Patience is a virtue and it takes time and effort to completely revamp/redesign a 9-year old code into something truly beautiful and this latest screenshot demonstrates the latest achievements in Orbitiny’s acrylic world along with two panels running side-by-side showcasing the major improvements in panel’s vertical orientation. Not long ago, I stated that the panel’s vertical orientation is getting a special treatment so here it is. It looks just as neat and professional as the horizontal version.
Also, in my previous post I announced that the command runner applet got turned into a button. In the name of preserving panel space, I am doing the same thing with the CPU Load applet. There is absolutely no need to have a resizable CPU load when all it shows is a CPU Load in percent.
Another thing, you can see I’ve replaced the Run Button icon (horizontal panel, 5th applet from the right). About the Application Menu, I will most likely hide those thick scrollbars because you can scroll with the wheel button, or I will make them thin (which, by the way I hate when applied in a web browser) but in an application menu’s case, it makes sense.
Anyway, here is the latest screenshot of what I’ve done (still work in progress but it is almost done).
Btw, take a look at the battery monitor applet in vertical mode (the panel on the left). To preserve room, I’ve centered the icon and displayed the battery % in the middle so it too looks like a button, yet it does what’s supposed to be doing. Perhaps I will do the same thing in the horizontal version. Of course, the applet configures itself based on the way the panel is oriented. The whole thing is very versatile, you can probably create a word processor as a plugin (if there was room).
Here is another acrylic screenshot but this one showcases how it looks when the menu is displayed over white backgrounds:
As you can see, the colors automatically adjust + the application menu text is sharp and crisp:
Forums are ready, I haven’t activated them yet, they are just on standby.
More updates are coming, stay tuned.