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Watercolor Emico: Olive by ~Gelosea:iconGelosea:

Categories Customization > Skins & Themes > Windows Utilities > Visual Styles

©2008-2009 ~Gelosea
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Watercolor Emico: Olive

So.. almost a year after I've started working on this skin the 1st style is finally done. This version contains the Blue substyles with a "Modern" and a "Classic" taskbar.
This skin is based on the skin called "Watercolor". It's a skin that was being used in the beta's of XP.

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How to install:

Extract the folder called "WE Olive" to "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes".
Right click the desktop > properties > appearance > then from the first drop select "Watercolor Emico: Olive"
From the 2nd drop downlist you can make a choice between the "Modern" and the "Classic" taskbar.
In the 3rd drop downlist you can make a choice between a "Normal" or a "Compact" start panel.

To use this theme you need to patch the Windows system file uxtheme.dll. You can read about how to do that here: [link]

"bugs" I know of:
* Some palet frames arent drawn the correct way. (Now idea how to fix this yet)
* In some webbrowsers the buttons might be resized the wrong way. (Browser bug)
* Multi row taskbar does not look good in the Modern substyle. (Theme)

Modification:
For personal use only.

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Bug fixes and updates:

16-04-09:
- Added the shellstyle

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Wallpaper that is used in the preview is Grass Rainstorm.

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Contribution:

If you feel like contributing to this skin with application skins then go ahead and make them. All you have to do is ask me for permission by email with a screenshot.
My email address is: makeshift.grey@gmail.com.

For more info about further progress, application skins etc. read the journal that I've made on deviantART: Watercolor Emico: Further progress and info

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Credits:

Credits go out to all the beta testers.
Credits also go out to tornado5 aka em3.
Thanks to Des and Scirwode for helping me out with the shellstyles.
Thanks to euphoricallydead for notifying me about some bugs after the first release.

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Please give me some feedback about the skin.

Comments


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~Angelo975 Jul 12, 2008, 6:05:09 AM
Olive is not my color, but thanks anyway! :D

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~Lustmusket3000 Jul 12, 2008, 6:20:18 AM
This one adds a fresh summer-look to the Desktop!


It's not my preferred color, but you did a fantastic job on this!
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Mood: Love ~Aandor Jul 12, 2008, 6:39:04 AM
Love it.

That is all.

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"Upon realizing my mistake, I went back in time and killed him. This might have been a mistake."
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~xystof Jul 12, 2008, 6:45:02 AM
lookin nice.
i few hours ago installed bule version. and i found bug. its about star menu. when im using icons 32px. and calibri font (or other than thamoa or verdana)
scrsht of that problem:
[link]

i hope you can fix this one somehow.
i would like to use my 32px icos and my favourite calibri ;)

cheers!
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~vipuldk Jul 12, 2008, 6:46:58 AM
Simply stunning! Great job. I am still using Blue Ergo but I like this one as well.
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=Sordid-Sinister Jul 12, 2008, 6:47:00 AM
I have the same problem as I have with the blue versions - it's way too oversaturated. It looks nice, but when you're working with it, the colorful borders and bars make it difficult to focus on what's in the windows.

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~Gelosea Jul 12, 2008, 6:49:20 AM
WE: Blue Compact works fine for me. The theme is made to be used as it is. If you change the fonts and an error occurs, you'll have to fix it yourself. Just change the margins for the userpanel, logoff panel and the places panel.
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~Gelosea Jul 12, 2008, 6:50:31 AM
Not my preferred color either but it's a popular color and it was requested long before Blue was released :P
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~Gelosea Jul 12, 2008, 6:51:47 AM
Lol, you're the only one so far with that problem =P Wait till Blue SE is released. It has less saturated colors.
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~Stradivarius Jul 12, 2008, 7:23:33 AM
This VS is FA-BU-LOUS. For me, the artistic design is perfect.

I like this color the most in the whole series. I wish it to be a little bit greener but still looks great.

Is there any difference between WE Olive.msstyles, WE Olive 1.msstyles and WE Olive 2.msstyles?

The use of the Font Size dropdown box to select Compact / Full startpanel is rather unconventional. I think the usability of this VS would be better if:

- The "Font Size" dropdown is used to select fonts. I would suggest Tahoma, SegoeUI, Calibri, Trebuchet as best candidates.

- The "Color scheme" dropdown is used to select color variation. If you want to separate color scheme in different msstyles then use this dropdown to select Compact/Full start panel.

- Use different msstyle to implement Start button variation (Classic, Modern). The same way you do for colors currently. Personally, I know where the start button is, whether or not it has the word "Start" on it.

I realize there is a lot of combinations to please everyone in the world. That's the price of celebrity :) Hope you'll do Miranda skin soon. And when you do, please replace the close button by the minimize button.

Thanks very much for this wonderful VS.
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