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Hi all,

Well, I was waiting for the man himself to post the release news here, but I think I'll take the reigns on this one...

A few weeks ago, DanilloOc (of iFlex fame) released a screenshot of his new WB, aerial. I've literally been refreshing his DA page ever since then. Today, he released it, and believe me - it's beautiful... the attention to detail, the smoothness, the widgets, the little touches, the distinct lack of aero-ness - I'm in love! Get it at DeviantArt or WinCustomize

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The only bad thing I would say about this is that on the full start menu the text colour for the right hand links is a little dark, other than that it's excellent.

My bad, I just rebooted and now the text is white :huh:

Edited by alex.

I found a colour scheme for winamp modern..wich fits nicely :)

FathomWA.png

To install, open x:\program files\winamp\skins\winamp modern\xml\color-presets.xml

And put this code somewhere..doesn't realy matter where :)

<gammaset id="Fathom">
  <gammagroup id="Backgrounds" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Backgrounds2" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Bolt" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Menubar" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="MenubarText" value="1355,1355,1355" gray="0" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="Titlebar" value="-1181,-1181,-1181" gray="1" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="TitlebarText" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="TitlebarElements" value="-2406,-2406,-2406" gray="2" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="TitlebarHover" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Text" value="-1356,-1356,-1356" gray="1" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Text Inverse" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Buttons" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="ButtonsHover" value="-4096,-1327,-277" gray="0" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="Buttons2" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="ButtonsHover2" value="-4096,-1327,-277" gray="0" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="ButtonGlow" value="-4096,-1823,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ButtonsActive" value="-4096,-1327,-277" gray="0" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="ButtonStatus" value="-4096,-1327,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ButtonText" value="4096,4096,4096" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Scrollbar Buttons" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Scrollbar Hover" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Led" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Display" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="1" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="DisplaySongtickerBG" value="-2464,-2464,-2464" gray="1" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="DisplayElements" value="-423,-394,-394" gray="0" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="DisplayVis" value="-4096,-1823,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="DisplayBeatVis" value="-4096,-1823,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="DisplaySongticker" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="DisplaySongtickerShade" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ProgressBar" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="BGOverlayDark" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="BGOverlayBright" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="BG2Textoverlay" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="TextDark" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ListText" value="-2318,-2318,-2318" gray="1" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ListTextSelected" value="-4096,-1823,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ListTextCurrent" value="-4096,-1823,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ListBackground" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="1" />
  <gammagroup id="ListSelBackground" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="ListColumnText" value="-4096,-1823,-277" gray="0" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Tooltips Background" value="-2960,-2960,-2960" gray="2" boost="0" />
  <gammagroup id="Tooltips Text" value="539,568,568" gray="0" boost="1" />
</gammaset>

Simplicity with the 'Black::GrayBG::White' colour scheme is also a nice fit...

@Alex - I was about to say - then I saw your edit, that the colours on my full start menu are cool...

Has anyone tried to recolour the skin yet?

I'd also like to point out, that this is one of those very rare dark skins which doesnt ruin firefoxes tabs readability.

/me lubs

  • 2 weeks later...

BTW, how do I get rid of this annoying line? (see pic)

I already turned off shadow on menu's, but the menu edge does not adapt to the new background.

Hmmm... I dont have that problem... I know it's lame, but a reboot might help.

Also, what does the 'System Information' option say in your WB Configuration window?

Looks alright:

WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Wblind.dll 2006/03/21 13:33:46

Wbsrv.dll 2005/12/20 22:57:44

Wbconfig.exe 2006/03/19 14:33:44

Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 00:04:40

Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 15:37:00

Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06

Tray.dll 2005/11/02 13:28:26

Reboot does not fix it though.

Hmmm... did you get the absolute latest version off DA? He has updated it... the only other thing I can think of, if this doesnt work, is to request help from the author.

Did mail him. He did give some tips but suggested to contact Stardock, tips did not work. Maybe it's my graphicscard (GF5200) that doesn't want to.... :no:

I downloaded yesterday from DA, should be the latest...

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