|
|
Discussion regarding Milk theme update
|
|
|
|
Addicted to Themes
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sweden
Status:
Offline
|
|
I'm making an update to Milk and I've sort of stumbled into a new direction.
There are a few buttons that really needs a good way to reflect a toggled state, like in iTunes when you press the Loop or Shuffle button, they start to glow blue. In the current version of Milk, the toggled state is reflected by the pressed buttons becoming darker and looking a bit more pressed in.
So what I've stumbled upon is the idea of adding a baby blue color as a selection/toggle color for Milk. The inspiration for this is Apple's iPod photo banner:
I'm not sure if this would go over well with Milk users, since Milk has always been white and gray. Although the theme would mostly still be white, and since the theme is a good match for the iPod look otherwise I thought it might be cool to have this baby blue color in it.
Or maybe the regular Milk and Milk Chrome versions could use this baby blue color and that the chocolate versions could use a black/grey selection.
Tell me what you think!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by bOOzo:
Or maybe the regular Milk and Milk Chrome versions could use this baby blue color and that the chocolate versions could use a black/grey selection.
This is good news!
|
|\|0\/\/ 15 7|-|3 71|\/|3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Not Quite Phoenix
Status:
Offline
|
|
I think it's your theme, Max and you should do what you deem best. You've earned that kind of respect.
That being said, thanks for asking. Your plan sounds great to me.
|
Jalen's dad. Carrie's husband. partisan. Bleu blanc et rouge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Preston, England.
Status:
Offline
|
|
I'm 99% sure it'd look gorgeous, one problem I had with milk is that it seemed very.. Well.. Very white. Even though that sounds daft, you have to tailor your icons and such to make it all fit. I think a splash a colour, even just as an option would be great and liven it all up..
Can we have a quick example? Can we? Huh, Mr. Rudberg?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to Themes
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sweden
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by esXXI:
Can we have a quick example? Can we? Huh, Mr. Rudberg?
Ok, sure.
I made this color a bit darker than in the banner, because the white text is a little hard to read otherwise.
This would be used for selection in lists, the sidebar selection, item info in the finder (the menus) and as a toggle color.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Livorno, ITALY
Status:
Offline
|
|
That looks absolutely awesome Max!
My 2 cents, go for it!!! :d
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2004
Location: norway
Status:
Offline
|
|
I'm pretty sure I'll be using the chocolate versions, so you can pretty much do what you want with the regular versions.
Looks good, though.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Interstellar Overdrive
Status:
Offline
|
|
As long as it's a different flavor, like�I don't know�what would you call that flavor of milk? Cream?
Anyways, it looks great. Milk needs color like I need money.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Somewhere in your mind.
Status:
Offline
|
|
I think it's a well thought idea Max. I'm glad to see you looking at things for visual reference for your themes, this in my mind has always been one of your greatest strengths to your themes. I'll second the thought that you have earned the respect of most Apple users and you should proceed as you see fit.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: MacNN database error. Please refresh your browser.
Status:
Offline
|
|
It looks good, but it shouldn't be too blue as we already have Swiz' blue white-and-blue theme.
|
This is a computer-generated message and needs no signature.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: .CL
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Semi-Posting Retirement
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Status:
Offline
|
|
that is sweet the baby blue is nice and the bevels are clean. Nice changes.
I love the Milk themes but they were replaced by the 3nzo MOD because of my unhealthy attachment to the color blue. I suppose if you wanted to set the milk apart from other themes using bright colors for highlighting -
Use muted colors - like they had milk added to them...
But I have to agree with DigitalEl comments. Your work is awesome. We trust your creative edge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Status:
Offline
|
|
That's an awfully sweet combination. I'm sure to wait till this comes through.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Vancouver, BC
Status:
Offline
|
|
I love the white and gray though as well. Is it possible for you to update and just give it another version, say, iPod edition?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The Netherlands, Europe
Status:
Offline
|
|
Oh, and Max, another idea.
I've always not-liked ( ) the chrome Apple in the upperleft corner.
Maybe it's an idea to make it like the Milk buttons?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2003
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Over there->
Status:
Offline
|
|
I was trying to think of a name.. so i googled Blue Milk, and o got this: http://bluemilk.com/
I thought it was kinda funny.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Status:
Offline
|
|
Wow, looks gorgeous
Maybe Skim Milk? Dunno...
That blue is the perfect color though. Kind of reminds me of some kind of birthday cupcake whipped icing or something. Frosty without being cold.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Montréal (Québec)
Status:
Offline
|
|
Why is it still being discussed and not released yet?
Just kidding Max, we missed you around here. Glad to see you back in action!!!
Btw, are you gonna be updating or enhancing Eylo anytime soon? People have talked about a dark/black variation of it, any chance on that?
Thanks!!! Looking forward to the Milk update
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: At Home
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by bOOzo:
Ok, sure.
I made this color a bit darker than in the banner, because the white text is a little hard to read otherwise.
This would be used for selection in lists, the sidebar selection, item info in the finder (the menus) and as a toggle color.
Max that is categoriclly amazing
I personally like that blue touch it looks really cool. I hope this is way it looks when you release it.
take care man
Makki
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2003
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Komisar:
go for it max!
Very nice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Denmark
Status:
Offline
|
|
Cool idea Max. Blue is the right color for this project.
|
There's No Offposition On the Genius Switch - David Letterman
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Status:
Offline
|
|
Sounds great Max! Glad to see you back!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to Themes
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sweden
Status:
Offline
|
|
Thanks for all the input people
I'm not exactly sure how I will go about it with variations, but there will be baby blue in the theme.
Originally posted by TheGUiTom:
Oh, and Max, another idea.
I've always not-liked () the chrome Apple in the upperleft corner.
Maybe it's an idea to make it like the Milk buttons?
Hmm.. I'll think about it.
Originally posted by FB Eye:
[snip]Btw, are you gonna be updating or enhancing Eylo anytime soon? People have talked about a dark/black variation of it, any chance on that?[snip]
I don't know, I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm going to update the themes sometime, but my pace is pretty slow. I thought about remaking EYLO based on the new HUD in Halo 2, but I'm not sure about that.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: At Home
Status:
Offline
|
|
Thanks for the news Max you big themerholic you hehe
Makki
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Boston, MA
Status:
Offline
|
|
It's looking pretty good, Max :-)
|
~ J-will
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Cybertron
Status:
Offline
|
|
As a fulltime milk user I can tell you that I love it!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2004
Location: norway
Status:
Offline
|
|
BTW Max, I just discovered a bug in the old Milk-version.
I don't know if this has been reported before, but the problem occurs in the dropdown-menus in the Word 2004 preferences. The dropdowns just stay empty no matter what you choose.
I've tried with different themes, and this only happens in Milk.
Milk:
Aqua Extreme:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to Themes
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sweden
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by nooon:
BTW Max, I just discovered a bug in the old Milk-version.
I don't know if this has been reported before, but the problem occurs in the dropdown-menus in the Word 2004 preferences. The dropdowns just stay empty no matter what you choose.
I've tried with different themes, and this only happens in Milk.
Milk:
Aqua Extreme:
Thanks for the headsup, just checked that in my build and it's fixed already. Must be because I redid the text colors.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: amsterdam
Status:
Offline
|
|
a suggestion...
what goes really well and would seem to me like a nice update and renewal to the milk theme, which is amazing ofcourse, is something that the line of iMacs and iBooks went thorugh: they made em a bit glossier. I'd would personally love to see that so it can go really really well with an ibook g4 or an imac g5, or hell even the emac.
i found these buttons on the apple site that contain a similar milky yet glossy style:
click to make it bigger
cheers and good luck on the theme
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2004
Status:
Offline
|
|
Woah! I can't beleive this thread has been here so long and I never saw it!
I say Do It!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by bOOzo:
I thought about remaking EYLO based on the new HUD in Halo 2, but I'm not sure about that.
Yes, yes please make that you're next project. EYLO2 would be awesome!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2004
Location: norway
Status:
Offline
|
|
two weeks later..
any new reports on this?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to Themes
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sweden
Status:
Offline
|
|
It's almost finished, I only got the chocolate menus left to do. Then there is the possibility of making more variations, or not. However, I have my final driving test on thursday, and I'm really nervous and I find it hard to focus on something else right now.. So this will have to wait a bit longer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2004
Location: norway
Status:
Offline
|
|
Hehe. Ofcourse you must prioritize your driving test! It sucks to flunk a test you've paid alot of money to take.
Good luck tomorrow, man!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Status:
Offline
|
|
hehehe, i remember buying my drivers license in Colombia
Good luck
|
Join the A.B.S.T. S1 Print Request - Do It.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2004
Status:
Offline
|
|
Max, in fact it's rather simple : just drive like you're making themes and all will be fine
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to Themes
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sweden
Status:
Offline
|
|
Yeah, well, I flunked it. I did pretty good though and I'd like to try again as soon as possible, but now it seems there are no new times available until the 11th of January :/
I'm gonna see if I can finish the Milk update this weekend.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Twin Cities
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by bOOzo:
Yeah, well, I flunked it. I did pretty good though and I'd like to try again as soon as possible, but now it seems there are no new times available until the 11th of January :/
I'm gonna see if I can finish the Milk update this weekend.
I failed it my first time too. Don't worry about it...you'll pass soon enough.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|