••Totally new look [webOS simplicity]

phil.hsr · 06:34 PM

05/11: v0.1.7 is now released, some icon changes as well as USB mode changed! I am still looking to make some MAJOR changes in v0.2.0...i.e system UI changes, so ANY suggestions would be VERY welcome

UPDATE: Battery percent patch working with thanks to Garrett92C and my modified patch...attached to this post!! Enjoy.

Well, this is my 1st theme, I hope you like it. Its a mix of all the things I like about other themes, with my own work and alot of the stock icons etc. To make this display properly, please download the 'topbar-translucent-scrim' patch and put the background image into a folder called 'scrims' in your USB drive (ensuring the name of the image remains 'statusbar-scrim.png').

This does not display 100% with ALL battery icon patches. This is a work in progress.

This is designed to be used with 4x4 icons and Quick launch Hiding patches.

Enjoy...

Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

PreThemer URL (WIP)

PATCHES REQUIRED FOR THIS THEME
Top Bar Translucent Scrim

Battery Percent

mediaFire IPK download
webOS simplicity v0.1.7

Also available on preware via the prethemer repo and recently added to precentral.net gallery

PLEASE NOTE: This theme is a **work in progress** and will therefore recive many revision and tweaks over the next few days, with a broad veriaty of background being posted HERE!

Please, if you have any background requests, post your 320x480 wallpaper here!

P.S Don't forget to rate this thread if you like my theme...

Final note; screenshots have now been moved to the official precentral theme gallery, here

http://www.precentral.net/webos-themes/webos-simplicity

d.moss · 07/14/2010, 05:58 PM

nice work.. maybe incorporate more tranparency? i like the quick launch and the custom icons. has the potential to be a very nice theme

ColbyM · 07/14/2010, 05:59 PM

Cool, can't wait to try it out.

phil.hsr · 07/14/2010, 06:06 PM

cheers, I'm gona be doing ALOT of work on this in the next week or so, so any feedback is VERY welcome

Thanks again

RUSH · 07/14/2010, 06:15 PM

Awesome design.

Garrett92C · 07/14/2010, 06:22 PM

Wait, this isn't a dbd thread...

phil.hsr · 07/14/2010, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garrett92C

Wait, this isn't a dbd thread...

lol, i just couldn't resist using the bullet points...maybe i should have added a 3rd!lol

decibeat · 07/14/2010, 08:50 PM

very nice work, I'm loving the dock

voodoochild · 07/14/2010, 09:04 PM

Nice, I like the icon you used for the launcher, very tasteful imo

jordan23945bulls · 07/14/2010, 09:15 PM

good theme but it's not a new look. Dock looks like my dock from my banner theme loll

R_E · 07/14/2010, 10:18 PM

This is super awesome, finally found something better than blackout. Only problem is i really like the battery % patch. Do you know what the conflict is? is it with the scrim patch or the theme itself?

diegoeatspandas · 07/15/2010, 02:16 AM

Really, really like this. Can't wait to see what you have in store for this theme.

phil.hsr · 07/15/2010, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R_E

This is super awesome, finally found something better than blackout. Only problem is i really like the battery % patch. Do you know what the conflict is? is it with the scrim patch or the theme itself?

the problem is that the battery % has a black background, so it would only look right with a wallpaper with black in the top right corner.

once i have the theme where i'm happy, i will start making wallpapers, and ones that look good with the battery patch will be at the top of my list.

Shadavis08 · 07/15/2010, 05:49 AM

dbd where are you ? Are you hiding behind that new name ?

K4p741nkrunch · 07/15/2010, 08:41 AM

Is that top bar just a transparent png that would work for any background? I'm going to experiment with varying transparency and making some truly unique designs if that works.

solarus · 07/15/2010, 09:02 AM

Cool design - I like the elegance of it.

Especially like the cards. Nice work

phil.hsr · 07/15/2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4p741nkrunch

Is that top bar just a transparent png that would work for any background? I'm going to experiment with varying transparency and making some truly unique designs if that works.

I have put a transparent layer (46% opacity) onto the background (28px width in photoshop) and then set it as wallpaper, and put it into a folder called 'scrims' in the USB partition, naming it 'statusbar-scrim.png' (make sure you have the 'transparency-scrim' patch from preware) and your sorted!lol

K4p741nkrunch · 07/15/2010, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phil.hsr

I have put a transparent layer (46% opacity) onto the background (28px width in photoshop) and then set it as wallpaper, and put it into a folder called 'scrims' in the USB partition, naming it 'statusbar-scrim.png' (make sure you have the 'transparency-scrim' patch from preware) and your sorted!lol

I was just wondering if we could use a transparent png for the top bar so it just overlaid onto any background you use. I'm currently using Internalz and clever use of file organization to manage keeping my top bar seemingly transparent. It takes away my use of some fine apps I paid for like Wallpaper Switcharoo. If the transparent png doesn't work, then I'd love to be able to patch wallpaper switcharoo to copy the current background image to the scrim folder as well.

Still, using transparent layers you can create some AWESOME looking 'molded' statusbars. I personally would like to see a little more variance from the palm model in our themes. Even the launcher page can use transparent pngs with some really cool effects. As a POC I created a scrim with a wall and a window, making the window completely transparent. The effect was phenomenal!

This being your first theme, great job, maybe if you get bored you can fiddle with some opacity settings :P

phil.hsr · 07/15/2010, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4p741nkrunch

I was just wondering if we could use a transparent png for the top bar so it just overlaid onto any background you use. I'm currently using Internalz and clever use of file organization to manage keeping my top bar seemingly transparent. It takes away my use of some fine apps I paid for like Wallpaper Switcharoo. If the transparent png doesn't work, then I'd love to be able to patch wallpaper switcharoo to copy the current background image to the scrim folder as well.

Still, using transparent layers you can create some AWESOME looking 'molded' statusbars. I personally would like to see a little more variance from the palm model in our themes. Even the launcher page can use transparent pngs with some really cool effects. As a POC I created a scrim with a wall and a window, making the window completely transparent. The effect was phenomenal!

This being your first theme, great job, maybe if you get bored you can fiddle with some opacity settings :P

Well don't I feel stupid. Expect an update with a fully transparent top bar soon...thus leading no need for silly 'scrim' file changes after 1st installation!!! nice one K4p741nkrunch...I still feel bloody silly though!!lol

K4p741nkrunch · 01:42 PM

The problem I'm seeing there is that by default there is no layer underneath the top bar. The background image is programmed to stop 28 pixels from the top and then it's all black bar from there. If you were to make a simply transparent bar I believe it would come out all white. The app launcher works differently because the entire background layer is underneath, thus full transparency works swell. By molded bars I mean you can take the 46% opaque layer and trim it so any unnecessary chunks are removed, creating any sort of 28 pixel high polygon (or combination of polygons) you so choose.

EDIT:
Here's an example. This is a theme I made with semi-transparent launcher that fits in perfect with the background. I figure this thing is all about synergy, might as well put a little synchronization into the GUI too :P

For kicks I put the bootscreen in too, it's made entirely from the original Palm logo :P

07/14/2010, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
phil.hsr Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 331 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 99 Thanked 75 Times in 52 Posts	=> Totally new look [webOS simplicity] 05/11: v0.1.7 is now released, some icon changes as well as USB mode changed! I am still looking to make some MAJOR changes in v0.2.0...i.e system UI changes, so ANY suggestions would be VERY welcome UPDATE: Battery percent patch working with thanks to Garrett92C and my modified patch...attached to this post!! Enjoy. Well, this is my 1st theme, I hope you like it. Its a mix of all the things I like about other themes, with my own work and alot of the stock icons etc. To make this display properly, please download the 'topbar-translucent-scrim' patch and put the background image into a folder called 'scrims' in your USB drive (ensuring the name of the image remains 'statusbar-scrim.png'). This does not display 100% with ALL battery icon patches. This is a work in progress. This is designed to be used with 4x4 icons and Quick launch Hiding patches. Enjoy... Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. PreThemer URL (WIP) PATCHES REQUIRED FOR THIS THEME Top Bar Translucent Scrim Battery Percent mediaFire IPK download webOS simplicity v0.1.7 Also available on preware via the prethemer repo and recently added to precentral.net gallery PLEASE NOTE: This theme is a work in progress and will therefore recive many revision and tweaks over the next few days, with a broad veriaty of background being posted HERE! Please, if you have any background requests, post your 320x480 wallpaper here! P.S Don't forget to rate this thread if you like my theme... Final note; screenshots have now been moved to the official precentral theme gallery, here http://www.precentral.net/webos-themes/webos-simplicity __________________ Creator of webOS Simplicity Theme Last edited by phil.hsr; 11/05/2010 at 06:34 PM. Reason: v0.1.7 UPDATE released
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07/14/2010, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
d.moss Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 541 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 70 Times in 41 Posts	nice work.. maybe incorporate more tranparency? i like the quick launch and the custom icons. has the potential to be a very nice theme
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07/14/2010, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
ColbyM Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 213 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 40 Thanked 37 Times in 23 Posts	Cool, can't wait to try it out.
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07/14/2010, 06:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
phil.hsr Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 331 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 99 Thanked 75 Times in 52 Posts	cheers, I'm gona be doing ALOT of work on this in the next week or so, so any feedback is VERY welcome Thanks again __________________ Creator of webOS Simplicity Theme
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RUSH Banned Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oceanside, California. Posts: 3,265 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 433 Thanked 967 Times in 782 Posts	Awesome design.
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07/14/2010, 06:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Garrett92C Homebrew Developer Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 127 Likes Received: 68 Thanks: 43 Thanked 3,129 Times in 2,010 Posts	Wait, this isn't a dbd thread...
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07/14/2010, 08:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
decibeat Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 11 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 5 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	very nice work, I'm loving the dock
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07/14/2010, 09:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
voodoochild Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cleveland Posts: 658 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 319 Thanked 194 Times in 139 Posts	Nice, I like the icon you used for the launcher, very tasteful imo
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07/14/2010, 09:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
jordan23945bulls Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles,CA Posts: 1,748 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 63 Thanked 189 Times in 147 Posts	good theme but it's not a new look. Dock looks like my dock from my banner theme loll
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07/14/2010, 10:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
R_E Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 34 Posts	This is super awesome, finally found something better than blackout. Only problem is i really like the battery % patch. Do you know what the conflict is? is it with the scrim patch or the theme itself?
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07/15/2010, 02:16 AM	#12 (permalink)
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K4p741nkrunch Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 187 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 21 Thanked 48 Times in 32 Posts	Is that top bar just a transparent png that would work for any background? I'm going to experiment with varying transparency and making some truly unique designs if that works.
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solarus Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 554 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 196 Thanked 199 Times in 105 Posts	Cool design - I like the elegance of it. Especially like the cards. Nice work
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07/15/2010, 01:33 PM	#20 (permalink)
K4p741nkrunch Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 187 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 21 Thanked 48 Times in 32 Posts	The problem I'm seeing there is that by default there is no layer underneath the top bar. The background image is programmed to stop 28 pixels from the top and then it's all black bar from there. If you were to make a simply transparent bar I believe it would come out all white. The app launcher works differently because the entire background layer is underneath, thus full transparency works swell. By molded bars I mean you can take the 46% opaque layer and trim it so any unnecessary chunks are removed, creating any sort of 28 pixel high polygon (or combination of polygons) you so choose. EDIT: Here's an example. This is a theme I made with semi-transparent launcher that fits in perfect with the background. I figure this thing is all about synergy, might as well put a little synchronization into the GUI too :P For kicks I put the bootscreen in too, it's made entirely from the original Palm logo :P Last edited by K4p741nkrunch; 07/15/2010 at 01:42 PM.
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