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Orange Krush Preview
Updated Jul 07, 2003 by
Big Doug
Since I decided to do absolutely NOTHING productive yesterday and last night (and here it is, 5am and I'm STILL up), I thought I would make proper use of that free time and start work on a skin project of my own. So here we have the results. Orange Krush.
I took ObjectBar (a program which I really think dosen't get enough attention OR development), and tried to make something unusual and visually appealing. Throw in a few FireFly Icons (made by Twist2002 -- you'll find them at Deskmod in the Icons section...), a few popup menus rigged for productivity and flexibility, and a LOT of trial and error, and it kinda came to life on it's own. Took me two hours to get the taskbar to display how I wanted it...
Anyway. This ObjectBar skin features elements of minimalism and productivity, along with a VERY nice color scheme. The central taskbar area goes away when there's nothing to display, and is independant of the other two wharfs (which are also independant of each other). The first windows icon (again, part of the Firefly set by Twist2002) is your programs button. The second is a Documents folder which contains links to My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, Favorites, and Recent Files. The third icon is your Control Panel, in a popup menu. The fourth icon is a link to My Computer; no popup. On the right-hand wharf , there is an Advanced System Commands menu (shutdown, log off, etc), and then (the 'Shroom icon) is where your Systray hides. Personally, I like a systray that I can hide until needed...so I put it in a popup menu as well. The clock, when toggled, shows the full time and date but is otherwise hidden from view as well when not needed. All menus in this skin auto-close when not being used (for the screenshot I changed them to stay open). The window of my computer...now WHY would I use CLASSIC windows with just a recolor? Because I'm working on a windowblinds skin to match the Bar...but it's top-secret and if I showed it to you i'd have to start all over... ;). The wall is WarpJPG (not by me of course...and for the life of me I can't remember even WHERE i got it from, so if someone could fill in the blank I'd appreciate it).
Now for the KkMenu stuff. I took a crack at making a menu skin for it, and while it DOES have a learning curve it worked out more or less how I wanted. Got more shortcutted KkMenus on my desktop also (they aren't seen in the screenie). And the ObjectDock is more Firefly icons.
So hopefully I'll have the entire suite made in a few months --- Cursor XP, Icons, Sysmetrix, and maybe a DesktopX theme to go with it (assuming future builds of DX will be easier to make stuff in.... :P)
Comments and suggestions are always appreciated.
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Comment #1 Tuesday, July 8, 2003 10:05 AM