Aero Unified, Finally, matching Aero |
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 May 6 2007, 07:09 PM
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Advanced Member  Loyal Member Posts: 155 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Florida Member No.: 4,577 I'm running: 6000 Ultimate  |
The fact that the glass shades of the window borders and taskbar/sidebar were different always bugged me, especially since that meant that the taskbar could have plain white text while the window border needed black text with the white "blur" effect, even if you chose a dark glass color.
So... I took the style of the taskbar/sidebar glass and copied over to the window border and removed the white "blur" effect, creating a more unified Aero theme: 
AeroUnified.jpg ( 146.72K )
Number of downloads: 866
AeroUnified2.jpg ( 247.91K )
Number of downloads: 659I've attached just the aero.msstyles file, I didn't make a custom shellstyle. The Back/Foward buttons are from Aero X3remes RC1. Additional Steps (titlebar text and glass border size): - Go to Personalization > Window Color and Appearance - Open Classic Appearance Properties - Click the "Advanced" button in the lower right - Select Active Title Bar and choose white in the drop-down box at the bottom - Select Inactive Title Bar and choose grey in the drop-down box at the bottom - If you would like, select Border Padding and change it from 4 to 8 for a larger glass border.
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Number of downloads: 586I'll do a Basic theme too if anyone wants it. Let me know if you have any other ideas/suggestions. Downloads: Aero Unified Aero Unified With Maximized Transparency -------------------- |
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May 6 2007, 07:22 PM
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 MaStErHaCk™ & Lost Soul™  Global ModeratorPosts: 2,075 Joined: 27-February 05 From: Germany Member No.: 550 I'm running: OS X 10.6 & 7600 |
wow that one looks nice...
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May 6 2007, 07:45 PM
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 AeroXperience UX Geek Forum Guru Posts: 1,942 Joined: 29-December 04 From: *.ph.ph.cox.net Member No.: 431 I'm running: out of sanity. |
I think I'm in love! Except... you didn't attach the MSStyles file :S
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May 6 2007, 07:56 PM
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Advanced Member Loyal Member Posts: 155 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Florida Member No.: 4,577 I'm running: 6000 Ultimate |
Whoops! Here it is:
aero.zip ( 973.66K )
Number of downloads: 545I also added the link to the original post. -------------------- |
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May 6 2007, 11:35 PM
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Member Member Posts: 27 Joined: 28-April 07 Member No.: 16,221 I'm running: Vista Business |
QUOTE (Stetrain @ May 6 2007, 03:56 PM)  Whoops! Here it is:
aero.zip ( 973.66K )
Number of downloads: 545I also added the link to the original post. Tried it, didn't like it. With dark windows, aero glass isn't transparent enough to look like glass anymore... more like a shaded XP theme. I do like that you removed the blur effects though. That's the only part of original aero glass that i don't like. |
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May 6 2007, 11:47 PM
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Advanced Member Loyal Member Posts: 121 Joined: 2-March 07 Member No.: 12,641 |
wow ...an evolution ...just a few more changes like transparency and voila
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May 7 2007, 12:14 AM
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Advanced Member Loyal Member Posts: 155 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Florida Member No.: 4,577 I'm running: 6000 Ultimate |
QUOTE (neobara @ May 6 2007, 06:35 PM) Tried it, didn't like it. With dark windows, aero glass isn't transparent enough to look like glass anymore... more like a shaded XP theme. I do like that you removed the blur effects though. That's the only part of original aero glass that i don't like. I've tried adjusting it so that the stream shows through a bit more:
AUNewStream.jpg ( 223.65K )
Number of downloads: 172Is that better?. If it were less transparent, then you couldn't be sure that the text would be readable without putting the blur back Also be sure to try different color intensities in the Window Color panel. -------------------- |
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May 7 2007, 12:23 AM
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 Forum Guru Forum Guru Posts: 912 Joined: 15-January 06 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 1,769 I'm running: Windows 7 Ultimate |
Looks great, but judging from those screens it looks like the top corners of the window are jagged and not very smooth.. that would drive me nuts
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May 7 2007, 01:18 AM
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 Member Member Posts: 14 Joined: 4-November 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,196 I'm running: Windows 7 |
like it ! its the best theme for vista.. its good for the eyes and looks fantastic
BTW Can you post the fish wallapaer you ues in the shots? |
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May 7 2007, 01:20 AM
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Advanced Member Loyal Member Posts: 155 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Florida Member No.: 4,577 I'm running: 6000 Ultimate |
As for the corners, I'm working on smoothing them out a bit, but the shadow is giving me a hard time. I'll re-upload it when I get it right.
As for the wallpaper, it's the one that Apple has used in their iPhone demos, here's a link: http://www.alltimetv.com/www.WinMatrix.com...lown%20Fish.jpg -------------------- |
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May 7 2007, 01:23 AM
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Member Member Posts: 14 Joined: 4-November 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,196 I'm running: Windows 7 |
Ok... nice... thx a lot fot the Wallpaper
i have a blue stream i have make if you try it on this theme.. ? i think its shood look nice.. :-) QUOTE (Stetrain @ May 7 2007, 09:20 AM) As for the corners, I'm working on smoothing them out a bit, but the shadow is giving me a hard time. I'll re-upload it when I get it right.
As for the wallpaper, it's the one that Apple has used in their iPhone demos, here's a link: http://www.alltimetv.com/www.WinMatrix.com...lown%20Fish.jpg
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May 7 2007, 01:42 AM
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AeroXperience UX Geek Forum Guru Posts: 1,942 Joined: 29-December 04 From: *.ph.ph.cox.net Member No.: 431 I'm running: out of sanity. |
I would love to see that stream with this theme
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May 7 2007, 02:16 AM
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Advanced Member Loyal Member Posts: 155 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Florida Member No.: 4,577 I'm running: 6000 Ultimate |
Here's an update with much better top corners (I'll update the original post also):
aero__unified_fixed.zip ( 1010.84K )
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May 7 2007, 03:31 AM
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Member Member Posts: 17 Joined: 24-January 07 Member No.: 9,525 I'm running: Windows Vista Ultimate |
Dude, you effing rock.
Just one thing I'd like to request (if possible) Can you add in the glass-while-maximized thing? |
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May 7 2007, 03:52 AM
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Forum Guru Forum Guru Posts: 912 Joined: 15-January 06 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 1,769 I'm running: Windows 7 Ultimate |
Awesome, the corners look 100 times smoother. Thanks
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