Hi,
This is one of those little pet peeves in that a picture may look great on Portrait mode, but then look cut off or "duplicated" in Landscape mode.
Anybody aware of a Reg hack to accommodate this? or anything else for that matter?
Thanks in advance!
all you need to do is copy the picture to your ppc \windows dir
name them
tdywater.gif
and
tdycust.gif <- i believe this is the landscape pic
I really like Wisbar Advanced Desktop 2 and love how customizable it is. I have experience inc reating skins/themes for it but see there are a lot of poeple out therethat have done it for many other lower resolution devices. We need to have some folks do the same for wvga 480x800 devices.
Some of you have probably noticed other asking people to share cabs and such for themes that look like windows vista or OSX desktops and these were done with WAD2. I will share links to some of those screen shots and will post mine and the files (they are in the 5th link down with install instructions) it takes to use mine. I would really love to see this thread grow in this community because i think these are the best themes yet.
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13377 - this is my personal favorite theme, vista looks great!!! but it is qvga
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=60 - this is the WAD2 company forums, specifically the themse section. Lots of good stuff in here, but all fo rlower resolution devices
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14619 - one of the few vga themes
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14618 - WVGA theme!!! Havent tried it yet but will
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13631 - this has a wvga version which i do have running on my HD (See below for my screenshot). Instructions included on this if you want to try it out
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14588 - blackberry bold theme, of course also QVGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKxxG52tsO4 - a youtube video of the iphone skin/theme
http://www.wp-wordpress.com/skin-manila2d-for-wad2-17-11-08 - a manila 2d skin for WAD2
http://skinswad2.blogspot.com/ - Android skin/theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtGprrihqbU - Youtube video of a neat "Dare to touch" theme
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14312- OSX, very nice
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13188 - crysis
OK that is probably enough examples to spar you interest. So who knows this stuff and wants to help this HD community get some of this going? There are some efforts over in the xperia forum working on 1 themes but all in all I don't see much at all going on and I personally do not understand why this isn't hotter than it is.
Excellent thread starter. I wanted to know what could be done with WAD and the HD Touch. The themes you have thumbnailed look really good.
Regards
Thank you very much well after toying for it for just a half hour I have figured out a LOT of cool stuff. So far I have taken the theme you see above and added a second page which it transitions to with the swipe of finger to the right. n that page I added a link to a phone number which can have it dial or bring up the summary to select mobile, home, office etc. I see that as my contacts page. Wow i am excited about adding all kinds of pages now haha. For now I must stuff though and take my son to the movies then I am going to be up real late perfecting this. I hope others find this as fun as me and maybe we can become an authority in WAD2 skinning for the HD!!!
mallman said:
This has a wvga version which i do have running on my HD (See below for my screenshot). Instructions included on this if you want to try it out
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Yep, i'd like to try it. But i don't see this exact theme on lakeridge page: your one has only background different, and the instructions there lead to the same result? Since i really like the way you have disposed the page
EDIT: ok, figured myself
I tried the WVGA theme you are currently running and like it very much, I think WAD2 has tons of potential, if only the WVGA theme didn't need to dPad to customise the screen positions ...
Maybe I am missing something, but every link I try to download this theme from i seem to get the VGA version (you can check in the files the background is 640 pixels in height). And when i try to install the theme the layout is completly distorted.
Anyone has an idea on this?
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I tried the WVGA theme you are currently running and like it very much, I think WAD2 has tons of potential, if only the WVGA theme didn't need to dPad to customise the screen positions ...
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i connect my device to my pc and connect to it with mymobile. The arrow keys on your pc will then act as the dpad Am going to post what I have been able to accomplish in a bit
ok slowly figuring out this WAD2 thing. Here are my efforts in modding the theme shown on the first page. I added addition pages, all of which run really fast and all use finger gestures (swipe right a page, swipe left a different page, up addition pages similar to the one you're on etc etc)
Cool....probably can use dual today to switch....
ectoric said:
Cool....probably can use dual today to switch....
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well depends on what you want. I dont want TF3D so when I press the home key I can jsut go straight to the main today screen. You could also jsut install second today and put a widget on the desktop to it. kinda kimitless to whatyou can do with WAD2 as long as you are willing to put in the time to create it. im loving development with it
This is the obvious next step in designing themes which make the phone more usable and unique.......now just to figure out how to do it
Has anyone here tried using the mobile vista theme on HD? I got WAD2 and tried it, but its all small resolution like if it was designed for diamond... Is it just me or is there a 480x800 version out there?
Cheers
dagg3r said:
Has anyone here tried using the mobile vista theme on HD? I got WAD2 and tried it, but its all small resolution like if it was designed for diamond... Is it just me or is there a 480x800 version out there?
Cheers
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yes and you should be able to fix it pretty easily. just click and hold on the desktop to change it to author mode. Next just click and hold on the icons and graphics you want to move and select "move"
It will tell you to move it with the D pad which the HD doesnt have obviously. I use a program called "Mymobile" to display my HD screen on my pc. By doing that I can move things by using the arrrow keys on my pc Install Mymobile (its free) and get creative.
Just wanted to share my progress in creating my own theme. I have also included the exported theme here but have no idea how importing a theme works with WAD2. In the settings there is a button "Import theme" and assume it imports all icons and such but someone will have to try it and let me know. Obviously if you do not have the programs and contacts I have linked in here they will not work on yours so you would have to update the link and all that good stuff. Sceenshots are below and you can go to http://www.swampthing.net/grass.zip to download the theme.
Navigation:
1. Pressing the unlock icon on the initial page brings you into the desktop page.
2. Swiping finger up on the desktop screen (the one with the cloud/temperature, clock, taskbar etc) will lock the screen to the initial page.
3. Swiping your finger from left to right and from right to left progresses through the pages.
4. On contacts and applications pages, swiping your finger up and down brings you through additional contact and app pages
5. Pressing various icons will start programs associated with them such as the clock icon will bring up the windows time/alarm settings
You have to unzip the theme and copy it to your device before you can import it. ENJOY
Future Enhancements:
1. I will add an additional weather page by swiping finger from top to bottom with an alternate city
2. I will put a map together of the navigation at some point. Small unfinished one is attached below
2. Use my imagination to think of something else
Looks really good. I do like the way you have played with this. I think I will be having a play soon as I like the layout possibilities within WAD2.
Regards
vista theme.. but low resolution
WAD2 Themes for HD...
1vycanismajoris said:
WAD2 Themes for HD...
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looks great. keep up the good work!! Post your themes if you can
Iphone WAD2 Theme
working on this one. This is just the front page and th elocked screen. Coming along nicely though
mallmanz carbon fiber WAD2
Not sure how to share this but if someone knows WAD2 well enough please post how we can extract and share these. Enjoy
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12524
Does this help?
Your theme looks good. There does seem to be a concerted amount of effort required to manipulate the themes that are around there.
I will have a try with yours....
Regards
has anyone sucessfully tried the manila 2d plugins on the dash? I m curious to know if it work especially bcuz of the screen orientation.
No Bcuz of the screen orientation
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No Bcuz of the screen orientation
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screen orientation is only a minor detail since xml file is easily changed to fit any screen orientation or size, the only time its a problem is if you want it to work for both portrait and landscape in a single xml.
so then how cud we go about porting the version available for the Shadow on the Dash?
jeanpiere said:
so then how cud we go about porting the version available for the Shadow on the Dash?
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I would start by asking shadowmike about it, but its probably not much different. I would then follow install instructions and cabs he has posted on his forum. His cabs were taken/modified from the port for all devices located in Development and Hacking forum here at xda. I know he changes the dpi, but you can do this with dash as well. The main deal would be someone taking the time to adjust the htchomesettings.xml file to properly display the pages and tabs on the dash screen. It wouldn't work on my blackjack, but then again, neither would the htc sliding panels from rose rom.
I have a 1600x1200 JPG that I want to use as my T989 wallpaper, and I want to size it so that a specific section of the center of the image is my background on my middle desktop (4). My problem is that if I use the image as is, resize it up to 1920x1440, or down to 1280x960, setting it to my wallpaper on the T989 always resizes it so that the part I want centered is too big and bleeds over onto desktops 3 and 5.
Any tips on how best to resize and/or stretch/crop, my JPG so that I can center it correctly on desktop 4, would be appreciated. Also if this can be best accomplished with an app, please feel free to suggest one.
Thanks..
I would recommend using Photoshop or Illustrator to change the size of the image with out changing the pixel resolution on of the image. It would be best to increase the pixel resolution and then re size it. If you don't have access to Photoshop you could always using Microsoft Office Picture Manager which is stock on Win 7. I am sure most of us here would be more than happy to help you re size it if you post the picture and put specific details of what you want to see.
Thanks..
I will play around with it on my end using your suggestions, and if I continue to run into difficulty, I will definitely post back the image and ask help of the forum.
Thanks again..
Jason
P.S. Is it forum etiquette to post solved on forum questions that are solved? And if so, what's the correct Subject line notation for marking a thread solved?
You want 960x800 , this should get you what you want ....
There's also a very useful little app on the market called crop wallpaper. Editing the image in photoshop will always be the best option, but sometimes the app is enough. (Pretty useful I use it all the time.)
Hi guys,
I´ve been doing some tests with Simple Text but when the text is to big the words get cut or I have to make the fonts so small that I cannot read them properly. What other similar apps are there that would maybe allow me to make the icon size bigger?
Not sure I totally understand what you mean but maybe this app would help?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS50YWd5LnRhZ2Nsb3VkdWkiXQ..
Then again, probably not...
Thanks, bro. I´m going to give it a go anyway. It´s always fun to try out new apps.
This one would actually work if it didn´t create such large icons...I think I´ll just create some on photoshop.
How about this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DMsImpwLmNvLmJpaS5hbmRyb2lkLmFwcC5kc2t2enIiXQ..
I've not really started using it properly due to time so not sure if it will help but it does have loads of different sizes.
Still could not find an app for this that I liked. I think the best way so far is to create an invisible background on photoshop and the set it as default for all icons...this way only the labels remain visible.