Singularity: Yes, I'm lazy...

It's been a bit since my last entry, and mulestem's been kindly checking for updates on the Singularity theme. Here's a brief update on some stuff I did last night:

Have been working on pull-out tabs for the shortcuts on the left-side of the screen:
Eventually, I'd like to use a second xPopup config to create user-configured popups in more of a holographic style. The top part, and perhaps bottom, would be metallic, as seen in the above image. The middle, however would be more digital blue stuff with liberal transparency. Haven't sketched it out in Photoshop yet, but I have a clear idea in mind.

Once these shortcuts are figured out I can start work on the scripting required to swap the theme's Z-order, hide/reappear, etc. Can't wait to start coding the hotspots! That's the core functionality of the theme, after all.

The other graphical item I've been working on is a second form of the taskbar. Eventually the little button to the left of the taskbar will switch between different taskbar forms. Below is a prototype for a taskbar containing just 32x32 icons, no text:
For the inactive-state I'm imagining it containing just a 24x24 icon that will sit in the old taskbar. This way the active task will be very readily discernible.