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  1. thanks - had found some of that - at the moment i have completely screwed themes - i had one of yours fully working - its all gone - all i see is the bacic - its still your theme but all the customisation has gone i assumed i had lost uxstyle but it seems to be there - done reboots and a system restore and nothing - so will have to work out what i have broken
  2. DosProbie - can you explain to someone who has little idea but is trying to learn how things are formed in your theme - i understand where things like the the top right buttons are but where is the shadow formed or called from and the white highlighting of the text in the top bars do you edit the png file for the buttons etc or is there a library somewhere daft or simple questions they may be and may well be covered here but................................
  3. i would like the bigger buttons please - they look much better - i would like different sizes ones as in forward/back in explorer - would guess its possible
  4. thanks had got there - i have been using 0.7 which did not have this - 0.8 had not worked for me but finally got it working and saw the setting - its a nice feature
  5. am leaning - i understand what you are saying but what exactly is the reg entry and where does it go
  6. that theme is something special imo - i have a lot to learn - all i have been trying to do is there - i am puzzled by the rounded corners - i cannot turn them off - am i missing something - i like both square and rounded - just wanted to compare
  7. no - no big problem - just a comment - its probably me when i think about it - i increase the font size in the right click menu on the desktop - cannot remember how i did it - a registry setting i would guess - if its using that font then that would explain it
  8. a small bug?? - dont know where its getting the font from -
  9. it makes no sense to me - if the software is released into the wild then the developer loses control - he can say what he wants about copyright but its pointless - it will be 'cracked/modified if it is not what people want - what has happened was forced to happen - even with private previews it would still have got out - this is one hack by one person - hell Microsoft cannot keep control of anything and stop it getting hacked what chance is there here - its something many people want and by the comments on here something people will pay for - so with full respect bigmuscle dont throw the teddy out of the pram - put an installer on what you have - release is as version 1 - if you intended to charge for it then do so - if you continue to work on it and fix every bug and add every feature you will never release it as there will also be a new feature you want to add or play with an example of how this would have been better is in another thread - startisback is still under development - its available and has been from early version as a paid for release - its downloadable for free there are no popups but it shuts down features after 30 days - that works - if people like it they buy it - or not as there are cracked versions around as i am sure the author knows - he seems to accept that and continues to improve the software in the knowledge that people will come back and buy it
  10. True This kind of thought is incredibly disrespectful. Bigmuscle has just spent months working very hard on a great product. People constantly nagged about this feature and he asked that it be left be. Reasons for this are his own - He wants it to stay a preview and not be used, it's beta software that he is going to sell, etc. Why he chose to do so is not our business. Then going and ignoring the request of the person doing ALL the work, removing the popup and posting it for everyone to use is completely disrespectful. How is it 'cracking'? How is it not? He did the definition of cracking a feature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_cracking Do you think that it's OK for someone to create a crack for Windows then say "BTW copyright Microsoft, all credit to them, buy the software if you like it" makes it OK? Please do not try to justify this kind of behavior. i accept most of that - each to their own - i wanted to use it - but the popups got in the way [for me] i had asked if bigmuscle would remove them - he would not so i stopped using 7 and then 8 - i went back to 3 as i think a few here did - how does that serve the beta testing - a popup at start - fine - but why more - its not part of the software - its an annoyance - all my opinion and a few others too - bigmuscle wanted testers he had people happy to do that - if i got a black screen because of it - i accepted that - it was beta - but again i say the popups had nothing to do with the software i would have been happy to pay a small amount for a beta without popups as other would but that was refused - i dont understand bigmuscle - but thats just me finally if and when this does go to release software at a reasonable cost i and i think all those here would be happy to pay for it - that was never part of my wanting it without popups
  11. how is removing an annoying popup 'cracking' something - the software is as is - there is still reference to bigmuscle - had the OP not left the first popup then even that is not cracking - banning someone for that - seems to me its a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  12. a question are there any settings to just have full aero of the taskbar - is it even possible - we all have different ideas and for me that would work - i dont want rounded corners and am not fussed about windows being aero at the top - for what i see of them its no big deal and if i set up the taskbar to be full aero then the windows tops are for me - maybe that can be set another way but i dont
  13. thanks - i am now running 0.3 and am seeing it - which i never did before - as said i think the problem is mine - just trying to understand what i need to do to get it back to standard
  14. since i installed 0.8 i have had problems - it worked fine on install but i then lost blur completely - in this instance i can say i did nothing but a reboot - i tried the test version and that was no better - i went back through the earlier versions - first to 0.7 that did not help - then to 0.3 as i think those in between and more test versions ?? - once 0.3 was installed blur returned i then went back to 0.8 and i have again got blur but when i change from inactive to active window the aero effect takes a split second to show - the title bar starts black and then aero kicks in i am guessing this is not the software but stuff in my registry left over from earlier installs and theme changes - if it is - no big deal as this system is not far off a clean install but i report it in case it is not all that said would it be a good idea to add a registry file to take things back to microsoft standard before adding or changing anything - if thats part of the install then excuse the question
  15. will test that later when i get back onto a 64bit machine - if it works - well done
  16. a quote from a post above Big Muscle removed the popup in the v0.7. where have you seen that
  17. thats my point as well - he is looking for a perfect finished version - that will never happen - there will always be a - what if? - so make this version 1 - give it a price point - those who want to pay will - those who dont can stick with 0.7 with popups seems perfectly simple - if he messes about much more someone will bypass the popups and the chance has gone
  18. thanks will look at that - obviously agree with your last point - i have posted on his thread that no one will remember his work if someone else releases something before him - to me he is missing his chance - but his decision - nobody remembers who was second
  19. that looks really good - well beyond my capability - hopefully some of these will be made available to us less talented ones
  20. i am perfectly happy to test anything - but its a two way street - the user must be happy with what he sees as well - as things are you seem to be missing the point - the popup is intrusive - on startup fine - full screen if you want - a dos window in the background - again fine - but something jumping out every hour is too frequent - imo - that disagrees with yours - then again fine - but if you need testers you need them on your side surely - and quite a few here are not like i said earlier - you cannot be the only programmer doing this and if you want to get yours out first you need to do that soon i would guess - launch it - at whatever price - with things like this people know and accept it will improve over time - i sight startisback again for that model - that has grown - it has i would guess a good base - and people once having bought it whatever the cost will stick wit it you have your plan - with respect it seems wrong to me - if something came out tomorrow and there has to be a possibility then all your work will be for very little
  21. what was the version that closed the cmd box - i cannot put up with the popup any more - its out of order - surely someone who can program can get rid of it - Bugmuscle seems intent on keeping it - for me he is driving users away - thats not for here but i'm going back a few versions so would like to choose to one that works for me
  22. i use it as is - the effect is good - i dont want rounded corners or any of the other mods others are trying - fine if they want them - but for me - whilst i accept its experimental it works - the effect on the theme i use is all i want - it may not suit others but for me this could be a release version - release it as is and then build from there or let those who want do their own thing over time add to - change - improve - look at the startisback model - i did not find that until about version 1.4 - that worked - it was commercial at that point - people knew it was not perfect but accepted it would be updated and improved if you wait for the perfect piece of software you will never release it - there will will always be - what it - or i wonder what would happen - they are for version 2 or 3 so wrap it up - let those who are happy with it as it is have a working version - free or paid for and call it version 1 - people will be happy with that and look forward to more if it comes - if not that - [i would suggest] - will also be fine add to that i would guess you are not the only developer doing this - others may not have made their work public - but you have shown it can be done - if you do not take advantage of that you will be left with a good idea and nothing much else - others will release their solution before you and you will have little if nothing - there is no prize for and generally nobody remembers who was second
  23. i had stopped using the software but decided to continue but this is getting beyond a joke - how does this popup thing work - i have been using the laptop about 90 minutes this morning - i have seen the popup 3 times - its time the author commented - his silence is doing him no good or somebody with some skill took it out - there may be a lot of work getting to where the thing is but be fair - its becoming unusable - i did not mind the dos window open - that just sat in the background but this thing in your face is not on
  24. one of the nicest pieces of software for improving windows 8 is being ruined by the popup box that happens far too often you have made your point surely by showing it on startup - to constantly pop it up is beyond a joke - ok you want to make money out of your hard work and you will but be fair to those who are testing it and reporting back - its a pain in the backside protection is one thing paranoia is another - its time somebody took it out - i for one have uninstalled your [excellent] software - if and when the final version comes out i will look again and please comment - dont ignore it as you have up until now - if i am turned off there must be others - you are harming your reputation imo
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