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[REL] Bee3— version 1.0
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Gerrit Vanoppen
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Oct 20, 2005, 02:30 PM
 
This theme was designed with a pencil in mind, so it's all about monochrome and soft gradients. The name refers to 3B, being the hardness code of a soft sketching pencil. Enjoy !


^^^ Click for 23" preview screen ^^^

Screenshot features art from Johanna Pieterman - mod by me. Enjoying the ever lovely Stevie N.
Including my very first iTunes v6 skin • Thanks to Stuphalina for beta testing • inspired by vs collide - static
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Oct 20, 2005, 03:08 PM
 
Gerrit, beautiful as always,

There is however one thing that bothers me a little bit about your themes....i don't like that the widgets are hidden on non active windows....im sure your intention is for a clean overall look, which it achieves, yet makes your themes slightly unusable for myself.

Great work though :-)
     
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Oct 20, 2005, 05:51 PM
 
garrit Great!
     
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Oct 20, 2005, 07:12 PM
 
I know this theme has a lot of original work in it, but even in the SS thread, you mentioned this was heavily inspired by collide. My opinion is that you should let everyone who uses this know too. It's just my opinion though, there's no clear set of rules for this though.

Don't be offended Gerrit, I'm just voicing what I think is fair. Either way, really great work on this. I can't wait for the "next theme."
     
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Oct 21, 2005, 01:17 PM
 
Originally Posted by Gerrit Vanoppen
This theme was designed with a pencil in mind, so it's all about monochrome and soft gradients. The name refers to 3B, being the hardness code of a soft sketching pencil. Enjoy !
What font is being used in the screenshot?
20" iMac C2D/2.4GHz 3GB RAM 10.6.8 (10H549)
     
Gerrit Vanoppen  (op)
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Oct 21, 2005, 01:45 PM
 
Originally Posted by dru
What font is being used in the screenshot?
Arial MT Condensed Light (commercial font).
     
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Oct 22, 2005, 02:54 PM
 
Just saw the readme file. I apologize. Should have known better =O).
     
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Oct 25, 2005, 11:49 AM
 
This is great Gerrit! One thing though... no text in the title bars of iChat windows (buddy list/individual messages)... it's a pet peeve of mine. I hate losing track of who I'm talking to. Any way that can be fixed?

Great work, as always!
     
Gerrit Vanoppen  (op)
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Oct 25, 2005, 02:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by efuseakay
This is great Gerrit! One thing though... no text in the title bars of iChat windows (buddy list/individual messages)... it's a pet peeve of mine. I hate losing track of who I'm talking to. Any way that can be fixed?
Great work, as always!
The easiest way is to download Metallifizer from Unsanity's free products and demetallifize iChat.
From the information I was able to collect so far, I can't seem to fix it within ThemePark…
Same thing goes for Apple's Address Book too BTW.

Thank you all for your the nice comments, people !
     
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Oct 26, 2005, 06:52 PM
 
Can someone tell me if this is a bug or a feature:

On standard Aqua windows... inactive title bars lose the 1 pixel border around the title bar. On metal style windows the 1 pixel border stays when the window is inactive. I like having the border on inactive windows. Is this supposed to be like that?
     
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Oct 30, 2005, 11:02 AM
 
Originally Posted by Gerrit Vanoppen
The easiest way is to download Metallifizer from Unsanity's free products and demetallifize iChat.
From the information I was able to collect so far, I can't seem to fix it within ThemePark…
Same thing goes for Apple's Address Book too BTW.

Thank you all for your the nice comments, people !
Ohhh... I had no idea about that Gerrit. Thanks!!!
     
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Nov 16, 2005, 03:42 PM
 
Is there a new version of this out yet? I wanna see if that border bug is fixed on Aqua Windows. Please update us on the info. Thanks. I really like this theme!
     
Gerrit Vanoppen  (op)
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Nov 17, 2005, 04:00 AM
 
Your feedback is very appreciated and noted, TheSpaz. Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately, at this very moment the update isn't my highest priority - real life you know.

Some thoughts already : the borderlines dropping from non active windows is by design. Them remaining in metal windows may have to do with the OSX behaviour of metal apps. So I'm not even sure if I can fix it.

Thanks again for appreciating Bee3—, and for your patience
     
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Nov 23, 2005, 12:03 PM
 
Just a minor update to my previous comment. I downloaded ThemePark and I fixed the title bar borders (for my personal use only). In my opinion it makes the theme a little more pleasant to use. ROCKIN' THEME though. Keep up the good work.
     
   
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