Post your Start Screen!

[Coke Robot]

Yep, that's exactly how you get that. The rows are screen resolution dependent, but if you have five rows, you can't get six, I've already tried.

 

[picasso22]

My desktop win 8 pro

 

[Coke Robot]

Just found this app to put picture tiles....

YES!

 

[Hopachi]

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Just found this app to put picture tiles....

YES!

What is that app? Just curious if it's for tiles.

A hint:
I see the rest is still in black-red... you probably go similar cursors already:
Looks like aero7 but the colors are right.

Some look bad (picture is re-scaled) but the rest is right.
The Win8 version is not yet available but you get the idea.

 

[Kat]

Ah, sorry, but I couldn't resist.....yes, it's real, and running in DOS-Box

 

[Coke Robot]

View attachment 9044

Just found this app to put picture tiles....

YES!

What is that app? Just curious if it's for tiles.

A hint:
I see the rest is still in black-red... you probably go similar cursors already:
Looks like aero7 but the colors are right.
View attachment 9048
Some look bad (picture is re-scaled) but the rest is right.
The Win8 version is not yet available but you get the idea.

Ooohh, I haven't looked into cursors yet for 8, but I like that red and black set! I do believe the app is called Custom Tile Maker, something of that sort. It has the Microsoft logo except it's magenta. That is the one.


But for some reason, even though it says it's free, you can't yet to a 5 row pattern as it says to buy a custom tiles pack for $1.49. Seems like the app is still being worked on a bit.

 

[Hopachi]

@Coke Robot
Thanks for the info. I made those cursors a while ago. It's a derivative from the main theme: orange-gold, blue-cyan and red-yellow ones were also made, some look better than others.

@Kat
Looks nice and old but somehow resembles the 8 RTM aero. He he .

 

[Coke Robot]

I'd love to see some more metro styled cursors, like instead of a flattened Areo loading animation, it could be the little metro loading circle animation and such. And in complementary colors to the Start Screen of course.

 

[Yorky]

Request answered in Forum Totorial.

Here's mine...View attachment 6576

Hello Prospero, I very much like your layout. I've ordered my copy of W8 and will install it a.s.a.p but in the meantime I'm finding out all I can to help me during early use of the new OS. I've just finished reading The Complete Guide to Windows 8 which unfortunately is anything but. As a fellow Silver Surfer of quite advanced years may I request a brief guide to how you achieved your Start Screen set-up please. Am I correct in assuming you needed first to create shortcuts to the Start Screen for all items show; and how did you group and entitled them.
I shall be using W8 with standard keyboard & mouse only. Thank you in anticipation of your kind reply.
My regards.
Yorky.

Jumped before I looked I'm afraid. Shortly after posting this I found the complete answer to my question and more besides in the excellent Tutorials within this Forum. Nevertheless, my thanks anyway and of course to the Tutorials. I can see that this Forum is going to be my first Port of Call on what may be many choppy seas while I learn the ropes.

 

[Hopachi]

I'd love to see some more metro styled cursors, like instead of a flattened Areo loading animation, it could be the little metro loading circle animation and such. And in complementary colors to the Start Screen of course.

Everything is possible in graphic editing, yes, the flattened aero loading is the one on the cursor:
But where do you see the little metro loading circle animation? Sorry I rarely use apps.
To use that one you'll need to know where the files are, like for example the cursors are in c:\Window\Cursors, or at least export the desired animation somehow.

 

[Coke Robot]

I'd love to see some more metro styled cursors, like instead of a flattened Areo loading animation, it could be the little metro loading circle animation and such. And in complementary colors to the Start Screen of course.

Everything is possible in graphic editing, yes, the flattened aero loading is the one on the cursor: View attachment 9076
But where do you see the little metro loading circle animation? Sorry I rarely use apps.
To use that one you'll need to know where the files are, like for example the cursors are in c:\Window\Cursors, or at least export the desired animation somehow.

That.

 

[Coke Robot]

As October is the month everything new is to be released, I am ready and themed out! This is my the Future of Windows... theme for October after my September theme. Even my Windows Phone is decked out!

 

[Hopachi]

I'd love to see some more metro styled cursors, like instead of a flattened Areo loading animation, it could be the little metro loading circle animation and such. And in complementary colors to the Start Screen of course.

Everything is possible in graphic editing, yes, the flattened aero loading is the one on the cursor: View attachment 9076
But where do you see the little metro loading circle animation? Sorry I rarely use apps.
To use that one you'll need to know where the files are, like for example the cursors are in c:\Window\Cursors, or at least export the desired animation somehow.

View attachment 9216
That.

Thanks. Ah that one! Indeed, it's all over the place. But you're right it looks good as animation.

We'll just need to find where it's located or create it from scratch.

Edit:
This site has what we need: Preloaders.net - windows 8 loading animation
You can choose colors, generate gif or animated png and your good to go (for cursor editing). I'll see what I can do.

 

[theveterans]

Server 2012 RTM vanilla Metro Screen

 

[Hopachi]

Just made a new thread regarding the custom cursors (regarding Coke Robot's post).
If interested, see here:
http://www.eightforums.com/customization/9827-custom-cursors.html#post121364

Thanks

 

[thelastvoice]

please delete

 

[thelastvoice]

First post. Installed Win 8 Pro a little over a week ago. So far, so good!

 

[BunnyJ]

 

[IR123]

:d

 

[aquatarkus]

Is it just me or does anyone else find all the start screens shown in this thread bloody awful?
I'm still trying to decide if i'm going to upgrade my main pc to win8. It has 3 x 27" screens with some nice wallpapers that stretches across all 3, i really don't fancy the so far bloody awful start screen on one of them. Why the hell can't i customise the size of the icons to WHAT I WANT NOT WHAT MICROSOFT SAYS I WANT.