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/// 0.0.0 - Organix 3
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Author: Mindless Puppet
E-mail: mindlesspuppet@livingimpaired.com
AIM   : mindlesspuppet
Site  : http://www.livingimpaired.com/mindlesspuppet
Date  : 05/29/03

*There is also an online ReadMe, contains everything
this Readme does and more.*

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// TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0.0 - Information
1.0.1 - Background Info
1.0.2 - Basic Info
1.0.3 - !PLEASE READ!
2.0.0 - The Skins
2.1.0 - WindowBlinds
2.1.1 - WindowBlinds: Info on Skin
2.1.2 - WindowBlinds: Known Issues
2.1.3 - WindowBlinds: Frequently Heard Comment
2.2.0 - Windows Media Player
2.2.1 - Windows Media Player: Skin Info
2.2.2 - Windows Media Player: More Info
2.3.0 - Icon Package
2.3.1 - Icon Package: Info
2.3.2 - Icon Package: Apology
2.4.0 - Cursor XP
2.4.1 - Cursor XP: Cursors
2.5.0 - Wallpaper and Sysmetrix
3.0.0 - Closing Statements
3.1.0 - Apologies
3.2.0 - Skinning Future
3.3.0 - Poll Info
3.4.0 - Requests
3.4.0 - Side Note
3.5.0 - In Closing
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/// 1.0.0 - Information
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// 1.0.1 - Background Info
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It has been over a year since my last skin release.
I start Organix 3 not too long after the GUI 
Olympics (Long ago) but for one reason or another I
kept putting skinning on the back burner.
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// 1.0.2 - Basic Info
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For Organix 3 I left behind the comic-style of 
Organix extreme, and went back to it's dirty, darker
roots. 

Organix 3 is primarily hand drawn, yes, I mean hand
drawn as in that whacky pencil and paper stuff. To
the best of my knowledge this is the first skin of
the sort; I will mention it in several other 
sections for those who don't read the entire read me
(sorry if it gets annoying). Organix 3's style sets 
it apart from all other skins, at least in my 
opinion.
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// 1.0.3 - !!!IMPORTANT!!! Please Read
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It use to be that you could start a skin one day,
and have it finished the next if you worked enough.
Those days are over. Skinning has become more of a
project, or a part-time job we don't get paid for,
than the hobby it use to be. 

More and more the amount of effort it takes to skin
is increasing, also it seems that it has almost 
become expected of you to not only make a skin, but
make an entire suite.

The number of so-called "premium" suites has 
increased, usually selling for a ridiculous 9.95USD.
Personally I feel 9.95USD is an outrageous price.
I believe you should not HAVE to pay for skins
because you already pay for the program to use them.

However, a lot of work goes into to these kind of
things, so I ask of you to show support by making
a small donations. I feel that a good donation price
is 2.40USD or so, as it buys me a pack of Stewarts
Soda or 8 chicken wings... though obviously anything
is greatly appreciated. Below is my PayPal address;

https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=mindlesspuppet%40livingimpaired.com&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD

And I know you see these kind of statements all
over the net asking for donations, I also recognize
they are generally looked upon as being annoying. 
But fact is times are changing and nothing is very
simple anymore. So please show your support so 
those of us who believe in free media, programs, or
whatever it may be, have the encouragement to 
continue creating.

After all, I consume a lot of food and soda to stay
awake when working on a project; gets expensive :)
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/// 2.0.0 - The Skins
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// 2.1.0 - (WindowBlinds) Organix 3: Hostile Takeover
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// 2.1.1 - Skin Info
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It has about a year and a have since the original 
Organix was released. For those of you who were 
waiting for this I apologize that it took so long.

As stated in the basic info, Organix 3 goes back to
it's roots. With a dirty style consisting of 
primarily dull colors. Organix 3: Hostile Takeover,
includes both Organix 3 and Crudemetals 2. It's 
called hostile takeover simply because it's taking 
over Crudemetals 2. *ALSO* to clear things up I was
not lazy in making Organix 3. It is not simply a mod
of Crudemetals 2, as Crudemetals 2 was only created
with intentions of it being used for Organix. 90% or
so of the Organix skin was hand drawn (2), some 
pieces were made on computer for tiling purposes.

The skin is incredibly light on systems believe it or
not (much different than the beast known as Organix 2).
Organix 3 does support coloring, however! this was
more so something I was experimenting with. As you can
imagine coloring for Organix is much different than
coloring a Pseudo-OS skin. It did not turn out as I
had hoped it would, however it does look decent. 
Some colors (mostly consisting of primarily red) don't
look to great, this is how WindowBlinds colors, it's
not my fault... I swear :)
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// 2.1.2 - Known Issues
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"I can't see my 'Run' text on the start menu!" Well,
as long as you know it's run you should be alright :)
True be told the start menu is hard for me, to keep
it detailed and not looking to repetitious.

"I can't read the first few items on my programs list
too well..." I know, sorry about that... Originally
I planned to make that start menu text bright orange,
until I realized you can't have custom coloring for
start menu text.

"TEH CUSTOM COLOORS LOOK CRAP!" Heh yeah... some can,
as I said I was experimenting with the colors. 
Obviously Organix 3's strong point is without colors.
I tried my best... *If you use coloring I suggest you
set coloring to about 70%.*
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// 2.1.3 - Frequently Heard Comment
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Through out all the Organix releases I've constantly
heard "This is to dark", "it's hard to see this", 
ect. This is how the skin is meant to be, it's the
style of the skin. I make Organix with those who know
their way around their desktop well in mind.

I have several testers (including
myself) to ensure that the skin is functional, and
that everything can clearly be seen. Also you can
adjust the brightness of the skin if it is that much 
of a problem.

If you find some particularly hard to make out, and
have tried adjusting your gamma level, mail me or 
catch me and AIM and tell me, if I get enough people
who agree I'll fix it.
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// 2.2.0 - (Windows Media Player) Organix 2 lite
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// 2.2.1 - Skin Info
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This is my first attempt at a WMP skin. It turned out
well in my opinion. Two versions... tiny tiny 
difference. One has the edit playlist buttons, other
doesn't. 

I am quite aware that the skin may be hard to 
navigate at first, as most the buttons blend in with
the skin. So I have placed a guided at; 

http://www.livingimpaired.com/mindlesspuppet/organix

This skin was completely hand drawn (3), touched up in
Photoshop.
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// 2.2.2 - Lite?
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"It's called Organix 3 lite, does that mean there is
a beefed up version?"... In theory yes... but later I
scraped the idea. I kept the name "lite" simply 
because I odd that way...
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// 2.2.3 - Using The Second Skin
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As I mentioned there are two skins with a tiny 
difference. In order to use the second skin, rename
Organix3.wmz to Organix3.zip, and extract it to

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Skins\organix3"
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// 2.3.0 - (Icon Packager) Crudemetals 2
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// 2.3.1 - Package Info
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I made a Crudemetals icon set instead of an Organix
simply because it seemed more practical. There are
69 icons in all 4 sizes. Custom icons for Quicktime,
MP3s, Word Documents, and TGAs/PNGs. Aside from
various 16x16 all icons were hand drawn (4).
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// 2.3.2 - Sorry!
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No custom icons for E-mail or Internet, this is 
because... well I'm not sure... kind of made my
programs list look goofy.
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// 2.4.0 - (Cursor XP) Organix 3
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// 2.4.1 - Set Info
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BWAAAHHHHHHHH! HAND DRAWN! (5... last time :)
Not must to say here... it's a cursor set... they are
cursors... that uh... you use to point at stuff.
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// 2.5.0 - Wallpaper and Sysmetrix
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// 2.5.1 - Skin Info
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I did make a Sysmetrix skin, however I did not like
it so I scrapped it. Same with the wallpaper. I may
throw something together in the future but would
rather move on to something new.
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/// 3.0.0 - Closing Statements
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// 3.1.0 - Humble Apologies
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Again, I'm sorry that this took so long. I've been
juggling several projects lately, and bit off far 
more than I can chew. 

Sorry the custom coloring of the WindowBlinds skin
couldn't be better.

Sorry for saying the hand dra-... you know... thing 
so many times.

Sorry I scrapped the SysMetrix skin and Wallpaper.

I think that covers that...
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// 3.2.0 - Skinning Future
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While I do have several... 3 to be exact... skins 
60% or so completed, and a solid 4 more planned, it
may be a while before my next release. As I said, I
am working on quite a few projects. Of course, if
donations are decent I'll suck it up and get to 
skinning - throw the other projects on the back-
burner.

I may release a WMP skin or too, as I did enjoy 
my experience skinning it... aside from the whole
JScript thing... blah...
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// 3.3.0 - !!!IMPORTANT!!! Please read -II-
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There SHOULD be a small skinning poll at my website.
If you would take you time to respond to it, it
would be much appreciated. This will be used in
determining what direction I should take my skinning.
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// 3.4.0 - Requests, Ect...
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As always I do take requests. Catch me on AIM or by 
mail, with a description of your idea and/or rough
sketches and I'll consider it. If I decide not to do 
it it's not because it's a bad idea, more than likely
I just can't foresee it or it's not in my style.

In the past I have turned down commissioned work(for 
site, programs, ect), I will do so no more. again, just
get a hold of me on AIM or mail (preferred) and we can 
discuss the details.
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// 3.5.0 - Side note
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I lost the original read me... I have this thing with
never saving, and then Windows decided to try to kill
me... ANYHOW! I probably left out some things.
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// 3.6.0 - In Closing
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Questions or Comment are as always greatly 
appreciated.

ONLINE READ-ME: http://www.livingimpaired.com/mindlesspuppet/organix
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=mindlesspuppet%40livingimpaired.com&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD
Me@Wincustomize: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?AuthorID=162915
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// Closure crap...
This file can be freely distributed as long as the file
remains in tact. If you do use it on a site please tell
me, just cause it's cool to know. Any other use, please
get my personal consent.
