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Published: 2012-07-28 07:59:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 157096; Favourites: 912; Downloads: 46017
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Description
Update 8 - Added new style with a 24px TaskbarUpdate 7 - Font change from Arial to SegoeUI
Update 6 - Changed the color of the taskbar text to white
Update 5 - Some people have requested that I include both the old version of Lucent (without borders) along with the new one (with borders). The old version of Lucent still has and will always have the gap at the top of web browsers because there's no way to fix that.
Update 4 - Borders are now lined up correctly for all browsers
Update 3 - Now with alternative images for the navigation buttons ( see them in the preview )
Update 2 - The small taskbar background is now fixed
Update 1 - Theme now displays under installed themes correctly as " Lucent"
My version of a minimalistic Windows 7 Style
This visual style is displayed best with the "Frost" color at 0% transparency as it appears in the preview
Included:
-Lucent Visual Style ( without borders)
-Lucent Visual Style ( with borders)
-Lucent Visual Style ( with 24px taskbar)
-Explorer Navigation Buttons
-Alternative Navigation Buttons
-Fonts
Not Included
-Icons by me- inspired from Metro2 for Superbar by zainadeel
-Winamp - Gaia 10 mod by me - Download Lucent for winamp here
-Wallpaper
-Led Cinema Display
Instructions
1. Patch your system files using the Universal Theme Patcher
2. Install the theme
Copy the "Lucent" folder and Lucent.msstyle to your themes directory: "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\" (the path may vary depending on your OS)
3. Change the windows navigation buttons
Use Windows 7 Navigation Buttons Customizer by Kishan-Bagaria to change the navigation buttons; images are available in the folder "Lucent\Images"
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Comments: 251
FIX FOR WEIRD FIREFOX IN BORDERLESS!
For me borderless FireFox normally looks like this:
[link] (imagebanana.com)
I have tried some addons and now the browser just looks great even with borderless Theme:
[link] (imagebanana.com)
I have used the plugins GlassMyFox and Stratiform, now FF looks like a real minimalistic browser.
I have tweaked the settings a little, will show my settings with pics or i'll upload the configuration files of the addons with readme (maybe both) today or tomorrow
I recommend TBarIconRemover, too, under Windows 7 it removes the program icons on the upper left
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Your theme is so great!! But there are 2 problem.
1. In Google Chrome, tab bar become this:
[link]
2. I use NetSpeedMonitor, it become strange:
[link]
This is in other theme:
[link]
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1. As I said in the description, there's no way to fix chrome and firefox.
2. You are probably using the 24 pixel taskbar which would reduce the amount of space for your NetSpeedMonitior. Use one of the themes that don't have the 24 px after it and change the taskbar properties to use the small icons.
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Awesome theme! Had a little trouble at first but now it's working ;D
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Hey dude, I followed everything exactly as you said, but when I select the theme it just goes back to windows classic. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. I patched everything correctly with the UTP, no problems there, no problems with the standard aero either. Any ideas?
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You need to copy both the .theme file and the folder containing the .msstyles to the themes folder. If you copied only the .theme file then it would apply the classic style of windows instead.
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it is impossible for me to see what apps are open in the taskbar
is there any way to fix it ?
i tried modding it using Windows 7 Style Builder but i didnt know where to go and couldnt save the file
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This VS works best with wallpapers that are darker. If your wallpaper is white then you won't see any of the buttons because they are a transparent white.
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whats the wallpaper used?
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There's a link in the description.
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As of right now I only have taskbar icons for the few programs that I use and it's nearly not enough to release as a pack. The icons were inspired from *zainadeel and his Metro2 for Superbar icon pack which are very similar.
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Have you removed the tray notification button in recent updates? I see it in the preview but for some reason it's missing from my taskbar. I love the theme, but that's a huge inconvenience for me. I've set tray notifications all to default, is there something I need to change? Using the 24px taskbar version.
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The arrow button for the tray shows up on all corners of the desktop for me. Maybe your wallpaper is too bright and hides it. I don't think other people are having this problem.
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I added one in the new update. You can find it by choosing to use small icons in the taskbar properties.
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looks great. will be using this from now on. thanks!
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hi can u om how to install your them iam having a hard time. step by step pls?
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The full theme looks amazing, but the whites in the start menu and Explorer menus seem too bright for me. Can you darken it a little bit?
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Try lowering your brightness to 50%. If that's still to bright then 45% will start to make the white darker without affecting the rest of the colors.
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I don't have a laptop, so..
I also found it hard to read titles on the window itself
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clean and neat..
I like it, but one thing that prevents me from using this VS is the Fonts used in this theme
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awesome theme,
but there is a little bug on google chrome [link] and [link]
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There's no way to fix that without making major changes to the visual style.
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Why am I getting this [link] ?
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SOLVED IT! 
That's in Control Panel\Performance Information and Tools\Adjust visual effects.
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Please change the color of the font
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Which font color needs to be changed?
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The fonts with gray color... Its hard to see, i get really confused.
Like the names of the apps in the taskbar...
P.S.: Sorry for my bad english
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Looking a little more... Will be a enjoyable experience if you change the font too.
P.S.: Sorry for my bad english
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use another font please!!! the skin Γ great but this font made it not perfect
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most gorgeous theme I've seen in a while, thank you!
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i have win 7 ultimate x64. i have no icons for close maximise minimize buttons and win 7 nav button customizer doesnΒ΄t work 
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sorry to bougther you again... but i spent the night traying to get back the yellow notification light n the taskbar and i could infd how to do it in win7 style builder...... can you point me to the direction or help me? i really wanna use this theme.
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1. Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBand > Basic > TaskBand > TaskItemButton
There is a check box called TRANSPARENT
2. The show desktop button is at Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBar > Basic > Show Desktop Button > Button
If you want to change it for the vertical taskbars too it's below the other one
3. The text color you wanted to change in the start menu is at Address, Breadcrumb & Search > Search > Edit > SearchEdit > TextBox > Normal Text
Changing the color in the start menu will also change the color of the text in regular windows too
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Would it be possible for you to upload a version of the theme with the yellow notification added back? I unfortunately have no idea how to edit themes. ):
Thanks so much!
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omg youre a champ.. thank you soo much, imma try that
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That second part is supposed to say TRANSPARENT: BOOL
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yup i got it.... am writing back to say i got it working, this is a bit easyer than i thought! its was just that i had the wrong softare or something, now i got it working just fine, i can see why you didnt like the orange notification thing, when you turn on the task item button and hover your mouse over it, it takes up the colour of the icon and change the button completelly.. and i dont like it, but i need the notification. so ill have to just ignore it.
again thank yo for everything, i might consider creating my own theme whenever i have time
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can u share your vs with the yellow notification light n the taskbar ?
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i love this theme! if i had o suggest anything it would be minor, likethe search bar in the explorer, you could put it a bit darker, sor sorto of grey, cuz as of now it lokks like nothing is there.
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I did that on purpose, it's not necessary to include a search bar because when you click the start menu it already allows you to type without you needing to select it. The light grey is the lightest color I can go to make it invisible.
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