Unsanity has really done it this time!

Roll on the final, good work.

I just had an idea - would it be possible to make Silk allow you to change the colors system wide???? If they can change the fonts, it should not be to hard to make it also change text colors...? This would allow people to make black themes!!

That's brilliant! Although people can make black themes just fine now! You just can't read some of the type on a few of the windows, that's all! :-]

Yes, and that's the problem! For themes such as DSX it would be great. But I just realized that it would be even better if it was possible to change text color for only tabs, for example. But I'm guessing that would not be possible, because the way Silk works (I'm only guessing though) is that it "redirects" apps from lucida grande to a user specifided font. But I still think changing the textcolor globally would be such a great improvement!

Just thought I'd post again to show off a new font I've started using for my system with the newest alpha build of Silk. It's called Identity and I found it by searching Yahoo for Famout Fonts. It's from some Sci-Fi show I think. It finally fits my need for a small, clear, readable, yet freaky and futuritic font. I love the way it looks undecipherable at first until you actually try to read it and then realize that it's perfectly legible. What do you think?

You call that readable?

I can read it.

I use it and I like it. I replaced Lucida Grande with Tahoma as I think Tahoma is an excellent font for on-screen text. It is IMHO better readable at smaller text sizes which is cool for list and column view in Finder, and since it isn't as wide as Lucida Grande at the same size, PB's menu items don't collide with menu extras any more.

A slight annoyance is that text input fields (e.g. browser address fields) show Tahoma while typing and Lucida Grande when clicking outside them.

Does anyone know where I can find this beta version of Silk? It's no longer at the link posted above.

Can someone please post a working download link...


Thanks a lot

You have to write to the author, Rosyna <rosyna@unsanity.com> to get the link for downloading the beta.

ot, but which theme is that? looks like the brushed theme, which i just installed...but with translucent black menus...nice.


and it is..?

Yeah, it's brushed, but I've customized it a little. I love those black menus.... I found them in some old purple 'remix' of the DSX theme and now I put them in all my themes. Thanks! Here's what my new theme looks like with them....

details, mr tew, details...
(i want those black menus...)

or uploads.

or something!

Well, if you want to try my theme you can get the Extras.rsrc here and drop it into your system folder in the right place, or swap it into the Brushed.dtla if you want to install it with ThemeChanger. Or if you just want the menus you can grab them out and put them in your theme with ThemePark.

http://homepage.mac.com/mrtew/.cv/m...rc.sit-link.sit

another reason to love the mac...

community.




thanx!

Mrtew, you rock

My new desktop:

Thanks for posting a working link mrtew...

Oops I should read a bit more before posting something like this , but anyway...

Is this a FULLY working theme file (can I replace my Extras.rsrc with this to make it work?)

Rosyna, the little stick-poking emoticon at the end of your question makes me think you are pulling my chain or something especially along with the capitalized FULLY, but, if you are, I don't get it, so I'll answer your question as if it's totally sincere and innocent.

It's not a complete theme as we know them today, but it is a working theme file so yes you can use it fine, as-is. It's not completely done though, meaning that the buttons and tabs and progressbars still look kindof like aqua, (but without the blue, thank god) but they look fine. If you want to make it look kind-of OK I'd install Max's Brushed theme first, and then use my Extras.rsrc until I get the rest of my theme all done someday.

Why do you ask???