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Clearscreen Sharp for Windows7
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Published: 2009-10-25 01:51:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 941487; Favourites: 1946; Downloads: 218437
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THANKS fediaFedia FOR THE DAILY DEVIATION and I'm glad that people out there still enjoy using this theme!
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Hi all,
Here is the Clearscreen port for Windows 7. Much has been polished and much had to be redone, thus some things have been changed -- some compromises here as Windows 7 shares even more resources between different parts of the theme. So expect some details to be lost (like the etched look on the group sorting headers -- Windows 7 ignores the property and only allows a 1px height for the seperator), or the unique "New Application" button state for the Start Menu (that image is shared and grossly distorted in another area), amongst other things.
You may be wondering where the navigation buttons and other resources are -- I am having trouble replacing my resources in System32. Replacing Explorer.exe works fine, but as soon as I replace a .dll file, things go to crap. I had to repair my OS 8 times yesterday and don't feel like having another go for a while. I'm taking the same steps as I had on Vista x64, and I had no problem on Vista, so this is very strange. Any help is appreciated
I am working on Clearscreen Round, which shouldn't take as long, as the base that these two themes share is now complete. Won't give an ETA; it'll be done when it's done.
Known Bugs / Limitations:
- Because of the nonstandard frame and padding size (both set to 1) of this theme, you may see the frames distort in some areas... unfortunately, there's not much I can do there as Vista's default Aero also has problems when scaling it down to this size; fidelity of the edges and corners are lost. [limitation]
- Aero Wizard dialog uses the bodytext color property (which is set to black in my theme) for the titlebar text for whatever reason (coding laziness?) -- basically, black text on black shadow == difficult to read... [limitation]
Volume mixer line goes a few pixels too far -- this is because the padding size is low, which allows for more vertical and horizontal space, allowing the vertical seperator to come into view and cross the horizontal volume mixer line. [limitation]- Resource Monitor accordion text color is white and sits on a light gray background. [limitation]
- Start Menu may show up blurless near the top when you first open it, but it fixes afterwards. This is because DWM assumes that there is a solid graphic there like in the default Aero, so it doesn't blur it. Unfortunately, there is an intentional gap up there to fit the style, and I don't want to change it. It's not a big problem, but a minor annoyance for some.
Updates
- Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)...again.
v3.2 (November 1, 2009):
- Fixed Start Menu's Userpic in Top Superbar orientation.
- Revisted the Superbar Thumbnails section, still not sure about it, but I think it looks better than it did.
- Improved Start Menu blurless area limitation (seen when you first open it, DWM fixes it afterwards) by expanding the white area (Programslist) horizontally to cover it. I can't fix the top part, unfortunately, or that would mean that there will be no gap up there, and I like the gap
- Removed Fading Animation in Explorer Documents section/template. It was an experimentation that I forgot to remove.
- Fixed Vertical taskbar graphics to stretch proportionately
v3.1 (October 31, 2009): Bug fixes & Polishing
- Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)
- Fixed SIZINGMARGIN property for progress bar left and right edge -- edge retains fidelity when progress bar is stretched or shrunken.
v3 (October 30, 2009):
- Fixed Treeview bug (Seen in CCleaner, Regedit)
- Fixed Start Menu panels from distorting in Large Icons mode
- Fixed Shadowless frames (left and right) to match top and bottom frames
- Optimized frames for current padding/sizing border (1)
- Added a bit more contrast to highlighted text (highlighted text now set to #000000; highlight fill = #CDCDCD)
- Fixed Disabled SplitButton Dropdown graphic
- Updated Explorer.exe to current version [6.1.7600.16404] (x86 & x64) -- thanks to ~drake04 !
- Fixed Large Icons view in Start Menu from distorting the menu panels.
v2.5 (October 26, 2009):
v2 (October 25, 2009):
FAQ
- Q: Where can I get the green wallpaper in the preview?
A: Sorry, that isn't a wallpaper. It is a background made for presentation purposes. Maybe when I have the time I can create a wallpaper like it. - Q: What about the ones in Explorer? Where can I get those wallpapers?
A: I do not remember where I got them from, so out of respect to the authors I won't share them.
I think the ones in the preview came from Flickr. You may be able to find them in some of my favorite photographers galleries and shrink them down to your resolution yourself:
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Q: Are you going to make a large triangular Start button?
A: Sure, when I get the time. The reason for its current absence is because the triangular Start button is shared in all four Superbar orientations.
Q: Help! I can't make out the text in X program!
A: Programs that rely on their own graphics or font colors along with resources from the theme (colors, font, images) for their GUI will often have usability issues (black font on black background, for example). This is unfortunately out of my hands. Programmers design their program around the default Aero theme as that's what the overwhelming majority would use.
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Comments: 708
The best VS I've used thus far. Hope to see the round version
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Love the way it looks with small taskbar icons, I'm staying with this skin for now, tnx
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hey, iยดm checking nearly every week this page with the hope to see you continue work. sadly you seems to be quite busy and have no time for further work on this great theme (which is in top 3 of all-time-best here on deviant).
well, may i ask you if the small start-button (the black triangular one) is download-able somewhere for the start-orb-changer-prog? it looks really cool. thanx.
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YO!
Do I have to backup and overwrite my explorer.exe in this Theme?
Uncertain what to do with it. Since I dont find any "Install notes", im not tough enough to try without it.
Looking GREAT! anyway!
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Please you can create the theme with the taskbar and the start menu with Aero Glass, like a original theme of windows.
No black, please with Aero Glass
Thanks!!!
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exellent, but can you please make variant with more transparent taskbar for us
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Great theme though some applications default to the "windows classic" theme for their button styles etc but as more themes got that issue I reckon thats not your fault , so can't use it at work when programming but besides that it looks absolutely stunning!
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Just as a heads up, when you try to edit resources from System32 (as in opening them up in Restorator), it takes them from SysWOW64; this is why it keeps corrupting your OS. In order to properly edit the .dll's in System32, copy them to the desktop first, edit them, and copy them back into System32.
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I love this theme. However, I get a subtle reflection graphic on the windows and taskbar that isn't in your preview here. I'd like to get rid of it.
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nice..the theme works but not getting the start orb like urs in the preview
tried copy pasting the explorer.exe in windows folder didn't work even after turning off the UAC help!
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nice..the theme works but not getting the start orb like urs in the preview
tried copy pasting the explorer.exe in windows folder didn't work even after turning off the UAC help!
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How to instal it? Where is manual? Thx
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wooor.. perfect even without transparency -> now my default style.
many thx
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This theme is very beautiful.
Thank you.
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My favourite theme I've used so far! Loving it. Only criticisms would be scrollbars are very hard to see as its white on light grey so that bugs me quite a lot. Also because of the shadowing they don't seem to touch the top & bottom when you scroll to the top or bottom it looks like there's quite a gap there. Taskbar could do with more colour like the window titlebars have. Otherwise fantastic, great piece of work, looking forward to seeing Clearscreen Round if you're still working on it!
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can anyone here mod this theme no user pic....thanks....
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kj - great work - will you ever create in dark glass ?? pls advise, thx !!
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hey can i have the bitnamp picture for the start orb pleae thanks
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Im sorry for bothering, but where is the instruction for changing the bar, 64-bit
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Dude if you wouldnt mind me asking how do you set the 914 items text to bold in your screenshot. Being looking through WSB but i cant find where that font is located.
Thanks
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What Program did you use to make this brilliant theme?
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Please, those wallpapers are mouth watering!!!
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Damn... I wish I could have same superbar ( transparent - light ) like the top bars... Why is so dark? :S
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how can I replace the explorer.exe?
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Please Please share the wallpapers in the picture library
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omg i just switched to 7 today and i was praying so hard youd have this for 7 as well and.. you do. i love you. so. hard.
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do i miss something here? i want that basic-theme (the dark one) for win 7 like shown in the preview. that one rocks. is that avaliable?
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the one in the screenshot is not an actual window it is a sub window in Photoshop you can see the same things in some pdf readers when you have multiple documents open and minimize or restore one of them
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I think you have to disable aero from control panel i read this somewhere so i can't give exact instructions but i will look it up
and this is definitely a good (maybe one of the best) basic theme for 7...
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Man you know I have to say this is as good as custom themes get. I've been using it for a year now, I've never been so satisfied with a theme. If I had to complain, the only thing I'd say is that sometimes the sliders are a little hard to see.
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There is a solution to the padding issue:
Go to personalization> Window colour> Advanced appearance settings...> Active Window Border
Set the thing to 4 and it is fixed (although might impair visually)
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I want this for Vista, The toolbar looks so awesome. (:
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this theme is already made for vista!
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Oh, forgot to mention one thing, it's about the scrollbar, I think it's a little too bright for its own good, and it somehow feels a bit big. Adjusted contrasts would increase application handiness. I think I've found a visual bug also, and it seems that I can't scroll down or up completely, because according to the scrollbar it's already at the very top. A small graphics glitch maybe, but a bit frustrating on such a nice visual style.
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Together with Shine 2.0 , this is one of the best themes available for Windows 7. The ultimate theme would however be a combination of these two visual styles. The appearance of the taskbar in this visual style (because it's so clear) and the minimize/maximize/close buttons from Shine 2.0. One good feature about Shine 2.0 is that the "display picture" on the top of the start menu (the one pointing you your user account) is removed. Can this be removed in Clearscreen Sharp?
It's difficult to choose between those two visual styles, because they're good in different ways.
Maybe a few options to make the taskbar slightly more transparent? That would be awesome!
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What's a good explorerframe for this? Anybody got a suggestion?
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~K-Johnson
Please, post for download Start Orb format for use Windows 7 Start Button Changer
Format PNG, please
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My favorite theme. I've looked and tried others, but I always revert back to this one. Simply perfect.
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I love this theme and use it all the time...the only thing that I really dislike is the scrollbar, it's hard to see sometimes since it's basically white on white I wish you could make it a bit darker or something.
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I've been able to apply other themes but CSSharp doesn't work out that great. The taskbar & start button changes (replaced the explorer.exe) but the actual windows don't, it looks like it's back to default themes with the rounded edges and normal min/max/close buttons, along with the HDD colors.
Running W7 x64.
Thanks!
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