Dark Lava V3 - WIP
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 by zigboom | Discussion: Sneak Previews
Hi,
I've been away for a while,working on a Firefox Theme "LavaFox V1"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11861/
Now i'm updating my WB "Dark Lava" to version 3 (just started)
It'll be darker and more hot 
What i'm doing is porting the look of LavaFox into Dark Lava.
Found some facts that made me think about dark themes in general under WB.
I'm not sure now if it's possible to make a real dark theme in WB... I tried black background in win explorer,
but then the light-gray text becomes invisible under certain apps (that display white background).
The other thing i couldn't do is to animate the scrollbars and progressbar(as in LavaFox).
Firefox uses animated pngs as native format so anything (!) can be animated very nicely,
That will be the coolest feature for Stardock apps IMHO... (instead of filmstrip and frame count)
Anyway, i'd love to get some feedback and discuss the possibilities of dark themes in general.
Any feedback is very welcome.
Greetings.
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:53 AM
This is the first time viewing your blind in zoom mode and I think it's freekin' awesome. The skin has a textured 'feel' to it, I guess that's a good way to explain it. Anyway...I haven't seen FF yet but if this preview is any indication then......WOWSER! A keeper and then some. You rock dude.
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:37 AM
Thanks Master vStyler, i suspected so...thanks for confirming!
Thanks Uvah for awsome feedback!
Koolet22, i've heared it looks great on Vista, please give it a try, i'll be happy to make the neccessary changes(if there are any 
, I actually skinned explorer 7 and 8 .. I should actually share this great tip for skinners - There is a portable collection of all internet explorer versions 1-8, it's called "internet explorer collection". So i skinned the new vista explorer (using xp). Anyway, please try it and let us know.
Reply #5 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:06 PM
So, if you're gonna share with us, how about a link? 
Reply #6 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:46 PM
Sorry i forgot, had to search it again ... Here it is:
http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm
Any feedback how it works on Vista so far?
( I'm on XP and loving it
I'm quite near releasing the new version,
would be nice to know...
Thanks anyway.
Reply #7 Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:57 PM
If you mean Dark Lava 2, It's working fine for me. Running it now. It has problems with IE7 though. 
Reply #9 Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:14 PM
Thanks for the feedback! What problems with IE7? Would you like to test Dark Lava V3 on Vista?
Welcome for the link!
Reply #10 Friday, May 29, 2009 1:24 AM
Yes, I'll test for you, and send me an email and I will send you a screenshot of IE on Vista
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Reply #1 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:52 AM
There is no way to make a 'true' dark theme in WB that is compatible with all apps.