Watercolor Emico: Ergonomic Blue
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.
I wanted to make my own skin so tornado5 aka em3 told me that I should try and make a new version of Watercolor.
This is the outcome.
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How to install:
Extract the folder called "WE Ergo" to "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes".
Right click the desktop > properties > appearance > then from the first drop select "Watercolor Emico: Ergonomic Blue"
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:
14-06-08:
- Changed the orange on the buttons
- Changed the orange on the tabs
- Changed the orange on the checkboxes
- Changed the orange on the radiobuttons
- Removed some gloss in the flash button. There was a bit to much gloss in that button compared to the others.
16-04-09:
- Added the shellstyle
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Wallpaper used in the preview is Vplants X3 029 by DJMattRicks
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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.
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.
I wanted to make my own skin so tornado5 aka em3 told me that I should try and make a new version of Watercolor.
This is the outcome.
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How to install:
Extract the folder called "WE Ergo" to "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes".
Right click the desktop > properties > appearance > then from the first drop select "Watercolor Emico: Ergonomic Blue"
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:
14-06-08:
- Changed the orange on the buttons
- Changed the orange on the tabs
- Changed the orange on the checkboxes
- Changed the orange on the radiobuttons
- Removed some gloss in the flash button. There was a bit to much gloss in that button compared to the others.
16-04-09:
- Added the shellstyle
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Wallpaper used in the preview is Vplants X3 029 by DJMattRicks
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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.
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I am very thankful that you gave permission to be in there, it is one of the best themes in the pack (which is why I have been using it haha).
I am using it for a very long time and want to thank you for creating that
( loving the buttons !! )
the only thing I would love to change ( but I don't think I can )
is the orange of the active window in the taskbar.
It's a bit too brown.. I would love it to be the same colour as the hovered buttons
I've used original old Watercolor style for a couple of years. A few months ago I had some problems with my OS and I was forced to switch to Royale style temporarily but I missed good old Watercolor. Now I reinstalled my XP and googled for 'watercolor ergonomic' hoping maybe there's some updated version of this style. Then I saw your Watercolor Emico series. That was something what I was looking for! Simplicity, comfort, clearness, mathematic-like precision (those squared-off window corners
However, I'm a perfectionist so I needed to touch up the taskbar and Start button bitmaps to match it to my 2-row taskbar. I did it superficially but I'm happy with the results. If you want to see the effect just PM me.
Generally, Ergonomic and Black are the best versions, so I +fav both of them but I think I'll stay with Ergonomic because icons in tray are more visible and progress bars are green
Thank you very much and keep up with so outstanding work! Peace!
My classic substyle kinda looks alright with a 2 row setup. Though the tray arrow looks weird because I used a bitmap for it.