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mac15 · Jun 12, 2004, 03:04 AM

Well it seems people have taken notice of my website and gone forth and downloaded the theme so I thought I'd make it offical.

Its another port (I'm getting good at it) . The original was done by the ever amazing Bant and he'd mentioned there could possibly be an OS X port so I stuck my hand up and said 'Hey I'll do it!'. So here you have it, Ashen it ready for download.

It comes with Safari and iChat skins and 5 high res desktops done by Bant himself.

Charcoal and soot, extending forever.
Unyielding clouds, suffocate, sever.
Silence echoes in half-broken hearts.

White marble pillars, crumble to ruins.
All hope, leveled, the fall of an empire,
Rubble from greed, ashes from fire.

No matter the strength we exert to erase.
No rag or soap will clean this face.
This shadow remains, like graphite on paper.
Do not forget, our ashen landscaper.

~Bant

Click theFLANNELeffect in my sig and go to the themes section.

Also I'm up in the air about a new theme, I'm ok if its a port because I like doing them. Anyways go out and download it

bluevertical · Jun 12, 2004, 04:14 AM

cool. i'm giving it a test run now....
thanks for the heads-up!
cheers.
bv.

Patcarla · Jun 12, 2004, 04:17 AM

hey Chris
one word:

Tarambana · Jun 12, 2004, 05:03 AM

I second that.

Also, I think the bat is a great idea, so much different from previous designs.

mugget · Jun 12, 2004, 05:16 AM

Mac15, sorry if i spoiled your surprise, i just couldn't help myself! i suddenly had an urge to go and check your site....

well, awesome work, very, very nice. i might just switch from Siro...

cmove · Jun 12, 2004, 05:29 AM

Awesome

redboy · Jun 12, 2004, 08:30 AM

Great minimalistic theme!!!

sushiism · Jun 12, 2004, 08:38 AM

looks nice but can I see a full preview of it? A menu and a metal window doesn't really cut it as a preview for me because I rarely see a metal window as it is. I suggest making the preview images on your site link to a nice full preview showing your work off and not an annoying unexpected download link like it currently is

NetworkShadow · 11:51 AM

Best theme ever! Well for now lol.

It lacks an iTunes skin, but then again it might not look that great with the whole metal limitation... but I'd like to see an attempt at it.

Full screen preview (just my main display)

Full 1280x1024 - MacSnaps page

Jaey · Jun 12, 2004, 12:45 PM

Dude, NetworkShadow, what desktop is that?

NetworkShadow · Jun 12, 2004, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by Jaey:
Dude, NetworkShadow, what desktop is that?

The link is on the MacSnaps page.

(The 2nd link I posted under the thumbnail)

Jaey · Jun 12, 2004, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
The link is on the MacSnaps page. (The 2nd link I posted under the thumbnail)

Nice, thanks.

mac15 · Jun 12, 2004, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
Best theme ever! Well for now lol.
It lacks an iTunes skin, but then again it might not look that great with the whole metal limitation... but I'd like to see an attempt at it.

I'd toyed with it but there are few themes which an itunes skin works well with and this unfortunately is one of them. I"ll be releasing a small update soon to fix a widget problem I'd forgotten

justinp · Jun 12, 2004, 04:25 PM

Any chance of a light menubar variation?

mac15 · Jun 12, 2004, 05:06 PM

I've updated it to 1.0.1 , fixes a small widget problem. Avaliable from my site as always

And Justin your gonna laugh

I actually had a light titlebar in one of the previous versions but ditched it last minute. I'll probably ad it in the an update in a few days.

fireside · Jun 12, 2004, 10:03 PM

yeah, shouldn't the menu bar be the same color as the windowbar?

btw: it rox0rz my sox0rz.

edit: any chance of a variation without those little stripe things that are on metal windows? i love it besides those things.

justinp · Jun 12, 2004, 10:40 PM

Originally posted by mac15:
And Justin your gonna laugh I actually had a light titlebar in one of the previous versions but ditched it last minute. I'll probably ad it in the an update in a few days.

Cool

(Not to be ungrateful of course, thanks for theming)

Kujo · Jun 13, 2004, 01:27 AM

you should think about doing something different with the finder buttons.

mac15 · Jun 13, 2004, 02:49 AM

howso, the button itself or the generic symbols on the buttons?

Kujo · Jun 13, 2004, 06:07 AM

both actually. the finder is such a big part of a theme now i hate to see the buttons all looking the same in every theme. the buttons in chosen are a nice example of something different.

sixz · Jun 13, 2004, 07:35 AM

Excellent theme, prefer it to the Classic - K10K version you made.
Normally hate the smell of windows 'ports'.

With 'Metallifizer' you don't see the 'drawn' edges, and it does
remind me of a modern ButtO'Sigh's 'Menu Enhancer Sample'
(formerly dxb) theme, Maybe it's just the color of the finder
windows etc. But somehow both look had drawn - Ashen with
a far less shaky hand - maybe drawn with an 'etch-e-sketch'.

The finder (X-+) widgets look a little 'messy' but on the whole
a very pleasingly designed theme. Little touches like the bat/bird
animations are quirky, but in a good way.

Thanks ;)