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# Because Quality Matters

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March 9, 2010
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Showing off True Launch Bar, a desktop enhancement product I should have found long-long ago. Check it out here: [link]

Not only it gives system metering capabilities similar to Samurize or Rainmeter as seen here: [link] but also the most flexible menu system I recently came across. Similar custom menus are part of shell replacements like LiteStep or BlackBox for Windows, here you got it even without replacing your shell.

True Launch Bar basically replaces your quicklaunch menu, but since the icons are replacable and resizable, the menus are skinnable, or like in my case simply some colours and glass effects could be applied to reach quite some eye-candy can be set up quickly.

True Launch Bar also allows "Tear off" menus like in the downmost desktop that can appear under your mouse if activated with a hotkey.

Give it a try and post a screenshot. :)
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Mood: Love ~eyedentity Feb 3, 2011   Digital Artist
really love your theme <3
which icons do you use? are they free? where can i download them?
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~ethsza Feb 3, 2011  Hobbyist Interface Designer
these are the free Token icons by brsev: [link]

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Secondshell - free enhancement for the Windows shell: [link]
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Mood: Joy ~eyedentity Feb 3, 2011   Digital Artist
thank you very much!

i really enjoy your desktop, how much of it is "hacked" and how much is native 7 or tlb? do you have a complete theme pack somewhere to download? also like the tlb theme.
would be great if you share as much infos/links as possible about your great theme.
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~eyedentity Feb 3, 2011   Digital Artist
commented to the wrong place:
my theme question was about the following one: [link]
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~ethsza Feb 3, 2011  Hobbyist Interface Designer
That's native Vista and TLB. The skins for the TLB plugins are released in a pack here: [link]

Only "hack" is that I add the taskbar shadow to my wallpapers with photoshop before applying them because I don't want to run a separate app just to add a shadow.

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Secondshell - free enhancement for the Windows shell: [link]
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~Rajliv Jul 11, 2010
is this free?

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Trouble with Blackbox shell? Send me a note and I'll try to help.
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~Rajliv Jul 11, 2010
oh.. i see. Free with limited functionality.

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Trouble with Blackbox shell? Send me a note and I'll try to help.
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~Rajliv Jul 11, 2010
Nice shot btw :)

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~ethsza Jul 11, 2010  Hobbyist Interface Designer
thx :)
it worth every penny

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Secondshell - free enhancement for the Windows shell: [link]
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~Enzoisamazing Mar 26, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Really nice, where did you get the temps n music and sound control from? the ones that are on the site are different to the ones your using, would you be able to upload them for me, or tell me where you downloaded them?

Thanks.
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