whiskas-gadgets
Extraordinary (extraterrestial? :)) bitmap gadgets for VisualPrefs.
Try an escape from the norm using this set of stylish, ambient buttons
which look nothing like buttons. Some are more like decorations,
such as the arrows. They are all subtle, and some are only insinuated
when inactive... but glow the strongest when pressed.
Most of the gadgets have some sort of logic behind their shape, but
not the universal "traffic sign"-practical logic. Whatever you may
interprete from their design, the symbols are so individual that once you
know them, it is hard to mistake on gadget for another. They are quite
big, so they are hard to miss as well. :)
Enough estethics, let's get technical. Most gadgets are 256 or 64
colors, and you may want to replace some the files named Default with the
files named Default_24bit, or other variations of the same gadget. The
height of the window is decided by the screen font, and can be further
heightened using the "height increment" slider under "system" in the
VisualPrefs preferences program. I use the Arial font, size 18, and a
height increment of 3.
I have not yet drawn a padlock for DOpus, so that's the main reason
for this archive being a notch from version 1.0.
The gadgets are part of a fuller design that requires Birdie. I am
using two fullscreen images (active and inactive windows), consisting of
a large, dark texture, and a titlebar on the top. The titlebar has a
nice, opened space for the window title, and the depth gadget, sitting in
the right corner, seals this space. So, basically, for full enjoyment,
try using this technique to enrichen your design even further. That is,
if you are willing to sacrifice a little speed loss when opening windows.
It's mainly DOpus that suffer from this, because windows are inactive
when opening, and immediately after becomes active, resulting in the
display of both patterns after another. :/
If you choose to use colours
instead of patterns, I can suggest utter, or I-can't-believe-it's-not-
utter darkness for inactive fill, and a dark shade of grey for active.
You can find all these files at my desktop resource page:
http://members.xoom.com/whi/desktop
Have fun, Daniel
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