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I posted this Idea on PPCgeeks and was told to better post it here since all the GREAT developpers are here.
What would be really cool, if some developer would mod/tweak the weather tab or the weather on home screen with women animation for sene 2.1 and 2.5.
Example:
1-Sunny - an animated swimming suit model
2-Cold - a animated women with white coat on
3-Windy - animated Marilyn Monroe with her signature pic, flying white dress
I think that would be nice and an extreme hit.
Clever idea.
Not a developer, but most of the weather apps simply use a different numbered .png file for each condition. It would be fairly easy to replace them with static images of different woman pictures. The animation may be a bit trickier...
hahaha... I like the idea
Great idea. i hope it will be done some day=)
Most of the work for this would be more graphical and skinning then actual software development.
So i moved this thread.
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Most of the work for this would be more graphical and skinning then actual software development.
So i moved this thread.
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You're so right ! people want skin and very graphic descriptions
I can help with the image editing if anyone can tell me details on what would need to be done
Unfortunately I can't tell you anything about it, but you could ask HERE or even track down and ask directly the 2 users who made the mods you can find in post 5 of that thread. Just read a few pages back from the end.
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Unfortunately I can't tell you anything about it, but you could ask HERE or even track down and ask directly the 2 users who made the mods you can find in post 5 of that thread. Just read a few pages back from the end.
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well can be done with towolfs 3d weather... it uses the swf file for the animation so you need to make appropriate swf file and change it....
wow~i like this idea!! this is so cool
looking forward for this
Woah...
This is an awesome idea, and I can't WAIT until this is done. I'll def be following this thread. Let's make it happen.
and maybe a version for those of us that like the boy types?
Ok the roms are starting to roll in... Has anyone figures out how to theme them or modify and install a custom mode?
I am eager to learn and use myself as the guinea pig.!.
Any help would be nice..
Yeah we know how to do it...Its basically the same as themeing for the g1, if you're new to themeing for android you should read up in the g1 themes and android themes sections to get caught up...that's where all the good info on themeing is...
-BMFC
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Can you simply swap out png's from one theme to another, resign, push, and it will work?
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Can you simply swap out png's from one theme to another, resign, push, and it will work?
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Theoretically, yes...there are certain images that end with .9.png, these have to be editted and replaced a certain way and they require special tools to properly edit and recompile them so that they look right when you put them back...search the other theme sections (android and g1) for .9.png and/or draw9patch.bat. there are how to's and tuts there that detail the entire process...other than those its basically just as you say...
-BMFC
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bmfc187 said:
Theoretically, yes...there are certain images that end with .9.png, these have to be editted and replaced a certain way and they require special tools to properly edit and recompile them so that they look right when you put them back...search the other theme sections (android and g1) for .9.png and/or draw9patch.bat. there are how to's and tuts there that detail the entire process...other than those its basically just as you say...
-BMFC
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Thanks for the reply and for not attacking me like a lot of other people may have lol. I essentially just want to take the launcher from the Nest theme and put it in the Hoops theme because I find the blue check marks a bit hard to see. The other problem I'm having is actually finding the Nest theme. I'm guessing its the system default since I don't see an apk for it. Would the png's for the launcher be in com.htc.resources or what?
Ya double thanks for not flaming....
Just read early on that it was different theme-ing process then the g1...
I shall give it a whirl..
thanx
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Thanks for the reply and for not attacking me like a lot of other people may have lol. I essentially just want to take the launcher from the Nest theme and put it in the Hoops theme because I find the blue check marks a bit hard to see. The other problem I'm having is actually finding the Nest theme. I'm guessing its the system default since I don't see an apk for it. Would the png's for the launcher be in com.htc.resources or what?
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NP. theres no reason i cant point you in the right direction without being a d*ck about it. actually i got called out on sounding like a d*ck around here, and for my own personal reasons im trying harder not to.
now about the nest theme...i dunno what parts you're trying to copy over and replace, but just so you know, this is how the themes work. all the mymodes themes (except Nest) are tmobile themes, in .apk form in /system/app. The nest theme, however, is HTC's default theme for the Espresso UI, and it has no .apk, all the images for the nest theme can be found in /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk, which is HTCs framework.
now, for what its worth, what it sound like you are trying to accomplish may be easier if you just take the images from the theme you want, and drop them into where they go to replace the old ones. you said the checkboxes...they are located in framework-res AND com.htc.resources (both in /system/framework) so you have to replace them in both directories. (or figure out which one overrides the other, im willing to bet if you place them in com.htc.resources theyll override the ones in framework-res.apk)
Hope this helps you out...
if you guys have any questions or need help, ill be glad to help unless there's already a tut on how to do it, in which case ill gladly point you to the tut...lol
happy themeing!
-BMFC
It happened something i don't like and i don't understand...
liamstears took all my themed apps (about 70 of them) and all my icons from framework-res.apk an com.htc.resources.apk of my Mixed_Theme and he made his new theme with name Theme Animation 3.6.0...
I don't know how i must react...
Now the 2 themes are almost the same as they have almost all the same icons...
I can't understand why he did that...
I think that every themer must have his own identity. If you see all the themers such as he_stheone64, MaxDroid, david1171, alexdiaz, vistagamer, djdarkknight96 and others i forget now, they have their own identity and their own icons in their themes.
But with much disappointment, i realise that liamstears took almost all the icons from my Mixed_Theme, than making his own work.
I understand that to make an original theme by your own and from beggining neads much, much, much, much and much work. But it totally UNFAIR to take all icons ready made and finished from others themes.... It's tottally UNFAIR and HUGE mistake...
So in my opinion, liamstears didn't respect at all the Noumerous Hours that I spent to give to other users my viewpoint of how can their Desire HD, look like...
So to prove all these things i am saying If you see his old .zip files he had about 10 themed apps in system/app and now he has 70 apps all themed by ME... Also If you open his new theme (i mean all the .apks from his new theme) and also open all the .apks from my Mixed_Theme you will see that he has used almost all my icons...
In the beggining i didn't give much attention, but as i opened all the .apks he has in his new theme calling Theme Animation 3.6.0, everywhere there were MY icons...
The only sure thing is that we both like colorful themes. And to prove that you can see in my signature that i have made Mixed_Theme for my Milestone too, about 6-7 months ago and it was also colorful...But the BIG difference here is that we both like colorful themes doesn't mean that we must the same icons too...
How can now the users, of Desire HD section, decide what theme to use, if there are 2 theme almost the same???
I honestly admire the work of every themer here in xda, including liamstears and i also honestly admire liamstears for his several MODs (like Browser MOD which removes the limit of 5 opened tabs) and in description of my Mixed_Theme i mentioned him for that MOD, but i can not seat here and just watch things happening... and as i explain in P.S. in bottom, the MODs are different and to take all .pngs are different...
I was very tired to make my Mixed_Theme, as all themers who makes original themes by their own. We are talking about 2000 icons and about 3 weeks of work with 6-7 hours/day and i made all icons ONE by ONE from begging...
I can say more things but i am so tired and disappointed... So i stop here...
So here is the right thing that in my opinion can be done:
Conclusions are yours, but as you can understand if liamstears doesn't delete his new theme and try to give you his own theme and make his own icons from beggining, i must delete mine.... as there is no point for users to have 2 same themes with very little differences... So i will wait 1 day...
P.S. All themers, including me, take several MODs from Developers (brightness, PowerControlBar in notification bar, Modded apps like Black HtcDialer, etc). For example to include the Black HTCDialer.apk in my Mixed_Theme, i first asked he_stheone64 (as he is the developer of Black HTCDialer.apk) and after he gave me the permission, i included in my Mixed_Theme.... So to take several MODs, with the permission of developer who maded, it's completly different thing, of taking of one theme all the icons and to put them in your theme... And that is because 1)users will have 2 same themes and most important 2)you don't respect the work and the spended hours of the themer you took the icons.
The whole thing about Android is openess, but if someone's work is being used without permission or without credit being given then that's not good etiquette.
It's not for me to take sides here as I haven't used either theme but I hope you guys manage to sort things out
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The whole thing about Android is openess, but if someone's work is being used without permission or without credit being given then that's not good etiquette.
It's not for me to take sides here as I haven't used either theme but I hope you guys manage to sort things out
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I totally agree with you. If someone wants to use others hard worked resources, he should definitely rely on owner's decision. I have worked on CM 6.1.3 themes and know exactly how painful task it is. Respect others hard work and bring your own ideas instead of using someone's and giving credit to yourself (without even asking him!).
If this is a formal complaint .....PM at your earliest convenience.
Cheers,
M_T_M
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If this is a formal complaint .....PM at your earliest convenience.
Cheers,
M_T_M
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So i saw right now you are our Moderator here in Desire HD section...
So what is your suggestion for all these???
All i am saying can be easely proved...
CitizenLee said:
The whole thing about Android is openess, but if someone's work is being used without permission or without credit being given then that's not good etiquette.
It's not for me to take sides here as I haven't used either theme but I hope you guys manage to sort things out
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I agree, but that's different from open source idea...
If all of you have 2 themes almost the same, what's the point???
Every themer must have his own viewpoint on how your phones could be look like...
And every themer must have the guts to work hard to present to the users something different...
I understand where your irritation is coming from. I've had two of my large scale themes taken by a particular user and then passed off as completely his own work with him asking for donations for all his hard work. The same user is still using various fragments of my work and claiming it as his own (some people will never learn).
While is annoying and irritating, I don't think it is big enough reason to stop what you are doing. There are always going to be people that will take your work and use it or pass it off as their own. I don't think you should delete your thread/theme and stop releasing it to people as long as you still enjoy doing it.
I don't care if people ask me if they can use my work (and if someone doesn't credit me, as long as they aren't trying to pass it off all of it off as his/her own work and/or asking donations for it). In my threads, I put up a file with all my images and xml files so people don't have to rip all the images out of the various apk's, and they will only have the images from the apk's that I have themed and not the stock images in there as well.
Edit1: I was looking at the last page of your thread, and it appears that you have some users that really like your theme and enjoy using it.
Think of it this way, if people are taking your work, then you're doing something right.
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I understand where your irritation is coming from. I've had two of my large scale themes taken by a particular user and then passed off as completely his own work with him asking for donations for all his hard work. The same user is still using various fragments of my work and claiming it as his own (some people will never learn).
While is annoying and irritating, I don't think it is big enough reason to stop what you are doing. There are always going to be people that will take your work and use it or pass it off as their own. I don't think you should delete your thread/theme and stop releasing it to people as long as you still enjoy doing it.
I don't care if people ask me if they can use my work (and if someone doesn't credit me, as long as they aren't trying to pass it off all of it off as his/her own work and/or asking donations for it). In my threads, I put up a file with all my images and xml files so people don't have to rip all the images out of the various apk's, and they will only have the images from the apk's that I have themed and not the stock images in there as well.
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Look mate, i have done such much work (as you did also) that i have changed almost ALL icons in ALL apps in /system/app. So there are not many icons left to be changed...
And the hole point for me is saperated in 2 things:
1) what's the point to be out there 2 same themes???
2) As i respect the work of all other developers-themers i demand the others to respect mine....
By the way i like colorful themes and you like minimalistics.... So users have 2 different choices... that's how the things should be.... Every themer to deposit his clear opinion.... And as i said both me and liamstears like the colorful themes... So the right thing would be for him to seat infront of his computer and search and port different colorful icons to users...
But that takes much much time, so the ready icons are sweeter....
Whilst I totally understand your point I guess you should consider this: if your work is good enough to be "copied" or "used" by someone other and claimed as his/her own, then it's good work really!
That not asking is totally lacking finesse and etiquette is another consideration of course...
I assume you contacted the thief?
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Whilst I totally understand your point I guess you should consider this: if your work is good enough to be "copied" or "used" by someone other and claimed as his/her own, then it's good work really!
That not asking is totally lacking finesse and etiquette is another consideration of course...
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I see the point of you, but in my opinion in the same section there is no reason all you to have 2 same themes....
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I assume you contacted the thief?
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I don't like to use such words...
Of course i contacted him, and after i did that he put my name in the bottom of his first post...
But i haven't realise from beggining what excatlly he have done... After i downloaded his new theme and i opened every single apk i realise the HUGE mistake of his....
In every .apk has almost all my icons...
And when i realise what was going on, i decided to make this thread and of course i didn't notify him...
I am confused now also
You seemed fine when we talked in private but now you are trying to humilate me and make me look stupid? Why? What is the point of this?
At the end of the day BOTH of us have spent days/weeks/hours on each of our themes, BOTH of us have done lots of work and BOTH of us deserve the praise for the work we have done.
Yes I have used quite a few icons from your theme but why is that different to you using multiple amounts of mods and ideas from other people?
Our themes are different and are ment for different people, the most important icons in out themes are different, a couple of icons I released in that theme of yours were a quick release why I make some of my own as I had lots of requests and just wanted to fill them requests asap.
We both have our own tastes and both want to do our own thing so why cant we just get on with it in a civilised manor?
And if our themes are so similar then why did you release yours in the first place? Knowing that mine is already there which is what yours was going to be anyway?
At the end of the day your crying because someone is using icons from your theme but hey wait a minute, If I look into your theme oh wait a minute you didnt make all of it! You have used many mods from other people and even used icons from other people! I see 1 of your icons you even got from me! I know because I say there with photoshop when I didnt like 1 icon and now you have it exactly the same!
Android OS = Open source!
Everything you release is released knowing that anyone can do what they want with it basically.
I have mentioned you in my thread and thanked you for icons but that is all thats needed, this thread isnt.
You should continue to make your theme but really you should loose the attitude.
You didn't use few of my icons, you used almost ALL my icons... and you took over about 60 apps themed by Me in system/app...
And in the morning we talked I haven't realised exactly what you did...
I don't want to humiliate you, I wrote that I admire you for you MODs like the Browser MOD you did...
But now I am telling this for 1000time...
THERE ARE 2 SAME THEMES OUT THERE...
So if you don't delete your theme and try to make it from begging to show your viewpoint you will force me to delete Mine Theme...
And in you last theme obviously you didn't spend much time...
In previous themes yes I agree you have done good work, but not in your last one, as you used almost ALL my icons and not just FEW...
And I DIDN'T take a single icon from anybody that's for sure...
And if you think I'm crying what can I say???
I agree Android=Open Source but you tell me what's the point to exist 2 same THEMES out there for the users????
P.S Read few post above to see the opinion of another themer here and try to realise that it's nothing wrong with my attitude but with yours...
Sent from my DesireHD with Mixed_Theme
Liamstears, there's a difference between open source and being polite. It's fine if you're modifying Kalagas work, and use it for yourself, but repack it as your own and release it is just wrong.
Now, just say that you're sorry, and that's it. And next time, i hope you'll ask before you release other peoples work without permission.
Liamstears, copyright still exists in open source. You can never claim the work as your own, unless explicitly given that right by the copyright holder.
My most important point here is that if one themer takes almost all icons from another themer, then the users will be confused and they will not be able to select a theme for their phone... That's why I insist that every one of the themers must have their unique identity...
And unfortunately the identity of a theme is made by how it's be looking, that means by the icons...
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Liamstears, copyright still exists in open source. You can never claim the work as your own, unless explicitly given that right by the copyright holder.
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Liamstears, there's a difference between open source and being polite. It's fine if you're modifying Kalagas work, and use it for yourself, but repack it as your own and release it is just wrong.
Now, just say that you're sorry, and that's it. And next time, i hope you'll ask before you release other peoples work without permission.
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I agree with both of you and that is why he is mentioned in my thread and thanked for his icons but what I dont get it why he was ok with it and then decided to open this thread?
Also im sorry if hes p***** off I didnt mean to but I dont see why hes going to the extent of saying he will delete his theme theres no need for that. He does good work and should keep it up, people like his theme and mine for different reasons and people choose 1 or the other and people like the choice, you shouldnt take it down.
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My most important point here is that if one themer takes almost all icons from another themer, then the users will be confused and they will not be able to select a theme for their phone... That's why I insist that every one of the themers must have their unique identity...
And unfortunately the identity of a theme is made by how it's be looking, that means by the icons...
Sent from my DesireHD with Mixed_Theme
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Mine is designed to use 1 of my 2 skins and when skins are used the themes look completely different
They were a lot users that liked your previous releases too...
Now all users that liked my theme, they find it also in your latest release...
I'm not extent it cause I am bad guy or anything else, I just say that there is no reason to exist 2 same THEMES in the same section...
That's all...
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They were a lot that liked your previous releases too...
Now all users that liked my theme, they find it also in your latest release...
I'm not extent it cause I am bad guy or anything else, I just say that there is on season to exist 2 same THEMES in the same section...
That's all...
Sent from my DesireHD with Mixed_Theme
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Yes I understand and agree BUT I think themes are different, I have had people say they prefer your theme to mine and people say they prefer mine to yours after my 3.6.0 release, both themes should exist
But how can be different themes if both use almost the same icons in all apps in system/app and almost the same icons in framework-res.apk and in com.HTC. resources.apk
There are no other icons inside the phone...
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Let me know if you have any questions or requests. The site is definitely in its early stages, and I will be adding features and info pages based on your feedback.
Sorry for the double post, but I figure it's time for a bit of an update.
Since my initial post, I've figured out how to automate a lot of things, which has allowed me to start populating a lot of the content (i.e. upload sh--tons on icons!). As of this post, IconsDatabase.net lists 43 different sets, for a total of 16,000+ icons! I'm adding more each day.
You can now follow the latest icon sets added to the site via RSS.
I'm also starting to dive into Android development, and will look at building an app to easily select icons from a launcher for quick theming.
Looking forward to getting people's thoughts.
Another quick progress report...
I've added basic discussion boards to the site. That's by no means the most important feature, but I figured I'd get a little community interaction going, or at least the potential for it.
You can also subscribe to pages now to receive emails when they are updated or a new comment is posted. This should be especially useful for artists that want to be instantly notified of comments posted to their page or icon sets.
I may add a "request an icon" to the site soon(ish), whereby you could directly request icons for a specific app in an icon set and the artist could review the most requested apps to know what to work on next. I could also use this to generate a global "most requested apps" page so artists know what to start with for new sets.
Thoughts?
Hello world? Y u no replies?
Thanks for making something like this and working so hard on it. As a designer I really appreciate it.
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Nice job hopefully ur not the one who linked all of bbb 's drop box links to this site and crashed his box again locking us all out but other than that great find
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Thanks for the posts guys. I was beginning to worry only zombies were visiting the site. Glad to know people are finding it useful. That's why I work on this kind of thing.
If anyone has any feature requests or suggestions, now's the time, so let me know.
sammyycakes said:
Thanks for making something like this and working so hard on it. As a designer I really appreciate it.
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Good to know it's appreciated by designers. I've created an artist page for you here, and features your sets here, here, and here. If you care to register on the site, I'll make you the owner of those pages so you can make any changes. You can also subscribe to any of them to get email notifications when they are modified or comments are added.
oddspec said:
Nice job hopefully ur not the one who linked all of bbb 's drop box links to this site and crashed his box again locking us all out but other than that great find
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Nah, everything's linked to BBB's Tumblr blog. The icons I have on the site are also mirrored, so there won't be additional bandwidth on his Dropbox account. That reminds me ... I need to add the rest of his sets.
L0hki said:
Thanks for the posts guys. I was beginning to worry only zombies were visiting the site. Glad to know people are finding it useful. That's why I work on this kind of thing.
If anyone has any feature requests or suggestions, now's the time, so let me know.
Good to know it's appreciated by designers. I've created an artist page for you here, and features your sets here, here, and here. If you care to register on the site, I'll make you the owner of those pages so you can make any changes. You can also subscribe to any of them to get email notifications when they are modified or comments are added.
Nah, everything's linked to BBB's Tumblr blog. The icons I have on the site are also mirrored, so there won't be additional bandwidth on his Dropbox account. That reminds me ... I need to add the rest of his sets.
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Well thank you I appreciate that. I joined. My username is sammyycakes
Great site I must say.
I appreciate your efforts on this. Very handy indeed. Easy to navigate, and mobile friendly.
Everybody needs to see this!
Cheers again OP, and I wish you luck and hope that you receive more backing from further Artists in the future.
Regards
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Well thank you I appreciate that. I joined. My username is sammyycakes
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I set you as the owner of your artist page. Would you see if you can edit it for me? Feel free to add any info there.
buzzboy said:
Great site I must say.
I appreciate your efforts on this. Very handy indeed. Easy to navigate, and mobile friendly....
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Yeah, if it's not mobile friendly, then it would kind of defeat the purpose. It should be even more friendly within the next few months as I learn my Android programming and develop the companion app. Then all you'll have to do is select the app and browse to the icon you want when editing launcher icons.
New Ideas (need feedback)
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Ratings
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My Apps
I'm thinking of letting people flag apps that they use. This way you could see a quick list of all your favorite apps.
Personal Custom Sets
Say you like the Gmail icon from one set, but you like the Shazam icon from another. Personal Custom Sets would let you combine icons into a single set.
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This would let you download auto-generated launcher packs and apks for easy installation on your phone. You could do this for official icon sets, or for personal custom sets (described above.)
Thoughts?
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I set you as the owner of your artist page. Would you see if you can edit it for me? Feel free to add any info there.
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Yes I can edit it. Thanks :]
New Ideas (need feedback)
I'm playing around with a new new ideas, and would like to know how people feel about them, and which features you would like to see implemented first.
Ratings
I'll probably be adding a 1-5 star rating system for artists, icon sets, and icons. This should be pretty easy. You'll also be able to sort things by rating.
My Apps
I'm thinking of letting people flag apps that they use. This way you could see a quick list of all your favorite apps.
Personal Custom Sets
Say you like the Gmail icon from one set, but you like the Shazam icon from another. Personal Custom Sets would let you combine icons into a single set.
Download Launcher Icon Packs
This would let you download auto-generated launcher packs and apks for easy installation on your phone. You could do this for official icon sets, or for personal custom sets (described above.)
Thoughts?
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In order:
1) Download Launcher Icon Packs (If you need code for Apex & Nova I have that)
2) Ratings
3) Personal Custom Sets
4) My Apps
Please make the site design & logo better.. Will be even better if it's Holo Inspired. Let me know if you need any HTML/CSS help.
DSaif said:
In order:
1) Download Launcher Icon Packs (If you need code for Apex & Nova I have that)
2) Ratings
3) Personal Custom Sets
4) My Apps
Please make the site design & logo better.. Will be even better if it's Holo Inspired. Let me know if you need any HTML/CSS help.
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Thanks for taking the time to let me know in what order you'd like to see features implemented.
I'm sure I'll be able to figure out the icon pack structure, but if you want to send some code (or links to tutorials) my way, it'd save me the 60 or seconds of searching I'd have to do.
I agree that the site's design is horribly lacking. I'm a programmer, and am not very good at design. What I need most is design mockups (PSDs for example) that I can translate into the site's template. I like the idea of a Holo color scheme. If anyone wants to take a crack at a design, I'd be most grateful, and would of course give them credit in the site's footer.
P.S. DSaif, I take it those three icon sets you uploaded are actually icon backgrounds that style existing icons?
L0hki said:
Thanks for taking the time to let me know in what order you'd like to see features implemented.
I'm sure I'll be able to figure out the icon pack structure, but if you want to send some code (or links to tutorials) my way, it'd save me the 60 or seconds of searching I'd have to do.
I agree that the site's design is horribly lacking. I'm a programmer, and am not very good at design. What I need most is design mockups (PSDs for example) that I can translate into the site's template. I like the idea of a Holo color scheme. If anyone wants to take a crack at a design, I'd be most grateful, and would of course give them credit in the site's footer.
P.S. DSaif, I take it those three icon sets you uploaded are actually icon backgrounds that style existing icons?
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Apex Launcher Tutorial (the same will work for Nova Launcher)
I want to contribute to the site's design.
Yes, they're just backgrounds which automatically theme every icon. It's called iconback & iconupon feature. I took that approach because it's hard to theme every icon and users are not satisfied. I'll start making special icons for home screen soon. Will take Holo Icons and style them.
DSaif said:
Apex Launcher Tutorial (the same will work for Nova Launcher)
I want to contribute to the site's design.
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Thanks for the tutorial link. I'll check it out.
I'd love to see what you come up with for site design. I want to keep the basic layout I've got now, so the main thing I need help with is choosing colors and figuring out how best to style things like input elements, accent colors, etc. If you want to throw up a couple mockups I'd appreciate it, and once we settle on something, having the CSS already done in snippets I can paste doesn't hurt. Thanks for your interest in this.
L0hki said:
Thanks for the tutorial link. I'll check it out.
I'd love to see what you come up with for site design. I want to keep the basic layout I've got now, so the main thing I need help with is choosing colors and figuring out how best to style things like input elements, accent colors, etc. If you want to throw up a couple mockups I'd appreciate it, and once we settle on something, having the CSS already done in snippets I can paste doesn't hurt. Thanks for your interest in this.
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I'll email you about colors & elements. Please PM me your address
http://droidaphile.com/icondatabase-net-find-free-icons-by-app-style/
MrBC said:
http://droidaphile.com/icondatabase-net-find-free-icons-by-app-style/
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Thanks for the thoughtful review. Will definitely take your suggestions into consideration. What about starting with the icon set page?
L0hki said:
Thanks for the thoughtful review. Will definitely take your suggestions into consideration. What about starting with the icon set page?
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Yes, I think something like that would be much better. One of my friends who I showed the site too was so confused and lost as to the front page setup.
Edit: I see the front page has been updated. It looks great. I have updated the article to show this.
great idea
this site is a great idea, thank you for setting it up!
Is it possible to help upload new sets? I would be great to include the "Prada 3.0" icons from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653580
bruins22 said:
this site is a great idea, thank you for setting it up!
Is it possible to help upload new sets? I would be great to include the "Prada 3.0" icons from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653580
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I've created an easy(ish) method of uploading sets, but as of now it involves FTPing things and directly modifying a script I wrote. I'll push it into a proper module for the site at some point. Until then, I''ll just keep upping things as fast as I can.
I'll add the icons you requested.
Been using Android since the beginning and some things are really getting on my nerves. One of those things is themeing. Being able to customize my devices to look and function the way I want is very important for my productivity. I prefer to use "themes" across all my devices and PC's. Its mostly important for my devices and PC's to have functional similarities but how things look help too and also feed my inner Monk.
The problem is there are millions of themes out there and free or paid everyone of them is worthless. I understand and appreciate the work that goes into some of the themes people have made available. I'm sure they are perfect for you and maybe a few others. But for the vast majority of people every theme is a failure. Its expected I guess. You cant please everyone and everyone uses different apps, prefers different colors, and sets things up differently.
Some launchers try to help out but even they are incapable of finishing the job. Its a disaster. Has someone or can someone at least start the revolution to end "themes" To start I believe we just need an app or a way to easily and quickly change the ui colors. So like in ICS or JB you would be able to change everything that's blue like the clock, WiFi, battery, etc....to red. Most of us already have a collection of wallpapers and icons are easy to find so all we really need is a way for those ui colors to matchup with out preferred wallpaper and I icons.
Questions,concerns, ideas?
Questions,concerns, ideas?
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If you don't like them, learn how to theme, and stop complaining.
Guessing you havent seen rom toolbox pro huh? Or uccw themes? Or buzz launcher... the list goes on. And if you are not able find a theme. Then learn how and do it yourself.
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(((Sighs))) ROM toolbox. Yeah I even had it. Thank you.
threads like this are why xda is going down the tubes and makes people like me second guess if your going to post a rom or help someone!
"All these themes are garbage!"
Wow.
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RikRong said:
If you don't like them, learn how to theme, and stop complaining.
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This^^^^^:silly:
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