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C_Bass
2005-04-02 05:43
Do any of you guys know if there is a way to specify the size of the output image when saving an image with the bsetroot command switches? I hope somebody understands what I'm talking about. I know this is a pretty strange question... :P

M4uR1g10
2005-04-02 04:53
A little question about BBInterface...there's a way to create a button that hides the sidebar and automatically sets new desktop margins?

C_Bass
2005-04-02 03:45
Hmm... maybe you guys should just agree to disagree. I have seen this topic come and go countless times on this chatbox. There is no real way to determine who is right. There are just some aspects in styling that are difficult for bsetroot styles and then there are other aspects that are difficult for wallpaper based styles. I personally could care less what kind of background a style author used when creating a style. It really just matters if all the colors of the style look good together. I'd say the majority of styles downloaded by the end user have their backgrounds customized anyway.

qwilk
2005-04-02 02:50
I agree with twoz, it's much harder to make a style with a bsetroot than picking a wallpaper to go with it. Most of the time, you'd be choosing a really spiffy wallpaper, which will in itself attract the interrest of the potential user. With a bsetroot background you do not have this luxury, so the style has to attract attention on its own merits.

thewayofzen
2005-04-01 22:35
sms: im going to have to disagree with your statement. cause honestly i think it takes alot more effort to create a style from scratch and have the colours find that perfect balance where they work on their own and then set a bsetroot that just sets it off. NC's latest style is a perfect example of how brilliant a bsetroot style can be. Compared to someone who sits there using a color picker saying .. this goes here.. this goes here.. that goes there. (im sure we have all done it.. noone will admit though).. but in all honesty an experienced style maker can look at a wall and just see the style right away.. someone back me up on this..

sMs
2005-04-01 21:03
anyways.. thats me... about the sidebars... i hate the,m... well i like the lil sidebar like thewayofreozen does,,,, but the big ones... AGH... sorry to the users who love the big sidebars... and sometimes big gradients is just UGLY... sometimes... but most of the time... welll PEACE =D

sMs
2005-04-01 20:59
making a style for a wallpaper is challenging... cuz u need to make the style matches the wallpaper.. like husband and woman... is not just question of picking one color the colros from the wallpaper and putting them on the style... thats tough,,, u need to decide the gradient... the texture... rasied or flat.. or sunken... BUt when u do a bsetroot background.. thisis not challenging.. u can change anything ... and also u can change the bsetrrot to match the style.... for me creatign styles for wallpapers is much creative , challenging and more sexy

Monkeh_T!
2005-04-01 13:58
All hail teh allmighty blackbox!

clovemagic
2005-04-01 11:33
I am struck by the contrast in some very fine styles we have seen this week. Whether sleek over a bsetroot background or deeply textured with an amazing interface, they are testimony to what can be done within Blackbox's parameters. Cool.

Rev
2005-04-01 07:42
Oh yeah! Right! I knew that.... Honest! ... I was, uhh. Just testing you.. Yeah, that's it.

qwilk
2025-04-19 23:25
Pitkon: I can't add comments either; I click submit and it just flips to only showing the sidebar, then doesn't proceed from there. Brian?

qwilk
2025-04-19 14:45
Thanks Brian & Co! :D

pitkon
2025-04-18 05:40
For some reason, now I can't comment under screenies.

pitkon
2025-04-18 05:32
Hi again, friends! So good to c u again, Brian. Karl, the screenies function wasn't broken, just needed approval. I AM moderating, from time to time :) How do u think those newer screenies got up in the first place? :D

tresni
2025-04-17 10:52
uploading works, but uploads always require approval and I don't think any of us are as actively moderating as we did in the past ;-)

snkmchnb
2025-04-16 12:49
qwilk: that's exactly what I was wanting to get done :D

tresni
2025-04-16 09:25
qwilk - All pending screenshots approved :)

tresni
2025-04-16 09:20
I do check in from time to time :D I didn't realize it was broken. I can try to take a look

qwilk
2025-04-15 11:56
Hey old friends, another old-timer hanging on here :) snkmchnb: Do you think it would be possible to get this site's screenshot posting function going again with Brian's help? (read: not sure if he'll be reading this himself so asking any other admins more broadly)

snkmchnb
2025-04-14 11:59
glad to hear, pitkon.