If anyone is wondering why all themes but one have been removed from the gallery:

In my enthusiasm, sure, I may have created some different themes that were eye candy or perhaps even useful for some people.
I was so busy getting them out there and while they certainly worked, my own work ethic now has demanded something more. Any of us can always do something better tomorrow than we did today. That stated, I decided to painstakingly take my time, look at every theme and ensure it works and scales as intended. I found some won't like Orchestra on resolutions in windows 11 where scaling is 250% because 400 pixel menus remain at 400 pixels and for it to look like it does on 1920x1080, it does not resize the 400 pixels menus 250% yet it does with modules - no idea why other than I designed it with absolute positioning. I may or may not rethink it. It is a Windows/Microsoft thing not winstep and my issue, nobody else's.

SO - I decided to re-upload one at a time after I have checked that disk drives work whether one drive or 20 and scale properly and the menus look ok at most resolutions. Subsequently, I decided each theme deserves its own description and notes, not a generic note. In those it will say where and how it works best with recommendations people can take onboard or ignore, and a recommendation if it is appropriate for a specific theme to avoid.

I can do no more than that but the way they were, I could not live with them.
Finally, I have edited, changed and added things to a lot of the themes that were previously up there.
It won't be fast, so I'll simply list what I have reuploaded. I yap too much on here anyway and need to get back to what I have always done now the year has well and truly kicked in.

The Foundation fan theme is still up and I will re-upload that first. As for the rest, I will likely do no more than five at any time, most likely less. I will list with a Gallery screenshot, post uploading.
Ciao for now

I didn't do the gallery code so I'm not sure if it is a good idea to keep on deleting and re-uploading themes, or what effect that has on the database / server disk usage since the gallery was never stress tested and I haven't really looked at the code.

Once you re-upload the themes, try to avoid deleting them every time you want to change something, please... edit the theme instead.

But you are doing the new gallery code?
Nonetheless, mine is not to question why. Will do.

It wasn't originally done by me and I will only be able to modify it when the time comes with the help of the AI.

@Jorge - I hope you are aware that Big Tech AIs keep logs and anything that you discuss - *YOUR* data! - not only get used to train the LLMs but also are likely to be sold on. So you never know where your code could end up! Give Proton's privacy-first AI assistant Lumo a try, it might surprise you.

1st uploaded / updated exactly as stated. The rest will be over time also as promised.
Image shots will all show desktop with modules and the second menus and the alternative disk - if Horizontal, the other Vertical and vice-versa.
Cheers



The above will be all I will post.
This once, the images in the gallery will all be like this. It means any user can see exactly what they are getting or if they want or do not want a specific theme.

@GREG - In the gallery now. Regards.


Modern Offices available in the gallery.

There is a slightly more spacious version of Modern Office 1 wallpaper in the wallpapers section of the gallery I just uploaded, should anyone prefer.

Will include this theme in the next 3 in a day or so time permitting.
Seismic and VU meters tend to have a slight delay of 5ms-25ms depending on manufacturer. The Net gauge while accurate and visually almost instantaneous, I went against, I created a delay of 25ms. I found the nature of VU and Seismic meters was not theme represented well enough. Sure criticise the crap out of me for doing it but I am content. Gemologists and Geologists use seismic meters. It does what was intended, albeit a little late. It jumps, just like a seismic or VU meter does. I also like the half-moon glassy look as something different. It was not as easy to align as I had hoped either. It may still be wrong, also why I am waiting and will look tomorrow fresh.


P.S. I watched an audio engineer a while back test VU's on a Neve desk, an SSL desk, a Harrison desk, a Soundcraft desk and a Yamaha desk. I did not pull that millisecond delay out of a hat. I was there when he wrote down his results. He tested with recorded audio as well as sinewaves and pink noise generators. The needle on the gauge also was attempted to emulate operating like a magnetic meter or sensor (different again) which is found in metal detectors, also used by gemologists. If you consider how far down some metals are, it is quite likely the delay is even greater.

I will be uploading all the themes previously removed within the next two weeks.

Additionally, I won't be going the extra yards to test for more than five drives. So any themes which possess early created WsDisk or WsDiskV containers I won't have any idea if they are disproportionate with scaling above five disk drives. I have removed Winstep completely from my main computer and is only on the one I design themes on and my laptop. The design computer only has three drives and two externals. So I can only test for a maximum of five drives now, not 26.

Consequently, I no longer have the desire or inclination anymore to spend time going the extra yards because I cannot please everyone. I was doing the 20+ drives for faceless others and just realised nobody gives a shit so I do not anymore.
It is also a greater chance than not, that I will not be doing any more themes after this upload. Deadly serious.

LAST: - The above meters in the above post work well and as for the above paragraphs, I won't be verbose anymore either. Simple posting of upload notifications. I was doing themes because it was not just fun, but for the simple love of creating something and trying to visualise different ideas into a desktop theme. That love has been killed so the motivation to continue has gone with it.
See you all on the merry-go-round.

Candy & GEL themes uploaded

Fantasy themes uploaded

Next theme:

It will be a shame to not see more of your creations.

I have to confess that I prefer a simple / minimalist desktop, but have enjoyed watching the artistry you have displayed in putting these themes together.

However, I understand that you have to enjoy what you are doing in order to be able to successfully express your visions - and if you have lost that enjoyment (hopefully just for now!) then it is time to take up other challenges.

Good luck in your future endeavours!

Seconded. When it comes to working on a computer, you can't beat a clean, simple, minimalist and non-distracting UI. Two principles/rules I learned back in the day when I designed app UIs were 1) Form follows Function, and 2), KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Sums up how I like my desktop, too. Also could have been applied to the best-looking OS GUI ever, NeXTStep / OPENStep - the original inspiration of Winstep.