After months and months of delay till El Capitan is released, it’s finally here. I’d like to publish with a brand new ‘Finderbar’ project but sadly, Lee is current busy with his real-life stuff and can’t finish the release anytime soon. So I guess we’ll have to wait until next version when he has more time to put his effort onto it.
But don’t worry, there’re couple of great things to be introduced in this new release.
Completed Windows 10 RTM support
After fixing issues in Windows 10 again and again thoroughly, we finally reached the stable stage where everything works out smoothly on current Windows 10 with all updates applied now. I reworked on system files modification a few times until it works right. I also fixed version detection issues and tested on real Windows 10 platform from scratch to make sure everything works fine. If you have trouble with Windows 10, please uninstall and run sfc /scannow before installing again. If that doesn’t work, consider reinstalling Windows 10.
OS X font rendering in Windows
While developing Finderbar software, I found font rendering looks terrible with Helvetica Neue font so I tried to find other rendering method and found something even more interesting. It’s called gdipp written by Japanese developer who can’t stand font rendering in Windows. It looks much better now with OS X style font rendering.
Tons of fixes and improvements
Aside from new wallpapers introduced in OS X El Capitan, there’s also a lot of internal improvements in this release as well like updating, fixing and refining stuff. Please read changelog for details since it’s a long list.
El Capitan Transformation Pack 1.0 Changelog
-Added battery/network tray icon on Windows 8/8.1/10
-Added El Capitan wallpaper from new OS X El Capitan 10.11
-Added OS X font rendering engine (gdipp)
-Added UltraUXThemePatcher auto-removal during installation
-Changed Dock’s font color to black
-Changed theme engine back to UxStyle with installer fixes
-Fixed bug that cause blank navigation pane on x86 software (If you already having this issue, you need to apply our blank navigation pane fixer before installing)
-Fixed permission problems to make changes in bundled features
-Fixed replacing system files bugs on x64 system
-Fixed system files version comparing bug with Windows 10
-Fixed taskbar configuration not working in Windows 10
-Fixed theme applying bug in Windows 10
-Fixed Windows version detection bug with Windows 10
-Fixed x64 system files modification failure on Windows XP x64 platform
-Improved x64 system files modification using single method with better compatibility
-Removed Helvetica Neue Medium/Light/UltraLight type fonts to fix font render glitches on some apps
-Updated OldNewExplorer to version v1.1.7
-Updated Resource Hacker software to version 4.2.5
-Updated UXStyle engine to most recent version
-Updated Windows 10 visual style with Yosemite Theme For Windows 10 RTM by cu88
El Capitan UX Pack 1.0 Changelog
-Added El Capitan wallpaper from new OS X El Capitan 10.11
-Added OS X font rendering engine (gdipp)
-Added UltraUXThemePatcher auto-removal during installation
-Changed Dock’s font color to black
-Changed theme engine back to UxStyle with installer fixes
-Fixed permission problems to make changes in bundled features
-Fixed taskbar configuration not working in Windows 10
-Fixed theme applying bug in Windows 10
-Fixed Windows version detection bug with Windows 10
-Removed Helvetica Neue Medium/Light/UltraLight type fonts to fix font render glitches on some apps
-Updated OldNewExplorer to version v1.1.7
-Updated Resource Hacker software to version 4.2.5
-Updated UXStyle engine to most recent version
-Updated Windows 10 visual style with Yosemite Theme For Windows 10 RTM by cu88
I don’t know if my fate was cursed with Finderbar. It never works out right in the end even though I’m currently using one right here and now. It’s still far from completed but it’s usable and working well for now. I wish Lee will great luck to go through his way out and have free time to continue it soon. We probably see it in next version.
– El Capitan Transformation Pack Product Page
– Download El Capitan Transformation Pack 1.0 (for XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10)
– If you have a problem uninstalling this pack, download this uninstaller.
– El Capitan UX Pack Product Page
– Download El Capitan UX Pack 1.0 (for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 only)
– If you have a problem uninstalling this pack, download this uninstaller.