[VS] Watercolor Lite v2.0

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The modded version AFAIK is done by Dazzla, and Tim/Binary said they will not make a version like this ....

Radish.

Yep, but a lot of pple modded it just like that. Where did they get the bitmap?:ninja:a:

Just ask Dazzla via P:):) ....

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This is a very nice theme. :D I like it very much. :) One question... will you ever skin the taskbar similar to the window bars? Like, the box/tile pattern by the clock.

Keep up the good work! :D

nope, he has stated before he won't be doing that. it's easy to do yourself, if you have the bitmaps. :)

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Is it possible to put the Watercolor squares in the shellstyle? & make the color like the titlebar:):) ....

Radish.

No. I don't want this theme to look tacky, and adding mozaic's all over the place would do just that:unsure:e: Thats why I still to this day wont add the mozaic to the startpanel or taskbar. Watercolor is meant to be a classic type theme where your eyes arnt bothered by out of the place graphics/eye candy. I think if I started 'spicing it up' it would start to lose it's professionalism.

Sorry but thats just how I see it. You guys can always edit the theme to your likings.

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Oh, and the color is the same as the right hand side of the titlebar, I tried the light blue, but it was way too distracting.

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Excellent use of WinRAR SFX for the installer :)

I am impressed with just that :p

Nice theme, however could you please add rounded corners to the "All Programs" option in the start menu? :)

Sorry, that's not possible, it's just a selection.

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In light of recent WB adaptions, I have also updated watercolor to look 'better' in apps like photoshop. Here's a screenie of the next revision:

psfix.jpg

Now before you guy's start bitching ;)... NO there wont be any mozaic's added to these small tool window frame captions. Why? Because they just get squished anyways, and PS is what most people use, and a mozaic could distract from their current task at hand. So they will be nice and clean looking now, and hopefully less distracting/buggy.

Also the next revision will sport new shellstyles (as seen above) and a black colour scheme.

The summer/fall colour packs will be released later on. I'm just trying to squash the last few remaining bugs/annoyances before I jump into colour packs :) They will be much easier to maintain if there are no bugs to comb through in each substyle.

*edit* oh and I have semi-fixed the taskbar scrollbar issue, though it wasnt really necessary to fix.

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I am also interested in the colored taskbar.

I PM'ed Dazzala and recieved no response.

I also PM'ed other members that displayed it in their desktops and they wont send it to me because its a mod of someone elses work!

Could someone please send me these bmp's? :huh:

Is it possible to get the owner to allow these bitmaps to be posted? :) Really great work! Can't wait for more color schemes!

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