Editing 400 png's was the "hackish" way doing it (caused lots of bugs), they used to edit the .dll and replace the resources. But, themes is now implemented in Chrome, all you do is create an extension. http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/themes.html
<http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/themes.html>Sure it would be nice to do a custom theme creator where we could alter each area within a UI. Maybe in the near future. - Mohamed Mansour On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Swishamaan <[email protected]> wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > > Recently, after discovering the "Artist" themes for Google Chrome, I > was inspired to create my own theme based on the colorway for one of > my most visited websites/forums. Well, after a few minutes of googling > for a place to start, I found one. The only problem is that there are > around 400 .PNG files to edit. Not only that, but I can't seem to find > some of the main images I would need. So, I googled some more and > found this discussion group. Basically I am wondering if Google could > ever be convinced to lend the graphics artists out there a hand by > making a program to make Chrome Theme editing and creation a more > streamline process? > > I was thinking of a program with a layout that would kind of be a mix > of things. One side of the programs interface, would be used as a > "real-time" window to preview changes to the theme as they occur. The > editing of images could be simplified by having the following as an > option. The ability to change the color of individual components using > color codes. That is to say, a person could change the color of the > "house" image, within the "Home Button" Icon, but not the background > color of the button or change the background color of the button and > not the "house" color etc. > > Otherwise, images could also be edited the conventional way through a > graphics program like Photoshop. As well as a mix of both methods. > I.e. a person could make the background image for the Chrome "Home > Page" as well as an image for the Title Bar, input them into the theme > via the program I am imagining, and then simply editing the default > buttons colors, to create a totally new theme. They could also create > their own buttons if they so wished. > > If a program like this were developed by Google/Chromium, it would > just be plain sweet. So please support the end users creativity and > consider making something like this. I imagine it kind of being like > old Windows desktop features, where a person could edit practically > every detail of Windows interface, to their liking. Throw in a color > selector similar to Photoshop and were in business. It would just be > cool and i'm 100% positive people like myself would absolutely adore > it. People will (and already are) going to edit and make their own > themes either way, but I would just love it if the process were > streamlined by Google itself, so the average person can work on a > theme or two, and not feel like they are doing an impossible task. > > Much love to the devs of Chrome. Can not describe just how fully > satisfied with Chrome I have been since it's first launch. Such an > amazing browser, nothing can compare in my opinion. Can not wait to > see how Googles first operating system turns out. Might be the first > OS I have ever bought that wasn't included with a new system... Pretty > excited about it actually.. > > Thanks for taking the time to read my little letter... > > -Justin M. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
