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swiz · May 8, 2004, 10:17 AM

Well,
Firstly let me apologize for the late release on this.
Secondly let me apologize for only including a Safari skin.
I hope to add complete app skins to all my themes in the future but time is not on my side right now. The only reason I was able to get this out is because I have a funeral to goto later today so I didnt have to work today.

Anyhow, many apologies to those who were waiting for this.

iamnotmad · May 8, 2004, 10:25 AM

No apology necessary, thank you very much!

iamnotmad · May 8, 2004, 10:35 AM

looks like some wierdness going on in the title bar widgets, strangely they look fine on a finder window but anything else they looked mucked up.

Also the rollover for the widgets on "small title bar windows" turns gray.

Maybe it's just me, can anyone else confirm this?
Thanks!

swiz · May 8, 2004, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by iamnotmad:
looks like some wierdness going on in the title bar widgets, strangely they look fine on a finder window but anything else they looked mucked up.

Also the rollover for the widgets on "small title bar windows" turns gray.

Maybe it's just me, can anyone else confirm this?
Thanks!

Havent seen the nasty widget problem, but the small ones turning gray is a mistake. I'll get that fixed as soon as I get a moment.

iamnotmad · May 8, 2004, 11:02 AM

Here is what I am getting:

In order: Finder = normal, Mail = strange, System Prefs = Mix color gray strangeness.

Hope that helps! Could it be me?

Makki · May 8, 2004, 12:30 PM

Thanks Kevin great theme.

Take Care
Makki

mdc · 12:55 PM

BeOS is one of my favorite operating systems. thank you� and my condolences.

edit.
does anyone know of a more complete set of BeOS icons? the ones swiz recommended are awesome but are missing folders for music and stuff like that. thanks.

TheSpaz · May 8, 2004, 02:19 PM

I know what's going on with that screenshot. The Mail and System Prefs windows are both Aqua correct? The Finder window is Metal. Swiz tried making them both look the same, but maybe he overlooked the strangeness in the Aqua windows. And about that grey box, that's supposed to be a disabled widget because System Preferences doesn't have a Zoom widget.

Does that make sense?

swiz · May 8, 2004, 05:44 PM

Whoops, just realized I forgot to paste the update widgets into the "Graphite" section.

Select Blue instead of Graphite in Appearance prefs until I get the update out. Sorry.

iamnotmad · May 8, 2004, 08:39 PM

Originally posted by swiz:
Whoops, just realized I forgot to paste the update widgets into the "Graphite" section.
Select Blue instead of Graphite in Appearance prefs until I get the update out. Sorry.

yay that did it! Thanks!

mac15 · May 8, 2004, 08:51 PM

Great work swiz, sorry to hear about the loss.

MacGorilla · May 8, 2004, 09:49 PM

Purty spiffy.

phillryu · May 8, 2004, 10:46 PM

What's new?

swiz · May 8, 2004, 11:14 PM

Originally posted by phillryu:
What's new?

Mostly just Panther compatibility.

bluevertical · May 9, 2004, 01:23 AM

sorry to hear about your loss. my father passed away last year and i'm still recovering so i can feel your loss...
take care.
bv.

Jaey · May 9, 2004, 01:50 PM

Ahh... Finally.

Thanks, swiz.

kwyjiboy · 09:42 AM

Anyone else noticed all the flaws?

Some brushed metal windows have vertically uncentered titlebar buttons. Some have mixed grey/yellow states. The small varients of things like scrollbars, checkboxes, etc are all just photoshop-scaled versions of their large counterparts, making them fuzzy and cheap looking. Overall, it seems as if the theme was rushed. Very sloppy.

Oh, and sorry to hear about your father, Swiz. Mine passed away recently.

swiz · May 13, 2004, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by kwyjiboy:
Anyone else noticed all the flaws?

Some brushed metal windows have vertically uncentered titlebar buttons. Some have mixed grey/yellow states. The small varients of things like scrollbars, checkboxes, etc are all just photoshop-scaled versions of their large counterparts, making them fuzzy and cheap looking. Overall, it seems as if the theme was rushed. Very sloppy.

Oh, and sorry to hear about your father, Swiz. Mine passed away recently.

Rushed? A bit, admittedly. But I just wanted to get something out there in the little time that I had.
It wasnt my father but an uncle, sorry about yours though. I cant even imagine that.

kwyjiboy · May 13, 2004, 09:05 AM

Originally posted by swiz:
Rushed? A bit, admittedly. But I just wanted to get something out there in the little time that I had.

I apologize if i came across harshly. I appreciate the time you spend on themes. BeOS was one of my favourites on Jaguar. I was just a bit disappointed at some things in this iteration. I recall BeOS' radio buttons were choppier than your version, too. In the name of accuracy, some things are best left ugly when porting an OS's look.

I noticed the small scrollbars and small checkboxes because the antialiasing stands out in an OS that didn't use smooth edges.

Powaqqatsi · May 13, 2004, 01:28 PM

Originally posted by kwyjiboy:
I apologize if i came across harshly. I appreciate the time you spend on themes. BeOS was one of my favourites on Jaguar. I was just a bit disappointed at some things in this iteration. I recall BeOS' radio buttons were choppier than your version, too. In the name of accuracy, some things are best left ugly when porting an OS's look. I noticed the small scrollbars and small checkboxes because the antialiasing stands out in an OS that didn't use smooth edges.

Cool sig