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FredPJ — ModBlue 1.1
Published: 2005-01-17 18:46:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 49656; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 28961
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Description
ModBlue is a visual style partially based on Microsoft's newer visual styles like "Plex", "Aero", "Slate" and "Energy Blue/Royale". Try it out, you'll see how it blends perfectly with the latest software.New in version 1.1:
- Energy Blue Taskbar (normal and thin size versions).
- Several significant errors corrected.
- Some minor changes.
Notes:
- Normal and thin Taskbar size versions included.
- Please use 32 bit desktop color and ClearType fonts.
- My older "ModPlex" and "ModSlate" visual styles have been discontinued.
ModBlue v1.1 by FreD, 2005
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Comments: 45
I have used this for several years and I love it. Even made it my default skin in my nLite windows installation disk, it's that good. I love the thin taskbar version, it's great!
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Brilliant style. After trying a few different styles, this one has very quickly become my standard style. (I compacted the start menu, though. Hope you don't mind!) Excellent work!
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This little baby has been the single style that occupied my shell for the past... I don't even remember, 2 years, or more... 
If it were up to my, it would be the default visual style for Windows XP!
Outstanding job!
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this theme rocks, its just what ive been looking for... THANKS!
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great theme. only font is too thin/small for me and my laptop. try to give some additional ones in the next version to let users choose
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am also waiting for one, This is a theme that just rocks .. i love it ...
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oh, yes... If you add thin start menu, that would be even better!
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I like this very much! I just hope you can modified titlebar, to better match energy taskbar...
Like this: [link]
this would look soooo great!
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certainly, after using for more than 1 month, i still feel its the best and no other themes are so accurate in everything.
well done once again ...
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Quite possibly the best theme I've seen for windows yet...
Has everything I like about Luna, and exludes everything I hate about it.
Excellent work FredPJ.
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AND YOU KEPT THE MENU!!! OMG YES!!! this is by far the best VS i've used PROPS TO YOU!
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This is too good. A very well thought of mixture of all the latest win longhorn themes.
well done, its certainly one of the best themes around .. after a long time .. something really good.
especially the fact that even after changing the style it looks very much like XP , unlike other themes who transform the os to something you dont like ...
well done .. good work ..
A few suggestions..
1. The Title bar size is 20 now, it should be 21 for the 3 buttons (min,max and close) to get a decent non scaled look.
oops ... got to go. .. will punch in more later..
but well done once again .. am adding to my favorites..
cheers
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Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I see what you mean, but that's not a mistale, the current button size is completely intentional and the buttons are correctly resized (they have different fixed size glyphs), I want the buttons to look exactly that way. I'm sorry but I don't intend to change them to bulky buttons and consequently resize the caption bar like in the original "Luna" visual style...
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Very nice job Fred, just downloaded it, very smooth and beautiful...I'd luv to port it to windowblinds. I added a compact start menu to the thin taskbar version and it looks pretty sweet..I hid the user pic and slimmed down the top bar a little and it's very sharp in compact start also. Thanx for sharing it with us. If you or anyone would like to see it, email me and I'll send you a screenshot. boss0192002@yahoo.com
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I'm sorry but I don't allow you yo do that, I hope you understand. You may modify it for personal use as long as you don't distribute it and/or put it online. I'll port it to WindowBlinds myself after I finish my next version, thanks.
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No problem, I'll look forward to it, it's really well made and looks great.
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is the next version almost complete i've been thinking about this ever since i've seen that screen shot man i want that desktop!!!!
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Don't worry, I didn't forgot about it. I've already started working on it but it will only be online next week (or perhaps earlier), sorry. This is because I found out some errors on it that are now already corrected. I would say that it's about half done, please be patient.
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Awesome, gonna put it on my desk 👍: 0 ⏩: 0
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Hey, I really like your work, because it still looks like a windows xp desktop - if I'd be looking for a MacOS I'd go out and buy an apple computer
But I also have some wishes on how to improve the visual style even more:
- for the title bar: change it to the font used in the MS mediaplayer 10 as well as the style of the close/max/min buttons
- change the look of the windows logo on the start-button (see: [link] or [link] )
Other than that, great work.
Tom
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"Hey, I really like your work, because it still looks like a windows xp desktop - if I'd be looking for a MacOS I'd go out and buy an apple computer"
Thanks, that's what I had in mind when I made this visual style.
"But I also have some wishes on how to improve the visual style even more:
- for the title bar: change it to the font used in the MS mediaplayer 10 as well as the style of the close/max/min buttons"
The font is the same, only in a different color and size. Sorry, but I don't intend to change those buttons.
"- change the look of the windows logo on the start-button (see: [link] or [link])"
Thanks for your idea, I think I'll do something similar to those visual styles then I add the (optional) Energy Blue Taskbar on the next version, but the current taskbars and start button will stay the same.
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Beautiful!
I can't find errors and believe me I will find them, and it works with Firefox (w00t!)
The progress bar is beautiful as well...
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Thanks a lot. But I warn you that you'll have trouble finding errors (though very possible), I've been testing and updating this visual style for more than a year.
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Damn im angry now, my pc wont take the style. But it looks nice on screenshot. gj
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Thanks. I don't know if that's the problem, but you need to have StyleXP or similar software installed or visual styles won't work.
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(I don't know how to edit and delete my posts but anyway)
I just downloaded this theme and I love the actual start menu I hope that will stay the same for when you add that nice toolbar from Energy Blue.
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Ok now THAT is the perfect theme!! This is something that will stay on my desktop for a LONNNNNNG time. How long untill you release that theme?
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Maybe next week, I'll probably work on it this weekend when I have some spare time.
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I really like the theme but the taskbar is a little off for my taste.
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You know, the main scheme is in fact the one with the thin Taskbar (because it's the one I use). I have only added the normal sized version by popular request, but to be honest I'm also not entirely happy with it. So I'm thinking about adding a new version with the Taskbar (but with a different Start Panel) from Microsoft's "Energy Blue/Royale" visual style, it should be fairly quick and easy. You can see a screenshot of the "Energy Blue/Royale" Taskbar here: [link]
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Thanks a lot~~~
Very coooool style! I like it so much.
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Great style! Using it right now. I think this one would also look great in grey, silver or brushed metal. How about that? 
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Thanks! Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't intend to add new color schemes. I made this one mostly for myself, adding a new color scheme would mean changing almost everything, which would give me a lot of hard work. This blue version already gave me enough work.
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Thanks a lot for the compliments, I hope you enjoy it.
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