Description: A theme for amaroK, taken & rewritten the css from nightfall.Last changelog:
Update 7: Active Box is now no longer dashed, but solid and changes colour. Mousedown-button-effects were broken for some time, changed to hover. Removed said hover effects for "album-song" and "song a", didn't look good. Added fadeout to background image. Added shadow to "album-song a". -- Update 6: Removed left border of the scoreboxes, svn version has problems with that (the border shows up in the cover part, which looks ugly). -- Update 5: Added shadow to box headers (thanks to the srokk theme for inspiration and selfhtml for explanation),blue mouseover on links, 'underline' to wikipedia links & button-push effect (click the cover for an example). Scoreboxes are now divided in five spaces; amaroK-svn has a new rating system, where the user can give 1-5 stars (in addition to the old 'score' system) - these are then used for the length of the scorebar.
PS: I have just seen that srokk also had this push effect (see the changelog).. now what do I say so this doesn't look like copying everything from the themes around here? ^^° -- Update 4: Smooth box headers, added onclick highlights to mouseovers. Fixed transparent background 'bug' for album names. -- Update 3: Extended background image, more mouseovers (musicbrainz image and album cover), added border to mouseovers. -- Update 2: Set transparency to 100% (for background, doesn't need that much CPU power), adjusted score-bars. -- Update: Added transparency, background; adjusted colors.
I've uploaded it: http://tom-f.org/code/stor/xglobe.tar.bz2
It contains an xglobe rpm (I couldn't download a tarball from the main site, the download was down (what a pun :) - so I took it from an old SuSE dvd) - extract & install it.
Afterwards, move to jpgs to a folder of your choice.
Then, install the command:
Right-click on you KDE Desktop, click on "Configure Desktop..." and then on "Advanced Options" - "Add...".
Enter this in the following dialog:
Name: xglobe
Comment: (leave emtpy)
Command: xglobe -dump -once -size %x,%y -nomarkers -pos "fixed 49.51 11.28" -mag 1.0 -label -labelpos -5-29 -nightmap -mapfile /home/tux/xglobe/earth_2400.jpg -nightmapfile /home/tux/xglobe/Night_le_huge.jpg -stars && mv xglobe-dump.bmp %f
Preview cmd: xglobe -nomarkers -nolabel -dump -once -size %x,%y && mv xglobe-dump.bmp %f
Executable: xglobe
Refresh time: 9 min (or else :)
...of course you'll have to change the path to the map files and -if you want- your position
I got the map files from various sites on the internet and don't remember them any more - sorry.
If this well done theme gets 1245 + downloads, and some of you rate it bad - please at least tell the author why you rated it as such!
It is frustrating without feedback. If one rates it bad, then inform the author why, with perhaps tips helping him or her on how to improve.
Just a little rant.
~Pascal
I see your point. Do you think they are too big, or is the color too strong?
(I'd change the colors, but getting someone else's opinion first would be good :)
Ratings & Comments
15 Comments
You can never run out of dark themes... Good enough for me and voted that way. Keep it EYE FRIENDLY!
just dark enough for me :)
Too dark for me... :(
I do love these dark themes, keep up the good work
i've visited your homepage and i'd like tio know where the earth comes from. i'd like to have it (;
*Confused* - you mean who's homepage? :-) Pascal
i mean Alanceil (;
If you mean mine (and the desktop screenshot) - it is generated by xlobe, with a custom day & nightmap. If you want the files, tell me :)
yes please!!
I've uploaded it: http://tom-f.org/code/stor/xglobe.tar.bz2 It contains an xglobe rpm (I couldn't download a tarball from the main site, the download was down (what a pun :) - so I took it from an old SuSE dvd) - extract & install it. Afterwards, move to jpgs to a folder of your choice. Then, install the command: Right-click on you KDE Desktop, click on "Configure Desktop..." and then on "Advanced Options" - "Add...". Enter this in the following dialog: Name: xglobe Comment: (leave emtpy) Command: xglobe -dump -once -size %x,%y -nomarkers -pos "fixed 49.51 11.28" -mag 1.0 -label -labelpos -5-29 -nightmap -mapfile /home/tux/xglobe/earth_2400.jpg -nightmapfile /home/tux/xglobe/Night_le_huge.jpg -stars && mv xglobe-dump.bmp %f Preview cmd: xglobe -nomarkers -nolabel -dump -once -size %x,%y && mv xglobe-dump.bmp %f Executable: xglobe Refresh time: 9 min (or else :) ...of course you'll have to change the path to the map files and -if you want- your position I got the map files from various sites on the internet and don't remember them any more - sorry.
If this well done theme gets 1245 + downloads, and some of you rate it bad - please at least tell the author why you rated it as such! It is frustrating without feedback. If one rates it bad, then inform the author why, with perhaps tips helping him or her on how to improve. Just a little rant. ~Pascal
i really think that the % bars are to strong, that your eye moves there first instead of the written stuff.
I see your point. Do you think they are too big, or is the color too strong? (I'd change the colors, but getting someone else's opinion first would be good :)
i would change the colour,actually...
update better? :)