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Published: 2011-06-06 08:09:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 26061; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 137
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WALLPAPER, BLACKBOX BUILD, BBINTERFACE, BBLEANSKIN and BBLEANBAR included.The wallpaper is part of a journal graphic by etype2 [link] ,included with his permission. The Gkrellm look-alike sidebar on the right is pure bbinterface by me, posted by popular demand... lol. The build of Blackbox (BBLeanMod) is by nocd5 [link] included with his permission.
After replacing your older Blackbox build with this one, and your older bbinterface.dll/bbinterface.rc with the ones included in the zip file, unzip plugins to their relevant places under Blackbox/Plugins and restart. The wallpaper should be put in C:\Wallpaper2. Everyone else who wishes to try Blackbox for the first time should download the whole enchilada from nocd5's site, or e-mail me for instructions.
If you want to learn more about Blackbox, I suggest you read my tutorials:
[link] tutorial part I - the shell
[link] tutorial part II - the plugins
[link] tutorial part III - the styles
They are prettty much outdated by now (I MUST find time to bring them up to date... lol) but they will give you a general idea.
And, of course, feel free to ask if u need more info or instructions
And if you need even more screenshots and styles than the ones included in my gallery, take a look at
[link]
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looks awesome..yeah Marshall has some great walls etc.
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I completely agree on Marshall's works! And thank you so much!
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Whoa, is there a colorpicker plugin for blackbox?!
Anyway, cool metallic desk, keep it up.
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Of course, it's bbmagnify. Old one, in fact 
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No problem.
Oh, that plugin. I've always thought it's just for magnifying. Definately gonna use it.
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It is for magnifying as well. Tell you the truth, I prefer third party apps for color picking, for a variety of reasons
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Well, I'd love something that integrates nicely into my desktop UI and has same style as blackbox.
Depends on usability though - hopefully it can automatically "copy" whatever colour's hex code after "picking". Oh and show the currently picked colour somewhere.
If it does that I'll be happy to use it.
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It's not as easy as that. One of the reasons I don't use it that much
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It's the Gkrellm you were talking about? Love it's tidiness, I wonder what it will look like with one of my own styles...what plugins are you using with the bbi?
Anyway I'm going to try it as soon as I get some time at work :-D my boss going to grow some more white hairs I think!!
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LMAO about your boss, my friend! This is one of the Gkrellms I created based on a specific skin some three years back. I have other Gkrellms-alikes based on other skins. There are not many plugins in there, most of the gadgets are based on bro@ms. You will understand what I am talking about when you download the file and take a look at bbinterface.rc. Have fun and thanks for the kind words!
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Even betterevery time!
Critique: I thinkit could be time to rethink the menu. Its not so tight as the rest of the concept-
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Thank you, my friend! Please specify what you mean by tight
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With pleasure, my friend. Theres to much going on, there. The icons; the dark contour of the elements... The background and the wirth its not playing toghether with the other ellements in the desk. And the details of the title bar... well I think thats intrestig as pculiaritie, so I would save that if possible, in an hypothetical reform...
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I see what you mean, but the elements, the hues and the contours are taken from the wall itself. And it works for me. I mean, anyone who downloads the style and uses it won't be burdened with some of the elements, like the icons and the long list of options, since everyone has their own menus, right? And I am NOT a minimalist... lol. I like lots of things here and there
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Ok , ut least, I ve tryed, lol. Still, I respect your own style. It wasnt my intention to mess with that.
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Lol. It's OK, my friend. Each one has their own style - otherwise all styles would be identical and booooring 
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Fair enough, my friend... Fair enough
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Thanks, Barb, it means a lot
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Great. I like the metal look... cool as metal. A fav!
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Thanks, Josep, happy you like it!
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Very cool desktop ! I like it !
I have also gkrellm, and its very nice.
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Thanks, Pal! I wanted a Gkrellm look-alike that, like all Blackbox elements, would change on the fly colors and textures with each theme switch. Otherwise, I would have to look around for Gkrellm skins that suited each theme, and it would be too time-consuming. Plus, Blackbox offers the option of many desktops, but Gkrellm has the nasty habit of staying only on one!
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A lot of skins can you find in our repo's gkrellm file:[link]
and a very good addresse is:[link]
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Thanks, Pal! I have another link with about 100 skins - if I could only find it... lol. But again, I prefer making my our bbi gkrellm-look alike skins
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Coming from you, that's a great compliment, Walt!
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