Leopard for Vista

[omganinja]

Leopard for Vista @ DeviantART Edited April 20, 2008 by omganinja

[dysmatik]

Well done. Coming along nicely.

[Knife Party]

this looks very interesting, i actually like it alot since most vista vs's are mostly the same

might a suggest some things?

1. make a vista flag

2. keep the vista buttons, they look nice !

3. keep the taskbar that size, its a very good balance

also, where can i get a working, safe uxtheme patch for my SP1? :D cheers

[omganinja]

this looks very interesting, i actually like it alot since most vista vs's are mostly the same

might a suggest some things?

1. make a vista flag

2. keep the vista buttons, they look nice !

3. keep the taskbar that size, its a very good balance

also, where can i get a working, safe uxtheme patch for my SP1? :D cheers

Glad you like it.

The only safe way is to do it yourself. Download the dlls from withinwindows, take ownership of the original dlls and give yourself full permission, rename them to uxtheme.dll.bak themeui.dll.bak and svcshs.dll.bak then extract the patched ones. You'll probably need to stop the themes service while you do this though, the start it again once your done. You'll also need to reboot afterwards.

[CrashG]

this looks very interesting, i actually like it alot since most vista vs's are mostly the same

might a suggest some things?

1. make a vista flag

2. keep the vista buttons, they look nice !

3. keep the taskbar that size, its a very good balance

also, where can i get a working, safe uxtheme patch for my SP1? :D cheers

Get the Uxtheme patch http://www.withinwindows.com/uxtheme-patches/

This thread might be useful also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSSTYLES

Edited April 8, 2008 by CrashGordon

[omganinja]

That neowin thread is uxtheme info for XP ?_?

[CrashG]

That neowin thread is uxtheme info for XP ?_?

Yeah, but are the steps similar?_?

[omganinja]

Yeah, but are the steps similar?_?

Theres 3 files to patch in vista as apposed to XPs 1 file. And you need to take ownership of the dlls which you dont need to do in XP.

[CrashG]

Theres 3 files to patch in vista as apposed to XPs 1 file. And you need to take ownership of the dlls which you dont need to do in XP.

Edited post above.

[hotdog666al]

Actually looking pretty good, usually OSX skins disappoint me, but this is a good start.

[C_Guy]

If you replaced the Apple logo (watch out for their lawyers!) with the Windows one and moved the Taskbar back down it would be a great theme all on it's own.

[User6060]

very nice, if you added some old skool aqua scroll bars and hd-gages i think it would be killer. also i think some aqua max/min buttons are in order but you said those are temp.

keep up the good work (Y)

[omganinja]

very nice, if you added some old skool aqua scroll bars and hd-gages i think it would be killer. also i think some aqua max/min buttons are in order but you said those are temp.

keep up the good work (Y)

Wont be adding aqua stuff since its Leopard not Tiger. Trying to be consistent.

[Xero]

Thats real nice man, clean and smooth. Actually makes Vista look pretty decent without all the transparency. Keep up the work but I think a version with the semi-transparent taskbar would be a nice touch. But don't overuse the transparency looks ace the way it is. Also remember the windows get a bright gray when inactive.

Also as much as you don't want to add any aqua elements Leopard still uses many of them, such as scrollbars, radio buttons, checkboxes, and progress bars. Although if you take a look at iTunes you should find an alternative that would match the Leopard style.

[omganinja]

Also remember the windows get a bright gray when inactive.

Yeah, I had it like that at first, but the vista theming engine sucks and you cant change the sides and bottom of the borders for inactive windows, so it looked stupid with light titlebar and dark borders.

[cswimbound]

Yeah, I had it like that at first, but the vista theming engine sucks and you cant change the sides and bottom of the borders for inactive windows, so it looked stupid with light titlebar and dark borders.

I have a question about this theme...is this an aero only version theme or can vista basic only users also use this? if non aero-supported cards can't run this you should think about making a vista basic version as I'd love to use this as my primary theme...just a suggestion though since I dont see any types of transparencies from the screenshot with this theme. keep up the good work :)

[Simon Veteran]

Looks really nice, although the black borders are a bit too... black, let's say. If you could make those a dark grey, it'd be much better.

The Leopard window borders are actually the same color grey as the window toolbars, etc. on the outer border, a light grey on the inner border, then the toolbars you have now, but I'm not sure how easy that would be to implement in an msstyle.

[Thrawn]

Hey that's not too bad. Coming along nicely for sure.

It'll be much better if you get the borders correct with appropriate alpha and shadows - this will make the difference between it being barely (not) usable vs. usable and cool.

[omganinja]

I have a question about this theme...is this an aero only version theme or can vista basic only users also use this? if non aero-supported cards can't run this you should think about making a vista basic version as I'd love to use this as my primary theme...just a suggestion though since I dont see any types of transparencies from the screenshot with this theme. keep up the good work :)

When finished it will work for both aero and basic.

Looks really nice, although the black borders are a bit too... black, let's say. If you could make those a dark grey, it'd be much better.

The Leopard window borders are actually the same color grey as the window toolbars, etc. on the outer border, a light grey on the inner border, then the toolbars you have now, but I'm not sure how easy that would be to implement in an msstyle.

Will do, thanks.

[Badie05]

That looks so cool. Are you able to reposition the Taskbar. And maybe take that Apple logo away?

[omganinja]

That looks so cool. Are you able to reposition the Taskbar. And maybe take that Apple logo away?

Apple logo stays....its an osx theme...

Reposition the taskbar?

Wow, where'd you get the idea for that sig? Very original...

[Badie05]

Yah, from the top to the bottom for people not used to the Mac style (I'm ok with either)

Wow, where'd you get the idea for that sig? Very original...

I dono...It kinda just popped into my head...hm

[omganinja]

People can move the taskbar wherever the **** they want. And by popped into your head you mean you copy and pasted mine and changed the inside. That window border is from a theme I made...

[omganinja]

Looks really nice, although the black borders are a bit too... black, let's say. If you could make those a dark grey, it'd be much better.

The Leopard window borders are actually the same color grey as the window toolbars, etc. on the outer border, a light grey on the inner border, then the toolbars you have now, but I'm not sure how easy that would be to implement in an msstyle.

Better?

Edited April 9, 2008 by omganinja

[Denis W. Veteran]

Screenshot looks great. Somehow you nailed it for Explorer's toolbar. (Y)

Question: I noticed in all your themes you killed off the shadows, possibly to make it seamless between the basic and Aero variants of a VS. Would it be possible to put them back into this one, seeing how there are shadows and smooth edges for Leopard windows?