I keep downloading roms (no offense to the cookers) but why is everyone bent on using that ugly htc diamond theme? I mean really we have hundred thousand color touchscreens, with high resolution and there are black / grey icons on the HTC home plugin? What about the 70's alarm clock "clockface" that I keep seeing everywhere? Who thought up that hurly looking eyesore? Lets get some color in there. And a black background is just a sin with these beautiful screens.
I'm not opposed to busting out photoshop and doing anyone a favor. If you are creating a rom right now, and are looking for a "new look" to your interface, give me a hollar. I am an interface designer by trade. Lets really get these phones looking good!
Heres some of my work for my own interface software. Granted its not what I plan on doing on a phone, but I'm just saying the skills are there. I'd just like to put them to use for "someone". I can't really do it without a chef!
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good point
I'm not a developer -yet- but I'm a designer (student) and I work with all adobe products.. I may contribute with some developer and make something new if we have the chance of a good connecction.
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I keep downloading roms (no offense to the cookers) but why is everyone bent on using that ugly htc diamond theme? I mean really we have hundred thousand color touchscreens, with high resolution and there are black / grey icons on the HTC home plugin? What about the 70's alarm clock "clockface" that I keep seeing everywhere? Who thought up that hurly looking eyesore? Lets get some color in there. And a black background is just a sin with these beautiful screens.
I'm not opposed to busting out photoshop and doing anyone a favor. If you are creating a rom right now, and are looking for a "new look" to your interface, give me a hollar. I am an interface designer by trade. Lets really get these phones looking good!
Heres some of my work for my own interface software. Granted its not what I plan on doing on a phone, but I'm just saying the skills are there. I'd just like to put them to use for "someone". I can't really do it without a chef!
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Dude I totally agree with you. In fact the way its been lately, everytime I flash a new ROM and see a Diamond-based theme by default, I cringe and quickly change it. I honestly do not see the appeal of the Diamond theme (my opinion, I know).
I like the new Diamond Home screen... the clock and icons are much better looking.
OMG AMEN!!!
The thing is, the black theme is slick, simple and clean.
Not too much of anything, discreet. That's what people apparently like.
Not to mention of course that for marketing purposes, black is not considered as the color of death (which is actually) but the color that represents luxury.
In other words, having a black theme gives the impression of having something expensive. Good job marketing guys
So, maybe the clock can be changed, not something I really fancy, but it's kinda "oldschool", you now that's hype...
Everything is a question of trend...
I personally like it, that's not to say it isn't being overused.. but non the less. I just prefer a simple black screen.
here's something for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=388523
lots of color
Wow, theres like 10 diffrent themes included with that ROM.
Me personaly, I like the black theme with the white oldschool clock and new icons. It just looks really classy and retro.
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Wow, theres like 10 diffrent themes included with that ROM.
Me personaly, I like the black theme with the white oldschool clock and new icons. It just looks really classy and retro.
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I like the black, the least white the better
Oh I do like that.
carcomp said:
I keep downloading roms (no offense to the cookers) but why is everyone bent on using that ugly htc diamond theme? I mean really we have hundred thousand color touchscreens, with high resolution and there are black / grey icons on the HTC home plugin? What about the 70's alarm clock "clockface" that I keep seeing everywhere? Who thought up that hurly looking eyesore? Lets get some color in there. And a black background is just a sin with these beautiful screens.
I'm not opposed to busting out photoshop and doing anyone a favor. If you are creating a rom right now, and are looking for a "new look" to your interface, give me a hollar. I am an interface designer by trade. Lets really get these phones looking good!
Heres some of my work for my own interface software. Granted its not what I plan on doing on a phone, but I'm just saying the skills are there. I'd just like to put them to use for "someone". I can't really do it without a chef!
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less is more...i like the diamond skin
I like black or blue themes...the Diamond-based themes don't do much for me.
carcomp said:
Heres some of my work for my own interface software. Granted its not what I plan on doing on a phone, but I'm just saying the skills are there. I'd just like to put them to use for "someone". I can't really do it without a chef!
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Design is always subjective. I do prefer the Diamond theme. Clean and simple. I hate the screen with so many colors and graphics. Just that there are millions of colors we can use doesn't mean we should use them all. A bit amateur to me. No offence to everyone, I hope.
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I like black with blue text...the Diamond-based themes bore me.
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He he full use of the screen real estate eh bro? I like it simple. Plus I don't use GPS as I have one in my car lol.
I agree with OP....Black is not only boring to me, but I feel like it's the hardest color to see when your outside!
I like Poorly Duck's Vista theme....i think the chef's getting together with the designer's is a GREAT idea....nothing i'd love more than not having to customize every interface after a flash...one less thing to do
Colors
Well, you can use the diamond stuff but it doesn't have to be black
There are "peaceful" ways to use color without creating an eyesore. We all know there are common rules to follow when creating a color scheme. Anyone who has painted a house knows that.
As long as you follow those trends, you can add all the color you want without any distractions.
yeah black is nice and cool and elegant, especially if you work as an executive hehehe. Simplicity is what you call it. Colorful themes are for those little kids hehehe joke only, no offense....to each his own dude.
Just do your stuff and stop bashing other people's hardworks
PS: yeah....there are lots of Diamond themes there that are not necessarily black, and still looks great
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nice....what ROM do you have in that screenshot, sir?
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Hey all.
Given the difficulties in creating themes for the new RC33/ADP1.1h releases I figured I would take a proper stab at it, starting from scratch. My previous attempts were nothing but sloppy ports of the Rusty Metal theme, from ADP1.1/RC30 to RC33, and everyone who's been following the Rusty Metal theme knows that it did not work as intended.
So, here we are, starting from scratch (on an ADP1.1h image). Initially I was gonna remake the Rusty Metal theme, from scratch, but to be honest I'm sick of that theme, so now I'm creating a new one called Leather. Oh, and don't worry; not the Blue Oyster Bar kind of leather, but rather old book cover stitched leather meets Texas ranch leather. Add some cherry wood to the mix too and we've got a theme.
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A few samples:
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Download RC33
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Download RC9 - New version 03/10/2009 - Fixes the problem with unskinned parts.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FM1FLTAT
http://www.zshare.net/download/56849286fa26ca3d/
Official Leather wallpaper:
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As usual, you try this theme our at your own risk. I have installed and reinstalled it on my ADP1.1h phone at lest a dozen times tonight, with no issues, but that does not guarantee anything. If you do try it out, remember to backup first!
Cheers!
Looking great!
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Hey all.
Given the difficulties in creating themes for the new RC33/ADP1.1h releases I figured I would take a proper stab at it, starting from scratch. My previous attempts were nothing but sloppy ports of the Rusty Metal theme, from ADP1.1/RC30 to RC33, and everyone who's been following the Rusty Metal theme knows that it did not work as intended.
So, here we are, starting from scratch (on an ADP1.1h image). Initially I was gonna remake the Rusty Metal theme, from scratch, but to be honest I'm sick of that theme, so now I'm creating a new one called Leather. Oh, and don't worry; not the Blue Oyster Bar kind of leather, but rather old book cover stitched leather meets Texas ranch leather. Add some cherry wood to the mix too and we've got a theme.
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Current status.
Complete: Wallpaper, status bar, clock dial/hands, folder icons, launcher tray handle (port + land).
In progress: Battery, wifi, signal indicators.
Next step: Not sure, possibly the dialer.
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Unfortunately the time I can spend on this theme is very limited, so I probably won't delve too deep and try to theme every little detail. I'll stick to the large elements for now. If you're on JFv1.43 ADP1.1h and want to help beta testing, let me know. I might need help when the theme nears completion. That was a blatant lie actually, a theme is never complete. But still.
Cheers!
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Manny...you know you can always count on me. My favorite thing about you is the love you have for ADP1.1...I'm freakin dyin over here with a stock looking phone lol. I was going to finally try my hand at making on myself, but I couldnt find an ADP1.1h update to base it from...and I have ADD(more likely it's no patience and/or ability to focus), I finally have an understanding of what I have to do...just not the time to devote to it right now...so until then I rely on you, and the other creative patient people out there. Are you planning on entering anything in the contest? I hope you enter something...but not THIS one, cause I need it now, lol. J/K...I would love to see you enter something=)
butttt...beta test is good for me=D
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Manny...you know you can always count on me. My favorite thing about you is the love you have for ADP1.1...I'm freakin dyin over here with a stock looking phone lol. I was going to finally try my hand at making on myself, but I couldnt find an ADP1.1h update to base it from...and I have ADD(more likely it's no patience and/or ability to focus), I finally have an understanding of what I have to do...just not the time to devote to it right now...so until then I rely on you, and the other creative patient people out there. Are you planning on entering anything in the contest? I hope you enter something...but not THIS one, cause I need it now, lol. J/K...I would love to see you enter something=)
butttt...beta test is good for me=D
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Thanks man, much appreciated.
I probably won't be entering the competition though, my time is very limited.. and some of the guys are just on a different level, especially in terms of theme depth/detail. I can't compete with that.
If you don't mind sporting a work in progress I could drop you the current (early) beta in a PM. The theme is far from done yet, of course, but if you desperately want to get away from the stock theme it'll do
Best theme north of the Rio Grande!
Great theme, id be happy to test for RC33
Hey you have to P.M me i have an idea for that tab that will kill it. I love this mannyb hmm...the brain works great let me drop the code ninja theme and team up with you for first prize.
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Thanks man, much appreciated.
I probably won't be entering the competition though, my time is very limited.. and some of the guys are just on a different level, especially in terms of theme depth/detail. I can't compete with that.
If you don't mind sporting a work in progress I could drop you the current (early) beta in a PM. The theme is far from done yet, of course, but if you desperately want to get away from the stock theme it'll do
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Send it over....I'm like the official mannyb beta tester haha
I am interested, please PM me this new one =)
I think it looks cool and would like to try it out.
What a great job! It is an excellent theme.
Updated with new statusbar indicators (battery, signal, wifi).
Interesting indeed... will this be an all leather or maybe U.S. South Western theme (kind of similar) either way it, looks great! if you where going for a southwestern approach, a cow skull clock with horns would be really cool...
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Updated with new statusbar indicators (battery, signal, wifi).
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I love this theme so far...you really are my favorite theme maker. I'm both glad and sad you won't be competing. I love your work, but if you entered I may have to remove myself as a judge. I kid...kind of
I am running this with the stock plain grey wallpaper and it is amazing. Very simple, yet classic. It have a very "rich" look to it. Can't wait=)
I run ADP1.1h and would be willing to beta this theme looks nice!
ADP1.1h beta version ready for download. Check first post of the thread for download link and notes.
I love your use of textures, looks very much like leather.
This theme came out looking very nice!
Great job!
Just tested and works great on JFv1.43 Holiday.
Amazing job!
lol i think I have a Bad Memory card Everytime I try to install the theme i get a message of [bad] and it aborts the install. It happens on both computers I have on two different networks. I will try my other memory card here in a few hours.
Yeah it was my Memory card.
Love this theme. Hope you can do it for RC33 but i know your busy. Great job.
This theme will be the theme i will launch my new site im working on with BIG Nu. I heard people saying there was not many themes coming out since the comp so i put this mock up together to give an idea of whats coming cupcake or not. There is plenty of work still to be done so try not to ask where is the link and leav some good feed back.
Thanks.
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HTC Branded Hotness, not my style but to each his own, so keep in up man.
Purple may look good too
Good Great Awsome WHooo
Man I like this keep it the same dont put purple in it it looks good the way it is bro
It looks cool. Straight up HTC.
Personally, I'd take the HTC logo off of the notification bar because it may make it difficult to read for someone with a lot of icons up there.
Oh, and I'd leave the app drawer as just a black tab with a green dot rather than a whole droid, but that's just me.
Leave it the way it is man it looks great!
looks hot man!
looks good. However I do perfer the Icons to be not square. I just kinda makes them look out of place with the other apps IMO. but great job I will be using this theme once it comes out.
Great looking theme, i like it. Very good theme subject aswell.
I have some suggestions if you don't mind...I think you should change the glossy effect on the entire theme like instead of coming halfway down the square (which is seen too much) have it come down from an angle left top or right top same for the status bar because it makes the status bar look thinner, and speaking of the status bar the left side should be some tint of green like the right side or maybe some grey so that we'd be able to see some icons up there like weatherbug, definitely get rid of that HTC logo because the phone is already branded, also the clock should not be the same logo as Market in my opinion, how bout that grid that the Android is standing on get some green lines where the black is, I think you should circle the 3G like the battery and maybe fill up the circle when it's uploading or downloading and last but not least I think you should change the pull-up tab because the default rectangular one is so tacky and boring maybe change it to the Android it self like Fade To Blue and keep it grey so that when you touch it it turns green but besides that I love the colors especially Matrix Green...that's my fav, well sorry all for such long feedback but I thought I should be honest and I just had a lot to say and besides how else are you gonna perfect your craft if you don't have critics like me...Thanks for your time.
i think its perfect
except for the fact i think the icons shouldnt have the square around them but they shud still b kinda glossy
and the 3G icon kinda bothers me
Job Well Done!
Looks Awesome! You did a great job. My only complaint is the HTC Logo in the top. Other than that I cant wait till you release!
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i think its perfect
except for the fact i think the icons shouldnt have the square around them but they shud still b kinda glossy
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I love the looks =)
I agree though, a tad less on the gloss, I'm positive those icons with that amount of "Gloss" will be hard to notice, by icon, in sunlight.
OMG!
I cannot wait for this.
*going to bookmark right away*
Very sweet!
Damn this is awesome too! Cheers guys!
is there going to be an update of screen shots coming out to see how its going? Right now im in 5.0.1(appstosd) but i love this theme and i am willing to switch back to JFv1.42 Keep us up to date and good work manup
love it as is, make this for haykuro 5.0.x builds and this would be the first theme id gladly pay for
New Pics posted and i'm making this for 5.0G and maybe RC33.
Official piece..
i see u:d!! Grinding!! Authentic...
Hello
I just wanted to say thank you..
The new portal looks totally awesome
Whole site's new features are very usefull and it is very good
THANKS!!!
+1. Looks much better than before. Not to sound unappreciative, but can we maybe get a slicker looking skin for the vbulletin too?
I don't know if it is just me, of the portal looks like something out of engadget.com (Overrated and super biased towards everything Apple). I really don't like it that much although it is much cleaner and simple.
Just a personal opinion.
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I don't know if it is just me, of the portal looks like something out of engadget.com (Overrated and super biased towards everything Apple). I really don't like it that much although it is much cleaner and simple.
Just a personal opinion.
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All opinions and suggesting are welcome. So if you have ideas to improve XDA porta...let us know
well the only thing I would change is the color scheme...
I kinda like black and blue...
and maybe the logo could be different...but apart from these, the new portal is totally awesome....very informative, I like the top threads and devices panel...really nice work guys!
Maybe you can make an XDA-developers logo contest...there sure are a lot of graphic artists here (I am myself)...so everyone can contribute and we can have some challenge and fun
What do you think?
Yeah, a logo contest would be great, there are indeed many talented people here. Also the design is a bit simplistic, not bad but could be better .
But do you really think Wordpress is good for such a big site, where there eventually should be user-submission, categorization and much more? Drupal or perhaps a custom CMS seems much better suited, I think.
Glad you guys generally like it. Coming up with a design to please as many people as possible was no easy task and we went through many versions. The front page is currently in beta mode, so not everything is working or looks right.
Our next project is a redesign of the forum to correspond with the new portal. That launch is a couple of weeks (or a bit more) away.
The new interface look wicked.
Thanks for all the work in throwing this together!
Knoc.
New Portal Launches Today
Congrats XDA!!!
Great young fresh looking!!!!
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The echo system for comments makes me think of pocketnow.com
Great work guys! Tbh, the site was beginning to look ancient. Next a better forum skin
I guess with mass appeal comes mass market looks
My immediate suggestion is to lighten the main menu bar from the very dark brown to something more like the forums main menu color. It's easier on the eyes and brings the right amount of focus to it. Just like the pic attached.
I honestly don't like the look at all. It's too engadgety. I want this to be our OWN SITE! Something that includes everyone and not just Apple products.
Is it just me or doesn't the portal looks similar? Anyone?
Search bar, name font, menu links? Wow.
Maybe if we had a XDA-Developers logo contest, that'd be great. Really.
Please let us have a constest to design a better logo at least. Admins can set parameters such a colors and font size... etc...
New portal looks awesome especially compared to before! Great work....
+1 Plz dont mind i love xda so i want to be honest.... i also didnt liked the new theme or whatsoever.... it looks like a white page in which some thing is written not organised...
Plz change it and also the comment system extra that also should be changed i dont want it to be like other sites.... let xda be unique..
I think it looks great, and I also like the logo ... It's true, svetius, when tinkering with a site this huge, the # of opinions and disappointments you're going to get is huge.
Not that it matters re people's differing tastes and preferences, but for what it's worth, svetius, I'm also a UX Designer, and I think you've done a really clean job.
*BORAT* Whoa whoa whoa. How can I a get to this magical wizard portal?!
This is my 1st post, just wanted to say how useful this site is. Iv been educating myself about Android for the last 3 months, finally ordered myself a Hero today, i knew it was time to register.
1st thing I wanted to do was to say a big thanks but wasn't quite sure where to put it, thought this thread would be the most appropriate, appologies if there is an 'introductions' thread I missed.
Well im off to download all the tools i'l need for rooting and flashing roms now, hopefully my spanking new Hero will be here by Friday?
Wish me luck,... And once again, big up to all the mods and everyone who contributes to the forum.
Peace.
What software does it use? I have a Vbulletin forum and would love this kind of front page portal
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What software does it use? I have a Vbulletin forum and would love this kind of front page portal
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This is my second HD3 Concept. I made the first one (link) in February 2010 - back then people didn't knew much about Windows Phone 7. I thought it's going to be similar to 6.5.x and that - at some point - we'll be able to flash it on our current devices.
That's why I came up with a phone running Windows Mobile 7 and which looked like a kitchen knife (and what's with that huge weather animation?! ).
The Concept got some attention and was mentioned on several websites and blogs all over the world. That's when I learned that Google Translate has no problems translating "What an ugly phone!" from Russian and Turkish to English. Although I designed it for my graphic novel which takes place in 2015, my futuristic HD3 specifications were taken seriously so I was heavily criticized for the hardware.
Now, a few months later, I present to you my latest HD3 Concept.
Since everyone would like to see different specs I've decided to give you guys a chance of writing your own. I will update the threat with realistic specifications written by someone who knows what he/she's talking about.
As you can see, my new HD3 has two Build-in Speakers on both sides of the screen (I really liked that about my previous concept), a front facing Camera, HDMI output and a Micro-USB port. There are 6 hardware buttons (Power, Volume Up and Down and 3 WP7 buttons). You can come up with the rest.
I decided to make WP7 more customizable so I skinned it with Sense 3 (do you REALLY think HTC would release a phone without Sense? I know Microsoft claims that all WP7 devices should use Metro, but Sense is HTC's trademark). Of course you could still change the wallpaper:
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it looks awesome.
Looks pretty nice, good job.
Damn! Wish WP7 did look like this!
Just... Just Amazing! Need it! Well done!
Great design
Wow! awesome design! You just missed the HTC logo on top.
I was hoping someone would come through with a vision i had.
Surely yours is wayyyyyyy better than what i imagined but i said a while back
win phone 7 could look decent if it had some photoshop and glossy eyecandy icons.
Your concept just blew my mind away because it fulfilled the glossy eyecandy look but youve managed to do subtle things that i didnt even think of.
Great work. Great concept.
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Damn! Wish WP7 did look like this!
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I second that. HTC and MS make it happen.
I'd pre-order it.
It's a bit over the boundaries of what's possible with the tiles. Also I think changing the default circle buttons is a very bad idea, as it destroys the uniform layout of the entire platform.
The design language for WP7 is not just for the home-screen, but also applications, which is important to take in consideration for a custom layout.
hmm on 1st two images there is soft keys below but on the last they look pretty hardware ...
look sick
htc and microsoft NEED to see this
this is nice, I mite giving up a super amoled screen for this
now thats pretty awesome thats imagination at work
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It's a bit over the boundaries of what's possible with the tiles. Also I think changing the default circle buttons is a very bad idea, as it destroys the uniform layout of the entire platform.
The design language for WP7 is not just for the home-screen, but also applications, which is important to take in consideration for a custom layout.
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Looking forward to your design
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hmm on 1st two images there is soft keys below but on the last they look pretty hardware ...
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You wouldn't be "" if you'd take the time to read the first post.
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Looking forward to your design
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The point is that it's NOT a good idea to make a home-screen that's not using the design language of the rest of the platform.
Designing isn't about fancy colors, gradients, and bevels. It's also about usability, uniformness, and easy recognition.
Anyone can do a fancy layout, but it's few who can create a overall design language for a entire platform. And this is why Sense UI doesn't make awful lot of sense on the WP7.
Windcape said:
The point is that it's NOT a good idea to make a home-screen that's not using the design language of the rest of the platform.
Designing isn't about fancy colors, gradients, and bevels. It's also about usability, uniformness, and easy recognition.
Anyone can do a fancy layout, but it's few who can create a overall design language for a entire platform. And this is why Sense UI doesn't make awful lot of sense on the WP7.
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im not sure how his concept would be less easy to recognize, but even if it is o well it looks great, id rather have black tiles then any of the colors they provide anyway
Yeah, the black/yellow theme is likely the option HTC will go with as default.
But I'm more explicit thinking of the circular buttons used for navigation and the application bar. It's preferable if they stay as a single stroke color used for the vector graphics used everywhere else on the platform.
Because the thing is, opposed to previous phones, HTC can't make a "Sense" theme apply so deep into the phone, as the otherwise would, as most buttons are vector graphics directly in XAML, and not replaceable images, and most Hubs are applications, and not style-able widgets.
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The point is that it's NOT a good idea to make a home-screen that's not using the design language of the rest of the platform.
Designing isn't about fancy colors, gradients, and bevels. It's also about usability, uniformness, and easy recognition.
Anyone can do a fancy layout, but it's few who can create a overall design language for a entire platform. And this is why Sense UI doesn't make awful lot of sense on the WP7.
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You're taking this far too seriously. I'm obviously not working for HTC and I wasn't payed to create your vision of how WP7 and Sensu UI should look. Just like you or anyone else I have my own vision. The only difference is that I made the effort to make it "real" on some level and decided to share it with the XDA community. I think you're just being rude.
It's not like this is a preview of a real skin for WP7 that I'll be working on.
You're rather strange if you would consider 2-3 pages of praises to be a good response to your work. Criticism is the only way to improve, and being taught a bit about why the design language is important, from a application developers point of view, should help you think your layouts though, beyond what's just a fancy home-screen.
Nobody's denying it looks good, but looks is not even the half of it.
If you guys have any themes you would like to see go ahead and request them and I will see what I can do.
Id like to see a black and blue teme. I kno there typical but blue is pretty damn nice. The galaxy series blue is little to light for my liking. Pretty much turn everything that's blue and green (Highlights,check marks, etc.) to like a royal blue. Also with a transparent staus bar and an EVO like status bar theme.(battery, signal, etc). Maybe kinda of a big request but its worth a shot.
Shouldn't be too hard, you want the stock evo icons? What type of launcher are you looking for?
If you can get me this theme on my epic 4g that would be awesome, I used to have it on my vibrant and honestly is all Im missing on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758797
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If you can get me this theme on my epic 4g that would be awesome, I used to have it on my vibrant and honestly is all Im missing on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758797
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s0niqu3 Epic Theme as requested by Fidelio_o v0.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789253
Screenshots in post not perfect but a good start. Enjoy!
@hugo87: Your request will be released sometime tomorrow. If you could post a link to the icons you want me to use.
Thanks man! Appreciate it. Evo icons or something similar.. I'm using launcher pro plus so I'm kinda doing black blue grey look. Thanks again!
elegantsteel
This might be a little too involved, but.. I'd REALLY like to see ElegantSteel.
Here is the original concept http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=699497
Then it was ported to Nexus One here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759990
and then it looks like some kind of half-assed version for the Vibrant here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779628 (no offense to vibrant themer.. just assuming?)
Either way it looks like its taken a lot of people a lot of time and still never really been done perfectly.. it'd be great to see it on the Epic, though!
Once I get a v0.1 of Hugo87's request out there I will start working on an elegant steel port. Thanks for the reference links btw.
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Once I get a v0.1 of Hugo87's request out there I will start working on an elegant steel port. Thanks for the reference links btw.
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That'd be awesome! It seems kinda involved so thanks for even looking into it.
Can you do this one? I know its sense based but the rest of it minus the sesne would be wonderful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727117
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Can you do this one? I know its sense based but the rest of it minus the sesne would be wonderful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727117
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Sure thing, probably gonna try to release a bunch of these requests tomorrow/friday. Will keep you guys updated. Keep the request coming.
crake001 said:
Sure thing, probably gonna try to release a bunch of these requests tomorrow/friday. Will keep you guys updated. Keep the request coming.
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Omg im so aimed i can't wait. Pull that off and you got a nice donation coming
Can you do a red, black, and white theme? I'm a huge Nebraska fan so whatever you can do as long as it isn't over the top. It doesn't have to have anything about Nebraska on it as long as the colors are right.
While in the process of making hugo87's request I came across some pretty bad news.....
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So as of right now a transparent status bar is out of the question.
Hugo, any other kind of status bar you are looking for possibly a royal blue one?
BTW that screenshot is far from a finished product.
Cyanogen mod theme?
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It is what it is man. I just appreciate your taking the time to do it. If it can't be transparent than black would be fine. I noticed the blue minimilism theme status bar is gray when not pulled down. than when its pulled down it like a textured gray color if that makes sense. If you could make the status bar transparent when its not pulled down and blue when it is if that makes sense. Let me knew if I confused you. Thanks!
Edit: Hope the dev doesn't mind me borrowing this but its grey where signal, battery ( what I want transparent) and like a textured gray on the bottom of the the pull down tray( would want blue if possible like your screen shot a few posts above). Hope this makes a little more sense.
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Can you do a red, black, and white theme? I'm a huge Nebraska fan so whatever you can do as long as it isn't over the top. It doesn't have to have anything about Nebraska on it as long as the colors are right.
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Yea I don't really have an ETA but will try for sure.
Saw this (MattedBlues Theme - CM 6.0) on the EVO Theme & App, looks really nice. Can this be ported to our EPIC running either AOSP Magic ROM or Andromeda ROM?
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768848
Thanks!
I would love to see Sony Xperia X10 theme.There is one on xda that you can use for the base(in mdpi) if you want i can post a link.
the theme used on the bionic roms for the vibrant is awesome
here is a link for the rom with screen shots of the theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027