For that <1% of the Hicksdesign readership that use it, here is the Hicksdesign theme for Omniweb 5.
Screenshots
Please note, I am using Nathan Skinner’s Tiger Theme, in these screenshots:
Overview (click for full sized image)
Toolbar (click for full sized image)
Download Manager
Preferences
Status Bar
Source Editor
Background
This has been a personal project since February, and even though its not finished, I feel the need to get something out as a starting point. The thing is, there are so many flippin’ icons in Omniweb, and while I don’t want to change them all, I do want to change a lot of them. The goal here (as always) was not to create a highly original theme. I just wanted something that blended into OS X as much as possible.
Originally, the theme was a redraw of my Camino theme, but I tried a straight rip-off of the safari/finder style buttons, and found that I much preferred this look. This is now the main style, but the rounder ‘iTunes’ style is there as an additional installation option. The rest of the icons are partly inspired by Stephen Horlanders icons for Firefox (mainly the history and RSS feed icon), but I’ve redrawn these myself, rather just steal them!
I have also supplied a ‘restore’ installer if you want to revert back to the original icons.
Also in the download, is a folder called ‘Goodies’, which contains extra applescripts, web badges, workspaces and a very simple shapeshifter theme, to remove the shadow on the bookmarks toolbar. Most people will probably like to keep the shadow, and even those that aren’t, probably wouldn’t go to the extent of installing a theme just for that. In short, if you want to use it, its there.
Huge thanks to Buzz Anderson of SciFiHiFi(He of Podworks and Cocoalicious fame) who answered my plea (Help wanted with a Browser Theme installer) and set me up with Iceberg project files for creating the installer. Thanks Buzz!
Icons still to do:
- The small bookmark icons
- The large bookmarks image in the tab drawer
- Main toolbar icons - Mark Page/Next Mark/Previous Mark
Updates and feedback
I intend to add more replacement icons to this set in the future, as well a improve the existing ones. I’ll be posting details of updates to my ‘OS X Browser News’ section, so the RSS feed will let you know when new versions are uploaded.
I’d particularly like your feedback on the status bar icons. Should they be in colour, or stay grey, or a combination of the 2? I can’t decide, but I’ve gone with mainly grey icons in this release. If you do like the theme, but there is a particular button that you use that I’ve not covered yet, let me know.
Update - I’ve done a quick to revision to solve a couple of issues people were having. Please re-download.