http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7013/desktopdl.png
Does anyone know what visual style is used in this image?
Or how I can get something very similar?
Windows 7's default Aero only looks good with white, black and blue backgrounds. It looks horrible with anything else. Everything's blue no matter how I futz with the colors.
I want something more minimalist, more colorless, more easy to blend with anything...
Edit: I figured out that the guy used ObjectDock, which is not really what I want to do since it just replaced the taskbar with a dock that looks like the taskbar. I'm trying to modify the entire UI to a clear/gray/white minimalist-transparent look that will match any wallpaper regardless of the primary color.
I was able to do this on my old computer with Windows XP and a white/gray visual style called VS_Logomatic, but at first I liked Win7 Aero and it looked pretty good with the walls I had used up to that point, but this new one just looks awful with the UI.![]()
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Forreal though, I like how the quick launch tiles are centered! -
You can put transparent shortcuts on the bar to center the other shortcuts:
Use Transparent Shortcuts to Separate and Organize Your Windows 7 Taskbar Icons
As for visual style, you can try this one: Shine 2.0 on deviantART
There are many more on deviantart (you may just have to look until you find something you personally like): Browsing Visual Styles 7 on deviantART -
Yeah I managed to figure it all out, it's a lot like doing it in Windows XP, only more obtuse and annoying to do.
I would now like to know how to get an all-in-one system monitor pane or gadget on the left side of my screen. I have no patience for Rainmeter, and it doesn't look like it can do GPU monitoring. -
Uhm, Windows gadgets?
Modifying Windows 7's UI
Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by synaesthetic, Aug 27, 2010.