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Description

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Information
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This Litestep theme adds plenty of on-command features
without being intrusive. Created for those users that want
all of the features of bulkier themes while keeping the
aesthetic appeal (and desktop space) of minimalist themes.

Tested for use with Litestep v0.24.7 - OTS2 Compliant
To install: Double-click theme file while using Litestep.

Get Litestep here: [link]

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Features
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Popup Menu
- Two modes: Full mode with large
entries and icons, compact mode
with small entries and no icons.
- Can switch between your normal
main popup menu and the theme-defined
main popup menu.

Desktop
- Can be hidden and shown manually.

Clock with System Tray
- Can be set to automatically hide.

Taskbar
- Two modes: Full taskbar with window
titles, compact taskbar with window
icons only.
- Can be set to automatically hide.

Winamp Player
- Two modes: Single bar compact mode
and full mode with all options and
controls.
- Can be set to automatically hide.

Virtual Window Manager
- Two modes: Large and small VWM's.
- Can be set to automatically hide.

Four Color Schemes
- Emerald (green), Ruby (red),
Sapphire (blue), Onyx (black).

Other Features
- Command Bar hidden in VWM.
- Ability to toggle "Always on Top" status
for each slidebar.
- Option to have taskbar and clock on
bottom or top of the screen.

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Updates (see theme for full update list):
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April 27, 2005 - First released publically. (Many updates prior to this.)

May 01, 2005 - Added Explorer-like desktop, added option to disable animations.

May 02, 2005 - Better looking popup menus.

May 07, 2005 - Taskbar autoshow area expanded, Autohide VWM stays in view when over mini-windows.
NOTICE: Folder structure changed. Delete old 'complex_simplicity' folder before installing update to ensure no conflicts.

May 14, 2005 - Now has different color schemes: Azure (blue), crimson (red), olive (green), and onyx (black).

May 15, 2005 - Changed color scheme names: Emerald (green), Ruby (red), Sapphire (blue), and Onyx (black).

May 16, 2005 - Added option to switch between theme-defined main popup menu and your old one. Installing theme-defined menu is now automated.

May 18, 2005 - Added help files, added option to make desktop area full screen.

May 19, 2005 - Changed how switching main popup menus is done internally.

May 21, 2005 - Added compact mode popups, made full mode popups slightly smaller, added popup options, added option to hide background bar.

May 30 2005 - Option to switch slidebar locations, taskbar toolbar for easy taskbar functions, background bar color for each color scheme, changed internal process for switching main popup menus.

June 01, 2005 - Fixed theme not detecting theme-defined main popup menu upon installation, fixed commandbar position, fixed VWM border blurring when resizing VWM.

June 10, 2005 - Fixed all problems when toggling taskbar size, fixed tray reappearing when clock was hidden, fixed command bar positions, (more)...

July 25, 2005 - Brightened each color scheme, various fixes.
© 2005 - 2024 devante992
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Definitely the Must Have theme ....Exactly what i crave for long ...
My Number One theme worldwide .....No discussion on that ..that's clear !
Everything on a simple click mouse anywhere in a clean desktop ...
i'm now using this theme for a long time ...

Too bad that i had that recurrent error msg with ckmousehook.dll ( of hotspot 2 3 3 ) ( could not find iniModuleex() ) ...at each recycle and reboot ..boring .
It a bug i have experienced it on differente machine ( my desktop computer, my asus notebook , the computer at work etc..)