Posted by member 386177 on 2007-10-12 00:12:44
Hello,
I just installed litestep and I got a theme called: austerity installed with it. I am having some trouble using my computer now and I will uninstall litestep soon if there are no solutions.
Problems that seriously need to be resolved:
1. I cannot select icons on my desktop. I can double click them, but I cannot select them, change my selection by using arrow keys, drag them into the recycle bin, arrange them, etc.
2. windows symbol + d (keyboard combo) does not work. I had to script win+d to send win+m to my machine. Whats up with this?
3. The right-click button on my keyboard does not work on the desktop.
4. On my desktop the icon text size is almost to small to see (I use a laptop with a very high DPI, the letters are about 1/16 inch squares).
5. Where is the "right-click desktop>arrange icons by:name,type,etc" option?
6. The task bar text colour is nearly the same as the task bar items. This is very hard to read. How do I fix this?
7. How do I modify themes? I would like to change my window title bars to a different colour.
8. Right-click on task bar does not do anything. How do I re-arrange the task bar if I cannot unlock it?
9. How do I revert temporarily to the normal XP layout? How do I select "no theme" other than uninstalling?
The main reason I got litestep was because I_am looking for a way to make my computer less glaring to look at. I want to dim down the title bars of the windows, dim down the task bar, dim down boarders, and basically have light gray text on a black background. So far I have not found a way to do this. Someone got some quick pointers on this also?
This is a big change for someone really used to "classic" windows xp. Sorry if I am asking too many questions all at once.
I am rather impressed in general by this program, despite some frustrations. Very good idea with the right click menu and the extremely compact menu design. I can see myself making the switch if some of those critical issues mentioned above were resolved.
Also, can some of you discuss a theme that might suit my needs better than austerity 1.0.4? I am looking for something with the same desktop menus (I_really like those menus. I_only wish I knew how to get at some of the features I_am used to.) I am also looking for something DARK. I_cannot stress that enough. I want a dark task bar, dark window header bars, dark window backgrounds, dark context menus, and light text. Perhaps austerity will work, but I would need to be able to edit the colour scheme somehow.
I am an armature programmer, so I'm not daunted by the text configuration files. Ok, well maybe I am. I'm quite busy, and I_don't have the time to figure every last line out. I just need the basics.
Thanks,
~fogus
I just installed litestep and I got a theme called: austerity installed with it. I am having some trouble using my computer now and I will uninstall litestep soon if there are no solutions.
Problems that seriously need to be resolved:
1. I cannot select icons on my desktop. I can double click them, but I cannot select them, change my selection by using arrow keys, drag them into the recycle bin, arrange them, etc.
2. windows symbol + d (keyboard combo) does not work. I had to script win+d to send win+m to my machine. Whats up with this?
3. The right-click button on my keyboard does not work on the desktop.
4. On my desktop the icon text size is almost to small to see (I use a laptop with a very high DPI, the letters are about 1/16 inch squares).
5. Where is the "right-click desktop>arrange icons by:name,type,etc" option?
6. The task bar text colour is nearly the same as the task bar items. This is very hard to read. How do I fix this?
7. How do I modify themes? I would like to change my window title bars to a different colour.
8. Right-click on task bar does not do anything. How do I re-arrange the task bar if I cannot unlock it?
9. How do I revert temporarily to the normal XP layout? How do I select "no theme" other than uninstalling?
The main reason I got litestep was because I_am looking for a way to make my computer less glaring to look at. I want to dim down the title bars of the windows, dim down the task bar, dim down boarders, and basically have light gray text on a black background. So far I have not found a way to do this. Someone got some quick pointers on this also?
This is a big change for someone really used to "classic" windows xp. Sorry if I am asking too many questions all at once.
I am rather impressed in general by this program, despite some frustrations. Very good idea with the right click menu and the extremely compact menu design. I can see myself making the switch if some of those critical issues mentioned above were resolved.
Also, can some of you discuss a theme that might suit my needs better than austerity 1.0.4? I am looking for something with the same desktop menus (I_really like those menus. I_only wish I knew how to get at some of the features I_am used to.) I am also looking for something DARK. I_cannot stress that enough. I want a dark task bar, dark window header bars, dark window backgrounds, dark context menus, and light text. Perhaps austerity will work, but I would need to be able to edit the colour scheme somehow.
I am an armature programmer, so I'm not daunted by the text configuration files. Ok, well maybe I am. I'm quite busy, and I_don't have the time to figure every last line out. I just need the basics.
Thanks,
~fogus