Blend 2.0 (in the Making)

[Zain Adeel]

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[Detection]

Thanks Zain

[Zain Adeel]

as per suggestion i have made the addressbar slightly more opaque.

the explorerframe.dll is complete :)

the taskbar is totally complete. so is the window framing and related stuff.

yes i am thinking about the caption buttons.. i may change them if i dont come up with something better.

and now im gona start working on the startmenu. after that .... only the small stuff will be left. but that takes the longest to complete.

guys.. i need some suggestions for 2 things.

im thinking of making the startmenu black.. like the thumbnail preview. should i?

and about the thumbnail preview..... do u guys like it? or should i make it glass? i want my theme to be consistent. so stuck here.

[Tweaker]

as per suggestion i have made the addressbar slightly more opaque.

the explorerframe.dll is complete :)

the taskbar is totally complete. so is the window framing and related stuff.

yes i am thinking about the caption buttons.. i may change them if i dont come up with something better.

and now im gona start working on the startmenu. after that .... only the small stuff will be left. but that takes the longest to complete.

guys.. i need some suggestions for 2 things.

im thinking of making the startmenu black.. like the thumbnail preview. should i?

and about the thumbnail preview..... do u guys like it? or should i make it glass? i want my theme to be consistent. so stuck here.

Here's your theme as it sits on my Desktop right now. My personal feeling is that the Start Menu, taskbar and thumbnail preview all look Fantastic. No need to change anything on these. I would still like to see a bolder white text with a darker shadow behind the white text. That would make the titlebar more readable. As for the caption buttons I like the design. The only problem with them now is when you put the mouse over them the change is hardly noticeable. I see 2 options for that. 1) Make the minimize, expand and close change to bold white when you mouse over them. Or 2) make them highlight to the same colors as they are in Shine 2.0

Those are just my opinions though.

[Zain Adeel]

here is a quick mockup of startmenu..

and i also made a black mockup but the problem is that if u press all programs the scrollbar is white. .. so unless i do all black theme i cant make the startmenu black. so it will be white like it is.

[Zain Adeel]

ill finish the startmenu and release a beta here. :) in a few hours the link will be posted

[C1PR1ONE]

ill finish the startmenu and release a beta here. :) in a few hours the link will be posted

can't wait! :D

[C1PR1ONE]

as per suggestion i have made the addressbar slightly more opaque.

the explorerframe.dll is complete :)

the taskbar is totally complete. so is the window framing and related stuff.

yes i am thinking about the caption buttons.. i may change them if i dont come up with something better.

and now im gona start working on the startmenu. after that .... only the small stuff will be left. but that takes the longest to complete.

guys.. i need some suggestions for 2 things.

im thinking of making the startmenu black.. like the thumbnail preview. should i?

and about the thumbnail preview..... do u guys like it? or should i make it glass? i want my theme to be consistent. so stuck here.

Edit caption buttons

what do you think?

[Zain Adeel]

that is exaclty how the selected buttons were to be at first.. but then i put them under some different wallpapers and it seems out of place the color effect.

so i reduced it to where it is very dim

and about the caption button .. they are as if frosted glass that is why the cross and box seem difficult to view but thats what it is. as we know what button does what.

[Zain Adeel]

BETA LINK : http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=90250116641669182229

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looking better & better zain

[Zain Adeel]

and i have included a 64bit explorerframe aswell.. do try it guys.. and tell me how u like it. i made it very consistent with the IE9 buttons so it looks more in harmony with it as the default aero visual style.

[andy_rose]

Can you please provide the explorer buttons as bmp's since I use Win 7 Nav Buttons Customizer to change these?

[TDT]

Doesn't work for me on Win 7 x64. Changed the explorerframe on both Sys32 and SysWOW, but applying the theme takes me to the classic theme...

[C1PR1ONE]

Doesn't work for me on Win 7 x64. Changed the explorerframe on both Sys32 and SysWOW, but applying the theme takes me to the classic theme...

Merge man..eu am testat..dar nu imi place ###### arata explorerframe :(

[TDT]

Never mind, forgot to patch everything with UTP. :) Works fine and looks very nice.

Edit: found a problem, or maybe it's supposed to be like this (?!). When saving a file from browser, the Save as dialog window doesn't display the folder tree on the left, just white space. Is this normal?

[Zain Adeel]

ok.. so ppl having problem?

can somebody tell me if its just the explorerframe or the whole theme.

if its just explorerframe then ill see.

its working fine for me :s

anybody else has this problem?

are u using some software or patch or something that has anything to do with the tree area?

coz im working on default system maybe its due to some patch.

if ur the only one.

[TDT]

Here is what I mean.

No, I don't use anything, just applied the Universal Theme Patcher to make your theme work. Changed the dll in sys32 and syswow and that's it. :)

[Adrian0E]

This is how the minimize button's pressed state should look?

[C1PR1ONE]

Work explorerframe on Win7 x64

[Zain Adeel]

ok its working fine on my end.

tried a restart?

[TDT]

ok its working fine on my end.

tried a restart?

Yes, I had to restart after patching. :)

[Zain Adeel]

well the next time u restart check it again.

its kind of a glitch..

it happens to me with the scrollbar

it becomes black..

then i have to restart to get it working .. but it only happens when i apply a new theme.

[x-scratch]

Never mind, forgot to patch everything with UTP. :) Works fine and looks very nice.

Edit: found a problem, or maybe it's supposed to be like this (?!). When saving a file from browser, the Save as dialog window doesn't display the folder tree on the left, just white space. Is this normal?

mine shows folders so its on your end :)

[TDT]

Two other things. This is how the thumbnail preview looks like:

And it breaks Winamp's thumbnail controls:

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