Hmph.

The carbon texture on the window frame and on the taskbar is easily done (in fact, it is ready now), but getting it on the start panel and being tileable both vertically and horizontally (for when the Win7 start panel expands) and matching on the top, right and bottom sections of the start panel... I'm not certain that it's possible!

A question. When it comes to WB's I'm totally in the dark. You said you don't know if its possible to get the texture on the start panel because it has to be 'tileable' vertically and horizontally and match top, right and bottom when it expands. What does that mean? and could separate images work? If the start panel is already sized so that the texture is already there when it expands. Just guessing.

Actually, with the help of Mr Neil WindowBlinds the issue is resolved. Now the start menu is using a single texture across the whole start panel, cleverly transparent on the left, big enough to cater for expanded or tall start menus, and set to 'autocrop'.

(Uvah - The problem was that the start panel is made up of five separate bits - top, left, right, bottom and 'more programs' - and trying to get a texture to match successfully across those parts is tricky, because this texture looks bad if it is stretched. Then in vista or Win7 you have to successfully get the textures to still match up when these sections are stretched or tiled to make the 'expanded' version of the start menu, or if the user has a taller start menu because it has a lot of programs pinned on it.)

Anyway, not really finished yet, but a lot closer.

And a new snapshot uploaded.

I really like this one a huge amount, Tim. The colored stripes are wonderful and the texture perfect. 

Big thanks to Neil for helping with that. 

Thanks for the reply essorant.

That's looking beautiful essorant.      Your wallpaper rocks.

Neil can be a very helpful son of a gun sometimes., Looking good Tim

Irokoness - I think that wallpaper was from Interfacelift. Nice colours.

Tanks.

Updated screenshot - the skin in action! (i.e. from my desktop, not just a mockup)

I'm about 95% done, just doing some testing now for the Vista and XP substyles.

Still outstanding are the clock and dock backgrounds, then it will be made available!

Sweet looking skin.