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BeLGaRaTh67
Comment #42 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 4:56 PM
Comment #42 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 4:56 PM
Awesome stuff for a first attempt 
, can I ask whats the Icon theme your using?
, can I ask whats the Icon theme your using?
patrick24
Comment #43 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 5:30 PM
Comment #43 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 5:30 PM
BeLGaRaTh67 - I'm using Nitro Extreme Lite.
CiN FuL - Sorry, I'm not seeing any image so I don't know what the bug is.
Yo Adrian - In the next update, I'll make it a bit smaller. Still have to have room for the logoff buttons and user pic though.
I'm also going to make the taskbar thinner, and add a transparent style subskin as scion pointed out. And too bad I can't submit it to the GUI Championships. I didn't know the rules and when it was going to start so....nextime. Maybe my next skin. I have some ideas and if you like to see in particular feel free to say it.
For my next skin I was thinking about making something a little more flashy, with animated titlebars and buttons. I was thinking of floating buttons that glow and do something neat. Some kind of techno, sci-fi, electrical sweetness....Just some ideas.
CiN FuL - Sorry, I'm not seeing any image so I don't know what the bug is.
Yo Adrian - In the next update, I'll make it a bit smaller. Still have to have room for the logoff buttons and user pic though.
I'm also going to make the taskbar thinner, and add a transparent style subskin as scion pointed out. And too bad I can't submit it to the GUI Championships. I didn't know the rules and when it was going to start so....nextime. Maybe my next skin. I have some ideas and if you like to see in particular feel free to say it.
For my next skin I was thinking about making something a little more flashy, with animated titlebars and buttons. I was thinking of floating buttons that glow and do something neat. Some kind of techno, sci-fi, electrical sweetness....Just some ideas.
DeTon
Comment #46 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:38 PM
Comment #46 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:38 PM
4 your first WB skin Very Good.
I am the same, (from Australia) most of the time I do not DL first timers.
But I have been reading the comment so I DID.
NICE ......ONE
I am the same, (from Australia) most of the time I do not DL first timers.
But I have been reading the comment so I DID.
NICE ......ONE
steiale
Comment #47 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 4:41 AM
Comment #47 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 4:41 AM
Very nice, but the Toolbar does change in File Explorer, but not in IE. Any ideas?
Anyway great work!!
Anyway great work!!
patrick24
Comment #49 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 8:47 AM
Comment #49 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 8:47 AM
Thank you all for the comments and for pointing out the problems as well. I'm almost done with my revision...just need to work out these darn bugs.... 
patrick24
Comment #50 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:05 AM
Comment #50 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:05 AM
Ahhhhh! Sorry guys, but I can't figure out how to make the taskbar smaller... I've tried everything I could think of. It just always streaches out to 30 px. I tried making it 25px and then adding an extra 5px of transparency above but it still streaches out the task buttons and leaves 5px of black on top. If anyone knows how to do this or have seen a skin like that please show me. Sorry. 
fuckthe50mbrule
Comment #51 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:24 PM
Comment #51 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:24 PM
Really good. The only thing I would like to see is one where the active window appears as the light blue color on the taskbar (like the buttons for close, etc.)
-scion-
Comment #52 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:41 PM
the size of your taskbar is really controlled by the content margins of your taskbar buttons. easiest way to make a smaller taskbar is to make the taskbar image the same size as the titlebar...so if the titlebar is 25px tall then create your taskbar to be 25px tall. second; create your taskbar buttons to be slightly taller, say 28px. the extra room at the top of the taskbar button is where you would place your sizing margins so that the button does not stretch out of shape when you set the content margin. NOW...set the top, left and right content margins inside of the button "image" and leave the bottom content margin set to zero. by leaving the bottom margin at zero, the top content margin will dictate the size of the taskbar. and since your taskbar button won't deform you can basically fire at will with the content margins. if you need an example, take a look at terrestrial or galaxy two...they are both done this way.
hope this helps
Comment #52 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:41 PM
| Ahhhhh! Sorry guys, but I can't figure out how to make the taskbar smaller... I've tried everything I could think of. It just always streaches out to 30 px. I tried making it 25px and then adding an extra 5px of transparency above but it still streaches out the task buttons and leaves 5px of black on top. If anyone knows how to do this or have seen a skin like that please show me. Sorry. |
the size of your taskbar is really controlled by the content margins of your taskbar buttons. easiest way to make a smaller taskbar is to make the taskbar image the same size as the titlebar...so if the titlebar is 25px tall then create your taskbar to be 25px tall. second; create your taskbar buttons to be slightly taller, say 28px. the extra room at the top of the taskbar button is where you would place your sizing margins so that the button does not stretch out of shape when you set the content margin. NOW...set the top, left and right content margins inside of the button "image" and leave the bottom content margin set to zero. by leaving the bottom margin at zero, the top content margin will dictate the size of the taskbar. and since your taskbar button won't deform you can basically fire at will with the content margins. if you need an example, take a look at terrestrial or galaxy two...they are both done this way.
hope this helps
dangermaus
Comment #55 Thursday, April 6, 2006 1:51 PM
Comment #55 Thursday, April 6, 2006 1:51 PM
I really enjoy this skin. I'm using it as my skin right now. I have 2 suggestions.
1) The only feature I don't like is that when my IM program notifies me of a returned message, the button on the taskbar doesn't change color. Since I usually don't have my sound turned on at work, I look out for those notifications.
2) I would really like to see some color variations for the close/maximize/minimize/start buttons. I.E: Indiglo blue or green.
Great skin, Keep up the good work!
1) The only feature I don't like is that when my IM program notifies me of a returned message, the button on the taskbar doesn't change color. Since I usually don't have my sound turned on at work, I look out for those notifications.
2) I would really like to see some color variations for the close/maximize/minimize/start buttons. I.E: Indiglo blue or green.
Great skin, Keep up the good work!
Skinhit
Comment #57 Thursday, April 6, 2006 8:06 PM
Comment #57 Thursday, April 6, 2006 8:06 PM
patrick this is an awesome skin. i have it loaded right now and love it ....thanks for your hard work...
bazokajoe_2k
Comment #58 Thursday, April 6, 2006 11:16 PM
Comment #58 Thursday, April 6, 2006 11:16 PM
Excellent first skin. One thing I'd like to see is a little more opacity on the MFU program list in the start menu...it seems -too- transparent and a little out of place compared to the rest of the skin. Other than that, I think you're gonna be someone I keep an eye on for good skins!
patrick24
Comment #59 Friday, April 7, 2006 8:50 AM
Comment #59 Friday, April 7, 2006 8:50 AM
Wow, thanks guys for all the nice comments. I just can't believe everyone likes my skin so much.
And bazokajoe...your totally right about the programs list. I noticed that myself and I already changed that. I'm also close to finishing the transparent subskin and just have a few bugs to clear up. So I should be done with the next update hopefully tommorrow or the next.
And bazokajoe...your totally right about the programs list. I noticed that myself and I already changed that. I'm also close to finishing the transparent subskin and just have a few bugs to clear up. So I should be done with the next update hopefully tommorrow or the next.
cygnus-x
Comment #60 Friday, April 7, 2006 6:51 PM
Comment #60 Friday, April 7, 2006 6:51 PM
this is a very nice skin. clean, sharp, stylish. looking forward to the transparent update. how about an iconpackager theme as well patrick?
great work!
great work!
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Comment #41 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 4:22 PM