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Unique,

Great work so far! Congrats on the start button, it looks GREAT, as does the task bar!

However, the following things still keep me from using this as my permanent theme:

- Selected tab backgrounds and button hover color (use XP's defaults here, they look better and would go well together with the blue)

- Verdana font (make it Tahoma in all substyles for everything, like the XP default visual style)

- No thick taskbar substyle is available (This is a MUST)

- Start menu item spacing is WAY off (I wonder why this hasn't been fixed since the original Luna 2)

- In Original style, start menu item text is cut off

- Where you DID use Tahoma, it's too small (I think you still kept it size 7, it needs to be size 8)

- Title bar text is not bold (I think it should be)

- No shell style has been implemented (probably not top priority right now, but later on)

Get these fixed and this will become my all-time favorite and permanent visual style.

Here's a screenshot illustrating the Start Menu problem:

startmenu_spacing.gif

Edited by dacris2000

@ dacris2000: All great points...most have already been stated but I guess if we post them enough times, they will be put into the working version.

And about the shellsytle, have you tried using mgartner's shellstyle with this one? It's a good one to get you by until unique releases his...

@ dacris2000: All great points...most have already been stated but I guess if we post them enough times, they will be put into the working version.

And about the shellsytle, have you tried using mgartner's shellstyle with this one? It's a good one to get you by until unique releases his...

good point, I will include it as the shellstyle until the arrival of the final

good point, I will include it as the shellstyle until the arrival of the final

Right now, you can only use mgartner's shellstyle if you choose the "Original" color scheme. Could you correct it so you will be able to use the shellstyle in whatever color scheme you choose? Thanks!

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