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Anyway, I think I almost have the Windows 7/Vista versions of this done. There's still a few things to do like task dialogues and some of the navigation buttons (like those ugly little blue magnifying glass search icons). Then I still have the XP parts to test and add... but for the most part, the start menu, windows, drop down menus, taskbar, buttons... all of that stuff is finished. Preview and more info below.
Thoughts, comments, and questions greatly appreciated. I also seem to be in need of a tester for Windows 7 to send me pics and junk so I can mare sure everything looks good in 7. So volunteers.... step up.
I know Karmat will.
It's actually winding down now. After putting about three months (off and on) into this, I have to see I'm really liking the looks of the end result.
A few this to note. No... this is not released yet. Sorry. Still a work in progress but I'm hoping to upload the skin file soon. This is just a preview... I still have a few things to do like some custom navigation icons and a few sections of the XP UI. I need to test it on XP first though. Which I'm hoping to do today sometime.
Just as a quick rundown...
* This is Vista and Windows 7 only at the moment. So no XP features are shown.
* The preview is taken entirely from Windows Vista which has some weird quirks. Which is why the command bar text is black. I can't have dark window tables and light command bar text with Vista. It's just not possible. It will be fixed in Windows 7 though.
* For the most part, the drop down menus, the Start Menu, the windows, and the taskbar are FINISHED. Almost everything you see here is exactly how it should look in the final release of the skin.
* The large logo in the upper left is the please wait... thingy. It appears when you switch to this skin.
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* I can't give a certain release date. There's still quite a bit to do in XP. But I've been working on this more lately so hopefully within a week or two. As long as I don't hit many snags.
* When I DO upload the final release, I'll do it solely on Wincustomize.org. I'll be sure to post a link here though.
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Things that will most likely change:
1: The start menu's shutdown/logoff buttons. Those are broken at the moment. (as you can see in the pic)
2: The tray expander for the system tray.
3: The search/navigation buttons. Those little blue and red icons that look really ugly on the window and start menu.
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4: Possibly the dark gray selection image on the start menu (highlighting Photoshop in the pic). I'm not sure if I like it or not.
5: There's a large possibility that the scroll bar will change. I don't really like it.
I'm sorry this is taking so long... I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I wasn't really happy uploading the light version without it being complete. I will be finishing that one eventually, by the way.
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Anywho, comments are appreciated and encouraged. If there are any questions, please feel free to ask them.