First blind WIP
Friday, February 5, 2010 by Heigar | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Making progress but a lot of work yet to do. This is my first blind so comments are welcome!
Start button is animated, but screenshot does not show it.
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Reply #63 Friday, February 12, 2010 9:20 PM
I like your avatar Elvee. It makes me grin every time I see it. 
Heigar, this skin is really turning out to be a beauty. I'm looking forward to getting it.
Reply #64 Friday, February 12, 2010 10:30 PM
No problem, no need to rush it so take your time. I'll send ya a new link to the PSD in a couple days when I get everything nice and organized instead of that last mess... 
Anything in particular you would rather have instead? Just let me know! 
Just take your time, Heigar.
It's better to get a finish and properly done skin, than a hurried and half-assed one.
No hurrying here, still have quite a bit to do yet. No sense in screwing up now with all the time I have put into thus far. 
Just keep looking forward Elvee and some day it will be done!
Thanks Xiandi. 
Reply #65 Friday, February 12, 2010 11:06 PM
what would i want? actually, release it with any image you want. i'll edit my copy of it to remove the alienhead and not insert another image/logo. i've always thought that alienhead image was rather childish, to be honest. anyway, other than the alienhaed, the skin is superb. you're doing a magnificent job for your first wb skin. i'm sure a vast majority of the folks will love the alienhead.
Reply #66 Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:54 AM
Is there a secret I don't know about or a special dance I have to do to get the text in the placeslist of the start menu to change color when mousedover or can this not be done? Normal text I want white, mouseover text I want black!
Reply #67 Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:22 AM
I love the alien head! Can't wait to see the finished product!!
Reply #68 Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:44 PM
he has a point...this dosnt specifically look like an alien skin...the head kinda types it.
But,you can easily include a substyle that includes it (or leaves it off)
Reply #70 Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54 PM
But,you can easily include a substyle that includes it (or leaves it off)
I agree, it doesn't look very alienish, I just threw those in there for personal choice ( mainly the start button, didn't want the same old windows flag or the word "START" and haven't put a lot of thought on what is going there yet so then I added it to the infopane)...
Disclaimer:
The Original will not include it, but a substyle will. The screenshots only depict the way it is set to how I have it on my pc.
As the saying goes:
"You can't please everyone all the time, you can only please some of the people some of the time"
Anyway, back to plugging away at this thing so I can get this done before next year!! 
Reply #71 Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:12 PM
So quit trying and concentrate on pleasing me....
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Reply #72 Monday, February 15, 2010 9:42 AM
If it really works as good as the screenshots looks, this will be the best 1st timer skin we ever had here on WC IMHO.
Reply #73 Monday, February 15, 2010 9:51 AM
First blind and first time skinner is not necessarily the same thing though. I seriously doubt this is a first ever skinning attempt, if it is, I'm in awe.
Reply #75 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4:50 AM
I'm guessing that original screenshot is a Photoshop mock up? You can't centre the text like that in the start menu.........
and you can't change the background only behind the search button on the search box
Reply #76 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:35 AM
I wondered about that too
If he does the search icon with the "background" on it, it should work fine.
Reply #77 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:41 AM
And.... can you have the All Programs arrow on the left? 
Reply #78 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:17 AM
Every screenshot I have shown is the blind actually applied and running ( even the original) no photoshop mock ups!
For the start menu text on the programs list I had my text margin on the left in past the clear frame and the right side set in a ways and had the text set at Horizontal Alignment to align right. ( done on the background image not the item mouseover image) So yes you can center the text!
As for the search box:
And to get the all programs arrow on the left you have to enable "Left Align all programs/back text" in the Extra settings tab.
Reply #80 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:46 AM
Never thought I'd see the day, a "newbie" teaching the "veterans" new tricks.
Yes, the start menu has Horizontal and Vertical text. It's just that no one ever uses them....until now.
I'll be waiting to see this completed. Reminds me, a little, of one of MikeB314's old (first) blinds.
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Reply #61 Friday, February 12, 2010 8:39 PM
Dare I ask what would it be?