Watercolor Emico

[Guest herq]

Ah thanks, seems like I forgot to change the top taskbar image. Another reason to consider an update with blue toolbar buttons :p

Fantastic style! Thank you Capric0rn, it is just soooooo great to have such a beautiful xp style in this wretched vista era!

And I agree that the orange toolbar button might be a little bit inconsistent, especially in the washed style. When you click or hover on a toolbar button, usually there is no vivid color in other parts of the windows, most of the elements are light gray-black like. I personally prefer light gray, glass style toolbar buttons like the StartGroupToolbarButton and scrollbars.

And I think the orange placebar button is just okay - "OK"and "Cancel" buttons also have orange color, it balances the whole visual effect.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Thanks! :D

The toolbar buttons will keep the same style as the placebar buttons. The StartGroupToolbarButton design is only used for the menu items, scrollbars and the listview header. I've tried making them for the toolbars but it didn't look as nice. The toolbar buttons also shouldn't have any gloss IMO. A gradient goes better with the clean toolbar background.

What do you btw mean with "usually there is no vivid color in other parts of the windows"? It all depends on the visual style how the toolbar buttons look. There's no rule to not have them colored :p I made the selected item grey on purpose so that it's less distracting.

I'm going to put an update out tomorrow with blue toolbar buttons (which means that the placebar buttons are also going to blue). It'll also contain a fix for the top taskbar.

[tehmemories]

I like the mockup shellstyle. can we see the mockup on a folder :p

[Scirwode]

Thanks for the comments! :D

Here's a mockup for the shellstyles:

Wow, it's so simple, but elegant in a way :p . Was the old Watercolor's shellstyle like this, because I remember there were lines or something. Correct me if I'm wrong though :p .

Scirwode

[russellc]

Thanks for the comments! :D

Here's a mockup for the shellstyles:

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That looks fantastic. I like it better than the Vista style shellstyle. Am looking forward to it!

[tsupersonic]

Wow, excellent job on Black. :)

Lovin Black Modern. err that doesn't sound right

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^Thanks! :D

@Scirwode: The original shellstyle for Watercolor was way different. This is what the original looks like. Mine does look a bit like the one that Binary had in his Watercolor XP. Mine will also get arrows and probably also the lines, I'll have to see how it looks with the lines. Note that the finished version will also have the icons on the side.

@russellc: Thanks :)

I'll make a mockup in a folder later today. I'm also working on a Logon screen :)

[tsupersonic]

Can't wait for the logon screen. The logon screenshots in this thread are great. Keep up the good work

[tehmemories]

Yea. I hate vVista shellstyles on an XP theme.

[rodkelly]

Also, I tossed in a shellstyle I like from Royal Red by TestyAmoeba, but it won't work with WE Black. I have it as C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\WE Black\Shell\Normal Color\Shellstyle.dll like any other visual style I have installed. It works with everything else. Any ideas?

Your Shell folder should have a setup the same as I've listed below. I think you have an extra space in there. Note that you need a shellstyle for each substyle.

06/20/2008 09:08 AM <DIR> BlackC

06/20/2008 09:08 AM <DIR> BlackM

06/20/2008 09:07 AM <DIR> BlackWC

06/20/2008 09:07 AM <DIR> NormalColor

[Lee G. Veteran]

Yea. I hate vVista shellstyles on an XP theme.

Yeah, me too :/ I hope we can have a neat shellstyle on the left - I'm thinking of one that looks similar to the Royale shellstyle.

Oh, and after having a problem where my computer wouldn't load the OS after copying the files off the CD, which I've now solved, I'm now installing Windows XP. I can't wait to finally use Emico on it :woot:

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^I know someone that's working on that kind of a shellstyle ;) And no it's not me :p

[mitchmalibu]

And I thought it couldn't get any better. The black version is perfect, great mix between eye candy and usability.

[SakuraKira]

Why is the scrollbar on the left panel in Explorer not themed like everything else? Is that part of the shellstyle?

Yes.

@ Cap: YAAAAAAY! :heart:

[acies]

Excellent! Love the Black! :cool:

[Yggdrasilly]

that's all good and well but how long will that take? would be a lot better if the shellstyle was released soon or even as you release a colour style

I just woke up and found that Black was released, so I'll get to work on the black shellstyles straight away.

@Capric0rn: With your permission, [after screenshots of course,] can I release the shellstyles alongside your releases? Also, Washed Black is amazing. :3

[edit] Black Shellstyles are done:

The difference between the two is actually very subtle now that I'm working with it.

Edited June 20, 2008 by Yggdrasilly

[tehmemories]

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Nice idea, but the Vista style isn't that great for this vs.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

I think it's nice that there are different kinds of shellstyles for this visual style to chose from. There are people that like the Vista-ish shellstyle and other people like to have it on the side. I personally don't like either shellstyles because they kinda break the theme. So expect another update for all the styles.

I personally wouldn't use the Vista-ish shellstyles for a long time but I am going to try them out.

[Yggdrasilly]

Well, if all goes according to plan, it will be released as an 'Addon Pack' for the suite. There's a few people working on different shellstyles, so you'll be able to choose the one you want. At least that's how I'm understanding it.

I find it actually looks pretty good, if you have something like FindeXer, or the Folders Pane open. Without it though, the windows look a little naked. :/

[skelly831]

Great work on WE Black Capric0rn! +fav'ed on dA :)

I can't wait for your shellstyles :drool:

[Yggdrasilly]

So, with Capric0rn's permission, I've created a dA page for my shellstyles! :D

Check out the thread here, and the dA page here.

[andy_rose]

Love the black one..cant wait to get the update with the blue toolbar buttons..the orange is a no..and finally, awesome shellstyles Yggdrasilly!

[SakuraKira]

The TextShadowColor for the start menu user name is a bit too blue on the classic sub-styles.

classic color shadow = 44 96 178

modern color shadow = 38 40 48

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Thank you. It has been fixed in the updated version. I might release it later today :)

[tsupersonic]

I'm using modern black, but found a bug :p