OK, i've been mucking around with ideas for the front panel of my case, and i'm going to get the panels cut by a guy with one of those waterjet machine thingumies. I've allready had him price up some panels, and it's going to be expensive, but it's going to look great. I need to design a control panel on the front of the case, and i'm running out of ideas. The case's major colour is black and it's minor colours are Night Blue and Orange. The case has a running theme of straight lines and sharp corners, mixed with rounded corners. Anyway, i've removed the buttons and the LEDs frm my 3 drives, and i'm removing the front panels completely, so that the drive doors actually come out of the case comepletely flush. The buttons and LEDs are becoming part of the control panel. There's also a sliding potentiometer for the case fans, and a button marked silent running that turns off uneccesarry fans and slows other to a crawl. It has an LED that lights when it's on. I want an LCD displaying temperatures, and a floppy drive incorporated into it. I also want the Power switch, HDD led, Power LED, and a side panel on/off indicator. Also, a switch to trun on/off the interior lighting. Here's my plan: i want ideas and comments, please feel free to post your own control panels as well.
-Dave