Binary Posted September 20, 2002 Author Share Posted September 20, 2002 hmmm good question, no one has helped with the new shellstyles, and I wanted to supply new shellstyles with the new version, but I suppose if enough people want it without new ones I can release it early. But like I said my computer is having really wierd problems, which I attribute to lack of power, so sometimes I can use it for hours sometimes not at all... so we'll see. Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-449800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endoscient Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 ill help with shell styles, what u need help with (never done them before) just wondering why can't you do it yourself Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-449881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoose Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 i would love to help out,. but wouldnt know how any tutes? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-449942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleni Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 would be good if watercolor using custom bitmap on start button, not the standard flag ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-450009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessterw Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Been awhile since I visited this thread, almost forgot about it after Neowin went down :ermm: Glad to see that you've been busy working on an update (sorry to hear about your power issues). I'd actually stopped using visual styles for a bit, mainly because of SP1, but I went back to using Watercolor the other day... because it's just so damn nice to look at :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 21, 2002 Administrators Share Posted September 21, 2002 Same here, Watercolor has always been on my system and I just upgraded to V4 (after SP1) Good work Binary Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 Thanks for the comments guys :) Neo Cyborg: I can do them myself, I just dont know how you guys want them to look. The ones included look like the sidebars from the 2419 build, but some people have complained that they wanted new shellstyles cause the ones included are ugly ;) ps. mozilla's text input is god awful, too slow for my liking :) Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepu Sudhakar Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 is there anyway to fix the icon text overlay? For example: i'd rather get rid of the blue box underneath the icon text, and just have the text on top of the wallpaper. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 To get rid of the overlay, just right click properties on my computer, then goto advanced performance settings, then click on the use drop shadows. That'll get rid of the box around the icon text. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepu Sudhakar Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by lawtai To get rid of the overlay, just right click properties on my computer, then goto advanced performance settings, then click on the use drop shadows. That'll get rid of the box around the icon text. ewwwh...is it just me or does that look bad? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 Drop shadows on icon text looks extremely bad when clear type is on, but they look wicked if clear type is off :0 I never use clear type, it's blurry and it's meant for lcd's anyways :) Also if you dont like that there are numerous freeware programs to remove the boxes and even change text colour. One i can think of off the top of my head would be transtext by ChaosSoft: http://www.chaossoft.com/trtext.shtml Works Great, but make sure you dont have the drop shadow option on when u run the prog, or it will have no effect on the text :) Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xWeston Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 The only thing i dont like about watercolor is the color of the taskbar flashing... I cant stand that peach color! Is it very hard to change if i were to load up style builder or whatever i need? I've never tried theming before but i've done a lot of graphics work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 i think the point of this skin is to look just like the watercolor in whistler, not some new custom version a new shellstyle would be nice though, maybe just the same one that luna has (or can i do that on my own?) /edit, wow, i didnt' know you could switch shell styles so easily, can make a nice combination now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by xWeston The only thing i dont like about watercolor is the color of the taskbar flashing... I cant stand that peach color! Is it very hard to change if i were to load up style builder or whatever i need? I've never tried theming before but i've done a lot of graphics work. It's orange actually, I wanted to keep the flash colour the same as luna's, plus orange gets your attention. I agree taskbar flashing is annoying in the first place, I think you can disable it with TweakUI? Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-451870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Does anybody have the 3 (or 4) different Winamp skins? I have the ergnomic one, looking for Olive and Silver. My AIM is ch1ld of bodom/D1V1510N and my MSN is corpseno13@hotmail.com. Thanks in advanced. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Corpse Does anybody have the 3 (or 4) different Winamp skins? I have the ergnomic one, looking for Olive and Silver. My AIM is ch1ld of bodom/D1V1510N and my MSN is corpseno13@hotmail.com. Thanks in advanced. search on winamp.com for watercolor Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 ive got them if u want Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xWeston Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Binary It's orange actually, I wanted to keep the flash colour the same as luna's, plus orange gets your attention. I agree taskbar flashing is annoying in the first place, I think you can disable it with TweakUI? Chris Its a peach color for me, not like the orange in luna. I do like the flashing though, but just a flashing of dark gray would be nicer for me. edit: this is the color #FFB895 it looks peach! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Where can I find this orange (or "peach") Watercolor? Anyone know where I can find black also? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xWeston Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Corpse Where can I find this orange (or "peach") Watercolor? Anyone know where I can find black also? The peach that i was talking about is when the taskbar items blink to notify you Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-452568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 Maybe we use different colour profiles, that would explain it :)I also seem to notic that some supposed "blue" themes look purple to me *shrug* :) Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-453077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Binary Maybe we use different colour profiles, that would explain it :)I also seem to notic that some supposed "blue" themes look purple to me *shrug* :) Chris yeah, don't forget about monitors and LCDs. my crappy LCD can't display bright colors too well. it all just turns too bright and mixes with the white. as for my monitor, i try to keep the brightness to 50%, but the colors flucuate drastically as i change the %. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-453091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xWeston Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Binary Maybe we use different colour profiles, that would explain it :)I also seem to notic that some supposed "blue" themes look purple to me *shrug* :) Chris Is this orange or peach? Test Your Eyes Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-453101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaQ Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 looks orange/peach`est to tell you the truth. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/9/#findComment-453187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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