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Artist's Note

Well it's been about 4 months since I last submitted a theme. I guess you could say I kinda had a writers block but for theming. I'm better now though! Everything you see in the preview is in the download. I can't stress enough how important it is to read the read me files. If you read them you shouldn't have any question regarding the fonts! I know this doesn't really look like the Nano suite, but my inspiration for making this came from Nano. I thought you should know that ;) Enjoy

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everyone else said it already: this theme is damn sweet. i'm quite pleased to see swis721 made it into this theme as the main font. everyone needs to use this font in everything.

Tue, Sep 7th at 11:27am (5 years ago)
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massa says:

Well... even though im not much of a fan of the caption buttons there, id like to be the first to say "glad to see you again" :D excellent work heylove. im sure this'll turn up in a few shots sooner or later. edit: also, if you wanna point out mistakes. you say your scroll bar is on the right side instead of left. but its on the left instead of right. =P

Fri, Sep 3rd at 09:12pm (5 years ago)
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amazing work, nice to see you back heylove, ive been a fan of your work since your first simple plan for litestep

Fri, Sep 3rd at 09:45pm (5 years ago)
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abbaZaba says:

nice. in the preview image, 'silky' is spelled wrong.

Fri, Sep 3rd at 09:56pm (5 years ago)
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heylove says:

lol thanx for pointing that out. I guess I have a tad of dyslexia :P Wow! What's wrong with me?! Thanx guys EDIT There's 3 different fonts you can choose from 2 of them don't require cleartype. I tried to think of everyone ;P I FIXED IT! EDIT I'm sorry for all the typos. I'll fix that for you. mojomonkee I agree 100% no more pixel fonts for me! thanx Arznek and everyone else too ;)

Fri, Sep 3rd at 10:00pm (5 years ago)
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sticboy says:

that's what we call an "insta-classic" here at customize. great work as always, just when i was thinking "this is all we can do with winXP?". fresh.

Fri, Sep 3rd at 11:04pm (5 years ago)
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wow, you must have worked hard to make the vs + the goodies (winamp and icons). this looks really good. i don't like very much the all-uppercase font but, as I always say, that's just my opinion. other than that, good work. congrats!

Fri, Sep 3rd at 11:43pm (5 years ago)
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dmonix says:

*mogwai voice* Bright light! Bright Light!!
But it's awesome work!!

Fri, Sep 3rd at 11:48pm (5 years ago)
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This...this might be the best VS I've ever seen. It's definitely right up there. Excellent work, very soothing and clean. :)

Fri, Sep 3rd at 11:58pm (5 years ago)
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Pyro_ says:

I've been waiting for some new work from the great Heylove! I've been a fan of your work ever since Axios-O Remix. I like the different things you've done with the shellstyle. But if that font is swiss I don't think I'll like that. I don't like the idea of having to turn on ClearType just so it looks good. =( I haven't tried it yet, just saw it now. I'll have to try it tomorrow and see how it feels. But I'm glad to see a new VS yay! And by the way Ratboy2700, n0suprises did the port of Simple Plan to Litestep. Update: Now trying it, seems to be a little to soft for my taste. And that close button is a bit bothersome. I cannot stress how terribly nice this is though lol. Maybe I should get into softer VSes just to use this hah. A soft red substyle would be lovely. But of course Simple Plan and Axios-O Remix will probably always be my favorites. =)

Sat, Sep 4th at 12:27am (5 years ago)
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timbot says:

OMGSEX, heylove is at it again!

Sat, Sep 4th at 12:37am (5 years ago)
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hermik says:

smooth! it's like classic, but much smoother!

Sat, Sep 4th at 02:37am (5 years ago)
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frederoil says:

good god! I love it!

Sat, Sep 4th at 02:42am (5 years ago)
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Dokt says:

Very cool. Not the sort of VS I could use on a day-to-day basis, but for a showing-off, look how cool XP can be, sort of a style - excellent.

Sat, Sep 4th at 02:48am (5 years ago)
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pojo says:

sweet

Sat, Sep 4th at 04:01am (5 years ago)
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fokus says:

this looks like a mix of nano/teknision.
but thats just me, great work ^____^

Sat, Sep 4th at 04:08am (5 years ago)
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HY says:

love it! -1 to the corner buttons... just my personal preference, i like it more simple

Sat, Sep 4th at 04:24am (5 years ago)
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Wizard will be using this, thanks again cara for another great Vs, amazing work as always

Sat, Sep 4th at 05:04am (5 years ago)
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moshi says:

very good looking and amazingly smooth skin. the time for the "engineering part" was well spent, especially on the task panes. :)

Sat, Sep 4th at 06:39am (5 years ago)
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mZtriZ says:

Im probably going to use this right now lol
Update: yah im using it =]

Sat, Sep 4th at 07:52am (5 years ago)
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Marry me? (just kidding)

Sat, Sep 4th at 07:56am (5 years ago)
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Beautiful; using it now. Excellent work.

Sat, Sep 4th at 08:25am (5 years ago)
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MaRZ says:

hot damn! thats smooth heylove. smooth, clean & awesome

Sat, Sep 4th at 08:58am (5 years ago)
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jujube says:

.. I usually don't rank 100 (a 96 maybe) for such non-contrast suite, but after the SF torture chamber this needs to be the start of a new fresh beggining to cleanse that bitter after taste from that _____

Sat, Sep 4th at 11:40am (5 years ago)
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eyn says:

Nice work. Is there any upcoming mouse pointer, Y'z Toolbar or wallpaper for this suite? I prefer the Tahoma font myself as it is more readable.

Sat, Sep 4th at 02:15pm (5 years ago)
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shocks says:

love it much more than the nano theme although i havn't used nano, this looks much sexier :D nice job

Sat, Sep 4th at 06:20pm (5 years ago)
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seeingred says:

this is good and all, in fact i'm using it now, but i wonder how many skins are featured because of who made them rather than their quality.....meh

Sat, Sep 4th at 07:40pm (5 years ago)
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I actually think the winamp looks alot like nano, but I still love it. This is something I am definately going to use in the future. Nice work.

Sat, Sep 4th at 11:06pm (5 years ago)
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advent says:

Not quite my style (I prefer a little more contrast), but it's still a damn sexy theme. Great work, heylove.

Sun, Sep 5th at 12:01pm (5 years ago)
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Wynton says:

This is good. I could eat it.

Sun, Sep 5th at 12:30pm (5 years ago)
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your work gets better and better with each release. My only minor complaint is the typo on the jpeg icon. JEPG instead JPEG. I wouldnt bring it up but I sat there and i was going through my hdd wondering to myself what the hell a jepg was. Im a little slow this week.. anyway.. great work

Sun, Sep 5th at 04:36pm (5 years ago)
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R I P says:

i envy your talent.

Sun, Sep 5th at 05:08pm (5 years ago)
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Great Desktop
I use windowblinds though and it's not compatable.....MAKE ONE FOR
WINDOWBLINDS for me PLease!!!!

Tue, Sep 7th at 10:17am (5 years ago)
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we need more visual styles that use swis721. it truly is the best font ever created by man. edit: or used by woman :P

Tue, Sep 7th at 11:26am (5 years ago)
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harper says:

Wow!! Just, like... wow!! Amazing. I'd love to see this ported to a GTK theme. :)

Tue, Sep 7th at 12:48pm (5 years ago)
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qwertz says:

sweet. looks great with glass2k (50% trans) and cleartype enabled. not too sure about the close button but a GTK port would still be great. you've got a great style there heylove, go forth and multiply (themes that is).

Tue, Sep 7th at 08:36pm (5 years ago)
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ere.mite says:

good lord this is hot!

Tue, Sep 7th at 11:57pm (5 years ago)
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Lithanor says:

Sex... Just the sex, and devotion!!
even included the Icon Packager Theme file so you don't have to do it yourself one by one!
Truly perfect!

Mon, Sep 13th at 09:24pm (5 years ago)
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xxiney says:

beautiful

Mon, Nov 1st at 12:18pm (5 years ago)
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shad3d says:

excellent, using it now with the icons + winamp. flawless work.

Sat, Nov 20th at 03:38pm (5 years ago)
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edit - nevermind, im stupid for not reading.

Thu, May 11th at 09:57am (3 years ago)
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pjdark says:

good lord this is beautiful.

Sun, Apr 22nd at 10:08pm (2 years ago)
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raoul says:

My fav theme and Im using it right now :) Wish the default font was 1 size bigger but thats just me nitpicking. This is absolutely gorgeous!

Fri, Jun 1st at 04:10am (2 years ago)
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hey -- I really love this a lot. I'm having a problem with it though with IE7 -- behind the tabs, it shows up black. I can send you a SS if you need it, but I was hoping you could fix it!

Thanks! - Ryan

Fri, Sep 14th at 08:26pm (2 years ago)
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richardba says:

It is bugged with IE8

btw it is AN AWESOME THEME

Fri, Aug 7th at 09:02pm (3 months ago)


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