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Theme: FatalE Black Edition
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CarbonG4
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Feb 5, 2003, 11:06 PM
 
Well I had some extra time today and KoL sent me the source files for the other color variants of FatalE... so I cranked out the Black variant today. FatalE v0.91:



Theme page: http://www.621.org/~carbon/

Enjoy
-Carbon


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Stuphalina
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Feb 5, 2003, 11:24 PM
 
Very nice theme!
The new black version is my fav. for the moment. I like the subtility of it!
My only beef is the apple menu. Is there a way to keek it a simple apple?
     
Dace
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Feb 5, 2003, 11:31 PM
 
Where's the colour black


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CarbonG4  (op)
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Feb 5, 2003, 11:39 PM
 
Dace: this is virtually an exact match to KoL's original FatalE Black visual style... it was obviously meant to be more of a charcoal color.

-Carbon


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Dace
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Feb 5, 2003, 11:57 PM
 
Originally posted by CarbonG4:
Dace: this is virtually an exact match to KoL's original FatalE Black visual style... it was obviously meant to be more of a charcoal color.

-Carbon
Any chance of a true black version?


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SwarmyCurve
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Feb 6, 2003, 12:11 AM
 
Not as black as I expected... but very nice! I mean, it would look horrid if it were a truely deep black, so I guess this is the best color choice.

I'm trying to decide which version of the theme looks best on a titanium powerbook to match its looks...

Other FatalE observations:
- It has the best tabs ever
- Apple menu is not my style, I would rather have a themed apple logo
- Scrolls don't look quite right, I get confused at times if the bar is active or inactive...

Still, its really nice and seeing as how I have 0 themes available, I can't complain too much!
     
CarbonG4  (op)
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Feb 6, 2003, 12:23 AM
 
SwarmyCurve, heh I'm torn between the two as well... I think the black looks best with the Titanium but I'll probably be moving back to silver before long, after all it's the version I fell in love with to begin with.

I think I'll go ahead and add a traditional Apple Menu in a future build as an option (when you choose "graphite" in the System Prefs > General)... seeing as I ended up having to do the same thing with Watercolor I should know by now to at least have one normal Apple logo in my themes


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J_Anderton
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Feb 6, 2003, 12:47 AM
 
This is great!

I love them both! I can't say which looks better...They're both great looking!


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Stuphalina
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Feb 6, 2003, 10:51 AM
 
I'm in complete agreement with SwarmyCurve, but I found that after installing the black version, the finder buttons are back to the aqua version. Anyone agree?
     
Cerbero
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Feb 6, 2003, 11:03 AM
 
Originally posted by Stuphalina:
I'm in complete agreement with SwarmyCurve, but I found that after installing the black version, the finder buttons are back to the aqua version. Anyone agree?
I think that's a Duality bug (I assume that's what you're using). Change back to the original Aqua first, and then apply the FatalE theme. Should work.
Personally, I use ThemeChanger, which switches back to Aqua automatically before applying a new theme.
     
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Feb 6, 2003, 12:33 PM
 
Originally posted by CarbonG4:
SwarmyCurve, heh I'm torn between the two as well... I think the black looks best with the Titanium but I'll probably be moving back to silver before long, after all it's the version I fell in love with to begin with.

I think I'll go ahead and add a traditional Apple Menu in a future build as an option (when you choose "graphite" in the System Prefs > General)... seeing as I ended up having to do the same thing with Watercolor I should know by now to at least have one normal Apple logo in my themes
Hey, is there anyway you could modify the scrollbars a tad? They don't touch the bottom right now and I always feel like the window isn't letting me see the last couple of items.
Dooby, dooby doo.
     
Fallout
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Feb 7, 2003, 01:15 AM
 
Very tight..nice work!!
     
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Feb 7, 2003, 06:40 PM
 
I added a FatalE inspired deesktop background to go along with the folder icons I made. You can get it here: http://icons.wagmedia.com
     
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Feb 8, 2003, 12:04 AM
 
Hay a B&W negative theme might look cool! I don't know why I just though of that though...

Well it's a nice theme, but it's a bit too Windows looking for me.
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KoL
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Feb 12, 2003, 11:58 PM
 
great wallpaper wagmedia


@ NetworkShadow: hmm thats a nice idea. I think I'll try that, Thanks
     
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Feb 13, 2003, 12:01 AM
 
Thanks. I was thinking about offering a more muted version as well. Any takers?
     
   
 
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