April 06, 2025 | New update: Autarkic Star ๐
Fixed: with the last update I introduced a small bug where the frame would clarify itself when the Chrome window was inactive. This obviously doesn't match my quality, so I already fixed it.
Fixed: Some Chrome updates "erased" the color bar in the top of the active tab, so I fixed it and upgraded it to a gradient that mimics a RGB keyboard.
For those of you who were using Born Dandy since the first versions, will remember that Born Dandy actually used a gradient instead of a single color, but because of some feedback I decided to change it to a solid color. However, now I'm better than the one I was at that time, so I decided to change it again, using a different approach behind the scenes.
Added a description to the Web Store: "This theme is only tested on a 23" 1080p monitor and the screenshot of the Chrome Web Store shows how it looks on it".
Fixed: now when you install the theme, the text that says that you installed a theme matches the tab text, omnibox text, bookmark text and toolbar icons instead of difficult to see grey. It also affects the sidebar title of things (Customize Chrome, Favorites and others).
Known bug: the frame changes when inactive. I already fixed it but I have to wait for Google to process 1.6.0 before I post 1.6.1, which will be tomorrow.
Fixed the bottom left bar that appears when the user hover over a link. Now it matches the theme.
Changed the description of the theme.
Fixed the bookmark text color in order to match the new inactive tab text color from 1.5.
Changed the frame to a darker one.
Changed the ribbon of the active tab to a blue to purple gradient.
Changed text color of active tabs and inactive tabs in order to contrast them even more.
Changed toolbar icon color in order to match the new active tab text color.
As I'm writing this, I found a small mistake, I forgot to match the bookmark text color to the new inactive tab text color. Oops. I will send a fix update on 10 of october of 2021 (because Google reviews take 1 day... Yeah, that sucks. I sent feedback yesterday to have instant reviews, and they answered that they'll send my feedback to the team, so let's cross our fingers). Anyways, this small problem shouldn't restrict you from enjoying the new Born Dandy ๐ฉ
Removed the background tab. Now the background tab has the same color as the frame.
Changed toolbar to a lighter one.
Changed frame to a lighter one.
Changed the ribbon of the active tab in order to have an "stable" ribbon. Now it doesn't matter how many tabs you have open, the ribbon will look exactly the same. (Before this version, the ribbon looked strange since the tab #2 was opened, so it looked uglier with too many tabs).
Changed omnibox background to a lighter one.
Changed all texts and toolbar buttons to a lighter ones.
Omnibox background now match the new subtle and lighter background tab color.
Size of the theme should be less than version 1.3.
Added a subtle and lighter background tab. Now you can differentiate even more between active and inactive tabs.
Omnibox background now match the new subtle and lighter background tab color.
Removed background tab. Now it looks exactly like the entire theme.
Dev's note: I noticed that the "rainbow ribbon" special design of Born Dandy, already make the enough contrast between active and inactive tabs. So, with this change, everything will look cleaner and BD will keep its essence as a dark theme with class. This change also helps reducing the theme size, 1.1 was 9.XXkb and 1.2 is 7.68kb (it wasn't that much, but I'm a little crazy about this).
Added my color scheme for Incognito mode.
Fixed some little inconsistencies in the Incognito mode. They were a mistake and not supposed to be that way. Now they're fixed and working as they should.
Born Dandy is officialy released on the Chrome Web Store! :-D