ShapeShifter 2.0 - ThemePark 2.0
現在Mac OS X環境でのデスクトップカスタマイズに於いて相当なレベルを誇るユーティリティー「ShapeShifter」と、そのスキンファイル「guiKit」を唯一作成出来る「ThemePark」が、揃ってv2.0へとメジャーアップデートを果たしました。
...ってマック系サイトみたいな事書いておりますが(笑)。
先ずShapeShifterですけど、メジャーアップデートだけに物凄い量の修正追加が図られております。
Major Features
・ ShapeShifter can now apply themes, icon sets, cursor sets (if Mighty Mouse is installed) and desktop pictures. Each user can have his or her own settings, and these items can be applied independently of each other. Multiple variants of each can be bundled into a single guiKit file for easy distribution, or icontainers, mightymouse sets, and desktop pictures can be added directly to ShapeShifter. ShapeShifter will even select the best sized desktop picture for your monitor if the theme creator included multiple sizes in the guiKit distribution!
・ Added a new Download tab that can be used to find and download featured themes.
・ The 'Themes' tab of the ShapeShifter preference pane has been completely redesigned to be more intuitive and to allow independent selection of themes, icon sets, cursor sets, and/or desktop pictures.
・ The ShapeShifter preference pane now loads virtually instantly after its first launch.
・ Installed themes are now cached, meaning that they apply instantly if they're in-cache.
・ The preference pane listing now shows mod packages that are no longer present in the filesystem and indicates that they've been removed.
・ Added a "Restore Defaults" button that, you guessed it, restores all defaults.
・ When removing an item from ShapeShifter, it's now clear which variants will actually be removed.
・ New serial number system.
・ Added Italian localization courtesy of Claudio Santucci.
New Theme Capabilities
・ The menubar now supports transparency effects.
・ Added ability to customize the Finder's sidebar, list, and column view backgrounds.
・ Added ability to customize the background color of the list and column view in open and save panels.
・ Added the ability to customize background (and alternating row color) of lists and tables.
・ Added ability to customize the background color in editable text boxes.
・ Text within buttons and popup buttons can now have its own unique theme colors - they're no longer required to be the same as the radio button and checkbox text color.
・ The text of the selected tab in a tab view now has its own theme color.
・ Toolbar text labels now have their own unique theme colors.
・ Added support for coloring "placeholder" text within editable text (such as the Find item in the Finder toolbar).
・ Cocoa panels (Fonts and Colors) in Carbon applications are now themed properly.
・ iTunes etched text and content frames are now themed properly.
・ Font Book now honors a theme's etched text settings.
・ Authentication window backgrounds are now themed properly.
・ Disabled popup menus now use the disabled text color.
・ Added ability to theme iSync Menu Extra.
・ Resolved some issues with Finder's icon text label colors.
・ Carbon popup buttons are now themed properly.
Cosmetic Enhancements
・ Changed +/- buttons in Themes tab of ShapeShifter prefpane to square buttons to match Apple's style better.
・ Changed the appearance of the buttons used to cancel a guiKit file download or inform the user that an error occurred that prevented the file from being downloaded.
・ The ShapeShifter banner is now properly located to span the width of the prefpane.
・ Fixed the text baselines in the list of themes.
Bug Fixes
・ Applications are now skinned properly even if they're not in the expected filesystem location.
・ Resolved an issue that caused the iTunes music store to function improperly if the installed theme had an iTunes application skin that was designed for an earlier version of iTunes. Includes a fix to prevent future occurences.
・ Resolved an issue that would cause Homeworld 2 and VNCViewer to crash when launched.
・ Resolved an issue that could keep some programs from being themed, notably Proteus and ShadowIRC.
・ The entire contents of the About box are now displayed properly.
・ Resolved a rare issue that could cause iTunes to crash.
・ Updated the installer to remove some potential installation issues.
・ Variants with a slash in the name can now be applied.
・ Switching quickly between themes no longer causes the Dock, Finder, and Menu Extras to appear unthemed.
・ The "Welcome to ShapeShifter" sheet is no longer shown when the ShapeShifter prefpane is redisplayed in System Prefs without relaunching System Prefs first.
・ Resolved an issue that could cause ShapeShifter to become unresponsive while downloading a guiKit file.
・ Resolved an issue that could remove the ability to open guiKit files by double-clicking them.
・ Resolved issues that could prevent iChat, Preview and Installer app skins from working properly.
・ Resolved an issue that could cause theme descriptions to appear in the wrong font.
・ The ShapeShifter preference pane is no longer automatically launched when ShapeShifter automatically disables itself in order to avoid possible issues with prebinding.
っていうか書いてある通りです。 って、全然説明になっていないんですけども、作る人にはShapeShifterじゃなくてThemeParkの方が気になりますですものね。 ShapeShifterなんてチェンジャーじゃん、みたいな感じ? ちょっと大袈裟?
機能としては従来のコントロール・アピアランスだけじゃなくて、アイコンセット(CandyBar互換)やカーソルセット(MightyMouse互換)、デスクトップピクチャーも込み込みでguiKitに含める事が可能ですよ、ってのが売り文句であります。 カーソルセットはMightyMouseをインストールしていないと切り替えられないんですけど、アイコンセットはCandyBarが無くても切り替え可能という太っ腹。 実は先日速攻でCandyBarがマイナーアップデートを果たしたのはこのせいだったりでして、ShapeShifterとCandyBarなる、2つのiContainerリーダーがあると大変大変、っていう話だったんです。
後は赤字にした部分なんかが特筆する部分。 メニューバーの透過が可能になったという事で、最早Extras.rsrcを越えた地点に到達しちゃってますですね。 壁紙とテキストカラーとの相性がありますもので、極端な透過というのは制限がありまくりかも知れませんが、一度は無茶をしてみたいカスタマイズであります(勿論私も試みました)
・ ThemePark now requires Panther.
・ Added support and editors for Icon Sets, Cursor Sets and Desktop Pictures within guiKit themes.
・ Added ability to customize some iTunes text colors and fonts within an iTunes application skin.
・ Added ability to customize the Finder's sidebar and column view backgrounds.
・ Added a "Prune" menu command which can be used to remove Aqua elements from generated guiKit files.
・ The Text Color editor now shows which colors have been modified.
・ Added Help menu link to the Digital Ramen theme creation tutorial.
・ Variants in an existing "tpark" file can now be imported by dragging them in to the variant picker.
・ Added standard menu keyboard equivalent to open ThemePark's preferences.
・ Added Italian localization, courtesy of Claudio Santucci.
・ App skins are now exported properly, so that if the application isn't in the expected location, the skin will still be applied.
・ Resolved an issue that prevented adding an app skin to a theme variant if another variant in the same file already had a skin for that application.
・ Resolved issues that could prevent iChat, Preview and Installer app skins from working properly.
・ Fixed some missing images in the iMovie template
・ Updated appskin template for iTunes 4.5.
・ Added Bluetooth button to the Address Book application skin.
・ Added VLC equalizer button.
・ Default text colors are now correct when no theme is currently applied to the operating system.
・ Resolved an issue that could cause element's comments to display improperly in Panther.
・ Discarding the changes to a variant preview no longer results in an unusable tpark file.
・ Moved "Jaguar Round Text Field" and "Jaguar Large Push Buttons" back out of the "obsolete" category. They're not used often, but they're still used.
・ Some new toolbar icons courtesy of Brien Edick.
・ Removed "New Theme" from the file menu - it's obsolete.
・ Changed the "Export Theme" menu item to "Export" since it exports stuff other than just themes now.
・ Photoshopェ integration now works properly with editors that have been opened in their own window.
今回私がテスターとして参加した際に感じたのは、ThemeParkの操作性が各段に向上した点です。 これは慣れの問題とかではなく、明らかに使いやすく(編集しやすく)なっていると言ってしまって差し支えありません。
と申しますのも、Photoshopとの連係がとてもうまく行っているんじゃないか、という部分において評価出来得るところで、従来の(と言ってもテスター歴が長いので、昔のバージョンのを忘れつつありますが)バージョンでの「不安でありつつ送ったり戻したり」という妙な操作時の精神状態に陥らなくても良さげ(笑)。
そうそう、アイコンセットはThemeParkから構築する事も、更にはiContainerからインポートする事も可能です。 カーソルセットについてはmightymouseファイルからインポートしなくちゃなりませんけれども、デスクトップピクチャーは単に取り込めば良いだけなので、構築可能なジャンルが増えたとは言え、操作感がこれまでのThemeParkと何ら変わりありません。
とそんなこんなで現在mesを作ってます。 guiKitはもう散々修正かけているので本日の版(テスターさんには配布済み)で一段落付けて、明日オプションインストーラーをこさえて公開、って手筈を整えております。 特に新規エントリーで告知とかはしません。 こっそりバージョンアップしますのでよろしくです。



