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Published: 2005-07-14 14:35:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 142867; Favourites: 185; Downloads: 59703
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Well, it's that time again
Almost every image in the theme has been tweaked since v4, particularly the widgets. Hopefully everything looks that little bit better now...
Includes shellstyle, thin taskbar, wallpaper, 3 extra start buttons and probably much more that I can't remember
Please read the included readme.html file, run install.bat to copy everything to the correct place and activate the shellstyles for the alternative start buttons.
Winamp Skin: ~bigl523 has made an excellent Winamp skin to match this theme. Get it here: [link]
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Comments: 88
This is the best theme ever. I have bin loocking for better and more funkcional one, but this is only that i can work in. Is there any posebility that you port it to Win 7. If any one can do this, mi soul will be at peas forever...
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I've recently switched to Windows 7, so I can no longer use this style. However, I did want to say that it served me very well for a number of years.
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This is hands down my favourite theme for Windows XP, and I've tried a lot of them. It's clean and very well thought out. I wish there was a System5 theme for Windows 7.
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i had some terouble getting to work at the begining becaus ei couldnt get the uxtheme thing to work, but then i read the tutorail and got it, and this theme rocks! i love it!
Side note to everyone, it looks amazing with Objectdock!
PS:
works with XP service pack 3
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Beautiful!
I can't tell you how much nicer it is to use my PC at work now. Its like a pillow for my eyes
I wish I could figure out how to thicken the taskbar up a bit. Here's hoping Windows 7 will license some of your style...
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You'll release black version of this sometime...? I'd really appreciate it.. thanks if you can.
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this is not fancy but is bloody good coz its usable. best theme on here i looked at nearly all of them. most are terrible, over the top, bright, and more difficult to use. yours make it better, not worse.
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Okay.. First off; This theme is not without flaws. There are some font-related bugs in some apps, and the buttons -- like in oh so many other styles -- are not stretchable, which hurts applications which use this feature -- such as eMule.
That being said, it's a very awesome theme, I've yet to find any other theme this nice. It's extremely clean, usable, and it just generally makes you think 'High quality'.
For reference, andymorum / Hornett, the bugs I've found, and how I solved them:
* Changing the font from Tahoma 7 to Tahoma 8 solves the bugs in Firefox (windows too small for their content)
* Making the buttons (Close, Maximize, Minimize, etc) stretchable (going from TrueSize to Stretch) does not change them visually but simply adds adaptability to them. I highly encourage for you to change this in an update, andymorum, since it does not hurt or alter the theme visually in any way but simply makes it more flexible!
Thank you for this.
'War.
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Your theme was the motivation for me to turn on theme management and upgrage from the Windows 98 look. Thank you so much! Really looking forward to some new color schemes though, none of my desktops match a blue gui.
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Just found this, LOVE IT.
Best theme ive seen so far. It's not as show-off-ish as some others but that's just the brilliant part of it. its a very relaxed gui to work with. Thanks a bundle for this!
+watch
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Hi Andy, been using this theme since System 4 - just superb. I love the high contract orange for the taskbar, the clean lines and just overall how great it looks.
I've been using the Windows Plastic for a while, but was wondering if you plan to release a black version. That would simply blow every other theme I've tried out of the water.
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Wow, this is simply the best theme I have ever used, Great work!
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I can NOT get this theme to work!!!
heres what I did...I downloaded the uxtheme.dll file and put it in my system32 folder (replaced the old one) then I used the install.bat file to copy all the files over and it automatically launched the Dispaly control panel for me to set my settings. Under the Themes tab I choose System and apply it.....only the desktop background image changes. I also tried going to the Appearance tab and try to select a scheme (lets say Windows 3D: Plastic), hit apply and nothing happens at all.
I don't know what else to try....any help appreciated.
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I've reuploaded everything in my gallery, please try downloading again!
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Wonderful, wonderful theme. I'm not sure if this is fixable, it seems to occur with a lot of themes, but when you Alt+PrintScreen, you get a few extra rows of pixels at the top of the window. That's the only bug I've come across in weeks of using it.
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It's good that some people actually have taste and originality, i appluad you for that.
You know, i'm looking for a visual style, and it's such a blatent fact staring me in the face that about 99% of the people on here have no actual talent nor effort to create something orignal, because god forbid, they might create something new.
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I'm browsing through the "older" styles and just found this.
Nice & Clean. Good Work.
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First of I have to say I love your art.
I was using System4 Blue Plastic now S5 Win3D Plastic but you forgot to put in TaskbarSizingBarTop and Right and I liked TaskbarSizingBar (It followed the theme) in System4 a lot better. I know you can lock the taskbar, but I dont like that.
else it cant be much better. But prove me wrong
I hope you will consider using the old S4 TaskbarSizingBar again.
Peace
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Hi there! Thanks for your constructive criticism, I really appreciate that!
There will be an update soon, I promise!
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Very *very* nice, I'm using this as my visual style on all my systems now
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With regard to the Windowblinds skin....is there a way to stop windows from minimizing to the task tray? Have them minimize to the taskbar?
Great skin!!
Thanks.
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I love this style!
Found a bug though.. if you set the startbar in a vertical position (i use it on the right hand side of my desktop), the first taskbar button is overlapped by the start button by like 5 or 10 pixels. This can only be seen when the window corresponding with the button is the window in focus, or when the window is flashing for attention. Just thought you should know.
Again, great work!
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This has to be the greatest style/theme I've ever used.
Smooth, suave, and stylish... It's just great. I don't know if I could ever switch.
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one question? where can i download the logo on the Windows3D startbutton? I need it to create a visual style! thanks in advance...
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cool theme using it right know!!! What do you use to create your visual styles?
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I think this is awesome! Do you know a matching skin for Trillian as well?
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Can only say the same as ledzepp14:
The Start Menu (please make a compact option) is the only thing, in my opinion, that is keeping this VS from being perfect.. It just looks boring/bland compared to the rest of the VS. Maybe use the same color gradient you used for the shell style? And also the Log Off and Turn Off buttons don't have icons, just text. I don't know if you did that on purpose, but adding icons to them would be sweet. Hopefully an update?
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