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#1 Orus

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 03:27 PM

Hi everybody!

I've found this picture on the net but with no reference as for what it concerns name, visual style type or any other info. Does anyone of you can help in finding this awsome visual style?
IT?S SIMPLY GREAT!!! :thumbup

Here...check it out folks!

#2 SiMoNsAyS

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 04:07 PM

i'm pretty sure that theme is a longhorn concept. meaning you won't find exactly that theme with those transparent areas.
you can find a similar one named "longhorn aero"; specifically you can search for "Longhorn Aero UI day".
wallpaper looks like leaf (1280x1024 version)
at the moment i haven't found an accurate imitation of the sidebar but dashboard sidebar does the work pretty good

#3 Orus

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 05:22 PM

Hey Simon!
U mean there's no way i can get my xp the way the picture shows? :no:

Is the "Longhorn Aero UI day" part of the longhorn transformation pack? 'cause I've spent time creating a decent Nlited XP version and i'd rather not add burdens to the system...
If aero skins allow alpha blending transparence , how can it be impossible to create such transparence effect for my windows? No .msstyle or .theme file can contain that effect?

Tnx

#4 harunaksoy

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 05:38 PM

That screenshot is from Longhorn 4074. There's no way to make XP look like that

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 06:21 PM

actually you can get it to look real close that just use longhorn transformation kit 9.0. heres a link

http://fileforum.betanews.com/sendfile/110...htranspack9.zip

#6 lilweirddude

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 06:32 PM

Orus, on Mar 22 2005, 05:22 PM, said:

Hey Simon!
U mean there's no way i can get my xp the way the picture shows? :no:

it is part of the pack

#7 XPero

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Posted 22 March 2005 - 06:34 PM

It is not the same...but have a look--->http://africasystem.wo.to/

#8 Orus

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 04:51 AM

Thanks Xpero. Kind of cool stuff this africasystem, though the screenshots don't show any transparence...but once xp gets patched it may work anyway.

Now, a little info about the possibility to have that transaperent effect on xp. Since i'm a stubborn kid, I wanted to get a little deeper in the issue. Thus, i've found this:
Public November 2004 "Avalon" Community Technology Preview Including WinFX™ SDK
Looks like Avalon (longhorn's graphic engine and not only) can work on winXP sp2...i haven't tried it yet, but feels like i'm going the right way.

Enjoy :hello:

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 05:00 AM

http://joejoe.ath.cx/

#10 Orus

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 05:19 AM

MCT, on Mar 23 2005, 12:00 PM, said:

http://joejoe.ath.cx/

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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssss! only 4.16mb to transform your xp into this graphic heaven! I couldn't ask for more...

Coooooooooool :w00t:

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 09:07 AM

Orus, on Mar 23 2005, 05:19 AM, said:

MCT, on Mar 23 2005, 12:00 PM, said:

http://joejoe.ath.cx/

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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssss! only 4.16mb to transform your xp into this graphic heaven! I couldn't ask for more...

Coooooooooool :w00t:

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If you mean this i have to dissappoint you because that is for longhorn :no:

#12 Orus

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 09:58 AM

harunaksoy, on Mar 23 2005, 04:07 PM, said:

If you mean this i have to dissappoint you because that is for longhorn :no:

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in this case let's take a step back to this Avalon patch first.
download

As soon as i get home i'll check this "joejoe" file out.... :whistle:

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 10:36 AM

I might be getting in over my head since have no clue exactly what all this crap does but I installed everything...Now is there some type of cool theme I can apply to my system?

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 10:37 AM

that is only for longhorn

about what you talked about (transparency on msstyles) is not possible. people use a "cheat", you replace a bmp on the style matching the wallpaper so it "appears" that taskbar is transparent, but if you change wallpaper or resolution then everything will be f****

there's NO way at the moment to have that cool effect on xp (at least without using a 3rd party app that i haven't seen at the moment)...

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 10:38 AM

Oh so installing all this on a XP sp2 system is worthless?

#16 SiMoNsAyS

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 10:48 AM

yes

the .msi file Orus was refering to are just hacks to enable/disable certain things over longhorn (leak 4074).

this is a pure xp system. if you download the msstyles you can find a tutorial on how to create your "glass" taksbar, but it is just a trick of reshacking.

edit: forgot 1 thing, about the 250mb download on microsoft site, they're just libraries based on avalon alphas. i wish when avalon goes final we can have that technology on our xp based systems with some cool new visual effects

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#17 XPerties

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 10:50 AM

Oh well, thanks. I was just looking for something new for the system. I get tiered of looking at the same crap everyday.

#18 SiMoNsAyS

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Posted 23 March 2005 - 11:23 AM

this is my longhorn desktop (xp sp2).
just using avedesk, the "glass trick" and a couple of skins

@XPerties, if you want a new look you can try the "longhorn transformation pack" that includes a couple of themes that i love.
if you want to go further you can search for "aveshell", its intention is to replace explorer shell with a new shell over samurize and avedesk. it's a bit messy but the final look is amazing

#19 Orus

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Posted 24 March 2005 - 04:12 AM

what a pitty!
hey symon, cool desktop...I can't wait to have longhorn on my pc!

Besides, using too many programs (like windowblinds, y'z dock, y'z shadow, samurize etc..) at the same time, to emulate cool effects, doesn't represent a burden for the system resources? I mean y'z dock takes just 600kb, but altogether becomes significant... does someone know if there is a single program that has all the features necessary for themes, toolbars, dock bars and don't take to much memory?
:whistle:

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edit: forgot 1 thing, about the 250mb download on microsoft site, they're just libraries based on avalon alphas. i wish when avalon goes final we can have that technology on our xp based systems with some cool new visual effects

What does this mean?What this libraries do right now? I thought this would have solved the transparence issue...now i'm a little puzzled. What actually this 250mb thing do?