Might I interest you in a WB beta test?

And before anyone says it...yes, I know only girls will like it.

I DL'd it and will load it up later. I did take a look at it in the Windoblinds skin browser/frontend and it looks nice, my wife will love the colours for sure

Have some feedback later tonight or early morning ESTime

Awwwwww Thanky IP and thank the wifey!

It's not THAT girly, Shmoopy, I dig the flames in the start menu!

he-he TY

very nice concept Shmoopy!
Personally I find the shadow on the Titlebar text a little distracting (hard to read) but I like the colors and the menubackgrounds. Just personal preference but I'd probably do away with the system icon.
Overall, it's very good.

Thank you pictoratus! System icon? Oh on the window bar? I guess I like seeing the icon for folder etc. there but it is pretty skinny.

Ahhh. The shadow needs to be a few shades lighter...that way the effect is in tact but not intrusive. Great tip, pic! *SMOOCHES*

You are so right too, pic...

it is distracting!hehe

See? This is what I love is when I get skinners giving me help and ideas and a critique!

It is MOST 'awesome dude', she says in Vally-Girl Speak...hehe

I like it. The skin seems to work good. I would like to see a mouse over change in the button shape or brightness ,main windows top left,like on documents window buttons file ,view,edit,etc.All so if the task manager could some how have more then one background color built into it,for contrast.The before mentioned would also effect other windows like file properties windows.I like the window frames.I like the parts I did not mention as they are.
Well you asked.
Thats my honest opinion.

Your opinion is indeed valuable, Iben! All input is valuable!

And THANKY YOU for looking! (forgot that part...forgive me?)

Well, miss Shmoops is hittin' the hay early so any other ideas ya got to make my skin better just holler it here and I'll be glad to take a looksee cuz damn...ain't it great when we can help each other? HUH?

Thank you so much and before I head off to zzz's land...

(((HUGS)))

Miss Shmoopy aka AngEla

Hey looks pretty good. I must admit that I am a fan of simple skins, and personally not a huge fan of your other skins (a little too busy for my liking), but I'm liking this one a WHOLE lot.

I really should shut up and start skinning though.

my girlfriend loved it

AAAAaaaaaaaaaargh

Can't stop playing with the dancing buttons tehe..
The titlebar Font is probably better readable if it has no offset shadow.
I am hooked on this one. You are improving your skills very quick!

Angela this is great alil too pinky for my taste (me is picky when it comes to certain colors of pink) but the detail & work you put into this is great!
nice job on the mouse over on the small buttons they are neat the way they lift up (soft decent ani)

only suggestion is on the bigger buttons on the "toolbar" you might want to make them have a mouse over image such as the select button to match the title bar & smaller buttons maybe?
but overall you did great!

/me runs back to the Toony WB, I can't live w/o it!

Hmmmmmmmm...I would also get rid of the seperation lines in the startpanel.

also I meant to say to listen to Lecrayon on that "Font Shadow" you should lose that, cuz it's unreadable for some reason...

Thank you for the input DavidMandle, Mr Cavanaugh, Doreen and LeCrayon

I'm gonna drop that drop-shadow on the titlebars then and yeah...those lines on the start-bar don't look right, LeCrayon...good eyes!

I really appreciate the help...my next skin will probably be gray just for a clean break from all of these colors I've been using.

I'm getting my new Dell computer delivered today...I'm about to bust! Woo hoo...new toy for Shmoooooooooooooooooopy!

Thank you again, folks! ((((HUG))))

Hello, *Shmoopy*. This is a very usable skin. I find the Title Bar buttons very intuitive. Even the checkboxes look great; the check itself has a nice "fat" look.

What attention to detail! Most actions have sound effects (see below for the lone action that does not). Even the bracket-like image on each end of the Title Bar is "flipped" when the window becomes inactive. Terrific!

Thank you for the hide or minimize to tray option on the upper-left of the Title Bar. I would like to see more skins with that feature.

My enhancement requests:

1) The black background on the All Programs list makes reading the pink text hard on the eyes.
2) When the Task Bar is dragged up to increase its vertical size, the image on the right side does not expand to the new height. The left side of the Bar is fine.
3) No sound effect on Window Close action

A fantastic skin really.

Cheers

WOW...thank you for the great input, Tryzub!

I looked at the stuff you mentioned and I want to make sure I know what you're talking about because I'm not as yet totally familiar with all of the terms...

I don't know if I'll catch you again here but if you do make it back to this thread I upped a picture to see if this is what you meant by the "All programs" and the Taskbar resizing vertically...

Here's the visual screenshot: http://www.darkseraphim.com/question.jpg

Thank you so much for your time and help! Also, ignore my sloppy handwriting! hehe




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I've edited your SS and replied via email. I do not have a personal website on which to post it.

I loooove it!!! Just beautiful for summer!!
Shmoops, look at my profile screen-shot!!! Love the colour!!

also I meant to say to listen to Lecrayon on that "Font Shadow" you should lose that, cuz it's unreadable for some reason...

I also agree with doreen and Lecrayon about the *font shadow* but everything else is perfect!!
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Tryzub, thank you again and 'you've got mail'

Gadge...how do you always manage to make me grin from ear-to-ear? Not that that's exactly anatomically possible but that'd be something if it was! hehe

Well, I won't be doing much until my Dell gets replaced...got it all set up and had to call in for a replacement...faulty rear fan...phttt! How lame! >

Oh well, at least the customer service people were nice...that makes all the difference sometimes when you're exhausted from upacking and lugging computer parts upstairs...unhooking and lugging your old computer downstairs only to have to do it all in reverse again. GRRR

If my next Dell isn't perfect I'm gonna scream bloody moyda!

Anywayyyyyy...just one of those 'things' I guess.

I'm still stuck trying to figure out how to get some of the larger shellstyle images to appear...

It's hot today!

I hope everyone is having a pleasant week and don't sweat the small stuff! Right? RIGHT!

Thank you again kind people...it really helps me so much...especially if I'm feeling iffy on things...nice to have input...much better than having to re-do it after 1,000+ people have already downloaded it...I feel guilty making folks re-download my stuff so if I can avoid it...all the mo-betta!