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bOOzo · Mar 16, 2004, 07:44 PM

I thought I'd join in on the theme fest.
I just uploaded Rhapsodized 1.4 for you.

These are the changes:
� Updated for Panther.
� Added all Panther specific elements.
� Went trough and updated existing elements.
� Renamed the variations to Azul, Lime, Poppy and Silver.
� Remade the colors of the Lime, Poppy and Silver variations.
� Updated Safari skins and bundled them as appskins.
� Added appskins for iTunes, iChat and Address Book.
� Added customized labels.
� Added customized Font Panel buttons.
� Added Lime, Poppy and Silver icons.
� Added new desktop pictures.
� Removed the Light variations. I never liked them, but they may return in the future..

Read more and download by clicking my signature..!

strokemouth · Mar 16, 2004, 07:47 PM

I love this theme!

phillryu · Mar 16, 2004, 07:51 PM

Oh God, this day is crazy.

cube3 · Mar 16, 2004, 07:55 PM

um glad i'm not releasing my little sofa theme today, it would get lost in the major ones

nice work max

as usual.

wibs · Mar 16, 2004, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by phillryu:
Oh God, this day is crazy.

haha, no kidding. Makes me glad I didn't release anything today... it would have been swamped by all the great stuff by everyone else .

maziu · Mar 16, 2004, 08:16 PM

Love it, but I miss the light variation.

IMHO, the most usable theme out there. It's great to have iTunes, iChat, and Safari themed too. Finally, everything matches.

Dale Sorel · Mar 16, 2004, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by phillryu:
Oh God, this day is crazy.

I know...I keep thinking it's Friday

Holigen · Mar 16, 2004, 08:21 PM

Wow, very nice, does this mean youll start converting BBX Mercury?

swiz · Mar 16, 2004, 08:23 PM

I heart Rhapsodized

brazil · Mar 16, 2004, 08:38 PM

Thanks Max - - - It is great to have this one in my collection . I have always been a big fan of this theme . Thanks for all the extras as well . They all look very nice . I really like the walls . Just fantastic .

NetworkShadow · Mar 16, 2004, 08:57 PM

Cool.

codywalton · Mar 16, 2004, 09:02 PM

Great! This never goes out of style.

Looking forward to a panther update of Classic Platinum.

mac15 · Mar 16, 2004, 10:56 PM

Badass stuff, could this be the best day of theming ever?

zachs · Mar 16, 2004, 10:57 PM

Awesome release man!

rhythmicmoose · Mar 16, 2004, 11:06 PM

This is astounding. The new features of ShapeShifter 1.2 have provided everything I could ever want from a theme. The appskin feature blows my mind.

ShapeShifter is definitely the best $20 I've ever spent.

And this theme rocks my socks too, although I'd also like to put a vote in for the light variation. Thanks Max! Can't wait to see Mercury.

Patcarla · Mar 17, 2004, 03:00 AM

Originally posted by wibs:
haha, no kidding. Makes me glad I didn't release anything today... it would have been swamped by all the great stuff by everyone else .

Lol. Me too.
Fantastic work Max, as usual

iOliverC · Mar 17, 2004, 03:52 AM

Wow, I've never really tried Rhapsodized before, but this theme is just too awesome. Its one of the few very usable themes out there. Nice work as always

.

neo_2510 · Mar 17, 2004, 04:13 AM

Thanks Max! This is way cool

Lefo · Mar 17, 2004, 05:05 AM

Hi Max,

Nice stuff! I have a "dumb" question, though. It's about the iTunes and SS 1.2 add ins. I see the buttons have changed to match Rhapsodized, but is the brushed window supposed to be altered, too? I was using the NEOS skin originally and that was nice, but a little too dark. Do you have a way to Rhapsodize the whole window?

TIA

Lefo

brutal · Mar 17, 2004, 05:14 AM

GREAT!

G0Ducks · Mar 17, 2004, 06:28 AM

Sweet!
Though, the only complaint I have is that all of the variations are jammed into one file. This makes for a rather large download. Im on dial-up, Im sure there are others out there who are too. It would be nice to just download the ones I want, then the rest later

R

bOOzo · Mar 17, 2004, 06:37 AM

Wow, thanks for all the positive feedback..

I'll answer some questions..

I removed the Light variations because they were never part of my original design, and I really think the theme has the perfect shade already.

The iTunes skin has to have the same brushed background, because it's not possible to make it any brighter. I have pled to Jason that he should look into patching iTunes and QuickTime somehow.

I noticed the theme got rather big, but I didn't want to split it up.

And according to the porting list, Classic Platinum is next, and BBX Mercury X after that. I might update them at the same time though.
QNX wasn't in the poll and I haven't talked to James Meister about that.

But first I'll stick in some theme updates of Aluminum Alloy and EYLO.

keston · Mar 17, 2004, 08:45 AM

I actually liked the light variations. Not a big fan of the grey/brushed look... what i liked is the clean window edges and widget shapes, so the light-graphite one gave me that without the color change really. Bring them back

swiz · Mar 17, 2004, 09:05 AM

Originally posted by bOOzo:
I have pled to Jason that he should look into patching iTunes and QuickTime somehow.

That would be absolutely wonderful.

kwyjiboy · Mar 17, 2004, 09:49 AM

Originally posted by bOOzo:

I noticed the theme got rather big, but I didn't want to split it up.

And according to the porting list, Classic Platinum is next, and BBX Mercury X after that. I might update them at the same time though.
QNX wasn't in the poll and I haven't talked to James Meister about that.

But first I'll stick in some theme updates of Aluminum Alloy and EYLO. [/B]

1. Splitting it up would be a pain to download. Argh.
2. Will EYLO be downloadable on your site now that it's not bundled with Shapeshifter? It was not in the Shapeshifter 1.2 package, only Swiz's latest skin.
3. I'm looking forward to Classic Platinum.
4. A full iconset for Rhapsodized would be great.

Cerbero · Mar 17, 2004, 02:42 PM

I've kinda missed this one as an option, even though I've never really used it much (don't know why). Thanks for updating it

Dave-o� · Mar 17, 2004, 05:29 PM

Have to take my hat off to you Max!! I was using GUiPod for a long time, but this has the right blend of grey and color...

bOOzo · Mar 18, 2004, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by kwyjiboy:
1. Splitting it up would be a pain to download. Argh.
2. Will EYLO be downloadable on your site now that it's not bundled with Shapeshifter? It was not in the Shapeshifter 1.2 package, only Swiz's latest skin.
3. I'm looking forward to Classic Platinum.
4. A full iconset for Rhapsodized would be great.

1. I wont do that.
2. Yes, I will upload it sometime today.
3. ok

4. Yes it would, however that is not something I'm planning on.

NY152 · Feb 28, 2005, 04:23 PM

BOOzo.

Any idea when your going to be releasing your updated version?

cgc · Mar 1, 2005, 11:34 AM

Damn! I saw this threead "Ann: Rhapsodized Reeased!" and I started drooling. Why, for the love of God, why did you have to reply to THIS thread? Hahaha, I'm sure alot of others will get all excited too.

Check out http://funmac.com/showthread.php?t=10883 which one thread in Max's forum. It's asking the same question and has Max's answer.

Gerrit Vanoppen · Mar 1, 2005, 12:24 PM

You can count me in, cgc.
I'm using Rhapsodized as we speak, and all I can say : it's very usable, clean and as close to perfection as they come IMHO. I haven't encountered any bug so far - what a great job, Max

G0Ducks · Mar 2, 2005, 04:21 PM

So... What happened to the smooth, non-brushed version of this theme? It looked so hot as an update to the old OS look.

R

ZXspectrum · Mar 2, 2005, 06:20 PM

best theme ever!!!

it would be nice to push it in a more graphic direction...like SHADED( windows | http://www.customize.org/view/35619) or 8270( windows | http://www.customize.org/view/34340) for example.

FB Eye · Mar 2, 2005, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by ZXspectrum:
best theme ever!!!

it would be nice to push it in a more graphic direction...like SHADED( windows | http://www.customize.org/view/35619) or 8270( windows | http://www.customize.org/view/34340) for example.

Hell yeah!!! Shaded is such an amazing skin

I've been bugging Mac15 (who did Kamino, Azure, Ashen) to port Shaded to OS X, but without much success

siMac · Mar 3, 2005, 03:27 AM

[OffTopicRant]

I wish people would stop using the term 'minimalistic'. The word is 'minimalist'.

Don't misunderestimate the abilitivity of this kind of behaviourism to aggravationate me.

[/OffTopicRant]

That Shaded theme is, however, excellent.

bOOzo · Mar 3, 2005, 06:07 AM

Originally posted by NY152:
BOOzo.

Any idea when your going to be releasing your updated version?

Not really.. I haven't done any theming at all lately, been to busy with the new job and on the sparetime I have been taking it easy.
I'll see if I can get some work done on this though.