Mint by mangosango in SSC 11 - Windows

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Artist Notes

Going to rework and resub this :)


Business first:

Litestep is Mint by me
Visual Style is a Mod of: Wave, by seahorsepip
TrueTransparency is Mint by me
Icons Faezna (originally by thyeum and ported by fjsferreira
Launchy is Mint by me
CD Art Display is Mint by me
Firefox is a Mod of Metro
Startpage is Mint by me
Image is Spring Waters 02 by PinkFishGR
Wallpaper is Mint by me


Whew. So the video player is done in LS. It is kinda sorta functional. The video comes from a DWM thumbnail of a winamp video and the buttons are overlays that control play/pause prev/next. While this sounds like it’s pretty cool, it is an absolute nightmare to use (and DWM is a nightmare to work with in litestep). I would not recommend that anybody try this haha. Baaaad idea.

In retrospect, I should’ve spent the time on a small icon set, but last night literally the only night I had to work on this and by the time I was done with the video player, Faenza was looking especially nice to me :).

Other cool things: the bottom bar slides up serves as a launcher and taskbar. Pressing on the round switch hides the tasks and displays a dock-like launcher bar. Pressing the window icon next to it hides the launcher and brings up the taskbar. I wanted to show this functionality, but the taskbar is incomplete and again, I didn’t have time to make icons to match the wood. Plus, when extended, the bottom bar is 70px tall and I know how much you guys hate big taskbars :P

PS happy Earth Day!

  • Submitted: 04/22/2011
  • Reviews: 27
  • Views: 2989
  • Downloads: 166
  • Admin Rating: 93.56
  • User Rating: 95.00

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Kody [94] wrote:

man this is sooooooooooooo fresh, except for those faenza icons, some custom icons would have worked wonders here, not sure how to rate this yet, I reallyreallyreally love it though, it’s classy, refined, looks pretty damn usable, and the woodgrain textures are perfect, but those icons just D: but, you also addressed them.

the video player concept is pretty neat, pretty interesting execution.

The tt/ls/launchy configs all look purtyful, the FF could use a smidge of work methinks.

awesome :D

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krissirk [97] wrote:

As i said at DA, love everythings here, great stye.

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wooko [100] wrote:

nailed it!

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annie42 [90] wrote:

bit more tweak and it become gaia 12

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novoo [94] wrote:

I’m not sure about the wood texture and those sidebar icons, but the TT and the LS are awesome – as usual. And you have a very good taste of music :)

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BrushAway [93] wrote:

I love the way you implemented the wood texture. I’m not sure about some of the fonts (the font in the pop-up is a bit small for my liking), but the graphics are smooth. I’ll echo what the others have said about custom icons, but this is really solid.

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nosphere [92] wrote:

oh gosh! almost perfect, have to agree with the faenza thing tough =/

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mangosango wrote:

Thanks for commenting/rating!

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math0ne wrote:

As people have mentioned the use of the wood texture is very solid.

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Nanu [91] wrote:

Flawlessness! The icons work for me.

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Man.I [96] wrote:

You know, at this point what does one say? This shot was bold, and well executed. Good job Sang ~ not surprised really.

I noticed that you’ve gravitated from your typical minimal approach, and it’s interesting.

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ether [90] wrote:

chocolate mint. delicious. i wish the icons matched better though.

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Aecoon [99] wrote:

amazing shoot. wish i learned to use LS someday :)

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crkd [100] wrote:

This is great. The only thing I’d change is the icons in the navigation panel, but they still look good imo.

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pjdark [90] wrote:

The VS is killer. The wallpaper is a bit bright for me, but still… great effort here all around. :-D

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Thomax [96] wrote:

Why do you have to be so damn good? :(

Icons could be better, but you already knew that..

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4nt1p0p [97] wrote:

just love the launchy and TT..

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richard0 [94] wrote:

Most things are already mentioned. I got split feelings about the wood, its nice but maybe it would be better of with something else. But this is (like all your screenshot/themes) really really good.

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nitzua [94] wrote:

this is gorgeous sang. i think the icons fit a little better than has been said, and make this look more utilitarian than arty in a sense, but that’s not necessarily bad. i would’ve liked to see some more fitting glyphs for the video player controls and the search box removed from your firefox (just use keyword searches in the awesome bar :) ), but they don’t take too much away as-is. the tt is fuckin slick and the little white controls/info in the corners is so underrated but very key.

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akka [94] wrote:

The launcher is sexy, and that’s an awesome effort with the video player. Sucks that it’s not so usable, but it’s very pretty, and I’m sure you learned some along the way. Props for innovation.

I love the info and icons in the corners, and i do think the bar at the bottom is a nice aesthetic detail.

Search bar should probably go, obviously, and I’ll bet this would still look just as good with the wood extended across the full caption bar, and left aligned caption text for added functionality.

The sidebar icons are weak.

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craven [96]

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Damzk [90] wrote:

Cool caption bars

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fate0000 [94] wrote:

Mint is the perfect title. I really love those caption bars. Unique and stylish. You could probably ditch the search bar to streamline FF and make it jive better with the theme. The popup is classy. Would love to see you replace the icons in the explorer window to something custom that jives better with the theme. As usual this is top shelf work and should be a contender.

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crshd [97] wrote:

Very fresh. I just love the mix of white with the wood texture, never thought that could look so good.

The sidebar in the Explorer, the Google icon in the FF, and the font rendering in the popup are the only things that are kinda bugging me right now.

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requestedRerun [100] wrote:

<3 Totally in love with this. Perfect shot.

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Caliban [95] wrote:

hot

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