, the dark blue isn't very easy to notice amist all that blue around. :D

I love it! :woot:

And the current start button doesn't go with the theme very well honestly.

Edited February 18, 2006 by Game

[hkore]

I like this skin even at its beta stage.

Although i do quite agree on the start button issue.

[invhntr]

There is NOTHING wrong with the Start Button.

[Purple Haze]

I like the start button.

I would like to see the taskband or whatever it's called a different color - like a lighter blue, something that blends nicely.

But it's still a pleasant theme regardless.

[heesey1010]

the start button...i don't know. i think it just looks like something you'd see on a scrollbar.

I wish i could screenie right now but I'm lazy...when you group windows (e.g.: many AIM windows) and when you put your cursor above it, the "selection" looks very awk...the whole selection "block" becomes bigger than the taskbar...

i'll screenie later if need be. using other theme for now only because i'm picky, but i'll be verrry glad when this gets out of beta :) good job

[b0se]

Thanks for the feedback. Everything is being noted but you'll appreciate I cannot reply to every post (Y)

digitaljames: Is it that bad? :?)

[GuidZilla]

I really liked the grey start button from modified orange screenshot personally. Matched with the grey of the clock tray area I thought it fit pretty well. Not a huge fan of this current start button but love the rest. Part I realllllly like is the curved backgrounds on the start/programs text as well as when you have control panel set to expand as a menu, those little touches are great.

[BMac]

I like the start button but that's just this man's opinion.

[hkore]

The start button is not such a huge issue, but I do think it will make a different if it was like in the screenshot.

Whatever floats your boat.

[Kristopher]

i would be perfectly happy if the text start button was made available for people to mod themselves.