Crystal Msstyle

[LostboyR]

Thanks to everyone involved! This is a fantastic theme. This has actually gotten me away from all those grey-scale themes. :D

[honz12]

Originally posted by Neo Cyborg

im actually gonna to try to make my own bc (no offense) that dontt look that crystal like, lot more right and darker blues for top and bottom bar only the background will be different and it will be:

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/...0802/logout.gif

No offence taken. I agree that the blue's are darker, but cut those images out and place them on the krystallized wallpaper which is being used by most people using this theme and you'll see how perfect they match.

[EDIT] [/EDIT]

[Endoscient]

im using that now, i think it goes great with the theme because of how it is put together but that just looks like it belongs to another theme. what i did was actually taking the top bar from the login to resized it and made a mirror image for the bottom in the same size as the orig. one. i also took the body colors (will ask permmissions before [if] I release). tihnk it goes better becuse it is used with the login and goes better with the theme. this is my first time actually skinning stuff for xp.

also do u knwo how to change the bitmaps for the logout? when i changed 20142 it was only shutdown and i only saw logout buttons. i also presume 20140,20140 was for 256 color, is this right?

edit:

here is a current pic, i need to get a better kde logo and do buttons also do u know why i see the two little white lines there? (bad quality because i used paint to save instead of photoshop so ididnt used index colors so i had to lose quality for it to still be small)

[Crayon]

i think that thing is playing tricks on my eyes *_* it's as if the left side is wider than the right side..........

[humcheepeng]

Things left for you guys to do:

Log On Screen

Winamp 2 skin

Crystal rocks!

[proph]

Originally posted by Crayon

i think that thing is playing tricks on my eyes *_* it's as if the left side is wider than the right side..........

LOL, I was thinking the same thing! :)

[humcheepeng]

Here's a bug, Tim:

Notice that the maximized window's title is way too near the left corner and it is touching the icon.

[divinatum]

im workin on a winamp 2 skin.. but i got more important bug fixes and little tweaks on my theme, so the WA 2 skin doesnt get much attention.. :ermm:

[atomb]

Originally posted by Neo Cyborg

also do u knwo how to change the bitmaps for the logout? when i changed 20142 it was only shutdown and i only saw logout buttons. i also presume 20140,20140 was for 256 color, is this right?

yeah Neo Cyborg that's located in the shell32.dll at the bottom of the bitmaps.

@Crayon and proph yeah the first time i tested the logon screen i was like what the heck it should be all squared up. then relized i accidently created an optical illusion. hehe i figured it looked cool so i left it that way.

@humcheepeng i did make a logon screen, i know it doesn't match 100% with the style, but hey it's the first one i've ever made.

[humcheepeng]

Anyone having the Log Off and Turn Off icons for classic start menu? I am thinking of replacing the default winxp ones in shell32.dll...

[solace]

Originally posted by honz12

OH!!! btw.

http://www.honz12.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/for...f/msgina-ss.jpg

Will be released soon, pending permission.

Thanks to Marvilla for the background images.

while these look awesome, and 100x better than my ****ty looking one i made :), would there be any chance that a version that looks less "glossy" like could be made? one reason i really like the Crystal look, is it's not all glassy and candy ala: OS X, and those 2 things are sorta glassy looking. maybe make a version that's a little softer sorta like the blue on the taskbar & titlebars of the crystal msstyle/wb?

thanks either way ;)

edited to say: i just noticed the bottom of those is kinda what i'm talking about, less glossy, matches the taskbar/titlebar a bit more :)

[Ethen]

Honz,

Did you create the Crystal Style? Or was that taken from Evraldo's Crystal icons set.

With the windows blind skin, you made, are these gel buttons on the taskbar for open apps present or are they new to Tim's mmstyle for xp of crystal.

How close is tim's skin to being a true port of your windows blind skin, and the windows blind skin is it a port of a crystal theme for *nix or just based fully on the crystal icons and dreamed up on your own?

Either way, Good work on the theme, the crystal style looks really good. I also spent sometime looking at your web site.

You are a master skinner. Keep up the good work.

[saerdna]

Im workin on a winamp2 skin.. since i have physics test tomorrow i cant work on the skin today. stay calm and keep it real!

[honz12]

Originally posted by Ethen

Honz,

Did you create the Crystal Style? Or was that taken from Evraldo's Crystal icons set.

Hmm, not sure what you mean here? The Crystal Style?

With the windows blind skin, you made, are these gel buttons on the taskbar for open apps present or are they new to Tim's mmstyle for xp of crystal.

The gel buttons in the msstyle taskbar were taken from the WB skin.

How close is tim's skin to being a true port of your windows blind skin, and the windows blind skin is it a port of a crystal theme for *nix or just based fully on the crystal icons and dreamed up on your own?

Tim's port is fantastic! Very close to the original. There are some things in the WB skin which did not appear in the mssytle, maybe it was because msstyles couldn't do it?? I don't know enough about that, but as an example: The menubar in notepad (file, edit, etc) doesn't appear as it does in the WB neither do the drop down menu's from here. Some other minor things, but mostly it's a top notch conversion and I'm more than happy with it. It's just differences between WB and msstyles. (WB can't skin slider controls for example(See pic)

BTW, I'd like to think it was mostly 100% dreamed up by me, but check this link out http://kdelook.org/content/preview.php?file=1586-1.png

I didn't rip my skin from here......I was inspired by it =]

Either way, Good work on the theme, the crystal style looks really good. I also spent sometime looking at your web site.

Thank you!!

You are a master skinner. Keep up the good work.

Thank you!!

Please note that I'm not trying to say one is better than the other. I use both equally, and am very happy with both. But overall I prefer WindowBlinds. Anyway click the pics for comparisons if you're interested.

MSSTYLES

WINDOWBLINDS

[SpiceHustle29]

Honz, what dock program do u use on ur desktop?

[honz12]

Originally posted by SpiceHustle29

Honz, what dock program do u use on ur desktop?

DesktopX - I can't get mobydock to run on my system......but I'm upgrading at Xmas!!! =]

[User_Deleted]

Originally posted by honz12

DesktopX - I can't get mobydock to run on my system......but I'm upgrading at Xmas!!! =]

any word on when your dock will be released ?

[honz12]

um I haven't even asked everaldo about it yet. :ermm: :ponder:

I've still to do some work to do on it. The three icons to the right of the chat icon are homes for popup menus and the popups are still styled for an underling theme I had made.

I'll work on it some more, ask everaldo if there would be any chance of a custom icon editor icon to replace the hein's one.

[Ethen]

"Did you create the Crystal Style? Or was that taken from Evraldo's Crystal icons set.

Hmm, not sure what you mean here? The Crystal Style?"

Thank you for explaining it all to me. I wasn't sure about the whole history of the Crystal look.

I know it was originally designed for conectiva, to give a updated look by Everaldo.

By crystal style I was meaning this latest crystal craze.

I understand it all now. Everaldo invented it, you have mastered it, and the results are amazing.

This comment probably belongs on KDElook.org but anyway, regarding the crystal icons of now compared to the original set it looks like Everaldo did a good job of cleaning them up. He has also removed allot of the 3rd party icons too. The latest set looks great.

Your dock icons, and icon mods look pretty sharp too. Keep up the good work.

[Deemaa]

What an excellent theme. Many, many thanks to everyone concerned in making it. May I also add my wish for the msgina.dll and some mouseover action on the quicklaunch items, to complete the system. Also if the requests are to be fullfilled, I would like a skin for GetRight download manager if possible.

I have downloaded the "Crystal Remote" for WinAmp, would some kind person tell me how to apply it in WinAmp 3? Many thanks in advance

[Klownicle]

Originally posted by Neo Cyborg

im actually gonna to try to make my own bc (no offense) that dontt look that crystal like, lot more right and darker blues for top and bottom bar only the background will be different and it will be:

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/...0802/logout.gif

I think I perfer this version better then the first one. More flat imo. I like that. Beucase colors really don't matter when it comes to those log off screens. For one its all black in white when it happens. Hope to see both thoe.

Somthing I think is better also, is that it matchs my mobydock skin :D

But that windows logo in that one you should does kinda scew be away from it. Id want a kde logo.

[solace]

anyone know if there's a KDE style similiar to the Crystal WB and MSStyle? if so i've yet to find one

i've been running keramik w/ the crystal icons on KDE 3.1 for a few months, but have not seen a style for KDE like this one, i'd like to though, as i like having my KDE & Windows desktops look pretty similiar

[Endoscient]

That is my latest version, just need to do the buttons now. One quesiton, you see on the log-out one i ircled sometihng, thats because for some reason you see a black or white little line in that spot of bottom and top, do u know y? it not the image, it dont have it plz help.

[Klownicle]

This is what I did for mine. Its a combo of both. Depth and colors. On mine, I made the colors match the taskbar more, and change the top area of the dialog. I perfer this look.

[Gary King]

Originally posted by Klownicle

This is what I did for mine. Its a combo of both. Depth and colors. On mine, I made the colors match the taskbar more, and change the top area of the dialog. I perfer this look.

Looks great :D:D