Novus

[Lamp0]

Excellent style!

hopefully someone will work on a vista port!

One tiny thing that I had to change was the out line around the close button. I just darkened it a bit;

The one on the left being the original:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8059/closedvv.jpg

For some reason it annoyed me...

[Jamushroom Veteran]

That's just a personal preference :) I like the original red line more then the darkened version. It used to be slightly darker, but it blended in too much with the blue.

[(Spork)]

makes me wish i was still on Xp

[Suicide]

long time no posts from me here ;)

but its about time to login and say 'great work man!'

keep it up with more colors

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^Thanks. Did you read the first post? :p

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Here's an update: I've posted a screenshot in the screenshots thread yesterday with a mod based off of Novus. The taskbar is ticker (as thick as Luna), it has a different startbutton and the buttons are also slightly different.

Now, to the point. Some people have told me that they rather use the thicker visual style instead of the current version. Therefor I'm going to finish the thicker style and release it as a substyle. Note that I changed the gloss a little because it looked a bit too flat on the thicker style.

This'll be done next week :)

Edited August 13, 2009 by Capric0rn

[peterPL]

I'm preparing Black Novus for myself, I love black :)

Edited August 13, 2009 by peterPL

[Jamushroom Veteran]

You've also changed the top part from the programs pane. May I ask why? Also, I had way different plans with Novus Black around the time that I posted a screenshot of it :p

[peterPL]

ohh you have right I made colorization from blue to black on NovusU and next put images to normal Novus folder :p only replace STARTUSERPANEL.bmp and forgot about STARTPANELMFUBACKGROUND.bmp thanks for notice, fixed a lot of better :)

OK finished :)

Edited August 13, 2009 by peterPL

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Novus Black doesn't look bad, that's for sure :)

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Sorry for the double post.

I had a little fun while playing with a few ideas for the startbutton. This is how a colored Windows flag would look:

[peterPL]

^ wow really nice I like it look so fresh

[feisty xan]

@Capric0rn:

Since you're not doing a black version of Novus, how about giving permission to peterPL to release his mod? I undestand that you had different ideas for a black version of Novus (hell, I really liked the mock up you posted some time ago) but what I've seen so far of peterPL's work looks great and seems to be in line with your quality standard.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Nope, you've pretty much nailed the exact reason. Plus, modifications are for personal use only and it's gonna stay that way ;)

[MrFuji]

Sorry for the double post.

I had a little fun while playing with a few ideas for the startbutton. This is how a colored Windows flag would look:

Love it! Adds a little bit more colour to the taskbar :)

[svnO.o]

Nice work. I'm using it in Windows 7 with XP Mode.

[MrFuji]

^Another reason why XP theming will never die ;)

[Lamp0]

That new style of Novus looks really great!

Why can't MS make styles this good?

[Jamushroom Veteran]

You guys do know that it's just a mockup right? :p I'm not even sure yet if I want to be using it.

[MrFuji]

You guys do know that it's just a mockup right? :p I'm not even sure yet if I want to be using it.

iirc, Luna Element had more or less official start button mods :cool:

[Jamushroom Veteran]

True, but right now I'm not going to try and finish things which wont be in the visual style :p

How about this little modification to the buttons?

[sylvester2]

You made me register in here just to comment new style ;) . I still do not know which start button is better - coloured one or the white one, but buttons looks great.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Haha, nice way to gain members for Neowin then :p I'm thinking about not changing the style to much with new startbutton flags etc.

[skelly831]

The new buttons look nice, I like the thicker taskbar, also the colored flag looks good but I think it would draw the eyes to the start button to much lol

[Jamushroom Veteran]

I'm probably going to use those buttons without the line, though it looks nice when those buttons are pressed so I'm not sure yet. The colored flag wont be used because I don't like it that much anymore. Also, the current blue flag flows better with the theme.