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NEW THEME! Shinobi 1.0 (From IZA)
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Apr 21, 2003, 07:50 AM
 
wooow, rather unique. i really like those glowing elements..... unfortunately too dark for me to use it every day.
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 07:51 AM
 
very nice! awesome
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 08:00 AM
 
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Apr 21, 2003, 08:25 AM
 
Pretty cool. Especially with the glowing blue stuff. Perhaps I'll give it a shot... (Usually I am a little skeptical to themes)

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Apr 21, 2003, 08:51 AM
 
I could probably have used this if it wasn't for the annoying Window title font color bug in Cocoa apps.. Too bad that's there, or we would have seen alot more dark themes
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 08:56 AM
 
Ok. Something went wrong when trying to instal this. It didn't ask for adm/root psw so it didn't do much obviously except overwriting Aqua blue (or something) so I've got a new log-in bg. I'll try to activate root and run the installer there, and see what'll happen..

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Apr 21, 2003, 09:00 AM
 
Pretty impressive!
I have a question for the themers.. I'm trying to make a black/grey/withe theme (that matches with my powerbook..) and I was wondering how Iza could change the color of the text in the bar and in the menus??
Any trick/tip?
Powerbook 1.67ghz 15" (100GB HD, 128MB VRAM, 1.5GB RAM)
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 09:23 AM
 
My eyes hurts trying to read anything with this theme. The black text on dark bg is a bad combination here. Other than that this theme is sexy with the blue glowing stuff.. I can't just go back to Aqua now that I've overwrited it, so I'll go to good old AlumiteX for now.. BTW: logging in as root solved my installing issue on my other post.

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Apr 21, 2003, 12:48 PM
 
Same here:

awesome theme, Izawa is a theme God, but just too damn dark to be used for more than 5 minutes without getting a headache
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 02:43 PM
 
To go back to Aqua, you need to download and run Izawa's aqua restore, which is right under the download link for Shinobi.

I think this theme is a great design, but poorly implemented and/or limited by Apple's own design flaws.

I like themes but I wonder sometimes if it's really worth it, besides a small change in Aqua. Oh well.
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 05:37 PM
 
Originally posted by 970:
To go back to Aqua, you need to download and run Izawa's aqua restore, which is right under the download link for Shinobi.

I think this theme is a great design, but poorly implemented and/or limited by Apple's own design flaws.

I like themes but I wonder sometimes if it's really worth it, besides a small change in Aqua. Oh well.
Thanks for the Aqua link. *Downloading right now* :thumbsup

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Apr 21, 2003, 06:05 PM
 
Originally posted by Patcarla:
Pretty impressive!
I have a question for the themers.. I'm trying to make a black/grey/withe theme (that matches with my powerbook..) and I was wondering how Iza could change the color of the text in the bar and in the menus??
Any trick/tip?
Yeah, you can change the colors except for the window titles in cocoa apps (which is a REAL drawback to dark themes). I am too lazy to explain it all right now, but if you search here for type colors or tutorials I am sure you can find it pretty quick.

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Apr 21, 2003, 08:37 PM
 
Even if it's not my kind of style, I can say it a really neat work.

Iza you rock!
     
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Apr 21, 2003, 09:03 PM
 
I'm running 10.2.4 - I can use the Shinobi Light version just fine, but I'd like to use the full-blown version. However, ThemeChanger alerts me that 10.2.5 is recommended... anybody with 10.2.4 out there have any problems?

Regardless, this thing is absolutely fabulous - Blows me away.
     
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Apr 22, 2003, 05:40 AM
 
Originally posted by Patcarla:
Pretty impressive!
I have a question for the themers.. I'm trying to make a black/grey/withe theme (that matches with my powerbook..) and I was wondering how Iza could change the color of the text in the bar and in the menus??
Any trick/tip?
go here and download 010.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/atomicrooster

the site i got this from seems to be down or i would direct you to it...this pic may help you a little...
     
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Apr 22, 2003, 06:36 AM
 
Originally posted by Atomic Rooster:
go here and download 010.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/atomicrooster

the site i got this from seems to be down or i would direct you to it...this pic may help you a little...
Thanks for the pict! That's exactly what I wanted...
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Apr 22, 2003, 09:16 AM
 
looks good, like a cross between Aqua and the 8.5 theme Hi-Tech. Good work.
     
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Apr 22, 2003, 11:15 AM
 
That looks cool.
     
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Apr 22, 2003, 03:56 PM
 
I don't use dark themes but I like the layout. Nicely done.

I might try it if it were also available in a lighter color scheme.
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Apr 22, 2003, 11:54 PM
 
It looks awesome, but like someone else said, it's impratical for everyday use. Finder windows in Column view would look terrible.
     
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Apr 23, 2003, 12:10 AM
 
And having personally used it like that, I have to agree...

BTW, can themes possibly make it so that one can't download stuff? After using Shinobi for a while, I used AquaFix to revert back to Aqua, and now I can't download anything for some reason... I keep getting a "Can't Find File" message in Safari, and simply "Error" in the dreaded IE.
     
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Apr 23, 2003, 12:39 AM
 
Using it right now, pretty nice overall, but I wish it was compatible with duality, hint hint.
     
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Apr 23, 2003, 02:42 AM
 
Using it right now, pretty nice overall, but I wish it was compatible with duality
Works here... don't see your point.

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Apr 23, 2003, 05:46 AM
 
i absolutely dig the glowing stuff. however, i don´t like the buttons and popup-menus etc. too much... they look too 8.5ish. what i think would absolutely *RAWK* would be a mixture between alumitex and shinobi... alumitex is my absolute favourite (next to smoothstripes ), but it´s weak point is that it is even too bland greyish. especially buttons, progress bars and some other stuff. also, with those tabs it´s etc. are hard to recognize what state they are in. so, generally spoken i think that glowing borders like shinobi has could do wonders to alumitex... and i´m also absolutely sure that this light glowing blue would fit alumitex really well. anybody agree?
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Apr 23, 2003, 12:12 PM
 
Does anyone have this in a Duality compatable format? I don't want to use the installer.

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