AROS Window Themes

[miker1264]

AMIGASYSTEM

I keep using your screenshots. But they look so good.

I thought I was going nutty. I couldn't get my config file set to properly draw the window themes.

But then I remembered how nice the Wanderer screenshot looked that was posted earlier.

Why would using Dopus Magellan vs Wanderer affect the drawing of window themes? The same theme looks great on AROS One x86 using Wanderer. But it looks wonky in Magellan. Hmmm...

There's nothing wrong with the config or the slider gadgets. 

So for testing window themes I will use AROS One x86.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

So for testing window themes I will use AROS One x86.

I have always pointed out the various incompatibilities of Dopus5 with AROS on both x86 and 68k, not only for Themes, Icons and Fonts but for many other things, which maybe are not visible to those who use little AROS and a well configured Wanderer.

Dopus5 is a thing of the past and is no longer updated, consequently no improvements there can be anymore, unlike Wanderer which still has a lot to grow and is always under development.

[miker1264]

Two more themes almost ready. Maybe there will be two more tomorrow. Then a few more after that. When all are finished I will upload them to AROS Archives for all to see.

Processing the images is very labor intensive. It takes about two hours per theme. Custom themes could take longer.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Thanks miker, I will add all your themes on AROS One x86/68k and will create scripts to associate with your themes also background and Pointer !

[miker1264]

Here is a custom window theme that I'm calling "AROS plastic". I'm working on a similar one called "Lite Plastic" as opposed to LiteMetal which is a slightly different theme.

I think it looks very sleek. The slider knobs are smaller with a new narrow container. The titlebar is convex ( curved outward) and the gadgets are all black outline in AROS style. The Lite Plastic theme is the same but the titlebar gadgets are Lite Metal Style with black outline not white.

There's one more custom theme that I'm planning called "Classic" which is a tribute to Amiga OS 3.1 but modern. The slider knobs will be larger than classic OS3.1 and the gadgets will be black outline just like AROS Plastic Theme.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Beautiful I like it !

[miker1264]

Beautiful I like it !

Thanks! I designed it myself.

I like the simplicity of it. It just looks nice.

[miker1264]

Each time I finish a new theme when I see it on screen I kinda like it. 

This one is "os4_lavender blue".

It reminds me of the default drawer icon color for Icaros.

Maybe it's more lavender than blue.

[miker1264]

This new theme is called "os4_powder blue".

I kinda like it too! So many choices. 

The next two themes are a tribute to Caffeine OS. They are "os4_coffee bean" & "os4_cinnamon stick".

[miker1264]

My new AROS Plastic Style can generate much richer color variations based on the initial bright blue.

It's all about color and style. There are several theme styles out there but what about colors? Colors are important too.

[miker1264]

Here is os4_lavemder blue theme if you'd like to try it.

I prefer shades of greens, blues and browns.

But someone may like it.

[NinjaCowboy]

It would be nice if AROS had a color picker similar to the classic theme in Windows 95 and later where the user could choose a color for individual gadgets and other GUI elements.

[miker1264]

It would be nice if AROS had a color picker similar to the classic theme in Windows 95 and later where the user could choose a color for individual gadgets and other GUI elements.

Individual Prefs are used to setup most items we would usually associate with a theme. In Windows for example a "theme" is a group of items to give the OS a certain new look including window style, startup & shutdown sounds, wallpaper image, and even a new cursor style.

It would great if AROS had an app that allowed us to set all these things at one time. We could select window theme, background image, cursor color, startup sound and icon set.

It seems that AMIGASYSTEM has made some progress towards that in his themes for AROS One. Each theme has an icon that activates a script which copies things where they need to go. It handles window theme, cursor color, background image and some icons. So it may be possible.

On AROS I generally think of apps that deal with things like this as a "manager". We already have a Theme Manager at least for Icaros Desktop but that only deals with window themes. On AROS "appearance" is closer to what we want. So an Appearance Manager would set all these things. But we already have an Appearance App in Prefs. Maybe it could be expanded to deal will these new theme features.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

It seems that AMIGASYSTEM has made some progress towards that in his themes for AROS One. Each theme has an icon that activates a script which copies things where they need to go. It handles window theme, cursor color, background image and some icons. So it may be possible.

Si negli script puoi aggiungere anche altre opzioni, come la risoluzione dello schermo, i fonts, la musica e qualsiasi altra preferenza, questi script li ho creati anche su AfA One, dove perņ puoi eseguirli a caldo senza riavii del sistema o dello schermo.

On AROS I generally think of apps that deal with things like this as a "manager". We already have a Theme Manager

On AROS One in addition to the scripts there are 2 Theme Managers in SYS Prefs, "Appearance" and "ThemePrefs"

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Here is os4_lavemder blue theme if you'd like to try it.

I prefer shades of greens, blues and browns.

But someone may like it.

Tested and inserted on AROS One x86/68k your 2 themes (added backgrounds to Wanderer and Windows), I just adjusted your theme for AROS One by changing "STitlebar", in yours there is the logo that Icaros uses, by the way, you can also remove the logo from the "STitlebar", and add it in a folder called "SBarLogo", this way the user can customize the logo.

With your Themes I also noticed a strange thing, if I look at the screenshot, you will notice that DigiClock has 2 colors, but actually it should be all black, with my themes this does not happen, I have to investigate why !

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