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Here's my osx style, using a surprisingly good aqua desktop x theme. I cant find an Aqua webblinds theme anywhere so could someone point me in the right direction? ~~Neyo~~?

And i've just found out that the damn Objectbar trial doesn't let you install your own themes. And i've got about 5 now, Damn you stardock...

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hehe..

Dazzla... Lemmie have a Scour... I'll get Back 2 ya...

Can i assume thats a Desktop X, Dock!? ...either that of u have some Great Anti aliasing... on those "usual" Lame looking icons that appear in AquaDock!

u Edited Shell32.dll i assume?! :D

holla! ;)

NeYo

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Sorry Guys... the reason i got Crap like about IE6 on there.. cus i was posting it on MacOSX.Com Forum... and it kinda proves it aint such a hoax as some on there think! :p

NeYo

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Can i assume thats a Desktop X, Dock!? ...either that of u have some Great Anti aliasing... on those "usual" Lame looking icons that appear in AquaDock!

u Edited Shell32.dll i assume?!

Yeah thats a desktop x dock, i've posted the link on the january destkop thread. Sheer has posted his REAL Mac OS X desktop there. It's pushing me further towards buying a new iMac...

The download on the dock is there. What makes you think i edited shell32.dll?

I also have to confess to not liking the Aquadock program at all

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Yeah thats a desktop x dock, i've posted the link on the january destkop thread. Sheer has posted his REAL Mac OS X desktop there. It's pushing me further towards buying a new iMac...

The download on the dock is there. What makes you think i edited shell32.dll?

I also have to confess to not liking the Aquadock program at all

Cool... i guess i was Hoping u was Gonna Say... NO i Downloaded a Real Awesome Dock App... here's a link! LOL ...Damn

I thought u may have edited Shell32.dll ... Cus the drive icons on the Desktop... after all, they aint' Shortcuts... ...or did u ditch the Shortcut icon!?

oh! One More thing...

Dude... i see on tha Taskbar... U have a HTml page running..

Well.. u see the icon, used 2 show an open IE Window is that Lame Ass Blue and White icon thing....

u shud edit ... that really annoyed me... Luckily... i found the dll and edited...

If ya wanna... its MSHTML.dll (obv System32!)

As For AquaDock!? ..Why Do u hate it So Much? ... i did @ 1st... esp wen most App's Icons look Awful... but as u can see... u can do some tidying up with them... and it dont look so bad... All u gotta do is edit the window icon, for that app... in most case's is easy... unless its a Windows App like IE, OE, Media Playa... etc! ... then u have 2 get tha DAMN Dll... Lol!

but i like the dock now... and i actually use it, as a task switcher... its not just eye candy! ... i wish it could have some animation whereby wen an app would usually flash, in the taskbar.. the icon bobs up and down or something... Cus Messenger is a pain wen u dont have Sound, and u ditched the taskbar! ... :p

Holla Back...

NeYo

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Originally posted by superfula

NeYo... Where did you get the AquaFinder at? I've been looking for it. And the MacOS background. Is it called Quantum something? I've been looking for that too. Care to share? :-)

i got it ages back..!

From AquaSoft....

when ALL Links Worked... I been Messin With Aqua For ages it seems! lol!

Here's that backGround! ...

NeYo

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John Folden (pretty well known OS skin author) just updated his H20 skin (Graphite Aqua skin).

Here's what it looks like.

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The Apple lawyers just to do the rounds on the websites looking for this stuff. They once threatened to sue just for a SCREENSHOT showing a Mac skin. It's amazing how far things have come since then.

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frogboy - that's a very impressive Aqua-style skin you guys have over there. doesn't have the common 'huge-assed ugly title bar' that i've seen quite often on the .msstyles Aqua-based themes. the buttons look pretty smooth, and except for the font usage (ugh), would look perfect in its default settings.

maybe it's time for me to give WB 3.0 a shot again..hold on, lemme set up a system restore point now ;)

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I can't take credit, John Folden was actually one of the guys who helped create the popular shareware program NeXTStart (www.winstep.net). He's a great skinner. Most of the best OS skins were done by him.

I find ObjectBar still a bit buggy for constant use. The new verson implements those smart menus thingies (where programs you havent' used in awhile don't show up by default) which is what kept me from using it in the past - I need that feature, I've got like 200 programs installed so I really need it to not show all 200 when I choose "All programs". That feature seems broken on XP for some reason but I could just be doing something wrong. But I digress.

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Neoguigui....

That Looks Pretty Sweet..! ...BUT...(Damn i hate these BUTS! lol)

Can i assume, thats the Desktop X Finder, and the Popup Dock Menu!?

i have that theme too... But i simply Cannot stick the 1024*768 re limit ... There's NO Space...

...And... The Finder Is Pretty Useless too! :( ... i know WinMac is By no Means as Cool as Object Bar, in terms of functionality! ... but u can get used 2 it!

... i love the theme though... and before i began 2 hate 1024*768 .. it was Sweet!

Nonetheless, it looks pretty damn Cool!!!

...Guys... WE HAVE 2 Keep this Thread Going... it's Becoming the Heart and Soul, of Neowin! LOL! ...Well OK, Not Quite... But hey... it was my "big Speech" part! lol!

NeYo

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