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ryanstanikk · Apr 16, 2011

complexity1022 said:
hey hey HEY!! dont hate on comic sans, i happen to like it lol

Are you blind? It's about the only font in the world that cannot be styled to look remotely good!

niteowl360 · Apr 16, 2011

mjmonsada said:
Best background i have ever seen so far! I'm a total noob at this but can you tell me how you did your desktop theme?

Thanks mjmonsada
This and the two other screens stayed on my phone for at least a week, which was an all time record

Apps you need

1. Multipicture Live Wallpaper
to place 3 images which results in a 'seamless' widescreen when moving between the 3 screens

2. Desktop Visualiser
to place transparent images over the relevant text at the bottom to open the apps associated with the respective shortcut links

3. LauncherPro to place the Dock image of the highlight pen and link the shortcuts to 'text, mail, phone'
You will also need the LP Plus version to enable you to resize the Widgets over the text in point 2 above (there are others that are free that also allow resizing eg GoLaucher etc)

4. SimiClock for the clock

Brief comments on images
a) wall from wallbase.net (Saturation applied to mine as it was a little 'lifeless' without this)
b) text at bottom created in photoshop with shortcut links placed as seen
c) placement of various widgets on the other two screens

NB
d) Certain text was added to the 'blackboard' on a later version of this design where I replaced the bottom highlight dock with chalk images on the top part of the screen by handwriting with the mouse and using a 'chalk' type filter etc
You should find that in My Modified Walls in Dropbox Gallery
(my preferred look of this design maybe you'll like it too

)

I think all images should be in my Dropbox Gallery and have been posted with the various posts for this image and are available for both 480x800 screens and Galaxy Tab 600x1024 screens

Hope this helps.

Cheers

**Knurpsi** · Apr 16, 2011

complexity1022 said:
hey hey HEY!! dont hate on comic sans, i happen to like it lol

ryanstanikk said:
Are you blind? It's about the only font in the world that cannot be styled to look remotely good!

Geez, everyone has a different taste and a different opinion on what "looks good" and what not. Live and let live.

And now back to screenshot posting please :cool:

mjmonsada · Apr 16, 2011

Thank you Thank you very much! This was very helpful! And always looking forward to see your other designs

DT3CH · Apr 16, 2011

Roze said:
haha seems like I let the cat out of the bag

mykela25 · Apr 16, 2011

LMAO.

I DID read my email thats why its that low. Thats a good day, its normally over 1000. I just got tired of scrolling thru once I hit 300 hahaha

TheIgster said:
Wow... Read your mail dude...LOL.

localguy · Apr 16, 2011

Sorry if images are huge on here was to lazy to re-size em, just showing my KB i made plus others i do for swype, you can see more samples over on theMikMik.com • Home search for caliguy in the forums

[NSFW]

mjmonsada · Apr 16, 2011

I'm having problems with the dock. I'm able to replace the default dock with the highlighter dock picture but I have no idea to link the shortcuts with the "phone text mail." The only thing i can do is remove the dock icons. Any idea what I'm missing/doing wrong?

paulmz · Apr 16, 2011

sevenofnine said:
I got the background from flikie wallpapers

It's a shame that background isn't a live weather widget. It would be awesome if the art changed with the weather.

Hmmm... maybe another project for me?...

Mavyrk · Apr 17, 2011

I like to keep it clean. I keep my dock and notification shades hidden, gestures to show/hide. CyanogenMod CM7, RC4 on t-mobile g2.

My lock screen, rotary wheel. Pulling lock right = unlock, pulling sound left = mute/unmute. Center button pulls down to immediately go into SMS with a specific contact (my girl), because at least 50% of my having to unlock my phone is just to see what she texted.

My default screen. Minimalistic text custom widgets at the top (time/date) and bottom left (top row = battery life, bottom row = weather.) The clock icon is for xTreme Alarm, the RSS icon is SlashDot Frontpage. We pull to the left to reveal...

My second (and only other) desktop page. I revealed my dock at the bottom for symmetry. Icons are, from left to right, K = Kongregate app, N = n64oid, A = astro file manager, P = FPSe. The nes/snes/etc are their appropriate emulators. FM is stock FM radio app. My dock is market, SMS, browser, phone, and app launcher.

Wallpaper on DeviantART. Available here. It's not mine so I wouldn't feel right not showing the source.

Minimalistic text widget, minimalist ADW theme (white) for icons. I know it's not much to look at, but I like a clean look.

qraider · Apr 17, 2011

New set up after playing some more

Lock Screen: nothing different here yet

Main Home Screen: GO Launcher / Glass Clock / Glass Calendar / OneSeven

Dock icons: phone / email / apps / sms / internetz (I've swapped the last 2 around after I took the screenshots)

Device Apps Screen: GO Launcher

One screen to the left: Dropbox icons / Rift authenticator / IP Address widget / Elixir widget

One screen to the right: Agenda widget

All my apps can be found [here]

niteowl360 · Apr 17, 2011

mjmonsada said:
I'm having problems with the dock. I'm able to replace the default dock with the highlighter dock picture but I have no idea to link the shortcuts with the "phone text mail." The only thing i can do is remove the dock icons. Any idea what I'm missing/doing wrong?

After you remove the default icons making them 'blank', long press on the doc image icons and select Custom icon and choose a transparent image 72x72 pixels. Also link to the Application you want to open ie Phone, Messaging, Gmail etc.
If you need there is a transparent.png in my Dropbox icons folder.
When you download from Dropbox, open the file first in Dropbox, then make sure you use the Save button at the bottom of the screen.
It will still look 'Black' or 'White' but when you select the transparent.png file in LP it will be truly transparent.
Right clicking and Saving from Dropbox will not be transparen!

niteowl360 · Apr 17, 2011

gwcaton said:
Looking good !!! As always . Especially the right screen.

This one took me ages, even though it looks simple

I have learned that Mini posts are not 'in demand', so I knew from the start this one was for me.
So, pleased you liked it too

mjmonsada · Apr 17, 2011

niteowl360 said:
After you remove the default icons making them 'blank', long press on the doc image icons and select Custom icon and choose a transparent image 72x72 pixels. Also link to the Application you want to open ie Phone, Messaging, Gmail etc.
If you need there is a transparent.png in my Dropbox icons folder.
When you download from Dropbox, open the file first in Dropbox, then make sure you use the Save button at the bottom of the screen.
It will still look 'Black' or 'White' but when you select the transparent.png file in LP it will be truly transparent.
Right clicking and Saving from Dropbox will not be transparen!

Got everything to work! Thanks again!

sonofaresiii · Apr 17, 2011

paulmz said:
It's a shame that background isn't a live weather widget. It would be awesome if the art changed with the weather.

Hmmm... maybe another project for me?...

i know someone somewhere said they had something in live wallpapers that had it change the wallpaper based on the weather. I know I'm not being helpful at all... besides just to say it IS possible, someone has done it!

p.s. love the homescreen, share a few deets for a newb on how you made it?

MickeyCee · Apr 17, 2011

paulmz said:
It's a shame that background isn't a live weather widget. It would be awesome if the art changed with the weather.

Hmmm... maybe another project for me?...

I know it may not be the same but changing the wallpaper to match the weather can be done with Tasker...here is the link --> http://androidforums.com/android-ap...r-profiles-everyone-using-11.html#post2550653

poopookakada · Apr 17, 2011

this changes with the weather: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spiderflystudios.weatherwallpaper

jbirdsf · Apr 17, 2011

gwcaton · Apr 17, 2011

Feeling lazy but couldn't resist the smiley face . LOL

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VizualProphet · Apr 17, 2011

People using SMS Unread, how do you change the colour of the circle from red to blue? is this a MOD or is there an option somewhere?

sevenofnine · Apr 17, 2011

sonofaresiii said:
i know someone somewhere said they had something in live wallpapers that had it change the wallpaper based on the weather. I know I'm not being helpful at all... besides just to say it IS possible, someone has done it!

p.s. love the homescreen, share a few deets for a newb on how you made it?

Thanks!!
I used multipicture live wallpaper and set the crop/size ratio to "show entire picture." And I set the background color as black. That's how I got the entire wallpaper to show on one screen with the black spaces above and below the wallpaper.
The weather is beautiful widgets, emotisun (or something like that) skin
The clock is make your clock widget
the battery percentage, day of week, and date is minimalistic text

I also thought it'd be cool if the wallpaper could change with the weather... There's a "weather girl" widget who changes clothes with the weather... https://market.android.com/details?id=ro.noelx.android.wg3&feature=search_result I tried it but I didn't think it worked that well. Maybe you could make a better one, and make it look cuter like the wallpaper!

Gipson · Apr 17, 2011

been a while since i changed my s* around

just flashed Darky's 9.5 and Valle's honeycomb theme and loving it.

lockscreen and main homescreen:

minimalistic text and missedit for sms/missed calls

sonofaresiii · Apr 18, 2011

I'm still pretty new at this... but I didn't want to miss out on the fun!

Here's what I've got at the moment:

That's right. It's Batman.

edit: and yes, sevenofnine, I totally stole your formats for makeyourownclock and minimalistic text.

oh and if anyone has any suggestions for how to make things look a little better... like i said, new at this and i'd appreciate the help

niteowl360 · Apr 18, 2011

VizualProphet said:
People using SMS Unread, how do you change the colour of the circle from red to blue? is this a MOD or is there an option somewhere?

Green and Blue bubbles posted in XDA thread.
Here they are attached as .apk

Roze · Apr 18, 2011

mykela25 said:
Keeping it simple for the weekend

What's the calls/mails/texts app thingy? It looks interesting.

Is the date/batt/temp widget minimalist text?

Do you have the app drawer icon in white as well

I'll still take black if that's all you got

mykela25 said:
LMAO. I DID read my email thats why its that low. Thats a good day, its normally over 1000. I just got tired of scrolling thru once I hit 300 hahaha

I hope those are spams and not important...

qraider said:
New set up after playing some more

Lock Screen: nothing different here yet

Dock icons: phone / email / apps / sms / internetz

All my apps can be found [here]

What's the icons set's name and are there a lot of icons in the set

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