New maemo development theme
Finally I have more or less finished my new theme for the Nokia N800.
I hope to replace the old purple maemo platform development theme with this one. The template is in svn, I hope I committed it on the correct place, as Michael was moving stuff around when they were refactoring the theme packaging a bit. In any case, it's there and if you feel like hacking on a new theme of your own, there's also an Inkscape svg file you might find useful, in the same svn tree.
Oh, it looks like this:
It's still not perfect, as you can easily see, but I'll try to tweak the remaining bits when I can. But I feel it's good enough at this point. And hopefully it makes N800 users happy, with new look? Let me know if you like it..
Edit: DOH. Forgot to tell the packages are here. Install cacher first, the theme depends on it. (It generates some gtkrc cache that speeds things up when starting applications..)
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January 30th, 2007 - 18:51
Michael: I agree.
I should be getting one in my hands today, and I intend to play around with themes and icons, and would also love to have Tango icons too. I believe I’ll be part of an effort get get the tablet Tangoized. (;
January 30th, 2007 - 19:02
I think as previously stated it needs tango love.
Tango my maemo baby.
January 30th, 2007 - 19:02
Tig: Awesome! I can’t wait to get started playing around with the theme stuff. Thanks for your hard work. I believe the Inkscape template will be of extraordinary use.
January 30th, 2007 - 19:03
also the icons in the mail client, can they be distinguished properly, eg. not having a curvy (essentially mirrored reply arrow) for forward instead just having a straight forward icon.
January 30th, 2007 - 19:13
Really nice !
I like the clean look, it is more rational and really more design.
Good job.
PS: please reduce your kaptcha code
January 30th, 2007 - 19:21
Any chance of backporting this theme to the 770?
January 30th, 2007 - 19:23
While I know this isn’t only dependent on the theme, here’s my gripe with this screenshot and the Maemo UI on my 770 in general:
* The scrollbars aren’t glued to the border of the screen
* There’s weird gaps everywhere (between the app menu bar and the border, between the “active area” of the running programs on the left and the screen border again, etc etc)
All these “gaps” make me miss the target quite often; While high-res, it’s a physically small screen; And while one can reach the corners and borders more easily with a mouse than with a stylus, it’s still easier hitting those with a stylus than stuff away from the borders.
Look wise, this theme looks absolutely stunning though. Can’t wait to see it on my 770
January 30th, 2007 - 19:33
Is this apply-able to the actual device as well? I don’t much care for the N800’s skin as shipped, and it’s sort of putting me off buying one (I actually thought the N770 was a lot nicer).
Also, your captcha code is strange… I entered exactly what was on it but it didn’t like it, had to reload and try another one.
January 30th, 2007 - 21:31
Both packages installed fine. The theme looks nice on the machine.
January 30th, 2007 - 22:03
I used to dislike all previous themes for the 770 and the N800. But indeed, this one is nice.
Installed it using dpkg -i and got these error messages:
January 30th, 2007 - 23:14
Really classy looking theme, shame the default themes aren’t nearly as good – nice work
January 31st, 2007 - 00:45
The obligatory question: how hard would it be to port this theme to the 770?
(Oh, my, your captcha is extra-strong)
January 31st, 2007 - 05:39
You should post a matching wallpaper for this. The theme is amazing, but not having a matching wallpaper to make it cohesive it’s driving me nuts!
January 31st, 2007 - 07:53
Hey TigerT! Garrett showed me his N800 tonight while we were hanging out/eating dinner and I must say, your theme looked pretty darn cool. I’m very impressed with the N800 overall, in fact.
I might have to get one
January 31st, 2007 - 14:44
On my N800, after installing the packages the window borders and scrollbars look different to your screenshot. Apparently, my N800 continues to use the previous theme’s borders and scrollbars.
January 31st, 2007 - 15:38
Great to hear, thanks (again) for all your work!
January 31st, 2007 - 16:17
Looks very nice and clean! I love the original black N800 theme though, but this is nice alternative to have when getting bored to the same theme all the time.
January 31st, 2007 - 17:45
The theme installed prfectly on my N800, and it looks terrific. It is nice to have a smooth, unbusy theme. All the provided themes are so full of flair it rives me nuts. Just give me a nice looking theme that isn’t distracting and I’m happy. Thanks Tiger, this is perfect! I agree that an accompanying wallpaper would be nice too.
January 31st, 2007 - 23:53
i just insalled it and i m definitely conquered! Good job.
February 1st, 2007 - 02:01
For those looking for wallpapers (and possibly other themes), http://solid.gold.code.googlepages.com/themes.and.backgrounds has got you covered.
February 1st, 2007 - 21:06
Have to agree with the above – this theme is excellent! The standard N800 themes are horrible. Thanks, you made my day!
February 3rd, 2007 - 02:23
Nice theme.
Two nitpicks: The border on the Google desktop applet changes its color: the border around the dropdown-arrow is a darker shade of gray than the upper left border around the entry.
The other one is, that the upper right corner of the screen looks way nicer when an application is opened. In the Desktop view there is a white line going nowhere in the top of the screen and the corner is not round.
February 7th, 2007 - 15:24
hei, incredible nice theme. I think the this kind of simplicity should rule more, (I also think that the tangonized theme can do that).
I’m ok with the current themes, but I can’t get it with that much effects on the black / variants themes. Well done well done =) Let’s see if now more people starts giving more love to the Maemo themes!
Congrats !
March 20th, 2007 - 08:42
Nice! How can I go about installing it in the Scratchbox SDK? After installing the .debs and editing ~/.osso/current-gtk-theme some of the colours from the theme are used, but the images are still the old ugly purple ones.
March 20th, 2007 - 08:53
After editing current-gtk-theme.maemo_af_desktop as well, things get better, but only newly-started applications are themed properly, while the default home view is still using the old theme. Bizarre. Also, some pixmaps are missing still. I take it it’s currently meant to be run only on the production hardware, and the SDK is missing some required components?