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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 by voidcore | Discussion: Sneak Previews
Im doing my first vista blind and are pretty much done 
But i need someone to help me test it out on XP most of the XP parts is skinned except the file animations.. as i dont have a XP machine up and running atm could someone help me out and test it?? 
Also someone with a vista machine that can give me some feedback!
PM me here in the forum pls ,time to hit the sack see you all tomorrow 
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Reply #3 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 10:04 PM
i can test for vista.....my messengers are yahoo @ sofrashandsoclean69me...... and on windows live messenger also msn messenger.....sknywitafulszjmy .....hit me up on either messenger if you want me to test im more on windows live/msn....hope i can help out...looking very nice too man for a first skin
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 10:34 PM
I'll make you a deal. I'll test your skin for XP if you'll test my skin for Vista (I should be done with mine in another week or two).
Reply #6 Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:19 AM
Thank you
Sure thing k10w3... i can test your blind
Is that @hotmail.com or @live.com ??
Reply #7 Thursday, January 8, 2009 10:55 AM
Bump! would be great if i could get this going today so i can get it uploaded to the galleies..
Reply #8 Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:31 AM
I can test it on both xp and Vista. [email protected].
Reply #10 Thursday, January 8, 2009 2:55 PM
Du VET at jeg tester gjerne dine skins
Jeg er desverre ute på sjøen for øyeblikket, så det er mulig jeg ikke kan gi deg tilbakemelding fort nok 
Reply #11 Thursday, January 8, 2009 2:59 PM
wow cool skin. cant wait to add to my collection 
Reply #12 Thursday, January 8, 2009 3:41 PM
swe:Jag vet har kollat msn om du varit där men som sagt du är ju på sjön!
eng:I know have checked my msn but you are out on the sea!
Reply #13 Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:14 PM
sorry guys, got stuck making some animation, on its way now
Reply #14 Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:28 PM
GOT IT. Nice skin. Here's what I'm seeing right off the top (I'm going to use it for the rest of my work shift to examine all the little things). The black font is really hard to see against the dark header. I'll send you out an e-mail with a couple of other items I've found.
Reply #15 Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:35 PM
This skin looks really wicked, can't wait till you upload it and we can use it, bloody awesome my friend 
Reply #16 Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:43 PM
great, hmm got this with the fonts the last time a made a dark skin too.. thing is i can see all fonts clearly... maybe i have good cobntrast on my screen that makes a difference??... anyway point the problem areas out and ill try make it lighter...
Reply #17 Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:19 PM
great, hmm got this with the fonts the last time a made a dark skin too.. thing is i can see all fonts clearly... maybe i have good cobntrast on my screen that makes a difference??... anyway point the problem areas out and ill try make it lighter...
Maybe you don't have half century-aged eyes!
I tried to make a screen shot of it, and for some odd reason, the header doesn't seem as dark in the Photoshop JPEG as it does in my Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail program, so it just look like I'm delusional (or blind..or both) when I say the font is hard to see. I'm using 1024 x 786 resolution (I'm a little behind in the times on monitor size and, of course, I'm still on XP.) The icons in the system tray seem rather tiny, too, which again, isn't a problem if you're not suffering with presbyopia (a/k/a geezer eyes). Also, when I mouse over the "All Programs" part in the start menu (more programs in Skin Studio), it totally blacks out and looks like this:
I wouldn't consider that a "fault" per se, but it might be something more discriminatory judges would nail you on.
Reply #18 Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:34 PM
O.K., here's an example of the black font against the dark header which might illustrate what I'm talking about:
(The sections for Bayscribe and New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, not the other fonts)
(This is in Internet Explorer 8) -- I don't think the font wold be as hard to see if perhaps it were a larger font, because if I put my head much closer to the monitor it's less of a problem for me, but it's still not easy to see. I'm judging this as an over-all use sort of thing -- I work online all day with my job, and I work on productivity (which means I only get paid by what I produce, so producing quickly is the only way to make any money), so I kind of want things really clear, so I don't have to keep sliding my chair up close to the monitor to see what I'm doing, because those precious seconds cost me.
Reply #19 Thursday, January 8, 2009 6:50 PM
Hmm that mouse over the text is green.... here anyway.. its black mouseover with green fonts instead of an image there and i see the icons in more programs is to much to the left....
the tabs in ie is skinned only works in ie7+6? also the selection.. where it is black over your browser target that is supposed to be green.... with black text. The bookmark field(?) text i dont know if it is changeable.. its the toolbar background.. and ofc the explorer navigation buttons is not aligned but i dont think that is possible to correct, think i read about it in another thread?
Systemtray icons should not change size... neither quicklaunch... they stay the same witchever skin you use:)
And it looks like the taskbar buttons arent displayed correctly but cant be sure can u give me a full screenshot?
Im redoing all fonts to a green color... ill send you a copy later on see if it works better...
And check if you are running sRGB(the most commonly used) color profile on your monitor... and calibrate...
And it might be lighter here for me because im on a LCD...
Reply #20 Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:36 PM
Well! Calibrating is trippy. Kind of like getting a new pair of glasses. The font still seems dark, but the lighter things sure do seem more in contrast than they did before.
Here's a screenshot of my entire desktop:
IN this screenshot, I'm not mousing over the "More Programs" part, so it's green. It's only when I mouse over it with my cursor that it blacks out.
Now I'm wondering how many if the issues are the skin and how many are my own computer setup. 
Maybe you should balance out anything I'm telling you with what the others are saying and just take in stride that my own system might be wonky.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 8:34 PM
For a first go, or not a first go, that really ROCKS!!