Two Ribbon Skins We Sorely Need

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   There are two types of ribbon skin that we could all use very much:

1) A skin that responds to the user's XP-style color scheme as set by the user.  That way all applications across the board can have the same look, which will change when the user changes their desktop's color scheme.  It just boggles my mind that this is not available.  

2) A metallic appearance skin.  Some people just drool over the metal look.  

When Codejock puts more time into perfecting the skins they include with their controls, it would be so nice if these two skin types were given some development time.

P.S.:  This web forum seems a little sluggish at times.  Does anyone else have that problem?

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Rhogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 March 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rhogan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Two Ribbon Skins We Sorely Need Posted: 21 May 2007 at 4:14pm
	There are two types of ribbon skin that we could all use very much: 1) A skin that responds to the user's XP-style color scheme as set by the user. That way all applications across the board can have the same look, which will change when the user changes their desktop's color scheme. It just boggles my mind that this is not available. 2) A metallic appearance skin. Some people just drool over the metal look. When Codejock puts more time into perfecting the skins they include with their controls, it would be so nice if these two skin types were given some development time. P.S.: This web forum seems a little sluggish at times. Does anyone else have that problem?

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2007 at 12:59am
	HI, did you try Silver theme? Can be used instead metallic.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Rhogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 March 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rhogan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2007 at 4:09pm
	> did you try Silver theme? Can be used instead metallic. The silver colors is different than the true "brushed metal" look many people are looking for. It would be nice to have a theme that corresponds to whatever theme the user has the desktop set to.

Rhogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 March 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rhogan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 May 2007 at 4:29pm
	I think my suggestions have already been brushed under the table, so I want to add that would like for these two ribbon theme suggestions to be given more than just a passing thought. Implementing them will increase the value of your product. They are both basic and are needed by many of the programmers. These are the two needed themes: 1) A "brushed metal" skin, just like some others have also requested here. This is different than the simple "silver" theme. A "brushed metal" theme needs to be accomplished using metal-looking bitmaps. You can name this theme "Metalic". 2) A skin that responds to the user's XP-style color scheme as set by the user. That way all applications across the board can have the same look, which will change when the user changes their desktop's color scheme. It surprises me that so many apps now ignore the user-set desktop colors. You can name this theme "Desktop colors", for lack of a better name. Please add these two themes on a list of your to-dos. Also, I would like to ask other users to append to this thread a comment about what themes they would like to see implemented.

gshawn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 October 2004 Status: Offline Points: 227	Post Options Post Reply Quote gshawn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 May 2007 at 10:37pm
	Personally I think the focus should be on tweaking the existing ribbon themes. I've seen plenty of complaints here that there are inconsistencies with the Office 2007 versions. This is only my opinion, but I think an extra theme is a "nice to have," while accurate reproduction of the main Office themes is a must. Remember, using the SkinFramework you can use hundreds of skins designed as Windows themes. There are dozens of brushed metal skins you can use, providing you have permission from the skin author. Just my 2 cents :)