My take on AMANA, originally by Imrik, Naalo, j3 and the 4Imp crew. I worked really hard on the litestep. It has much more web integration now (see details section after the other preview images).
Credits
// OS
Windows 7 x64 SP1
Icons → Sanscons by P.J. Onori
Litestep Shell (incl command line) → AMANA² by me
Wallpaper → AMANA² by me (really just a gradient… hah)
// Windows
Visual Style → Mod of AMANA for Windows 7 by Neiio (originally for XP by Imrik)
TrueTransparency Window Borders → AMANA² by me
// Apps
Mail/Browser→ AMANA² Opera (mod of default skin by me)
Launchy → AMANA² by me
CD Art Display AMANA² by me
// WebApps
News Reader → AMANA² by me
Chat → AMANA² by me
Youtube → AMANA² by me
// Misc
Images from AMANA wallpapers by Imrik, j3
Images in the RSS reader are taken from the Final Fantasy wikia
And as Imrik said in 2007: “I would like to thank http://amana.jp/company/tsutawaru/ and http://blog.arsthanea.com/” and all of the old-timers who are still around =D
Alternate views
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Login:
Loading:
More apps:
Control Panel:
And a tribute to the original mac shot by Imrik:
Litestep Details
The login/loading screen are all done in litestep. Basically, windows boots to my account and displays the login screen (no password matching yet, but it’s coming – it’s a moot point, as I have a boot password set anyway…). The login text area resizes down and the loading circles resizes out. It’s a pretty slick animation :). The loader animation is a throwback to the old days of cmd prompt where you would just use the / – \ | characters to make a spinning wheel.
The taskbar has an integrated information bar that shows battery, network and twitter info. Clicking on the twitter bird calls a php function (via LSActiveDesktop) that fetches and updates the latest tweet from my feed. Clicking on the box icon brings up the console.
The console is by far my favorite part of the theme. I took stole a lot of design cues from the terminal in the new tron movie. Clicking on the icons on the left side change the text in the left panel. The home screen displays weather, news, and social info (pulled from various RSS feeds). Clicking on the graph icon brings up system info (CPU clocks, RAM, etc). Currently, those are the only two implemented, but once LSActiveDesktop is more robust, the chat, reader, favorites, and video app should all be possible.
The right side of the console features a little text area where you can input !Bang commands. It’s not LSXCommand, but a Text Box that parses bang commands and runs them. I wanted to use LSXCommand, but I couldn’t (I can’t remember why, just that it didn’t work like I wanted…). You can actually control the console from within this command box (so you can feel extra l33t), but it’s not useful for much else. Really more eye candy than anything.
Clicking on the <<- arrow in the top-left brings back the desktop. That’s about it.
If you stuck through all of that text, I applaud you :). Merry Christmas :D
shes.a.skeeze [100] wrote:
Are you kidding me? What part of the future are you from?
I love this, from the login to the control panel. Everything is just perfect. I want to make love to you, right now.
If you guys don’t have your mouth open or drooled a little bit, you shall be executed…. I drooled everywhere.
@everyone: Merry Christmas!
harris [99] wrote:
Seriously bro this is f***in AMAZING man………………….. you’re right.. the description is way too long….cant read that much at this time of the night……………
Im actually searching for a negative aspect in this :P
You’re just awesome :) All hail mangosango
@shes.a.skeeze : Everyone gonna drool at this for sure :)
and BTW Wish you all a wonderful New Year
crkd [100] wrote:
Oh my god, this is incredible! You’ve outdone yourself (and everyone else) with this one.
Just.. a;fbasfbsdbflasbfasefasdvnf;asfsfdvsdz. I want this so much. Will it ever be released?
Just.. a;fbasfbsdbflasbfasefasdvnf;asfsfdvsdz. I want this so much. Will it ever be released?@shes.a.skeeze: Merry Christmas!
mangosango wrote:
@shes.a.skeeze: Thanks for the comment! I’m glad you like it :)
@harris: Haha truth! Happy New Year to you too :)
@crkd: Thanks! I hope to get everything I have zipped up and put on git or something (there are some server-side things that rely on localhost that I should host before releasing).
@Nanu: Thanks!
@maman_ Thanks for the comment!
@skinny Yeah, I suppose it takes a special kind of crazy for customization =D
@dychy Thanks!
@sohn Thanks! I am really happy with the way the loader turned out.
@Toki Thanks man! Merry Christmas to you too! We should play more BF3 sometime. Maybe once I escape from family haha.
@Shady Thanks! Merry Christmas and New Year to you too!
@tabm0de I installed a while back, but I think I just installed the 0.25 alpha and used SetShell64 to manually set the shell to Litestep (there is still a link to it somewhere on the Litestep facebook page, I think).
@ktcg Thanks for the comment!
@Man.I Thanks! The LS pretty buggy though haha. I’ll release it, but I’m not sure how many people will have the patience to use it ;).
@akka – Thanks! I tried using camstasia, but because LS animations are done on the CPU it gets really laggy while recording D:
Nanu [100] wrote:
Words pretty much don’t do this justice so just gonna drool. Happy xmas all btw!
maman_ [99] wrote:
no no no no this can’t be happen :0
definitely crazy, mang. good job with everything!
skinny wrote:
Beautiful in every aspect. I wish I had the patience to put that much work into my desktop.
<< envious
dychy wrote:
perfect, you’re amazing artist
sohn [99] wrote:
I love the login/loading shots, very beautiful indeed!
Toki [100] wrote:
That terminal..
Awesome, no… too awesome. I, forgot what I was going to say.. Dammit. Merry Christmas sang/all! :D
Shady [100] wrote:
Just perfect, i love everything from this shot; congrats for this awesome work and Marry Christmas to everyone!
tabm0de wrote:
Nice as always!
i also want to ask any one about litestep for windows 7, did you guys install it by fallowing “ATDE” guide on deviantart? or is it any other easy way to get it installed?
Keep having a good christmas everyone :)
ktcg [100] wrote:
Wow..
This is awesome! I don’t know much about Windows, but this is god damn sexy.
Man.I [97] wrote:
Sang, this LS suite is more complete than any other before it. Unbelievably well thought out mate.
@shes.a.skeeze yea, I slobbered myself in an unceremoniously dog-like fashion.
As an aside, I hope that your professional endeavors include UI theory, and advancing the state of interface design. I could see your concepts fitting the mold of an ‘OS XI’ or something new and refreshing.
Baddassity + 10
EDIT I’m just going to outright say it; this is the next featured shot.
wooko [100] wrote:
OMG!!!!
noka wrote:
unreal.
helloauan [100] wrote:
Bravo sir. That terminal is really great, reminds me of Ghost in the Shell.
travers114 [100] wrote:
Are you a wizard? D:
akka [99] wrote:
Holy shit, I’d missed this. Obviously an elite shot here (like, top 10, ever).
Love the messenger, browser, and the console. The litestep login panel is nuts. You should record a video of that animation.
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