I want to make Orbitiny Desktop, a unique desktop. I try to do this with new and unique features that no one else has done before, a new futuristic styled theming and application portability, functionality and modularity. I do not take features away, and never will. I promise! Instead, I add features and improve existing …
This is still work in progress and I’ve been working on it for several days because I had to redesign large portions of code and thanks to that redesign, I am happy to say that Qutiny no longer requires a restart when a new theme is applied. That was actually my top priority. This means, …
In the previous post, some sections weren’t done, now they are. Here is how the new audio, drawer and calendar menus look. Also, I said previously that the SysTray appearance has been improved so in these panel screenshots, I have integrated it so that it shows all icons for you to see. About the Drawer …
Here is a slideshow with plenty of screenshots of Orbitiny’s latest development. The slideshow showcases the two themes that I’ve been working on. Pilot 11 is near and this is its look (more or less) with further tweaks to be made as I go along. Aside from theming, here is what I have fixed so …
I’ve implemented a way for the text on the panel to automatically adjust its font color depending on the background color behind it. This means if the background behind the panel is dark, the text will become light / white and if the background is light / bright then the text color will become dark …
Some of you may already know this but for those who don’t, here is something for you. As you may know, some desktops have issues displaying their clock applets properly when the panel is rotated vertically. The font is either tiny to the extent of being unreadable because they try to fit the entire clock …
Read more “Two Solutions to Displaying the Time When the Panel is Positioned Vertically”
If you’ve been using Orbitiny, you already know that if you double click a Windows .exe program file, the file gets automatically passed to wine and the application runs as if you double-clicked it from within Windows itself. How good it will run, that depends on wine, but nonetheless, the wine utility will try to …
Read more “Added Support for Running Windows Batch Files (Via Wine)”
So, I have revamped / installed the new theming system into the property dialogs of all the Orbitiny panel’s applets / plugins. This means regardless whether it is the properties of the Application Menu, Drawer, Output Monitor etc, it will look uniform and the same (see this post for screenshots) as their theming is no …
So, I am working on several different themes while I am also building a good theming infrastructure which is a combination of a theme .conf file as well as a CSS file and due the sheer amount of testing and experimentation I need to do, it takes a considerable amount of time but the good …
Read more “More Aero and Frosty Screenshots – Two Themes – Theming Progress Update”
There is a lot of stuff that I’ve been experimenting and testing that I have not shown you but for a good reason. I want to get it right and I think you are going to just like this latest one 🙂 But wait, there is more 🙂 Yeah, that’s what I am talking about! …