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Project OSX aqua - spb mobile shell 2.1 [alpha v0.02][Last update: 8 sept 2008]

Hi all,
i've always been a big fan on the design of osx aqua,
therefor i decided to make a spb mobile shell theme with the same looks.
since this is the first skin i'm making for the spb mobile shell i've started on a
desing wich i found here.
"our theme - inspired by degavim & marfanuk" from that theme i'll start changing all the graphics and after that i'll try some adjusting in xml.
So far i've managed to do some testing on my Hareld wich looked great,
now i'm building all the psd files. When i'm done you will be able to download this theme here. I'll keep you informed on what i did and let you guys help me test it.
here is the first teaser :
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i hope you like it.
Cheers
Mikomi

WOW! Very nice. Definitely keep us posted.

I love OS Aqua and your skin.

Nice
Very cool, keep up the good work
will be waiting for this

ok i'm getting along pretty well, but as espected i stumbled accros a problem,
on the top right of the screen there will be the volume icon (speaker) like in
the theme i'm basing this one on. the problem i have is that the speaker on the
original theme is white, however i can't find the image for that icon in the .dat files
can anyone point them out or help me out where i can find them ?
thanks
Mikomi

Mikomi said:
ok i'm getting along pretty well, but as espected i stumbled accros a problem,
on the top right of the screen there will be the volume icon (speaker) like in
the theme i'm basing this one on. the problem i have is that the speaker on the
original theme is white, however i can't find the image for that icon in the .dat files
can anyone point them out or help me out where i can find them ?
thanks
Mikomi
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Nice theme keep it up as I know you can edit the icon of sound at the above by editing the qp menu btn.dat

Great Idea!
Can't wait to try it out. I love the osx aqua look myself.

great work go ahead

Wow,
That looks great!
Could I make one small request, and feel free to tell me to shove off?
Would it be possible for you to leave off the Apple logo for the Start Menu, I know it runs counter-intuitive to what you are doing, but hear me out.
Apple has great design, no doubt about it, I love them, I covet their products more than a MOC Boba Fett with the kid unfriendly missile launcher, but this is a Windows Mobile Device that this theme is going to be used on. Lets keep the Windows Flag, but maybe sexy it up a bit, hell for all I care make it anything you want just not an Apple. When I hand people my phone, it happens sometimes, I want them to know it is a Windows Mobile device and that the iPhone is not the only game in town. I don't hate the iPhone by the way, I just want Winmo to get the credit it is due. Now like I said you can tell me to blow smoke, it's your design, your hard work, and thank-you in advance for creating it. I love the bottom row icons btw.

itrooper said:
Lets keep the Windows Flag, but maybe sexy it up a bit, hell for all I care make it anything you want just not an Apple. When I hand people my phone, it happens sometimes, I want them to know it is a Windows Mobile device and that the iPhone is not the only game in town.
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Agrea that ppl should know a htc phone is more powerfull and less expensive and can do much more so i'm gonna do everyone a favour and make 2 zip files, one for the windows logo's and one with the apple logo's.
cheers and thanks on the comments, just got home and started working on it.
expect the first demo version soon.
cheers

theme freak said:
Nice theme keep it up as I know you can edit the icon of sound at the above by editing the qp menu btn.dat
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indeed, i think i fixed it, thanks ! i coppied the wrong version of that file at work (from other theme) Ooops

great skin, looking forward to it.

ok i cant find the right dat to change to colors in the % for the battery & operator for the top-bar. in wich dat is the right xml ?
i've been searching this forum but cant find what i'm looking for, to much hits on text color.
thnx in advance

OK
Mikomi said:
here is the first teaser :
Mikomi
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simple & neat
I LK it .
hope 2 try it soon !!

abumhmmd1 said:
hope 2 try it soon !!
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if you're lucky the first beta in a hour ;-) depends on if i can figure out how to change colors of the top text.
cheers

nice theme....and simple.....

Great! Thanks for making two files available, you rock! Can't wait to try your skin, it is nice to see some non-diamond development going on.

itrooper said:
it is nice to see some non-diamond development going on.
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i hate that 2, i think i only found 3 alternative themes wich were realy nice on this forum (and even then they still looked like diamond)
anyways everyone has his own tast, but osx aqua is mine

Hi all,
if you want to see what i got on my mobile you can download alpha version 0.01 here
Don't flame caus of the bugs / unfinished ... it's an alpha release only if u want
to see it. thanks
edit: the new digital clock as in the psd teaser (first post) has been implemented. but to soon to release another alpha,
more to come later...

Mikomi its looking good. Im looking forward to trying this as Im getting bored of the diamond themes now.

Where are all of the Android Skins?

I figured someone would have created some by now.
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its kinda ugly in my opinion

I'd personally like to see one.

i dont think anyone cares.. I think its kinda ugly.. the phones ugly too..
the only cool thing is that you can move the icons anywhere you want.. other than that.. its meh..

why not judge the final product when it's done, not in the state it's currently in...

pff, already looks much better that any wm6 version i ever saw even with interfaces like mannilla 2d winterface pointui spb ms wad 3 ore anything like that!

Hey,
I would also like to see an Android Skin.
I like it, and its really nicer than WM, it looks like a fingerTouchOS.
Maybe we'll get a skin anytime.
greets doena

Cant be too hard to skin in Throttle Launcher, especially since the next version will support scrolling both vertically and horizontally and with support of panels and on screen object movement.
Goto http://www.throttlelauncher.com

jadephyre said:
why not judge the final product when it's done, not in the state it's currently in...
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It's finished! Final!
jdiperla said:
Cant be too hard to skin in Throttle Launcher, especially since the next version will support scrolling both vertically and horizontally and with support of panels and on screen object movement.
Goto http://www.throttlelauncher.com
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I don't think this will be easy in TL. Maybe HS++, probably WAD.

Ufufu said:
It's finished! Final!
I don't think this will be easy in TL. Maybe HS++, probably WAD.
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what i think was meant by the TL post is that the new version is going to have moveable widgets.
and honestly .. the way we do the skinning, application dev and hacking, and everything else is done around here..
we can do it.
the device thus far imo looks like a piece o chit!

the device is ugly and the skin itself is just a white topbar, a wallpaper and some icons, can be done with every app here.

Here is my skinned Android. Hope you like it!

egz whats the batt life on it?

I'd like to put here on snooze!

what i like to see now is some Android inspired apps.. i'm quite sick now of pseudo-iPhone apps (well, excluding A_Cs S2 lineup that is)..
how about an application such like the Android drop down notifications.. it's totally replace the bubble notification icon when you have more than 1 notification.. and it's easier to access than pressing that darn icon on the topbar..
it's pretty handy, if you ask me.. i hope someone develops something like that..
here's a video demo of what i am talking about..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-YcGNyJds

I'm a big for on Android (I just ordered my G1 from T-Mobile), but I odn't think there's much to the user interface. The Standard interface can be completely customized so I'm sure we'll see quite a few variations once people actualy get their hands on it. Personally, I'd like to see a TouchFLO 3D type of interface on Andoid which will give access to a lot more information than simply having a desktop with a few widgets and icons on it.
If you're really interested in creating somehting like this, my suggestino would be to do it with Wisbar Advance Desktop. You can quite easily create the look, but it might feel a bit static since it's hard go get thing animated with it.

I believe this is a better Android Skin...!!!!

Better than to have just a simple skin of Android, would be to have the complete OS in our HTC devices!
That would be nice!hope someone is working on that
Cheers

Once they release the source to Android in October and more devices start coming out, I think Android is going to be hard to beat. I bet people will start skinning it right away. It has so much potential.

Almost all that android (the one in the first post ) does will be possible to do with next version of ThrottleLauncher:
- Scrolling footer.
- Widgets.
- Scrolling programs.
- Scrolling contacts.
I don't know if a miss something .
I plan to end a private beta during this week, and it the beta testing goes allright I plan to release it as "unstable build" publically so pleople can start messing with the new features .
I look forward an android skin too . When I'm ended developing this new release I'll gladly help anyone trying to develop a theme for throttle.

[WAD2] Windows7 Theme (Preview Release beta 0.2)

This is a preview of the WAD2 theme im working on called Windows7
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Updated With beta files
PLEASE dont reply with this is incomplete or do this do that, the theme is not fully finished!
Enjoy it at your own will.
Common problems: Start menu items may need to be remapped (i made apps for my purpose, follow the procedure to make your own)
Lock device window shows for a few seconds when unlocking the device but dissappears after a few seconds.
This is not fully functioning nor is it usable for everyday use.
Copy Windows7 to Wisbar Directory and Windows_7 to root of 'Internal Storage'
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My friend Bornotty has also been making a Windows 7 theme for QVGA, VGA and WQVGA
Head over to his thread at Lakeridge to see his preview.
please show him your support.
I wish him all the best!
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The theme is going to function and look exactly like the Windows7 OS
VGA devices only​
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Man thats freakin sweet!! Will it work for QVGA?

cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cant wait for it.........
i hope it comes out wid vga/qvga/wvga.........
i request development for all.

That looks awesome….. Good work….

This is great stuff. Keep up the great work!

Man...i know my post will be useless...but if you'll release also a sqvga version...
...i'll marry you!!
One of the best themes i've ever seen!!

Fantastic. Great job. Keep on.

really nice work! looks very clean
only problem with this is that WAD is a rather old software and (to me) can't compete with the new UIs anymore that are currently around (spb3, SHBT MyHome, titanium, Touchflo, Iphone clones ...) It is such a hassle to customize someone else his theme on your device even with the theme import function. And it is not freeware...
And this looks really nice but I don't think it is that user friendly.
But don't get me wrong, I like what you have done with it, it's just not for me
keep up the good work

Looks great!!!
Like the Aero/Glass Effect
Any way you can tell us the minimum requirements needed to run it???

Thank you for the replies every one, much appreciated.
Sorry i didnt specify the resolution, will update first post now.
To clerify, this is for VGA devices only, although i may get a WQVGA if a friend is willing to convert, but no promises.

MisterSosa said:
really nice work! looks very clean
only problem with this is that WAD is a rather old software and (to me) can't compete with the new UIs anymore that are currently around (spb3, SHBT MyHome, titanium, Touchflo, Iphone clones ...) It is such a hassle to customize someone else his theme on your device even with the theme import function. And it is not freeware...
And this looks really nice but I don't think it is that user friendly.
But don't get me wrong, I like what you have done with it, it's just not for me
keep up the good work
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Thank you for you reply, WAD2 is completly customizable to your need. ok its not like touch flo or titanium but those were done by proper developers such as HTC and microsoft. WAD2 is maybe alittle old yes but updates are being brought out to improve funcionality and update user needs

emerald08 said:
Looks great!!!
Like the Aero/Glass Effect
Any way you can tell us the minimum requirements needed to run it???
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Minimum requirements upto now is just a VGA device with Wisbar Advance Desktop 2 installed which can be found from link

I know, I have used WAD for quite a while, because I could cover up the ugly windows shell. but now WAD does not compete anymore with the scrolling in windows 6.5, the look and feel of 6.5, and the panels being created by people here.
But as I said that is just my opinion, I am pretty sure a lot of people will be really happy and will have a lot of fun with your wad theme

wez89 said:
Thank you for the replies every one, much appreciated.
Sorry i didnt specify the resolution, will update first post now.
To clerify, this is for VGA devices only, although i may get a WQVGA if a friend is willing to convert, but no promises.
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I just died a little inside Hopefully we get lucky and someone ports to QVGA.

MisterSosa said:
I know, I have used WAD for quite a while, because I could cover up the ugly windows shell. but now WAD does not compete anymore with the scrolling in windows 6.5, the look and feel of 6.5, and the panels being created by people here.
But as I said that is just my opinion, I am pretty sure a lot of people will be really happy and will have a lot of fun with your wad theme
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Yeah i know what you mean, i guess its all about taste. i go through phases were i like titanium, then hate it, i like touch flo then i hate that etc

if you get enough posts for a peticion for qvga would u change it or some friend of yours?

magicalan said:
if you get enough posts for a peticion for qvga would u change it or some friend of yours?
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Well i dont own a QVGA device so i myself wont be able to change it, but feel free to change it once released.

Dude, i'll give you my wife for a qvga version of this

djquick said:
Dude, i'll give you my wife for a qvga version of this
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Haha im sure once completed somebody would be kind enough to port over, still alot of work to do yet though

This is the best UI,why it's not being pursued?

I know many of you use touchflo 3D,with some SPB Mobile Shell.
But I absolutely ditch touchflo 3D first,it's not customizable,that's why I hate it so much,I need a smart UI (user interface) to allow me do whatever I like,for example,remove any icons from the desktop,and add any icons,links,shortcuts,widgets in any place of desktop.
And I will make the background of the desktop clean,crystal,open,sunshine,broad,bright....
This is the ideal UI I am looking for,just like the Window XP or Vista.
Touchflo 3D (or newer version HTC Sense) failed to bring all these amazing things.
Currently I am using SPB Mobile Shell 3.5, it's one million better than touchflo 3D,but it takes me too much time to customize it, for example,you need to remove all unnecessary default shortcuts,widgets from the desktop...in addtion,there are some features I dont think it's practical for users.
One day I saw eXPerience UI devoloped by digitalEXIPIDETION, I think this is the real UI I have been looking for,it's exactly like window XP, but unfortunately digitalEXIPIDETION seems to be closed,I only can download eXPerience for QVGA,nowhere we can find VGA or WVGA.
After painstaking search,I dont think anyone devoloping new version of eXPerience.
Why it's not being pursued? chased?
Does anyone know something about it? I am ready to pay USD50 for eXPerience that are working in HTC Pro2 (WM6.5 rom).
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Check this out
Check this theme out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530269

thank you
I agree with you on that. i think it(sence 2.1-2.5) should have better custom setting so we can make our ppc's how we want.

Very nice. Hopefully the actual WVGA version will be out soon.

6sto said:
Check this theme out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530269
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thanks for recommendation,but it needs us to install WAD2(WisBar Advance Desktop), last time i tried WisBar Advance Desktop,but it doesnt look working in HTC pro2......
Anyone knows WisBar Advance Desktop is ok for Pro2???

I think THIS is what you are looking for my friend.
Notice it's changed and will require a newer device, such as the HD2 or better to run it. It is 3D graphics accelerated.

Have you checked Infinity out?
http://forum.ageye.de/
It's brand new and still in ALPHA but already it's very usuable and because people can easily write widgets and skins for it, it will be more customizable than Sense and SPB Mobile Shell.

santod040 said:
I think THIS is what you are looking for my friend.
Notice it's changed and will require a newer device, such as the HD2 or better to run it. It is 3D graphics accelerated.
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Sorry I am living in Asia,YOUTUBE is blocked by Chinese. can you kindly tell me what is it about?

iridium21 said:
Have you checked Infinity out?
http://forum.ageye.de/
It's brand new and still in ALPHA but already it's very usuable and because people can easily write widgets and skins for it, it will be more customizable than Sense and SPB Mobile Shell.
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Really? this is great news,ok,i will try this out,hope it will go well without bugs and worms here and there.
Thank you buddy.

Ever tried Wisbar Advance Desktop?
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/products/
It's a way to do anything in the UI. You make your own UI. Many examples exist and you can make your own, including meters, shortcuts, clocks, agenda, calendar, contacts, etc. etc.
Some examples are here -> http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15361

santod040 said:
I think THIS is what you are looking for my friend.
Notice it's changed and will require a newer device, such as the HD2 or better to run it. It is 3D graphics accelerated.
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OMG, this SCHAPS. He finally came along with it.hahah. After all this time,since 2008,I cant believe it. You da man Schaps.

bteljuice said:
OMG, this SCHAPS. He finally came along with it.hahah. After all this time,since 2008,I cant believe it. You da man Schaps.
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No kidding. I about shat all over the place. Its going to rock if its real this time lol. Hope so

smokestack76 said:
No kidding. I about shat all over the place. Its going to rock if its real this time lol. Hope so
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Well Smoke we have watched, waited and hoped before, I agree it will be very cool IF it gets done

CM - Nightlies new feature "theme chooser"?

Anybody notice the theme chooser in cyanogen 7 build 8, i believe it just came up on the most recent one.
It changes a lot, i choose the "Androidian", and the animation is different, don't know what changes it makes to ADW not fond of that launcher anymore, use Zeam.
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thanks for finding this!
very nice addition...

No problem, wasn't sure which build it first came up on lol, skipped 7, CM 7 getting smoother and smoother, can't wait for stable.

it was introduced in build 8

Androidian theme is a beast.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

I bet this will introduce a change in how we theme CM7..
no more flashing zips in recovery; I bet there will be an implementation to import the theme somehow directly from this app..
Just another reason why Cyanogen just puts EVERY other ROM to shame!

how do you get to the theme setting?

Its in the app drawer.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

wase4711 said:
I bet this will introduce a change in how we theme CM7..
no more flashing zips in recovery; I bet there will be an implementation to import the theme somehow directly from this app..
Just another reason why Cyanogen just puts EVERY other ROM to shame!
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I really hope so. Obviously right now its very new and not finished so I can only comment on what I have seen so far but its pretty limited on what it actually changes..
I really hope it eventually is like the MIUI theming system and allows you to change any image pretty much for any app etc. even installed apps..

This is going to be a nice addition

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I really hope so. Obviously right now its very new and not finished so I can only comment on what I have seen so far but its pretty limited on what it actually changes..
I really hope it eventually is like the MIUI theming system and allows you to change any image pretty much for any app etc. even installed apps..
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I have a feeling it will, considering they opt-out for the changes in the status bar, there might be integration into the theming that way. Think it will be nice if they made a windows application similar to blackberry theme manager, where any common joe can make a theme. And do you think each theme will work on every device? So every theme developers can work as one and apply it across all devices? I really hope so.

i dont find where i can change my themes, could somebody help me please

juancaperez2000 said:
i dont find where i can change my themes, could somebody help me please
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its in your app drawer; the program is called theme chooser

wase4711 said:
its in your app drawer; the program is called theme chooser
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This should be added to the OP. First thing I did was go to Cyanogenmod Settings.
On that note though: anyone notice things are moved around quite a bit in the CM settings? Took me a second to flip through them to find everything but it seems like a more logical layout. I'm just glad the "Dragons Ahead!" warning is still in place.

rstuckmaier said:
This should be added to the OP. First thing I did was go to Cyanogenmod Settings.
On that note though: anyone notice things are moved around quite a bit in the CM settings? Took me a second to flip through them to find everything but it seems like a more logical layout. I'm just glad the "Dragons Ahead!" warning is still in place.
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yeah, I noticed that..I assume its because there are going to be some new menu items added throughout the settings menu, and they are changing the layouts now to be ready for when that happens..
Its nice to find new/different stuff in this ROm!

This has a lot of potential to make theming easier & quicker. Could be cool to not have to flash a theme & just go to the theme app & change themes. This is a win for me.
Swyped from CM7 nightlies using XDA App

Oooh it changes the theme for the camera app as well! I'm very pleased with how CM7 is progressing

This is a port of the TMobile theming engine. TMobile posted the code on github and the CyanogenMod team was able to use the code under the Apache license. Cyanogen posted comments about it on Twitter yesterday.

wase4711 said:
I bet this will introduce a change in how we theme CM7..
no more flashing zips in recovery; I bet there will be an implementation to import the theme somehow directly from this app..
Just another reason why Cyanogen just puts EVERY other ROM to shame!
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I love cm just as much as the next guy, but more of an FYI; MIUI has a SUPER slick theme changer that links to a webserver, directly downloads, etc. So while this is awesome it's not the first time I've seen something like this.

spiicytuna said:
I love cm just as much as the next guy, but more of an FYI; MIUI has a SUPER slick theme changer that links to a webserver, directly downloads, etc. So while this is awesome it's not the first time I've seen something like this.
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Well considering your statement, themes in general is nothing new, just a nice add-on for Cyanogen 7 users like myself, albeit MIUI is fine just loving gingerbread more.