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penguinn · 07:49 PM

IT IS OUT AS OF SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 2004

Download here: http://penguinn.com/dextop/themes/ice11.sit
Screenshot

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On July 21st, 2003, i started a design project called dextop.
I had made a cheap theme for jaguar called Ice11. Since then i've been making themes that just keep getting better and better. But now I am going back to the start, and redoing my original theme.
here are some screenshots of the original theme:
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen1.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen2.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen3.jpg

and now, here is a mockup of the new and improved ice11 for panther:
click here

Photo678 · Oct 6, 2004, 05:52 PM

This looks nice, BUT please don't take any of this the wrong, its just an observation, but why do you keep showing mock ups and never releasing anything?

I like your style and you have shown us some great ideas, but I would really like to TRY some of those ideas.

ya know what I mean?

penguinn · Oct 6, 2004, 05:58 PM

ummmm what are you talking about?
there was only ONE mockup that i never made into a theme... longhorn

gautch · Oct 6, 2004, 06:13 PM

The shade of blue is a little light for my liking.. but it looks great in the third screen shot with that wallpaper.

But because its still in the works.. ill wait for an official comment.

penguinn · Oct 6, 2004, 06:34 PM

heh thnx
my original goal was to make a bright blue theme that was extremely smooth. And you know what? It still is my goal.

i'll start on the theme tomorrow, i have a good feeling about this one

phillryu · Oct 6, 2004, 06:59 PM

This is -really- nice so far. Hope to see this soon, and I suspect that might be the case, considering how fast you are

If pulled off right, this could be the light theme that I could actually use. Never stuck with Milk for long, cause it was too white, but this seems to strike a nice balance.

FB Eye · Oct 6, 2004, 07:49 PM

i really really like what you have so far...

my only suggestion, or rather hopes, would be that you go outside the aqua boundary and not only recolor elements to ice blue. not saying that's only what you intended to do!!!, the mockup only shows basic elements...

i hope you can add icy bits and frost here and there, to make it stand out as something very chilly and cold... give me some shivers!!!

penguinn · Oct 6, 2004, 08:26 PM

every element will be based on the push buttons from the mockup

bits of ice sounds like a good idea for backgrounds of the window and menus!

crooner · Oct 6, 2004, 09:00 PM

Originally posted by Photo678:
This looks nice, BUT please don't take any of this the wrong, its just an observation, but why do you keep showing mock ups and never releasing anything?

I like your style and you have shown us some great ideas, but I would really like to TRY some of those ideas.

ya know what I mean?

Photo,
Check out Androo's site. There you'll see that this guy is a theme machine.
I'm very happy to say that I've snatched many a resource from this fine fellow�s work for my own private mods.

Did I say that out load?

penguinn · Oct 6, 2004, 09:40 PM

lol yes you did
it makes me angry

no i'm just joking around, I should open a forum for people to post their mods [like max!]
but well.... perhaps im not that popular enough yet to have people post in a forum i open

Photo678 · Oct 6, 2004, 10:31 PM

I'm sorry, I have just seen peng, around here of late posting previews and mockups and the like, but haven't come across any completed themes. This is what happens when you doont pay attention to a persons sig,

My bad.

penguinn · Oct 6, 2004, 10:38 PM

lol its okay
the important thing is, I do release a new theme once ever month [sometimes twice]
this month was wood and will be ice11 too
last month was blueprint
august was smoothmetal3

i also make quite a few updates for my themes

i started on ice11 tonite, and i will do a lot more tomorrow.

AU_student_iceBook · Oct 6, 2004, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
i started on ice11 tonite, and i will do a lot more tomorrow.

Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see how this theme progresses.

G0Ducks · Oct 7, 2004, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
On July 21st, 2003, i started a design project called dextop.
I had made a cheap theme for jaguar called Ice11. Since then i've been making themes that just keep getting better and better. But now I am going back to the start, and redoing my original theme.
here are some screenshots of the original theme:
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen1.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen2.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen3.jpg

and now, here is a mockup of the new and improved ice11 for panther:

PLease, please, please make this theme! It so rocks!

R

penguinn · Oct 7, 2004, 03:28 PM

of course i'm making this theme

i've already started a bit

penguinn · 03:38 PM

hmmm i need to make the elements stand out a bit more, i'll put very light shadows around them....

new screenshot

EDIT: and now, 10 minutes later, updated titlebar buttons:

FB Eye · Oct 9, 2004, 04:35 PM

Woah, nice!!! I just love what you did with the frosty right part of the titlebar...

Keep adding those icy touches here and there and you'll have a winner in my book

penguinn · 05:56 PM

new screen:

EDIT:
and if you want the desktop for it, look here:
1024x768
1600x1200

crooner · Oct 9, 2004, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
new screen:

edit - <image snipped>

EDIT:
and if you want the desktop for it, look here:
1024x768
1600x1200

Damn! You're good. You... you're good. I said you're good, you. YOU'RE GOOD!

deej5871 · Oct 9, 2004, 10:08 PM

Ooh, I like the new menubar/menus. Although, I don't like the texture behind the toolbar buttons. It just looks like noise to me.

silencedge · Oct 10, 2004, 02:21 AM

Very fast work indeed... Keep up the great work.

penguinn · Oct 10, 2004, 02:52 AM

ya the toolbar texture is terrible, i'm changing it back to just the window background
i'll be done the theme for sure by next week

penguinn · Oct 10, 2004, 01:19 PM

new screenshot!!!!
http://penguinn.com/ice/ice1.jpg

i'll fix the squared buttons in a few minutes
what do you guys think!?!??!?!

Gerrit Vanoppen · Oct 10, 2004, 01:28 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
new screenshot!!!!
http://penguinn.com/ice/ice1.jpg

i'll fix the squared buttons in a few minutes
what do you guys think!?!??!?!

Superkewel, like ice

Curious though how a whole desktop of this would look, because somehow I think it might come even brighter than plain white. Please don't reply : "I'll have it in another color for you in 10 minutes"

On the positive side, I think aqua/panther buttons could blend in well - if you don't do app skins that is

Good luck wrapping this up.

penguinn · 02:09 PM

nah it looks bad with the safari buttons
and no, im not making a color variation, don't have the time

there won't be a trace of aqua

if anyone wants a preview guiKit of ice11, email me! [email protected]

EDIT: 2 more screenshots:
http://penguinn.com/ice/ice2.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/ice3.jpg

eyevaan · Oct 11, 2004, 12:43 PM

if "ice2.jpg" is showing the current rollover state for the menus then you nailed it.

thank you for showing the evolution of this theme - nice to see the creative process - especially when it starts with a such a minimalist preview...

gautch · Oct 11, 2004, 01:10 PM

Maybe you could put the darker blue and the crystal behind the apple? Kind of like the tiger end caps?

Otherwise... this is looking awsome!

penguinn · Oct 11, 2004, 01:45 PM

i'm not really sure how to do the tiger endcaps....
was there a thread somewhere about it?

oh and look at the finder:
http://penguinn.com/ice/ice4.jpg

FB Eye · Oct 11, 2004, 05:10 PM

How would it look if you used that gorgeous right part of the titlebar (the frosty darker blue) and used it on the left side, under the widgets?

That would look sweet and make them widgets stand out more...
Just a tought!!!

penguinn · Oct 14, 2004, 09:05 PM

ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Safari!

efuseakay · Oct 15, 2004, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Safari!

Awesome!!! Looking good...

Don't forget iChat and iTunes!

Randman · Oct 15, 2004, 03:00 PM

penguinn · Oct 15, 2004, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by efuseakay:
Awesome!!! Looking good...

Don't forget iChat and iTunes!

O i won't forget about them at all....

click!

gautch · Oct 15, 2004, 05:14 PM

Ahhh.... penguinn, Your making me want this.....
Great work man! Though iTunes needs a little work.. but im sure on it!

Hurry, hurry..

penguinn · Oct 15, 2004, 05:34 PM

yeah i just have to work on fixing up the appskins, and there's also some very strange bugs which somehow got in there [lines appearing in random places....]

if you guys want the beta, its rite here

DekuDekuplex · Oct 15, 2004, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
yeah i just have to work on fixing up the appskins, and there's also some very strange bugs which somehow got in there [lines appearing in random places....]

if you guys want the beta, its rite here

Your Ice11 desktop theme looks beautiful, and I'd like to use it. Do you have a version for Mac OS X 10.2.6 Jaguar?

Please keep us posted on its progress!

-- DekuDekuplex

penguinn · Oct 15, 2004, 10:44 PM

with shapeshifter, can't you install any theme onto jaguar?
or am i wrong

NetworkShadow · Oct 15, 2004, 11:36 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
with shapeshifter, can't you install any theme onto jaguar?
or am i wrong

Yes SS can install themes for both Jag and Panther, but it's still a Panther theme... I'd suspect it'd work to some extent, but it's not going to be fully compatible.

The theme's looking nice btw.

penguinn · Oct 16, 2004, 01:35 PM

thanks

the best thing to do is to just get panther... or well, wait for tiger i guess, its kind of late to switch to panther now

ummm i just need to fix a few things, ice11 will be out by tonite

sghms · Oct 16, 2004, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by penguinn:
IT IS OUT AS OF SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 2004

Download here: http://penguinn.com/dextop/themes/ice11.sit
Screenshot

*****************************************

On July 21st, 2003, i started a design project called dextop.
I had made a cheap theme for jaguar called Ice11. Since then i've been making themes that just keep getting better and better. But now I am going back to the start, and redoing my original theme.
here are some screenshots of the original theme:
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen1.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen2.jpg
http://penguinn.com/ice/screen3.jpg

and now, here is a mockup of the new and improved ice11 for panther:
click here

An awesome looking theme and the guy has outdone himself by skinning a fair few apps. Check out itunes, address book and mplayer osx esp

In my opinion his best so far and I'm sure it will be a hit with the discerning members of MacNN

penguinn · Oct 16, 2004, 08:10 PM

thanks sghms
also thanks a bunch for testing for me, or else the theme definetely wouldn't be anywhere near completion at the moment
now everyone.... DOWNLOAD IT NOW!

FB Eye · Oct 16, 2004, 10:33 PM

Man, what can I say? You'vre really outdone yourself this time!!!

I love it

Ice Spectre · Oct 17, 2004, 04:10 AM

Great job!

I love this one, and agree that it is your best yet.

I've just got a strange problem with the progress bar: when it is moving, it "flickers" (a black border around it appears and dissapears)

Other than that, awesome!

Randman · Oct 17, 2004, 06:14 AM

Androo, you've progressed quite far in a short time. I, for one, would be interested to see you take on something challenging, like along the radical but effective lines of Section 9, or Mizu's Water theme.

crooner · Oct 17, 2004, 07:06 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
Androo, you've progressed quite far in a short time. <snip>

I'll second that. Andrew, you know I've always been a big fan and at the rate you're cranking out quality themes, well... you're a f

ing animal!

Twister · Oct 17, 2004, 07:48 PM

Wow this looks pretty nice. I'll have to check it out when i get to work tomorrow.

Phoenix1701 · Oct 18, 2004, 01:04 AM

Pretty cool theme! Not to be the one to rain on this parade, but I did notice one bug in the theme... the checked checkbox and unchecked checkbox (both normal and small sizes) are misaligned, so the checkbox appears to move up and down when you check it and uncheck it. Apart from that (and I'm not so sure about the dark line around the checkboxes to begin with, honestly), it looks great.

FB Eye · Oct 18, 2004, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by Ice Spectre:

I've just got a strange problem with the progress bar: when it is moving, it "flickers" (a black border around it appears and dissapears)

I've only seen that behavior in CandyBar 2.0.1, all other apps I use daily don't have the problem...

penguinn · Oct 18, 2004, 03:28 PM

no wonder i havent seen the bug, i dont use candybar ever

Ice Spectre · Oct 18, 2004, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by FB Eye:
I've only seen that behavior in CandyBar 2.0.1, all other apps I use daily don't have the problem...

Thats where I have seen it and yes, I haven't seen it anywhere else. Not a problem them