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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
| juniper7 |
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:50 am
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| Hi meetHG. I still did not try every option out. Ah, yes. Not just the border, but all kinds of accents. Accents it is. At first I didn't notice the borders look thinner, with border removed at bottom. What I did was use your sunset mountain image from last skin, and compare. The best part of your s... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 4:26 pm
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| Back for last time today. You won't be hearing from me for the next couple days. This is all I can answer. [P.U. And M, M for More. Do you like these?] I like More money, More happiness & Peace. Oh, that's where the more is. I never knew that. So it replaced the realistic looking magnifier. If I... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 2:26 pm
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| Here is a little bit more. We have too much info to converse just in one post. Errors in Reshacker. Whatever version works for you. I would change the way you save the file. Most of time now, after clicking the compile button, I just click on the exit X of window, then it asks if I want to save, yes... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:01 am
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| Just a quick reply, for one of the issues. I went back to look at good and bad file. Ok you are right. I don't really care about what the font view looks like. It can be changed anyway in Reshacker. Are you going to change the icon inside for a personal one, to show up in the "About" box? ... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: United States Marine Corps. Button |
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:50 pm
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| I saw on the news about the Marine plane crash, the other day. Too bad. You know, I keep looking at your start button so many times today, I see something funny in the way it distorts at 60 size. The eagle wings turn into a hat, like a Matador one. Then world is like a face with a big round nose. Th... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: United States Marine Corps. Button |
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:57 pm
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Always Faithful.
Wow. When U.S.A. does something, they do big.
I reduced to size 60
I feel like I work for the Marines now.
It's like a Seal of approval. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:32 am
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| :lol: Excuses, um, there is only 24 hours in day, not 25. I only said 'I'll look at it', not do anything. I'm weaning myself off CSM, as I've been told, there's something called "Outdoor Summer Activities" :lol: Ok. I didn't download the #1 skin, as you added another 2 updated. Hey, got to... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:15 am
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Looks like it's best for people with HiDPI screens to help you, like Gaurav.
Sometimes I don't notice things on my regular monitor, when I put to 144DPI.
They get cut off, or look so big, it's hard to compare everything together. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
| juniper7 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:45 am
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I'm glad you are still creating. 
I thought I might have been too insistent with recomendations, and scared you off.
I will look at your new skin tonight, or tom. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: WIN7LIKE (Windows 7 style) |
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:09 pm
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Due to request,
I added user picture option to be frameless,
so a png transparent background icon can be used instead.
Now full Full Glass WIN7LIKE revB.skin7 |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Request: StartIsBack skin |
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:43 am
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| Hi JustNiz. Post your request in the Feature Requests Development section, for it to be noticed better, by the master IVO. :) I tried to add those glyph font icons ("Segoe MDL2 Assets")into mrbumpy409 black Metro skin, with screenshots. It is not customizable like Startisback, and is alway... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Square version of Windows 7 Style Start Menu Request |
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:17 pm
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| Here. :) Only made square corners. I did not flatten out the selector buttons. I never tested on other systems, besides Win 10. The skinned scroll bar is not going to work with Creators Update (Win 10). I didn't put in a switchable opaque/transparency option, because just having option text,: OPTION... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Square version of Windows 7 Style Start Menu Request |
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 2:48 pm
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| Do you mean just to have square corners on menu, selectors, and user image frame? All you need to do is edit, and replace the bitmaps of an already made skin. Example Windows Aero.skin7 Use free Pixelformer image editor. It should be easy. Use color picker, and pencil tool, to copy and paste a color... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Floating startmenu skin |
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:15 pm
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| Hello mykou. M.D. Wow. [things went wrong] Just tell me the above female in screenshot, was not one of your patients? I can see it now. You were administering a trial pharmaceutical, to cure some minor anterior facial veins, and bam, the drug reacted like Viagra. :lol: Joking aside, that's a profess... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Floating startmenu skin |
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:28 pm
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| Third time's a Charm? I matched the same transparency 119 alpha as main bitmap. Did not touch anything of original. All the added text at bottom of file. Added bitmaps are #23, #24. I think I got it correct. If you don't want the bottom option, just put the " ; " in front of option to stop... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Floating startmenu skin |
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:09 pm
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| Hello Mykou. My comprehension is not good sometimes. If the screenshot is of Metro Glass by Van SN-2016, you've got it working already, :) some how using combination of a theme file? Is it that you want a stand alone exact same skin, but with the invisible 25 pixels/15 pixels? I can leave his skin j... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Floating startmenu skin |
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:13 pm
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| Hi mykou. I'm bad. Sorry, I should have modded a simple glass color masked skin for you. Thing about Metro skin, is it follows Windows 8 startscreen/10 system color, not glass color. To change color, would take awhile to figure out. A lot of people have done it though. Can alter all the dark1/dark2 ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Floating startmenu skin |
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:15 pm
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| clrSharp2 Glass revB.skin has menu floating at bottom. The classic Metro.skin could be modified to have it float. Increase menu bitmap size to include invisible portion (0 alpha) Increase the bitmap dimension slices to match new size. Increase main padding, to push the text further down. Increase pa... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:28 am
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| OK, Gaurav. Wow. 176 . I'm surprised screen isn't blurry, if not divided evenly? I think it's best if padding increased at least a tiny bit. I know meetHG likes everything tightly packed. This could work: Could increase just a little bit from Submenu_icon_padding=5,0,0,0 to Submenu_icon_padding=5,1,... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:57 am
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I'm guessing Gaurav may have the small icons setup in CSM to be instead of default 24 size for submenu at 144DPI,
that they are around 40 pixel size? That could be it!
Here is picture of submenu at 144DPI. of your latest skin. No changes to any paddings in submenu were made. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:17 am
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| Hi. Something like this :black Main_separator=7 Main_separator_tint1=#000000 Main_separator_mask=#FF0000 Main_separator_slices_X=1,23,1 :white Main_separator=7 Main_separator_tint1=#FFFFFF Main_separator_mask=#FF0000 Main_separator_slices_X=1,23,1 I want to check out some things Gaurav said about Hi... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 11:35 pm
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| Hello again [Opaque border with transparent inner menu part.] No, don't do anything. I like that effect. I had that effect before too in my first mod of your skin way back. [The "Main Menu Transparency" settings are still a bit confusing to understand.] If Gaurav didn't say anything about ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:05 pm
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| Hi meetHG. I provided a picture to explain better in a previous post when the boundary border would blend into nothing effect. That is why I experimented with a black pattern image, to get a stronger darker border. Either way has good points. If you want more solid, go the pattern way. For more ever... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:15 am
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| Hello meetHG. I looked up your name. It means part of ice, or of the moon? Yep, or Han jee. :) The darkened mod I made was on purpose, from past experience with picture menus. It is to avoid any possibility of having white background with white text, which is unreadable. See my first picture skin, m... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:08 pm
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Sorry man, I don't have time to read and understand.
Here is the old boat skin. Most of stuff I changed is at the bottom. See if you can figure out what I did. Will come back in a few days to help
Bye |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:04 pm
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| Hello meetHG. Oh, I see now on you menu. That's your name initials. I'm sending this now, for I will be busy the next few days. Looking at Ivo's Metallic skin, I revealed his clever way of using pattern masks. I managed to now have borders with light( whitish), or dark (greyish), or have color picke... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Black Metro skin for Windows 10 |
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:07 am
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You're a true artist, how you manipulate each system entity,
culminating them into a piece of fine art. Bravo
I see in your start menu entries, there is Corel Paint Shop Pro.
That sure has a great built in digital noise reduction filter.
I use an older version X2. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:28 pm
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| You know I started to look at your latest skin. I saved all the skin resources to a folder. Holy Batman. It mushroomed into a lot of bitmaps. I tried your question 3 Card color preset to a color. I could not get it looking the right way. Gave up on that. Then decided to go back to the fishing boat i... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Smoked Glass skin is missing from my CS 4.30 |
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 4:27 pm
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If it absolutely has to be 7 style,
there are other skins that can be downloaded into the skins folder.
There is a Vista version that is somewhat like Smoked Glass.
I'd call it a distant cousin:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5655&p=25537#p25537 |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:17 pm
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| I'm working on gutting/converting a Vista type skin to full glass column 1 & 2, 7 style, for rest of weekend. I'm scared of switching back and forward between that skin, and yours. In the past, I wrote over a good skin with a bad skin. So, I'm not trying anything with your skin, only in my mind.... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:21 am
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meetHG wrote: And Name Of New Skin:- Blue Ray.
Like It Or Not?
It's a good name for a skin.
It has a special attraction  |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:40 pm
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| Hello Bitmaps are the biggest size for using in the skin file. Pngs will compress without loss. Will come out smaller than bitmaps. Depending if how much texture is in image, they can compress to virtually nothing. Jpgs compress and throw away part of image, as well as add lots of noise blocks. Jpgs... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:43 pm
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| Hello All I did was add the arrows, and user picture parts as png images(to save some file size), and add the HiDPI text at bottom of script. At 144 DPI, the arrows are larger, but they look thin next to thicker text. You might want to thicken up HI-DPI arrows? I think it's due to the busy jellyfish... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Dark Injection 9.r Start Menu |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:34 pm
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| You know how Windows has invisible icons. Is there an invisble font in stock default Windows 7,8,10? It is better to have text in skin linked to an invisible system font, instead of having a user install a font. I would like to go back and fix our VistaLike skin. Certain languages show the tiny text... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Black Metro skin for Windows 10 |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:21 pm
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Hi mykou.
That Win 10 concept skin is too frozen up, to use for anything. (User can't customize)
There's a guy who is developing a Win 10 start menu application (not skin) here:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7568
which looks to have a lot of potential. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Dark Injection 9.r Start Menu |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:14 am
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Dog gone it!
Remember when we were trying to make that Vista look shutdown button?
We couldn't get rid of the small -1 text, and you joked about using invisible font?
There really is an invisible font: I just couldn't see it. 
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/pgpf/if.html |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:11 am
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I'll see what you are up to sometime this weekend,
and see if I can help further if needed. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:01 am
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| I think Vista is dead as a Dodo. meetHG was asking if his skin can work on Vista. Vista, Vista. You know if Vista was full glass 2nd and 1st column, it would probably look like classic Smoked glass skin. Has anybody made a smokey top 7 style skin? Maybe time to try. I wonder if serendipity is marrie... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:43 am
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| OK, now my head is spinning, getting more confused, and it's not the jolt of strong coffee. :lol: From what I have read 96 DPI is standard Windows default for years at 100% size. Some people call it PPI (pixels per inch), because it suits monitors better than dots per inch for printing. 120 DPI for ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:28 pm
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| Vista Your skin is probably not going to work on Vista. A lot of feature options that you put into skin require CSM version 4.3.0. Ivo stopped updating Vista at Version 3.6.8, before all these new features were created. Thank you for the Mountain pictures. Credit the artist Way back, someone asked m... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:25 pm
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| It takes a lot of work to put in so many options for a picture start menu. Less than a dozen have made one. I like the asymmetrical circle user picture frame. You've got to be the first person to put so many color pickers for options. Spelling mistake in skin options Use white Seperators to Separato... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:23 am
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Wish I could look at it.
On a back breaking job today. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:39 pm
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| Here is another picture to help understand all the slices, in this case, for taller search box. TALLER WIDER alternate search box If you absolutely want a taller wider search box, it becomes more complicated. You see, the vertical size of search box changes with the main font size, or dpi. which you... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:43 am
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| INTERNET CONNECTION I had noticed you have kiwix offline reader in your screenshot of start menu, which gave me the clue, either you fly a lot, or have slow internet. I was on dial up for while back in the day. Our posts are getting quite long. Are we writing novels? :lol: I'll have to send informat... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Bare Glass with opaque options [Classic 1/2] |
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:38 am
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| Looks like your desktop animation is the great part. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:07 pm
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| In case you are interested in a wider search box with your "S" inclusive, here you go. The zip has the matching bitmaps to install. Goodnight :) Search_padding=0,0,0,0 Search_frame=0 Search_background=32 Search_background_mask=33 Search_background_slices_X=0,1,1, 0,13,4, 1,1,0 Search_backg... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Start9: A modular, extensible Shell supplement for Windows. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:50 pm
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Well, congratulations on working so hard on it,
and hope to see a released version of it someday.  |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Start9: A modular, extensible Shell supplement for Windows. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:34 pm
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| Wow, video is so fast. Don't blink. I still don't know. Is it part of an old Windows, that maybe has the very early version of the new start menu, that has not been updated to a newer version, that now contains XAML?, and in some way, you managed to isolate its code, or whatever from Windows, and ma... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Start9: A modular, extensible Shell supplement for Windows. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 2:14 pm
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I'm browsing quickly through these posts.
I still don't know what your project is.
Is this some kind of open source freeware/abandonware,
that people can modify,
or is it your very own creation?
My IQ took a hit today.
How to see your youtube vid? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skin with full customization (can set background,colors) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 9:19 am
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| Ok, I had some time to play with the emblem text. I'm a bit confused to know what the heck is going on with all the mixing, and non mixing. It does not crash anymore, looks like emblems are opaque, unless image 53 has some alpha transparency added. I actually turned pattern back on, to see what was ... |
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