Seeking Mac OSX style buttons and graphics..

[BruceJ]

Been working on several databases for Windoze environments and would love to force the look of Mac OS down their throats.

I've found a few files - one in french, that have Mac OSX style buttons - but they are mainly just sample of aqua pill style buttons and tabs - they are great - but I want more of the printer icons, etc.. I've got lots of file of all the old FMPro common files - liek the 1000 buttons collections and such - but I'm looking for something newer.

Any sugestions?

Template.zip

[CobaltSky]

Hello Bruce,

If you're interested, you'll find a set of OS-X template files available for download on a shareware basis from J M Osbourne's databasepros site at:

http://www.databasepros.com/solutions.html

It is fairly basic, but does includes a collection of OS-X style interface graphics, which may have some of the kind of elements you're looking for...

[smorr]

Or just use interface builder with the developer tools and once you have your

window looking pretty, take a screen shot -- Use photoshop or equivalent to slice and dice anything that needs it.

[SteveB]

Altho I'm not a MACer, you can find professionally drawn MAC buttons and icons in the '1000 Button Series'. Go to http://www.krischesystems.com/

[falkaholic]

Check out http://www.layoutmode.com/

In the templates section they have a basic aqua one. I myself have taken this and added to it and use it as a templete for all my projects.

I guess I can send it out as an attactment, but it needs a bit of work before I do that. Harass tomrrow and I'll put it up.

[kennedy]

falkaholic said:

> In the templates section they have a basic aqua one. I myself have taken this and

> added to it and use it as a templete for all my projects.

> I guess I can send it out as an attactment, but it needs a bit of work before I do

> that. Harass tomrrow and I'll put it up.

Harass. Harass. It's been almost a week!

Actually, I started building a layout today based on that graphite template provided there (very nice); if you have added stuff you're willing to post, I would be *very* interested. (Of course, if I add something worth posting, I'll do the same... at the moment, I am just using what is there.)

[falkaholic]

Ok, ya got me. Here it is.

Some notes,

its a little ghetto still, its just meant as a starting point.

email me if you make a cool changes that others can use.

i set the font to Arial because not all computer have Lucida Grande i found out.

i like feedback.

enjoy

[harryk]

What I especially like in this Aqua-look demo is the way you handled to use backgrounds in the record list, with the container, and the mod;2 calculation to alternate grey white grey white and so on.

May very well be this is an old trick but it brings up a lot of ideas using background colours for all sorts of identification/clarifying.

Harryk

[kenneth2k1]

I used some things from layoutmode.com before, and I liked the example there. But I must say that you have done a nice job on the sample. I'm definitely gonna bite it, hope you don't mind.

Also, Bruce, you don't have to shove it down our throats, Apple is doing a fine job of that themselves.

Ken

[DGMags]

Hi All...

I'm coming in late in this thread, but I wanted to mention that Joe Obegi, who created the Aqua template on LayoutMode.com, also offers some enhanced versions of the same template as shareware at his own site:

http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=jhobegi&templatefn=FileSharing.html&aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en

You might download these and take a look.

[kennedy]

I've made a few additional improvements on the stuff discussed above (at least improvements to me )

you can pick them up from my Starter Template in the Sample Files:

http://www.fmforums.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=files&Number=46219&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1