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I've designed it myself, mostly based on Windows 11 build in icons and simple items such as regular buttons instead of colored panels. It makes the design simpler. I'm struggling a bit making the app DPI aware to make it still look good if pixel per inch value is different than 100%.Very nice! Did you design it yourself or did you pay someone to do the design? How does branding work in version 8? It's not the end of the world if I can't add my logo anymore but it was kind of a nice feature even if it's just at the home screen. Speaking of which, what does the home screen look like? Or is the home screen the "backup data" screen? Any idea when the release date of version 8 will be?
Detected items will be drawed on the fly so, only the ones that are effectively there will appear. The program will grab their icons on the drive. If it cannot do that for one reason or another, it will pick one in an internal icon bank.
Here's a sample of of how that looks on my system. I have also redesigned left menu icons as I did not have high PDI versions of them:
I'm experimenting a "jump to" menu so, even if all users and public items show on the same scroll box, it will be quick and easy to reach them.
I'm not done with designing this screen yet (there are some missing buttons). I'm also thinking about putting the items scroll box and "jump to" menu at a higher position one this screen so more items will be visible at one sight.
I've not designed it with branding in mind to be honest. What is sure is that it will still be possible to brand the app name and the logo could be on the about window as there's no room for that anywhere else. Thinking about it, it may not be worth the hassle for anyone to crop and design a logo and have it only on the about screen. That would just be some kind of "polish" so, I may put it there anyway for the ones who want to use it.
The landing screen (aka home screen) IS the backup data screen. It will be quick to switch to restore and transfer mode using the menu on the left.
Finally, I don't have any idea about any release date as for now, I'm still working on design and items detection. I don't have started coding how they will be processed. There is still a LOT of work on this new version.