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Poll: http://www.mathgamehouse.com/mt/themes/smoothstrip... 1,638 Views / 41 Replies  
http://www.mathgamehouse.com/mt/themes/smoothstripes/preview.gif

Funny because I've never used an Aqua variant before (closest was AA), and just this week I wanted to see what the big deal is....
Posted by Stevos, on Jun 12, 2004 at 04:35 PM, in GUI Customization
Beta Testers Requested 633 Views / 2 Replies  
If you'd like to get into the beta program for a new news agreggator, toss your email in this thread OR send me a mail: stevos at aquasition.net

Looking for 20-30 testers. Thanks for reading =]...
Posted by Stevos, on May 10, 2004 at 12:20 AM, in Applications
The name is a reference to the idea of the... 1,439 Views / 12 Replies  
The name is a reference to the idea of the 'manifest' of the guikit.

I also don't believe in political correctness, so meh.
Posted by Stevos, on Apr 27, 2004 at 06:47 PM, in GUI Customization
[ANN] ManifestDestiny 1,439 Views / 12 Replies  
ManifestDestiny is a quick little app that drills through a decompiled guikit and tells you what has been replaced in what applications. Nothing you can't find by looking through the folders, but...
Posted by Stevos, on Apr 27, 2004 at 06:20 PM, in GUI Customization
Never going to happen =/ 7,286 Views / 121 Replies  
Never going to happen =/
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 25, 2004 at 06:12 PM, in GUI Customization
OK, those sound like nice features. I think... 6,412 Views / 85 Replies  
OK, those sound like nice features. I think someone found a way to do borders in SS the other day, I think MacThemes.net does a good enough job notifiying about new themes, etc. Also, if you look...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 10, 2004 at 04:31 PM, in GUI Customization
Nobody is going to charge for themes or modules,... 6,412 Views / 85 Replies  
Nobody is going to charge for themes or modules, get serious please.

The Unsanity guys are great people, it's no mess to work with them. Probably more work to base your system on a company that...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 10, 2004 at 12:23 AM, in GUI Customization
OK -- APE lite may be within your own process,... 6,412 Views / 85 Replies  
OK -- APE lite may be within your own process, but the APE SDK is totally free for everyone (provided you don't CHARGE for your product, but even then, the 100-1000$ licensing fees aren't steep), and...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 9, 2004 at 11:19 PM, in GUI Customization
on a funnier note 6,412 Views / 85 Replies  
On a different note, if you persist with the Brushed Metal, you'll force people to keep APE on their system for Metalifizier. =]
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 9, 2004 at 02:05 AM, in GUI Customization
so, basically... 6,412 Views / 85 Replies  
To review, this is something that Unsanity has had for a long time, it's just seperate from APE, as it really should be.

Frankly, I am yet to be convinced why I should develop Xtender mods over...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 9, 2004 at 02:03 AM, in GUI Customization
Unsanity Contest -- What to do next time. 1,732 Views / 14 Replies  
I was worried that this would be the result. I know all of those involved put a lot of time into their themes, and they are great for first time themes. There are a few of them that are even good...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 7, 2004 at 12:46 PM, in GUI Customization
FAST Cocoa Graphics 1,452 Views / 8 Replies  
I need seriously fast graphics. I really don't want to touch OpenGL if I can avoid it.

What I'm doing is writing a game, somewhat similar in feel and such to the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the...
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 27, 2004 at 12:24 AM, in Developer Center
It is quite annoying that programs don't always... 10,899 Views / 47 Replies  
It is quite annoying that programs don't always remove themselves... for example, I got a computer from someone else and it hadn't been wiped. When I installed AIM, their info was there, clearly not...
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 4, 2004 at 01:09 AM, in GUI Customization
It was free and a huge headache to theme... 2,752 Views / 39 Replies  
It was free and a huge headache to theme devlopers to run support for the thing.

Themeing is extremely non-essential, and it's cheap to get in the game.
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 3, 2004 at 11:27 PM, in GUI Customization
Why is theming software less fair to be charged... 2,752 Views / 39 Replies  
Why is theming software less fair to be charged for than a web browser, a MP3 player, a FTP client, or Adobe Photoshop?

As much work goes into these things as any other app. It's wonderful that...
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 3, 2004 at 04:45 AM, in GUI Customization
My understanding of how Omniweb 4.5+ does it's... 92,620 Views / 787 Replies  
My understanding of how Omniweb 4.5+ does it's magic is as follows:

Omniweb downloads the page (maybe they use the new NSURL stuff, but I'd bet they use their own, likely threaded, stuff). It...
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 2, 2004 at 07:40 PM, in Applications
In relation to the popup windows -- yes, many... 6,680 Views / 97 Replies  
In relation to the popup windows -- yes, many sites do this, especially Flash sites.

In fact, Apple's WWDC DVD's use this method, with a big warning in the readme to turn off "Block Pop-up...
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 2, 2004 at 03:34 PM, in Applications
theme team from the inseam. 2,752 Views / 39 Replies  
theme team from the inseam.
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 31, 2003 at 11:12 PM, in GUI Customization
It's not my permission to give -- if I yell out a... 7,646 Views / 108 Replies  
It's not my permission to give -- if I yell out a request and an amazing theme results, I'll be indebted to whomever did it.

I don't like those close/etc widgets though
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 28, 2003 at 11:45 PM, in GUI Customization
Black Aqua Theme? 7,646 Views / 108 Replies  
Has anyone made a theme that looks like the black buttons on Apple's DVD Player?
I think it would have been impossible before ShapeShifter, but now it would be doable, no?

Go Go Swiz =] (since...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 27, 2003 at 04:55 PM, in GUI Customization
For the record -- Monolith has shown nothing. ... 1,474 Views / 21 Replies  
For the record -- Monolith has shown nothing.

I don't see how you can get mad when people say it's too late, or it's vaporware, or whatever. All they get is hype.

You're almost worse than BBX...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 16, 2003 at 11:07 PM, in GUI Customization
What I mean is that you have to add features as... 1,222 Views / 7 Replies  
What I mean is that you have to add features as Konfabulator allows them -- stuff like text fields and stuff weren't added until fairly recently.

The point is, I don't want to find myself in the...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 15, 2003 at 04:22 PM, in GUI Customization
I'm not sure what you mean -- just hook your... 1,670 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm not sure what you mean -- just hook your controls up with your controller and have at it.
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 14, 2003 at 08:47 PM, in Developer Center
A skinnable controller wouldn't require... 1,222 Views / 7 Replies  
A skinnable controller wouldn't require Konfabulator, and it wouldn't run on Konfabulator's timetable.
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 14, 2003 at 04:05 PM, in GUI Customization
iTunes Skins - Exploratory Topic 1,222 Views / 7 Replies  
Here's my question to you theme maniacs:

If someone were writing an iTunes controller that was as themeable as Audion, what would the theme format be like?

How would you want this to be set up?...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 14, 2003 at 03:54 AM, in GUI Customization
In your close sheet handler, can you not call... 1,033 Views / 1 Replies  
In your close sheet handler, can you not call [myTableView setObjectValue: forTableColumn: row:] ?
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 13, 2003 at 01:11 PM, in Developer Center
Konfabulator runs off the Mozilla Javascript... 1,415 Views / 24 Replies  
Konfabulator runs off the Mozilla Javascript core.

However, it does not just run javascript apps. They defined their own subset of JS to do everything Konfab widgets need to, as well as their own...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 13, 2003 at 01:08 PM, in GUI Customization
There are numerous applications that comunicate... 1,415 Views / 24 Replies  
There are numerous applications that comunicate with iTunes -- that's not really any problem. I don't have any experience with skinnable interfaces, but I bet that's not too bad either... depending...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 11, 2003 at 09:29 PM, in GUI Customization
I recall that as well. I looked over the... 583 Views / 1 Replies  
I recall that as well.

I looked over the PDF's from Cocoa Text and Cocoa Update and didn't see anything. I then looked at the HIG and it looks to me like they mean that standard controls do it...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 10, 2003 at 09:38 PM, in Developer Center
I found the answer. You need to make your... 573 Views / 3 Replies  
I found the answer.

You need to make your view into an IB pallete to be able to do this. I forsee one huge pallete that I'll be able to grab views like crazy from. Maybe I'll write something for...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 9, 2003 at 12:16 AM, in Developer Center
Bindings Stuff 573 Views / 3 Replies  
How exactly can you inform Interface Builder that your NSView subclass supports a given binding?

For example, I created a class that had the following:

+ (void)initialize
{
[self...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 8, 2003 at 11:17 PM, in Developer Center
[ANN] FontDemo 0.1 628 Views / 1 Replies  
Download (http://www.aquasition.net/fontdemo/FontDemoApp.zip)
Download Source (http://www.aquasition.net/fontdemo/FontDemoSource.zip)

http://www.aquasition.net/fontdemo/welcome.png


Tell me...
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 4, 2003 at 11:44 PM, in Applications
Apple isn't leaving anything out -- they don't... 795 Views / 9 Replies  
Apple isn't leaving anything out -- they don't consider themes when they design OS X. What's wrong with that blue (or that gray).
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 4, 2003 at 07:43 PM, in GUI Customization
=/ 92,620 Views / 787 Replies  
I don't like tabs, and I STILL don't use OmniWeb 4.5! How about them apples?

It's because it feels clunky. OLD Omniweb felt sleek, 4.5 felt clunky. Sleek, clunky. Fix for 5.0 =]
Posted by Stevos, on Dec 1, 2003 at 02:33 AM, in Applications
Actually, Carbon DOES support metal windows in a... 1,973 Views / 36 Replies  
Actually, Carbon DOES support metal windows in a standard way, at least as of 10.3 (and 10.2 I think as well). QT and iTunes are just too old to have that support (after all, when iTunes came out,...
Posted by Stevos, on Nov 22, 2003 at 12:58 PM, in GUI Customization
Yeah, I definitly remember early ThemePark -- the... 755 Views / 3 Replies  
Yeah, I definitly remember early ThemePark -- the latest versions are much much better in terms of usability.

If you added Applescript support, then the whole process I described above could be...
Posted by Stevos, on Nov 20, 2003 at 01:32 PM, in GUI Customization
Shapeshifter Thoughs x 2 755 Views / 3 Replies  
This is my latest blog entry at Aquasition.Net (http://www.aquasition.net). Nobody reads that (or read that particular entry, anyway), but I'd like feedback on this so I'm reposting it here.

In...
Posted by Stevos, on Nov 20, 2003 at 11:13 AM, in GUI Customization
Re: Re: Project Monolith 6,286 Views / 129 Replies  
hint: 'gdb attach proc#id'. Lets you do a hell of a lot with any program, it's how a lot of reverse engineering is done. I think there is a way to turn this off for an app, but very few seem to do...
Posted by Stevos, on Nov 20, 2003 at 01:53 AM, in GUI Customization
Project Monolith 6,286 Views / 129 Replies  
OK, so Monolith v1 is uh...Duality?



Does 'ship time' mean that you can hit the theme button and all your apps change, instantly?

Next, built in OS functionality... what do you mean by this?...
Posted by Stevos, on Nov 19, 2003 at 10:02 PM, in GUI Customization
Cocoa Tips #1 577 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello everyone. I've been lurking here for awhile now, and I want to contribute. So I'm starting a thing here, posting Cocoa tips about once per week. The first one I want to post is this:
...
Posted by Stevos, on Oct 17, 2003 at 01:15 AM, in Developer Center
In response to the above: now, when I buy a new... 1,032 Views / 20 Replies  
In response to the above:
now, when I buy a new computer, I have to call every goddamn vendor and get a new key

No thanks
Posted by Stevos, on Jun 9, 2003 at 01:27 AM, in Developer Center
No No No 1,032 Views / 20 Replies  
This is bad.

Copy protection is bad.

Anything that has ANY chance of getting in a legitimate users way is bad karma.

If I wanted that stuff I'd use Windows and deal with re-activating my...
Posted by Stevos, on Jun 8, 2003 at 03:56 AM, in Developer Center
NSToolbarItem has a few methods: setImage:,... 819 Views / 7 Replies  
NSToolbarItem has a few methods:
setImage:, setLabel:, setAction:

I would compare labels, and set things from there.

Just a thought though, instead of two actions, you might want to have just...
Posted by Stevos, on Jun 5, 2003 at 05:39 PM, in Developer Center
exactly. When you double click on a file, are you... 1,131 Views / 14 Replies  
exactly. When you double click on a file, are you launching it? NO. When you find files, are you launching them? NO. This is a metaphor based system, and your lack of metaphors relays a true lack of...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 12, 2003 at 09:15 PM, in GUI Customization
Who wants a goddamn "Launch" menu option? If I do... 1,131 Views / 14 Replies  
Who wants a goddamn "Launch" menu option? If I do terminal crap, I'm doing that in the terminal! And for godsakes you aren't launching FILES, you're launching programs to open files.

Secondly,...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 10, 2003 at 09:28 AM, in GUI Customization
SafariSkin Source Released.. 585 Views / 2 Replies  
http://www.aquasition.net/downloads/SafariSkinSource.sit

If you'd like to take a look, by all means do it. My internal build has some added junk to it that isn't quiet ready to be merged into the...
Posted by Stevos, on Feb 2, 2003 at 10:11 PM, in GUI Customization
everyone who posted in this thread looks rather... 3,771 Views / 21 Replies  
everyone who posted in this thread looks rather foolish.
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 20, 2003 at 02:43 PM, in GUI Customization
My application uses the UNIX tool CP. The changes... 1,101 Views / 11 Replies  
My application uses the UNIX tool CP. The changes are insant. Any progress bar would be pretty useless.


Anyway, I'm basically looking for feature requests (besides more skins, which I am working...
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 19, 2003 at 10:45 PM, in GUI Customization
Has me beat? I'd hardly say this is over.. ... 1,101 Views / 11 Replies  
Has me beat? I'd hardly say this is over..

anyway, 0.2.1 is out,
http://www.aquasition.net/downloads/SafariSkin.dmg.sit


adds internet version check AND automatic discovery of Safari
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 19, 2003 at 10:19 PM, in GUI Customization
LiquidityX and swiz, I'll try to contact you guys... 1,101 Views / 11 Replies  
LiquidityX and swiz, I'll try to contact you guys about your skins.

mrbiggy, I've fixed your problem over here but there is still more testing to be done before I can release it.
Posted by Stevos, on Jan 19, 2003 at 09:19 PM, in GUI Customization
 
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