Binary Posted December 15, 2002 Author Share Posted December 15, 2002 Toxikk, if I make the menus that way then the startmenu looks ugly, cause the highlight color for the logoff and shutdown buttons will be different.Chris Could we see a screenie of how the start menu would look if it were done that way?... menus with the outline seem really nice to me... >.< just invision big blue rectangles around them. Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-547765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeNorth Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 Shellstyle I realized the other day that the shellstyle I created for the blue colour scheme in my Metallic Shades visual style actually looks pretty good with the Watercolor ergonomic colour scheme. Or at least it does in my opinion!! I partially based the title bars in Metallic Shades off those in Whistler (or maybe it was Watercolor!!) so it's a good match. If anyone wants it just download the whole visual style from the first post in the Metallic Shades 1.5 thread (save me uploading just the shellstyle - 56k dialup). It should be fairly easy to change it to suit the other colour schemes. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-548351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 (edited) My Trillian skin is updated to v1.2:Fixed the preview thingy http://webpages.charter.net/billo3121/temp...onomic_v1.2.zip I didnt find a post with an updated version so I thought I'd post. http://lazydesert.net/image/dt2/trillian.PNG the color isnt changed for the plugin heading titles things. Thanks! Edited December 15, 2002 by lazydesert Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-548359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Nevermind, went in and fixed it myself. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-550603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexecutil Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 hi, i think ive found a bug in watercolor. When you are in msconfig and you go to the services or startup tab when a box is ticked it doesnt show unless it is selected. Also could somone please explain to me what a shell style is?? thanks Dan Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-550718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
humcheepeng Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 hi, i think ive found a bug in watercolor. When you are in msconfig and you go to the services or startup tab when a box is ticked it doesnt show unless it is selected. Also could somone please explain to me what a shell style is??thanks Dan :D I don't have your bug. A shellstyle.dll is what defines how the boxes at the left of a folder window looks like. You know, the "Tasks" pane... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-550721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 17, 2002 Author Share Posted December 17, 2002 hi, i think ive found a bug in watercolor. When you are in msconfig and you go to the services or startup tab when a box is ticked it doesnt show unless it is selected. Also could somone please explain to me what a shell style is??thanks Dan are you using the latest version? *see first post in this thread for current build* because I dont have this bug. Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-551341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 17, 2002 Author Share Posted December 17, 2002 Also I will be making my own shellstyle. I already have the mock up. Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-551347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 just my 2 cents on the topic of discussion goin on here... I think Red would be a cool color to add to this theme as there is already a grey which looks alot of like to Black. In regards to the outlining on the menus I think that looks really nice, I would love to see that implemented to the next version of Watercolor. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-551750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexecutil Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 i just installed the lastest version but i still have the problem ive attached a pic of the prob in the pic all of those startup items are selected but only the one ive selected shows Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-551931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 i just installed the lastest version but i still have the problem ive attached a pic of the prob in the pic all of those startup items are selected but only the one ive selected shows mine is fine :huh: and Bain, as I said above, I WILL NOT be doing the menus that way for the reasons mentioned above. Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-552037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroyuki Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 i just installed the lastest version but i still have the problem ive attached a pic of the prob in the pic all of those startup items are selected but only the one ive selected shows mine is fine :huh: and Bain, as I said above, I WILL NOT be doing the menus that way for the reasons mentioned above. Chris I mentioned this problem 2 or 3 weeks ago. It's occurs only at 16 or 24 bit color mode.(Settings on Display property) Any other themes don't have this problem, so I guess it's a bug of Watercolor. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-552313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted December 18, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 18, 2002 Start panel idea? :rolleyes: *ripped it from toxikk's site :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-552716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XzyluM Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 That's a pretty good idea for the start menu. Looks great. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-552993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 Start panel idea? :rolleyes: http://members.cox.net/timan/watercolorpanelidea.jpg *ripped it from toxikk's site :p That might be doable in my watercolor plus version I'll be making, if you wish :) First I wanna get this theme as bug free and finished as possible, hopefully this will be done while I'm on xmas break :) For the Plus version you can ALL have your say, and we will collectively figure out what it should look like. :) I'll make a new thread for ideas when that time comes. I also have another colour idea, but it's gonna stay a secret (it will only be distributed on it's own as a sort of "promo" item ;)). Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 i just installed the lastest version but i still have the problem ive attached a pic of the prob in the pic all of those startup items are selected but only the one ive selected shows mine is fine :huh: and Bain, as I said above, I WILL NOT be doing the menus that way for the reasons mentioned above. Chris I mentioned this problem 2 or 3 weeks ago. It's occurs only at 16 or 24 bit color mode.(Settings on Display property) Any other themes don't have this problem, so I guess it's a bug of Watercolor. I didnt dismiss the bug, I just said I dont have it. Why would people use 16 or 24 bit colour for XP anyways, that doesnt make sense (mmmm eye candy) :\ I'll try to fix it. Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearOso Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Here's a little thing I noticed in this style: The fonts are different in the window text area and on the caption buttons of the original blue style. The other three styles match each other, only the blue is different. This is with the new one, Watercolor 4.3. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted December 19, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 19, 2002 ahh u really have an eye, i see it now that u pointed it ou hope its fixed :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animaniac Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 I really wish there was someway for the menu highlights to have a border. >.< Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntstnutS Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntstnutS Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start" Many other theme makers easily added simple "slim" editions, with simple start button option, start menu options ( no bloated picture ) could you make a simple slimer edition? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntstnutS Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start" Many other theme makers easily added simple "slim" editions, with simple start button option, start menu options ( no bloated picture ) could you make a simple slimmer edition? !!!!! WTF????? I POSTED ONCE, AND IT POSTED ME THREE TIMES...I CANT EVEN EDIT THE OTHER POSTS.. WTF IS UP NEOWIN... THERE ARE MANY MANY NEW PROBLEMS NOWADAYS... LET US KNOW WTF IS UP... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Otto Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Start panel idea? :rolleyes: http://members.cox.net/timan/watercolorpanelidea.jpg *ripped it from toxikk's site :p That might be doable in my watercolor plus version I'll be making, if you wish :) First I wanna get this theme as bug free and finished as possible, hopefully this will be done while I'm on xmas break :) For the Plus version you can ALL have your say, and we will collectively figure out what it should look like. :) I'll make a new thread for ideas when that time comes. I also have another colour idea, but it's gonna stay a secret (it will only be distributed on it's own as a sort of "promo" item ;)). Chris Oh oh can I try it? :D Please? :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-553654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XzyluM Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 I honestly like the start the way it is. It's nice and functional. The only thing I would like to see if the start menu Tim posted. Also, any word on a Windows Media Player skin, or no? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-554570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 20, 2002 Author Share Posted December 20, 2002 watercolor should have. thin (er) task bar. a SIMPLE start menu. and a start button that is an image, not Micro$ists "start"Many other theme makers easily added simple "slim" editions, with simple start button option, start menu options ( no bloated picture ) could you make a simple slimmer edition? !!!!! WTF????? I POSTED ONCE, AND IT POSTED ME THREE TIMES...I CANT EVEN EDIT THE OTHER POSTS.. WTF IS UP NEOWIN... THERE ARE MANY MANY NEW PROBLEMS NOWADAYS... LET US KNOW WTF IS UP... well, it isnt that simple for me to make a thin taskbar, I have to modify bitmaps aswell as change values, and thats x4. But I'll get around to it. As for the picture, no I wont remove it. :) Chris Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32604-watercolor-v43/page/19/#findComment-555566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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