firecracker6 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 ..maybe never left, I donno It would appear however, as if M. Yamaguchi has released new versions of his Y'z Apps. Yz Toolbar v2.1 (Nov.30.2008) Yz Shadow v2.1 (Dec.19.2008) Read more about it here The English page should be here but seems to be inaccessible at the moment. Update: Working English Translated page, thanks dreadnaut. Update: YzShadow v2.2 Released. New Yz Updates! How nostalgic Thanks kaiyoze, for bringing this to our attention here. Link to comment
shadyblues13 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 wow. I frankly though, just like soulless, he was done. Link to comment
Termi91 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 the new y'z shadow is great!! Link to comment
Ghil Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 youch, back to the future moment just there. I can't wait to try it ;p Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Now that I've had a chance to try it out, I must say the new version of YzShadow rocks! Some of my favorite features in the update:Shadows now frame the entire window (Top included) Shadows are now more intelligently managed. (When shadows overlap, they do not darken further, this is very apparent when you have 8 windows, the same size, one on top of the other.)XP windows feel like they experience less drag when moving.What I wish would still be corrected:A shadow on WMP still tries to follow the standard window frame instead of the slimmed down window borders of the default UI, this leaves a 'floating' shadow around the media player (I get around this by placing WMP on the exclusion list, but would really wish you could assign specific windows or apps, custom placed shadows, or that YzShadow would just have a special case shadow for WMP since it's such a standard part of the OS.) This, however, is a very very minor issue to me.It would be nice if there was an option to hide the system tray icon like YzToolbar allows.Overall, YzShadow is yet another program that makes it difficult to let go of XP. For me, the following:The new Yzshadow appA good visual styleWindow7 Shortcuts on XP app: http://lifehacker.com/5133039/windows-7-sh...-in-xp-or-vistaXWindowsDockExplorer Breadcrumbs (This is sooo useful, cannot install XP without.)Mouse Gestures via Strokeit (As much as I'd like to find another mouse gesture app to replace this no-longer-in-development app, other programs for some reason just do not quite get it right.)QTTabbar (Simply cannot install XP without.)collectively, the above represent my core GUI mods required to make me feel comfortable in XP. Windows7 really won me over but my biggest and so far only regret is that I cannot get strokeit to work 100%, and no other mouse gesture app has been able to even reach that bar. Link to comment
zWhiteTigerz Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Yeah, it's great since it now can add shadow to iTunes to, no need for WindowsFX, but I have some problem with the configuration windows... Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 @zWhiteTigerz, on some of my computers I have the same problem: YzShadow's setting window's contents are too 'big' for the window frame. In my case I think my dell machine came with dell's 'custom' tweaked values in: desktop->right click->properties->Appearances tab ->Advanced (settings) I don't know which value(s) in the Advanced Settings window cause this (just a guess) but if anyone can share with us a solution, I'd much appreciate it Edit: a simple work around is manually editing the ini file to get at the settings out of reach. Link to comment
dreadnaut Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 I'm moved, Mr. Y is back! it's like a giant flashback. The english version is just the same page fed through google translate - but google changed ip address or something - here's a replacement link. (edit: not that it helps ) I love how Y'z Shadows fades the taskbar now. I couple of thinks I'll suggest on the website (edit: comments closed...) the taskbar shadow could fade too it'll be nice if the taskbar could pop into the foreground if the mouse touches the top edge of the desktop - like a dock - so I could leave it the background all the time, forgotten Link to comment
LoofyGun Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 My head asploded from the nostalgia. Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Looks like a new version (2.2) has already been released how splendid, active development! Link to comment
deathmedic3rd Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Holy moley! I just found Y'z Shadows on an old disk the other week now this! Link to comment
chacharero69 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I just know greetings updating tools yz Earlier versions of the Latin translated into Spanish yz_dock http://www.badongo.com/es/file/4733444 pass: chacharero_69 yz shadow 1.9 http://www.badongo.com/es/file/4735414 pass: chacharero_69 Here is the translation of the shadow see 2.2 and corrected the defect in the window. Yz Shadow 2.2 http://www.badongo.com/file/13439010 pass: chacharero_69 greetings from Mexico Link to comment
kinsemon Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Yeah, it's great since it now can add shadow to iTunes to, no need for WindowsFX, but I have some problem with the configuration windows...Using Reshacker, open up English.lang file. In the Dialog section, change the specified Font to "MS Sans Serif" for items 104, 120, 122. Click Compile script, Save.... Link to comment
The iApple Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 And still is not Vista friendly damn it, things like this make me want to downgrade back to XP :/ Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Version 2.3 beta 1 has been released, and both this beta, and v2.2 indicate: Windows XP / Vista / 2000Have you tried running YzShadow on Vista with Aero disabled? Link to comment
zWhiteTigerz Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Using Reshacker, open up English.lang file. In the Dialog section, change the specified Font to "MS Sans Serif" for items 104, 120, 122. Click Compile script, Save....Thanks, It worked! Link to comment
The iApple Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 @Firecracker: Thanks for the tip, but I was referring to the Y'z Toolbar (I love my blurry grammar ) Link to comment
Spafe Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm looking to remove the task bar icon. There's something about this on Y'z site but google translate messes this up!From what I can gather it's a command to put into the .ini file, does anyone know exactly what to put? Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 try the new beta.. I think I read it as having a new option to remove the system tray icon. Should be in the settings window. Link to comment
lejeunealbert Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 It would be even cooler if it allowed wildcards in classnames... Link to comment
Core Core Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hey, that is very cool he's back at it! Iwas waiting a long time for these "updates" LOL! Running v0.85! I must have missed v0.9 through v2.0!! Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 just a head's up.. Y'z Shadow 2.3 beta 3 was released recently, adds some new features. My favorite is the fade in shadow on new windows. Looks really elegant. You can have the active window shadow pulse too, but not really my cup of tea. Link to comment
mps69 Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 just a head's up.. Y'z Shadow 2.3 beta 3 was released recently, adds some new features. My favorite is the fade in shadow on new windows. Looks really elegant. You can have the active window shadow pulse too, but not really my cup of tea.Thanks for the heads up buddy, nice update, this app just keeps getting better. Link to comment
ksaad Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hmmm, it's been a while since I used those. Link to comment
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