[Release] Plastic Theme + Addon Packs - change of direction

[d-iivil]

Hello everybody!

Time for a change. Due to Plastic Theme Pack groving so large package I decided to split the base theme and schemes into separate packages.

So the thing in a nutshell is:
You have a basic Plastic Theme Pack installed, it comes with basic color schemes. You can customize the schemes with included Setup -tool which is located under your phone's settings -application. You can select what font you want to use (any font installed to your phone), customize the homescreen and if you want to use custom transitions or not.

If you get tired of the bundled schemes, you can install addon-packs. Currently there's two of them. plastic-addon-pack-1 includes 9 schemes. plastic-addond-pack-2 includes currently only one scheme, Pleego, which is Meego-wannabe theme for N900.

You can also easily "convert" any theme to Plastic Scheme with bundled command line utility (type convertplastic to xterm) (version 2.311 and later).

Plastic Theme is the first theme ever released for Maemo which has this kind of functionality included.

VOTING LINKS FOR PACKAGES HITTING EXTRAS-REPOSITORY ARE:

Plastic Theme Package (the main base package, includes basic schemes) (http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/black-plastic-theme/2.311/)


Plastic Addon Pack 1 (includes nine new variants, the deep-serie, liquid-serie and extra-coffee) (http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/plastic-addon-pack-1/1.5-2/)
Plastic Addon Pack 2 (includes only one scheme atm, Pleego) (http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/plastic-addon-pack-2/1.5-1/)


Screenshot of the Plastic Setup:
http://www.firenote.com/D-Iivil/plastic/plastic-setup.jpg


------------------------


CONVERTING OTHER THEMES INTO PLASTIC SCHEMES - version 2.311 or later only!

Just open xterm and type "convertplastic" (without quotes) and hit enter. It will give you guides on how to do the conversion. Make sure you are running the command as regular user, not root (don't type sudo gainroot or anything before the command).

----------------------------------

SOME NOTES FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO MANUALLY MOD THINGS AROUND

- all schemes are located at:
/opt/plastic-schemes/

You can edit all images for specific schemes how you like, but IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO EDIT THESE FILES BY HAND:
/opt/plastic-schemes/SCHEMENAME/gtk2.0/gtkrc
/opt/plastic-schemes/SCHEMENAME/css/colors.css

Editing those in wrong way (ie. changing font name or size) will break up the font-style & size selector and propably end you up with broken gtkrc -file.

After you have edited the grapchics in the way you like, just run the Plastic Theme Setup again and choose to use the scheme you just edited.

Custom icons for Dark, Deep, Liquid and ExtraCoffee are located at:
/usr/share/icons/black-plastic-icons/

Custom icons for Pleego are located at:
/usr/share/icons/black-plastic-pleego-icons/

Those can be edited in the way you want.

Word or two about editing custom transitions included in the package:
- if you want to edit your custom transitions permanently, then edit this file:
/usr/share/themes/blackplastictheme-themedir/transitions.tmp

DO NOT EDIT THE SNAP-TO-GRID -field at the end of the file, it will break up the snap-to-grid-amount selector @ Plastic Theme Setup

When you're done with editing, save the file and run the Plastic Theme Setup again and choose to use custom transitions.

------------------------------
IF YOU GET YOUR THEME SCREWED UP
In case something goes wrong with your moddings or you end up with broken grkrc-file and cannot change the theme back to default in normal way, you can do it from terminal by typing this (rootsh must be installed):

sudo gainroot
/usr/bin/personalisation /usr/share/themes/default/

After rebooting you'll have NSeries -theme and you can fix what went wrong or re-install the Plastic Theme Pack / Addon-packs.

---------------------------------

ABOUT INSTALLING NEW FONTS
This one is quite easy. Download your favourite .ttf OR .otf -font, save it to the "root" of your internal memory (the 27gb one). Then type this into xterm:

cp -rf /home/user/MyDocs/*.ttf /home/user/.fonts/
cp -rf /home/user/MyDocs/*.otf /home/user/.fonts/


If you get error complaining that .fonts -direcotry is not found, then type this:

mkdir /home/user/.fonts

And then repeat the step 1.

If you have created the .fonts -folder previously with sudo gainroot -"mode" on, then you need to sudo gainroot yourself before copying the fonts.

[lcuk]

that looks a bit cool!
installing to test :)

[rnb89]

Great new feature.. Makes my Themes section smaller!!..

Could you hildonize the menus?.. ie make the radio buttons to selectable links.. and scroll by menu and not the bar in the side..

Great work!!! hope to see this feature in all of your other themes..

[sparkle58]

My favourite theme, big thanks!

[d-iivil]

Could you hildonize the menus?.. ie make the radio buttons to selectable links.. and scroll by menu and not the bar in the side..

Menus are displayed using zenity (http://maemo.org/packages/view/zenity/) and I don't have a clue how to hildonize it. But zenity is open source and someone could indeed do something for it's dialogs.

[F2thaK]

yes, very good work indeed, but two things:

1. buttons/ radio selections during the install/config are very small, any chance to make them bigger (hildonize?)

2. when lots of other themes do this, can we have a main folder for say "theme colour chooser" in settings. then in that, are the themes; such as yours, and others when they are released

[d-iivil]

yes, very good work indeed, but two things:

1. buttons/ radio selections during the install/config are very small, any chance to make them bigger (hildonize?)

Already answered this: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=735154&postcount=5

2. when lots of other themes do this, can we have a main folder for say "theme colour chooser" in settings. then in that, are the themes; such as yours, and others when they are released

Errmmm... we already have place to select different themes don't we ;) My config is just to configure the Plastic Theme.

[F2thaK]

Errmmm... we already have place to select different themes don't we ;) My config is just to configure the Plastic Theme.

yes, its a great idea.. but like i say, in future if other themes have this option

[d-iivil]

yes, its a great idea.. but like i say, in future if other themes have this option

Well.. in theory... yes, but those would have to be created with exact same way as I do mine. I think creating a new "standard" is a bit too task for me to start :D

[davidian]

Very nice theme! Using the black version atm.

Any chance of a red version? I really liked your R-Style Red Theme. I tried orange and pink, but I don't really like orange and pink was a bit too gay ;)

[d-iivil]

Very nice theme! Using the black version atm.

Any chance of a red version? I really liked your R-Style Red Theme. I tried orange and pink, but I don't really like orange and pink was a bit too gay ;)

Most definitely yes. Will add more variations to next release, but I shall now try to get this one to hit extras first :)

[gabby131]

@d-livil

vote casted!

i love this man!

[d-iivil]

i love this man!

I'm already married :-/
:D

[F2thaK]

no, she wants to marry ur theme XD


I second the Red colour option :D

will vote also

[puiradu]

this latest deb contains the zenity package?

[d-iivil]

this latest deb contains the zenity package?

Noup. Tried to look into merging it with the theme, but my knowledge wasn't enough :D

But you can download the zenity deb here and keep it safe if you need to install it without internet connection:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/fremantle/free/z/zenity/

[junionwoon]

Most definitely yes. Will add more variations to next release, but I shall now try to get this one to hit extras first :)

any chance to have Green too? loved the R Style Green .... :D

[gabby131]

I'm already married :-/
:D

whahahaha!!!! awwww!!! too bad!!! :D

[d-iivil]

any chance to have Green too? loved the R Style Green .... :D

There is green scheme coming up in next release.

[gabby131]

this theme makes my screen look like AMOLED (like i can see clear even under the sun, if that's what amoled does) :D

[shazosbourne]

Loving the theme D-Iivil.

I have a suggestion. It does involve more work on your part but from looking at the quality releases of yours to date I believe you are up to the task.
Would it be possible to add another user selection to the installation process where the user chooses an icon group?
I really like some of the custom icons e.g. the icons used by humanity, blue sky themes etc, but then I love your (black/blue) plastic theme. Can I have it all? Am I asking too much?
Can it be done?

[acvetkov]

Can I have the custom transition.ini file or the location of the same on the device? On my N900 the default transition.ini file is not replaced when the theme is applied/device rebooted.

[vietn900]

this is my favorite theme from you! great theme ! plus the icons from d4rklar makes it even better!

[puiradu]

Can I have the custom transition.ini file or the location of the same on the device? On my N900 the default transition.ini file is not replaced when the theme is applied/device rebooted.

You can add it manualy.

Just copy it from /usr/share/themes/blackplastictheme-themedir

using the command:

cp /usr/share/themes/blackplastictheme-themedir/transitions.ini /home/user/MyDocs

then add it to custom transition folder /usr/share/hildon-desktop

cp /home/user/MyDocs/transitions.ini /usr/share/hildon-desktop

Type this commands using root privileges.

Important!: Backup your original transitions.ini file from /usr/share/hildon-desktop first!

[SallyJane]

There is green scheme coming up in next release.

Neon green ? :D

Awesome themes btw, am now torn between the orange version and the iStyle lightphone Green , absolute dilemna really :p

There's something about the contrast you've introduced with this theme that really makes the screen look brighter and crisper than my default 2 bars usually shows.

[baboo]

Noup. Tried to look into merging it with the theme, but my knowledge wasn't enough :D

But you can download the zenity deb here and keep it safe if you need to install it without internet connection:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/fremantle/free/z/zenity/

i tried to intall it but the App.Manager says "incompatible package":confused:

[d-iivil]

i tried to intall it but the App.Manager says "incompatible package":confused:

Did you downoad the one that ends with armel.deb? That's the one you should download.

[qosmio]

Just luv it.. fantastic!!! So simple and easy to use, no messing around three clicks and your off.

Its the best thought out and put together theme I've used on this wonderful bit of kit.... Hope to see and use more of your themes.

Regards Qosmio

[d-iivil]

Whoa! Thanks for all who have voted. Never seen a "vote storm" like this before :-P

And for those who have devel -repo enabled: I just uploaded a version 2.002 where I have made following changes:
- setup dialog is not shown on install (because some people like to install stuff from command line and may not be near the touchscreen). Setup can be launched from settings just like before
- selecting another color scheme no longer revert your theme to Nseries, it just restarts the hildon-desktop, hildon-home and hildon-status-menu (so no longer need to go and re-select the Black Plastic Theme to use)
- pressing "cancell" at any point of setup wizard will actually cancell the whole wizard instead of just current dialog
- added two new schemes; green and red

[F2thaK]

********** RED ****************

yesssssssssss!



EDIT: wow, I tried it.. youve changed the text to red too! nice !!

I updated and I had to select the theme still, but thats okay

[d-iivil]

I updated and I had to select the theme still, but thats okay

Yeah, noticed that there's still no workaround for that, so edited my post above right after posting it.

Bumbed version 2.003 to devel, just tuned the setup wizard a bit so that user won't get that "reboot is recommended" -message if he doesn't have Plastic Theme currently active. Instead he gets just "Settings saved" -message.

[SR90]

You are the theme master and my hero D-livil , ;)

Thanks a lot for the update ! Cheers (;

[gabby131]

installed latest update.

new color schemes. and yes! i dont see any pop-ups on transitions and schemes in the update! :D

[dchky]

I don't want to sound ungrateful because I really like this theme, it gets better and better. I was a tad surprised to see the config option on the settings screen. Probably there is nowhere else to stick it, so I understand the logic for placing it there, though just wondering what will happen when everyone starts doing this? It'll get quite busy in there - maybe another install option to leave no 'settings' entry? : )

Okay, I'm nitpicking, seriously it's not a negative at all, and indeed I actually do appreciate the effort you're putting in - even in real life - and even though we are complete strangers.

Thanks again.

[gabby131]

@dchky:

im sorry but im thinking the opposite way....i am hoping for all my themes to get customizable in just a click (no updates/re-install) like the black plastic. i know it will flood on the "settings" but atleast not on the repos :D

[d-iivil]

I don't want to sound ungrateful because I really like this theme, it gets better and better. I was a tad surprised to see the config option on the settings screen. Probably there is nowhere else to stick it, so I understand the logic for placing it there, though just wondering what will happen when everyone starts doing this? It'll get quite busy in there - maybe another install option to leave no 'settings' entry? : )

Okay, I'm nitpicking, seriously it's not a negative at all, and indeed I actually do appreciate the effort you're putting in - even in real life - and even though we are complete strangers.

Thanks again.

You didn't sound ungrateful :)
You have a point there, but I don't think that the situation will build up like that or how big will the problem actually be; I already have tons of extra icons under settings -page and I don't find it annoying or messing anything up etc.

Thanks for the support!

[gabby131]

You didn't sound ungrateful :)
You have a point there, but I don't think that the situation will build up like that or how big will the problem actually be; I already have tons of extra icons under settings -page and I don't find it annoying or messing anything up etc.

Thanks for the support!

just upload it D. i am more than willing to test and mess up my device.

[d-iivil]

just upload it D. i am more than willing to test and mess up my device.

Erm... what should I upload? Sorry, totally lost you now :D

[gabby131]

Erm... what should I upload? Sorry, totally lost you now :D

i mean i'll test everything you bump on the repos.....:D im lost as well :D

[pelago]

I don't want to sound ungrateful because I really like this theme, it gets better and better. I was a tad surprised to see the config option on the settings screen. Probably there is nowhere else to stick it, so I understand the logic for placing it there, though just wondering what will happen when everyone starts doing this? It'll get quite busy in there - maybe another install option to leave no 'settings' entry? : )

I guess there could be a framework for themes advanced settings - i.e. one applet in Settings which provides a UI which multiple themes can plug into.

[SallyJane]

Great themes, and a neat way of packaging the color variants.

There's a wallpaper set on the maemo wallpaper site called Digital Shamrock

http://www.n900wallpapers.com/wallpaper/digital-shamrock

which offsets the green version to perfection :)

[baboo]

Did you downoad the one that ends with armel.deb? That's the one you should download.
yess i tried that one and didn't work,is there any trick or something thati can do?

[gabby131]

someone make a poll!!! which color schemes you use on black plastic theme??? :D

well if its okay with d-livil, or if he has no plans on adding new colour schemes :D

[d-iivil]

yess i tried that one and didn't work,is there any trick or something thati can do?

Aaah... now I see, it cannot be installed through application manager because the package is missing category (otherwise it would be shown in app manager).

You must install the zenity packager from xterm if you want to install it from .deb.

Here's the command for installing it by "hand". Assuming you have saved that .deb file under the root of your internal memory (the 27 gigabytes one) and you have rootsh installed:
- open xterm and type:

sudo gainroot
cd /home/user/MyDocs
dpkg -i zenity_2.28.0-1maemo0_armel.deb

[gabby131]

just got the latest 2.005 yesterday.....i notice that the pop-ups for transitions and schemes are no more on the update (which is still on the plastic setup in settings)

yey!

[d-iivil]

just got the latest 2.005 yesterday.....i notice that the pop-ups for transitions and schemes are no more on the update (which is still on the plastic setup in settings)

yey!

Yes, I removed the setup wizard being ran during installation / upgrade. That's because now it's possible to do the upgrading or installation without need to use touchscreen. By default the black variation is installed.

[gabby131]

@d-livil

i love the new coffee scheme and men! every scheme on a theme pack can change wallpapers as well!!?

this is spectacular! this is a blast!!! :D

[d-iivil]

@d-livil

i love the new coffee scheme and men! every scheme on a theme pack can change wallpapers as well!!?

this is spectacular! this is a blast!!! :D

Yeah, I'm experiencing the feature to change backgrounds aswell. Just noticed I made a mistake with it and atm you cannot change back to Black Plastic default background. I'm uploading new version atm which disables this feature until I have time to fix it (monday I guess) :)

[gabby131]

@d-livil

im using the coffee scheme but im stuck with the black plastic orig background, is there a way to change it? i tried re-setting and rebooting. :)

[andrewfblack]

d-livil first off just wanted to say that I'm impressed how you have grow as a theme maker in the last few months. You are really becomming a top theme maker for maemo. Can you share how you did this? It would be nice for other theme makers to include this as well.

[puiradu]

I can't find any bug on 2.0.0.7 version!
I think you should promote it!

Looking forward to vote!
Great work!
THANKS!

[Livinmalife]

Quality theme.... Best yet...

[d-iivil]

@d-livil

im using the coffee scheme but im stuck with the black plastic orig background, is there a way to change it? i tried re-setting and rebooting. :)

If you upgraded to 2.007, then that's the reason. As said in my previous post, I disabled the background changin since it was unfinished :] Will continue working with it monday.

[tnhh]

I have tried lots of themes but kept going back to the default until I installed this one. Great work - thanks!

[gabby131]

If you upgraded to 2.007, then that's the reason. As said in my previous post, I disabled the background changin since it was unfinished :] Will continue working with it monday.

oh.....so thats what you mean......:D

am gonna show this theme to my bro and watch him drool :D

[d-iivil]

d-livil first off just wanted to say that I'm impressed how you have grow as a theme maker in the last few months. You are really becomming a top theme maker for maemo. Can you share how you did this? It would be nice for other theme makers to include this as well.

Thanks andrew!
It's actually very simpe how the scheme selector works: simple shell script copies images from corresponding folder to the main theme folder and that's about it.

If you extract the deb you can see the structure I'm using with folders and what the script looks like :]

Thanks again for the support, really nice to hear that from you :]

[d-iivil]

oh.....so thats what you mean......:D

am gonna show this theme to my bro and watch him drool :D

Hehe :P

You can still find the coffee background from:
/usr/share/themes/blackplastictheme-themedir/backgroundz
(note the z-letter at the end)

There you have wallpaper1.png etc.
In case you want to use them while I'm figuring out how to do the wallpaper changing "correctly".

[Livinmalife]

I chose the orange setting and then changed my mind and reset to black and restarted my n900. When I now get a text the notification it shows up orange and same when i switch application and you view the open apps, the text app also still shows orange.

I also get a blue trim in the address bar in micro b occasionally, is this part of the black theme?

Sorry if none of that makes sense, the theme is great and none of thw above even makes a difference to me but I just wanted to give you some feedback

[kennibal]

coffee option is the best for me so far as it looks softer and more readable this time. just my opinion. thanks a lot!

[d-iivil]

I chose the orange setting and then changed my mind and reset to black and restarted my n900. When I now get a text the notification it shows up orange and same when i switch application and you view the open apps, the text app also still shows orange.

I also get a blue trim in the address bar in micro b occasionally, is this part of the black theme?

Sorry if none of that makes sense, the theme is great and none of thw above even makes a difference to me but I just wanted to give you some feedback

The blue border on focused text box is part of black scheme. But about that orange text... could you provide a screenshot?

Thanks for testing :)

[Livinmalife]

Here's the screen shot.

I must admit I am colour blind however the colour does seem a little out of place for the black setting on the theme. :D

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3457/screenshot2010070223061.png

[ceroberts75]

this theme is getting huge!!! 11.2mb for the latest update 5 minutes ago?


what is taking so much mb?

[ceroberts75]

dont get me wrong...this i by far the best theme yet.

[Raif]

awesome theme, running it with the Green option, Matrix live wallpaper, altered Icons and removed backing from icons.

By far the best theme out there, what would be cool is a set of options to alter fonts and icons rather than hacking text and image files

[wasserkuhl]

great theme, I made a looping porsche desktop to go with it!
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr203/wasserkuhl/Uploads%20via%20Pixelpipe/attachment-0PD1EV.png

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr203/wasserkuhl/Uploads%20via%20Pixelpipe/attachment-1GMZEV.png

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr203/wasserkuhl/Uploads%20via%20Pixelpipe/attachment-ETRXEV.png

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr203/wasserkuhl/Uploads%20via%20Pixelpipe/attachment-K4I8EV.png

[ceroberts75]

awesome theme, running it with the Green option, Matrix live wallpaper, altered Icons and removed backing from icons.

By far the best theme out there, what would be cool is a set of options to alter fonts and icons rather than hacking text and image files

i remember reading how to take the icons back square off, but thought it too cumbersom. that would be a great option to have if it is possible.



that would be great to have the option...thats for sure.


someone else said that they were able to choose a different color. i cant figure out how to change the color or the transitions option unless i am reinstalling the applications again.

[c:drive]

Luv the setting option,must for other theme other wise just fill the memory,Big thank u for luvly B.P.theme.

[d-iivil]

someone else said that they were able to choose a different color. i cant figure out how to change the color or the transitions option unless i am reinstalling the applications again.

You can find the icon for settings under your phone's settings -page (see the screenshot @ opening post of this thread).

[d-iivil]

this theme is getting huge!!! 11.2mb for the latest update 5 minutes ago?


what is taking so much mb?

Well, there's now seven variants in the package (basically that means seven themes in one package), that makes ~1.6 megs per theme. Not that bad I think ;)

[d-iivil]

Here's the screen shot.

I must admit I am colour blind however the colour does seem a little out of place for the black setting on the theme. :D

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3457/screenshot2010070223061.png

That looks normal to me. I like to keep the notifications close to default to make them stand out no matter what theme you're using :)

[navsin]

Maybe off-topic, but is there a limit on the size of icons you can use on the desktop? If I try to use icons more than 64x64 size, they get cropped on the sides when used as shortcut on the desktop.

Is there a workaround to have icons of say 96x96 size on desktop?

[fahadj2003]

is the music player background supposed to be brown? or is it cause i choose the coffee one?
coz currently i'm using blue but the musicplayer is still brown..
and if the theme is active and i change the colours, all my installed widgets disappear and if i add those widgets again, they come back in their original positions.. and this is only for installed widgets, not the buitin ones like ovi maps and musicplayer
and it would be kinda cool if the desktop wallpaper changes colour too.. *jus a suggestion*
and best theme yet (y)

[puiradu]

is the music player background supposed to be brown? or is it cause i choose the coffee one?
coz currently i'm using blue but the musicplayer is still brown..
and if the theme is active and i change the colours, all my installed widgets disappear and if i add those widgets again, they come back in their original positions.. and this is only for installed widgets, not the buitin ones like ovi maps and musicplayer
and it would be kinda cool if the desktop wallpaper changes colour too.. *jus a suggestion*
and best theme yet (y)

I guess it is a bug. It will be fixed on monday or so! It's weekend and our developer deserve his time with family.

A quick solution: reinstall the theme, you can use the deb file (not needed to uninstall, or change the theme before) than set it blue or any colour you like, but not to coffee one! That should do the trick!

Cheers

Edit: Regarding the widgets disappearing it's not the theme fault! I think it's about another application who is using python hildon desktop package! That was the only package who made me reproduce the disappearing issue!

[d-iivil]

It's safe to use the coffee one also with the latest package. It won't change everything in brown with the current version (2.007). I'll redo the background stuff monday (already have a working solution for that).

Edit #2: Coffee variation IS still messing around the media player background :P Well, isn't this what devel is for; toying around and testing stuff.

And about disappearing widgets; I get that too with widgets written in Python, but it won't happen every time which is weird. I need to think how I'll solve that (should I return the old behaviour where you had to go and re-select the theme after setting colors?)...

Edit: maybe I'll do it like they do it in PC world; I'll make it absolutely necessary to reboot after changing settings (last dialog will ask you to restart with yes / cancell -option). That way I don't have to kill the hildon-home on the fly (which causes the python widgets to disappear). That would also make it very clear to end user that he must reboot to make all changes visible. Would you guys find that annoying or could it be kind of midway-sollution?

[fahadj2003]

yea old one is good..
actually keep em both
first while installation and other option in settings
atleast till the widget bug is solved
besides, i dun think its theme related, in pr1.1.1, this used to happen to me alot... the exact replica of the situation would be that sometimes, when i added a new widget, the system would be busy or soemthing leading to the widgets disappearing..
i was kinda new to it so i didnt investigate much

[d-iivil]

Good morning! Version 2.008 is uploaded to extras-devel. Changes are.
- fixed the coffee variation background hasling, it works now and that variation is safe to use
- changed the setup script behaviour; after selecting variation it asks you if you want to reboot or not to apply changes (no more disappearing python widgets!)
- setup script is now launced at the end of installing / upgrading the theme

[d-iivil]

And bumbing rightaway ver 2.009 up repos. I noticed that I probably should not display reboot -option when running the setup wizard during upgrade / installation so that part is now skipped in that situation.

Reboot -option is still offered when launching the wizard afterwards from the settings -application.

[zvogt]

Something about this most recent version doesn't seem to play nice with wallpapers. even after multiple restarts, no matter what wallpaper I choose, and no matter what theme I switch to, I only ever see the default black plastic theme wallpaper now.

[zvogt]

Looks like the battery icon is stuck too. Even if I change themes and restart, some of the elements are locked to their black plastic verision. My desktop icons do change normally when I choose other themes though.

[zvogt]

I've uninstalled black plastic theme, and the battery icon went back to normal, but I still am completely unable to change my wallpaper.

[d-iivil]

I've uninstalled black plastic theme, and the battery icon went back to normal, but I still am completely unable to change my wallpaper.

Oops, thanks for the report :)
I forgot to set correct permissions for the wallpapers when they are changed from my setup script. Will upload a fixed package soon.

In the meantime if you want to have your own wallpapers back, delete all .png files under:
/home/user/.backgrounds

And then select the backgrounds you like :)

[F2thaK]

cant say bout wallpaper, but update was perfect thx for tha hard werk

[d-iivil]

Version 2.010 with fixed background-stuff should be available @ extras-devel.

Maybe it's getting closer this time for promoting to extras-testing?

[marcdxn]

The only issue i have with this theme.... is now i don't want to touch any of the older ones !!!

This themes fantastic and i hope any of the past themes start to integrate these colour changing options and transition effects because all the old themes for me personally are now dated with this being the new benchmark.

Lots of updates recently too so keep on improving !

One small thing - top bar in black at the top (status bar?) when changing theme colours can't this change also rather than just highlighted items if i change to a red colour it would be better to see more red accross the theme.

Keep up the good work.

[gabby131]

@d-livil

testing 2.010, sorry yo! i missed 2.008 and 2.009, just woke up :D

[zvogt]

I can confirm that the latest update did fix my background problem.

[d-iivil]

@d-livil

testing 2.010, sorry yo! i missed 2.008 and 2.009, just woke up :D

Well, you didn't miss much :) I've done no changes to theme(s), just tuned the setup script to be more intuitive and user friendly... (hopefully).

[d-iivil]

I can confirm that the latest update did fix my background problem.

About the battery & cell level icons -issue you had: seems to be working fine on my device with following steps:
- choose some other theme (I chose digital life)
=> icons are still from black plastic
- reboot the phone
=> icons are reverted back to normal

So I assume it's some bizarre hildon-theme-cacher issue...

[F2thaK]

...Maybe it's getting closer this time for promoting to extras-testing?



will (test, and) vote ...

[puiradu]

Version 2.010 with fixed background-stuff should be available @ extras-devel.

Maybe it's getting closer this time for promoting to extras-testing?

Great job. I think the theme deserve to be promoted to extras!

There is one more question in my mind still. If the cofee theme change the UI color why the rest are not folowing this pattern? For example it will be nice when we choose red the UI turns to a delightful red and the wallpapers also.... At least it seems logical. If I'm wrong than the coffee theme should act as all other themes...
Hope you got me!
Desired to aprove me :)
Thanks!

[d-iivil]

Great job. I think the theme deserve to be promoted to extras!

There is one more question in my mind still. If the cofee theme change the UI color why the rest are not folowing this pattern? For example it will be nice when we choose red the UI turns to a delightful red and the wallpapers also.... At least it seems logical. If I'm wrong than the coffee theme should act as all other themes...
Hope you got me!
Desired to aprove me :)
Thanks!

Coffee was just fast experimental draw (and an inside joke of the amounts of coffee I drink) to try out changing walls and stuff. I'll probably rename it like "Coffee bonus" etc and move it at the bottom of the list. I try to keep the black plastic as black as it can be, but sometimes I cannot hold myself :P

[SpRoOoOo]

oh I love it . this coffee theme is just awsome. I sit in a small affice looking at nothing but screens supporting networks and coffee is my best friend. I drink almost 10 cups a day.
Please keep this coffee theme. Thx

[davbost]

The best theme...I love it! Thank you and keep up the great work.

[puiradu]

I do not know if there is an bug but when the coffee theme it set the semitransparent bar is missing from the unlock screen (the bar around the unlock button).

[d-iivil]

I do not know if there is an bug but when the coffee theme it set the semitransparent bar is missing from the unlock screen (the bar around the unlock button).

Yeah, I was too lazy to draw it there :) Will add it there in next release though.

[navsin]

One suggestion in the coffee variant - The calendar background seems out of place being black. It would gel in well if it was coffee colored too. Also, the events in the calendar are black. Would be better if they were coffee colored too like the contacts in call log.

[kevinp93]

Great theme..Currently using the black option... Anywho... How about including options to change text colour?

It would also be great if you could allow default icons or theme icons to be selected.

Great Job so far.. Thank you.

[d-iivil]

Great theme..Currently using the black option... Anywho... How about including options to change text colour?

It would also be great if you could allow default icons or theme icons to be selected.

Great Job so far.. Thank you.

Well.. both of those possible to do, but I think that would give too much options to choose with wizard like this and would drive most end users grazy :D Now there's "only" three "pages" to go through and I'm starting to feel it's too much :-P

Maybe I need to learn to code with QT and make a proper settings application where everything is in one page etc...

[d-iivil]

I do not know if there is an bug but when the coffee theme it set the semitransparent bar is missing from the unlock screen (the bar around the unlock button).

This is now "fixed" in latest devel-version I just uploaded. I also tuned the top bar hover effect a bit of every variation and added some notifications to the setup wizard :)

[Switch_]

Awesome theme man, great work, love the transitions bigtime and the custom colour scheme....

If I may request for a white / light grey colour scheme to be added for a future release.....?

Nice one.....

[d-iivil]

Awesome theme man, great work, love the transitions bigtime and the custom colour scheme....
Thanks for the support :)

If I may request for a white / light grey colour scheme to be added for a future release.....?

I will refuse to design light themes until Nokia fixes it's own built-in programs (calendar, e-mail etc) to use themes correctly :D
Now it feels like waste of time when you really can't use any of those light themes as all-around-themes since some programs are just unusable :-/

[Switch_]

I will refuse to design light themes until Nokia fixes it's own built-in programs (calendar, e-mail etc) to use themes correctly :D
Now it feels like waste of time when you really can't use any of those light themes as all-around-themes since some programs are just unusable :-/

Well I can't fault your comment but I have been using another theme called "iStyle LightPhone" which worked very well for me - but granted, I have also had some light themes where text was simply unreadable... No worries, thanks for the reply :D

[d-iivil]

Well I can't fault your comment but I have been using another theme called "iStyle LightPhone" which worked very well for me - but granted, I have also had some light themes where text was simply unreadable... No worries, thanks for the reply :D

Yeah.. iStyle -themes are also my work and with the lightphone -variant there's also heavy issues with calendar & e-mail client :(

[Habmala]

Hi, I just installed v 1.3 from extras.

I sure like how it looks, but I'm having trubble ;) big time..
I cant find the settings-option in the settings menu, I looked where the screenshot sais it should be, and mostly all over the settings menu.

I first installed "Black Plastic Theme" from the appman (couldn't find "Black Plastic Theme Pack") chose it under themes in settings and swiched the N900 off and on. Still nothing, so I switched back (to digital nature) and uninstalled it, then installed from the link at maemo.org (http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/black-plastic-theme/) and did the same thing, but I get the same results. (I think it's installing the same package, I just did it through the site to be sure I hadn't picked a different package).

I have only used the default themes before so I'm not sure I'm not missing anything important. This is probably a bug in v. 1.3 (?) or perhaps the installscript is missing the colorswitcher.

I'm running the global version of PR 1.2 if that is interesting.

I like the theme (nx) but I sort of feel like I'm missing out on the main feature ;) .


Also on a side note, the top right corner has a rounded corner in the highlight (when clinking) but the button is rectangular, (shouldn't it be like the top left corner?) then again I'm not using the latest one so this might have been fixed already.

Thanks for any help //Habmala

[d-iivil]

Scheme selector is available from version 2.xx

For some stupid reason maemo.org/downloads shows description from devel-version...

So to clarify:
- extras version 1.3 = does not have scheme selector
- extras-testing version 2.00x = has four schemes and selector
- extras-devel version 2.01x = has seven schemes and improved selector

So if you don't want to wait for current devel or testing version to be promoted to extras (will take 3-10 days) you have to enable testing or devel repository.

[Habmala]

Aah, sorry then ;)

I thought it seemd like an oddly large bug. I'll probably try out the testing version later on :)

Thanks again for a revolutionary way to implement themes.

[Bratag]

Coffee theme is now my default. Love it.

[d-iivil]

Aah, sorry then ;)

I thought it seemd like an oddly large bug. I'll probably try out the testing version later on :)

Thanks again for a revolutionary way to implement themes.

Yeah, it's very very confusing that packages that are in extras shows description AND the package "title" from extras-devel version. But luckily the version that has four schemes and selector (the testing one) is promotable to extras hopefully tomorrow (there's ten days quarantee).

But I'm really really sure your phone won't explode if you enable extras-devel and install the latest black-plastic-theme package from there and then disable the devel -repository :)

[gabby131]

@d-livil

you did something on the transitions? extra smooth on v2.013 :)

[d-iivil]

@d-livil

you did something on the transitions? extra smooth on v2.013 :)

Noup, they are the same.

I only changed the description of the package and made coffee -variation's calendar to fit into rest of the color scheme.

[gabby131]

okay.....maybe its just me. sweet.... will try the extra smooth coffee....

btw. since when the menu and close/back icon press changed? its so awesome! looks more elegant.....i choose orange scheme and set the digital nature bg images and they blend perfect!

thanks yo!

[wasserkuhl]

D-Livil, great theme I am using the Blue transitions and it appears that when in app manager the background of icons (download, un install & Update) does not go blue; its grey. Is this how its supposed to be? I am not complaining, this theme is by far the best I have used and many many thanks are due to your effort and hard work...

[d-iivil]

D-Livil, great theme I am using the Blue transitions and it appears that when in app manager the background of icons (download, un install & Update) does not go blue; its grey. Is this how its supposed to be? I am not complaining, this theme is by far the best I have used and many many thanks are due to your effort and hard work...

They are gray indeed in every variation. I'll see if I'll find the willpower to fix that :)

And btw: it's d-iivil, not d-Livil :P

[todor_tsankov]

@D-Iivil:

Firts of all - many, many thanks to you and the others who contributed to this great theme - the so best far IMHO. I don't know how but with this theme the interface feels much more snappier that any other theme.
I have a question/proposal for you - have you ever thought of localizing the Plastic Theme Setup script - as I see it's a shell script + zenity, which is localizable and I can help you with that (when I find some spare time :-)

[RogerTHAcctant]

looks great, i'll give it a download!

[d-iivil]

Wohoo! Version 2.0 just hit the extras-repo, thanks for all voters again!

I'll promote version 2.1 to extras-testing on monday so your votes are still needed in the future :) I'll post here when I have the 2.1 ready and uploaded to repos.

[neotalk]

the stable version caused some probs. my desktop screen started hanging and locking up but i installed the extras-devel 2.014 update and that has sorted out theese issues.i have tried the red but it looked pink so i changed it to green which looks very nice ( i have the brightness set to full as anything else is too dark for me. Nice work D-Iivil Thank you.

[d-iivil]

The lagging should last just for short period of time (from 30 sec to couple minutes) while the system seeks through the new theme images. It's also normal that after reboot system is same kind lagging for short period of time because tracker indexer runs a little journey and so does hildon-thumbnailer (what ever that is).

[neotalk]

thanks for that info. i got a little worried for a mo....mind you it dont take much to get me confused or worried. all looking good and working fine now. Thaks D-Iivil.

[INGINE]

OHHH MAAAAAN, OHHHH MAN!!! EXTRA COFFEE!!! I LIVE BY COFFEE!!!! WOO YEAH!! :D:D:D

p.s. i am a caffiene addict, a heavy one, heavy doses, so you should of figured out why the word extra coffee and a picture of a coffee cup is worth more than you life :D

[wasserkuhl]

They are gray indeed in every variation. I'll see if I'll find the willpower to fix that :)

And btw: it's d-iivil, not d-Livil :P

oops, sorry about that :-)

[wasserkuhl]

They are gray indeed in every variation. I'll see if I'll find the willpower to fix that :)

And btw: it's d-iivil, not d-Livil :P

oops, sorry about that :)

[Death Scythe]

Finally in the extras repo! A pleasant surprise for a Saturday morning.

[d-iivil]

OHHH MAAAAAN, OHHHH MAN!!! EXTRA COFFEE!!! I LIVE BY COFFEE!!!! WOO YEAH!! :D:D:D

p.s. i am a caffiene addict, a heavy one, heavy doses, so you should of figured out why the word extra coffee and a picture of a coffee cup is worth more than you life :D

I feel you brother, I feel you :D
That's why I drew it :P

[fahadj2003]

hey uhmm
in the photos app, when deleting multiple files, u have the back arrow to cancel choosing multiple files
it goes blue *coz i selected blue*
anyways
rest of the icons when tapped have the fading effect, the back arrow for this one is kinda different, more like solid?
try it, u'll get what i mean

[d-iivil]

hey uhmm
in the photos app, when deleting multiple files, u have the back arrow to cancel choosing multiple files
it goes blue *coz i selected blue*
anyways
rest of the icons when tapped have the fading effect, the back arrow for this one is kinda different, more like solid?
try it, u'll get what i mean

Yeah, I see what you mean after trying it out. That's something related to the photo app and how it handles the highlight. Only fix would be to give up that cool highlight effect and make it "solid" to everywhere else also. I think I'll stick with how it is now since that function (tapping back in photo app delete mode) is more rarely used than tapping top bar everywhere else.

[fahadj2003]

Yeah, I see what you mean after trying it out. That's something related to the photo app and how it handles the highlight. Only fix would be to give up that cool highlight effect and make it "solid" to everywhere else also. I think I'll stick with how it is now since that function (tapping back in photo app delete mode) is more rarely used than tapping top bar everywhere else.

its with file manager too
basically everywhere when u can choose multiple files

[d-iivil]

its with file manager too
basically everywhere when u can choose multiple files

Okay, it's seems to be related all "full fullscreen actions". I'll see if I can find a workaround for it tomorrow, I really don't want to give up the cool glowing effect it has in "normal" situations.

[fahadj2003]

Okay, it's seems to be related all "full fullscreen actions". I'll see if I can find a workaround for it tomorrow, I really don't want to give up the cool glowing effect it has in "normal" situations.

lol
haha
ok
im jus contributing :D

[Patroclo]

Thanks to the author for his efforts to give us his wonderful theme in this very well organized and clever way.

[rantom]

Quite good theme, thanks for this. It's quite damn fast also, I thought for a moment that you overclocked my N900 (although HealthCheck's telling me it's still at 600 MHz it certainly feels a lot faster).

[d-iivil]

its with file manager too
basically everywhere when u can choose multiple files

This is now fixed with version 2.1 I just uploaded to extras-testing.

So now it's the time again when I need your votes to get this package to extras as soon as possible so that "reqular users" will have the latest version also:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/black-plastic-theme/2.100/

Differences between 2.0 vs. 2.1 are:
- six color variants (blue, green, orange, pink, red, black)
- one bonus variant (actually whole theme): Extra Coffee
- media player is now completely colored to match current scheme
- setup wizard is re-written to be more user friendly
- few new icons here and there
- gloving highlight effect when tapping top bar
- tuned transitions to be even more snappier

[ou_oliver]

hi. just updated. and i find the transition too snappy now. i can't really see the cool transition anymore. the transition before was perfect for me. just my 2cent here

[d-iivil]

hi. just updated. and i find the transition too snappy now. i can't really see the cool transition anymore. the transition before was perfect for me. just my 2cent here

Heh, I personally felt completely opposite; I got frustrated when I had to wait for the animation to end until I was able to continue what I was doing :P

This is matter of taste ofcourse. I can tune the transitions to be a bit more longer in certain situations in next extras-devel -release. It will also include couple of new color variants which are requested.

[Soppa]

What a nice theme package, definately the best one I've had a go with. Superb work, and the configuration options in the settings section is a really nice touch. Kudos to D-Iivil for making these available for free, your kind of people make this community and this device so much more enjoyable for my kind of average joes. Will definately buy you a beer if I spot you in Helsinki!

[hassan_badredin]

i used almost all versions
its a great theme
thanks alot for your work
no bugs for me i just wish all colors had separate themes like the coffee one but replacing the brown color with blue,red,green etc...including the wallpaper
i just updated to latest ver.


ps:how do i vote?
i cant log in anymore...

[alienhead]

I was the 10th to vote, now it is 10 out of 10. Thanks D-Iivil

[Digicom]

Just voted and its now on 13 out of 10 :p

much apprciated D-Iivil http://talk.maemo.org/images/icons/icon14.gif

[d-iivil]

Thanks for all voters (again) :)

Now would be a good time to make some wishes if you feel you want some different scheme included in next update ;) Yellow is already requested and I'll do that. What other colors are we missing?

[AgentZ]

A Dark Purple, would be nice!

[alienhead]

Dark blue, like in alienware blue

[phedders]

Love the theme - and the fast transitions are lovely - no more waiting!

[puiradu]

D-livil, at first it was an idea...but look now how serious it became! :)
Thanks for the yellow!
Can you share with us some wallpapers who can fit with the theme and modified transitions(the blur problem :) )? Maybe to include for every variation custom wallpaper and add an option on the setup to choose them or not! I knom you wanna ''keep the theme as black as possible'' but...
Offtopic: There will be any posibility to add customised fonts in this theme and let the user to choose if he wants or not to change the font? (I sow at Samsung Corby the ability to change fonts from the UI) Of course this will require adapting fonts for N900 but looking at the direction that theme is going, I think that you have the posibility to rewrite entirely the UI!
Keep them coming!

[elbttrd]

thanks for a great theme. this theme is one of the reasons why i considered overclocking..to enhance the transitions..haha

if it isnt too much to ask..dark blue please.

thanks!

[davidian]

Thanks for all voters (again) :)

Now would be a good time to make some wishes if you feel you want some different scheme included in next update ;) Yellow is already requested and I'll do that. What other colors are we missing?

Dark red would be nice!

[vintc]

Dark dark dark..bla bla :D

Aaand what something lighter? Some like Vanilla or clean white?!

Great theme!!! Thank you, D-Iivil

[gtessier00]

X2! Vanilla would be great!
P.S. thanks for this theme, it's awesome, it'll stay on my n900 for a long time!!!! I thought I was overclocked at 1150 when using the windows!!!

[d-iivil]

I'd love to create a silky smooth vanilla -styled theme, but as long as there are some built-in applications that does not work with light themes I refuse to draw them. It's waste of time :(

[Hmtsjmftsch]

Great theme! Looks great and I love the new transitions. They make it feel a lot snappier. Thanks for all the hard work!

[ou_oliver]

Hi, How about having Fast,Slow,Disable on the transistion menu instead of Enable,Disable. i think this will appeal to a wider range of people. just an idea.dunno if it's possible. love the theme.

[wasserkuhl]

thanks for the new applications manager coloured background menu buttons, also has shown up in mussorgsky as well, superb!! many thanks and huge respect for your work.

[puiradu]

i just tested the latest version from extras devel. Yellow seems ok, even you didn't tuned the menu and close buttons bug the rest, meaning dark colors.... I think you begin to complicate this theme too much!

[d-iivil]

i just tested the latest version from extras devel. Yellow seems ok, even you didn't tuned the menu and close buttons bug the rest, meaning dark colors.... I think you begin to complicate this theme too much!

ermm.. yellow is colored exactly samw way as others are...

edit: damn, I forgot to make the top bar hovering glow like the others. Well, it's devel-version and I'll fix it in next update. Same goes to deep-variations :P

[puiradu]

ermm.. yellow is colored exactly samw way as others are...

edit: damn, I forgot to make the top bar hovering glow like the others. Well, it's devel-version and I'll fix it in next update. Same goes to deep-variations :P

I'm talking about the menu and close buttons. In red for example when the menu is pressed the button background is not fully red, there is an effect in there. When the yellow is set, pressing menu will make the button background fully yellow. Hope it's a little bit clear now. :)

[hassan_badredin]

i just got the 2.101 update its awesome i was just thinking about full colour schemes like in the deep versions of the theme
works fine right now ill go through it and see if somethings wrong
thanks anyway its the best theme ever!!!

[hassan_badredin]

ok
now some suggestions :D
first, maybe the setup menu should be more finger -friendly :
it takes me a minute to scroll through the color scheme selection menu
and also the 'ok' and 'cancel' buttons are either too close one to another or too small
also the reboot now yes or no, ill reboot later selection area is too small : the little dot you have to press is hard to aim

then

maybe the settings background or any other background that is black in all color schemes should be coloured according to the scheme selected:
i mean in 'deep red' it should be red (light red, and when you select red as it already is), in 'deep blue' (light) blue and so on
maybe not as intense as the desktop colors but still...
maybe like the background in app manager...

Anyway its the best one ever!

[d-iivil]

I'm talking about the menu and close buttons. In red for example when the menu is pressed the button background is not fully red, there is an effect in there. When the yellow is set, pressing menu will make the button background fully yellow. Hope it's a little bit clear now. :)

Yeah, I realized what you ment right after I replied. Will fix that tomorrow.

And @Hassan:
I agree all the points you posted but unfortunately none of those is doable with my knowledge :/ I'm using zenity to show show those dialogs and I don't know how to hildonize it.

[hassan_badredin]

oh... maybe i'll start learning some soon so i can help you with this AWESOME theme :D

what about the lock screen, when you slide to unlock, can that be changed to be the color of the theme? i think it would be nicer to have purple rather than grey lock screen color on the purple theme for example
or maybe i am just too assorted in my mind :))

[d-iivil]

oh... maybe i'll start learning some soon so i can help you with this AWESOME theme :D

what about the lock screen, when you slide to unlock, can that be changed to be the color of the theme? i think it would be nicer to have purple rather than grey lock screen color on the purple theme for example
or maybe i am just too assorted in my mind :))

Colorized lock screens are on the to-do-list already :)

And it would be awesome if someone with some coding skills could lean a hand with turning my simple shell script into a native app.

[puiradu]

Colorized lock screens are on the to-do-list already :)

And it would be awesome if someone with some coding skills could lean a hand with turning my simple shell script into a native app.

As I told you previously: this theme will become a new UI for N900.

I wrote you previously about another option of changing fonts by request. It will be nice to have some fonts included in the theme setup (of course, adapted for N900). What do you think about this?

[d-iivil]

As I told you previously: this theme will become a new UI for N900.

I wrote you previously about another option of changing fonts by request. It will be nice to have some fonts included in the theme setup (of course, adapted for N900). What do you think about this?

I can pretty easily change fonts used in theme, but once again, it won't affect to all built-in programs. Nokia has once again hard coded font-families in certain programs to use Nokia Sans instead of what theme is offering :(

Only way to get around this is to overwrite the Nokia Sans -font, but that would affect to other themes aswell and I don't want to do that.

[d-iivil]

Just uploaded new version to devel. Changes against the extras / testing -version are:
- six new variants (the deep -serie and basic yellow one)
- tuned transitions to be just a bit longer in some situations (like opening the application launcher)
- skinned the calendar application to be more "Black Plastic"
- deep -serie has now also custom lock screens

Let me know what you think :)

[Mat2k10]

Just uploaded new version to devel. Changes against the extras / testing -version are:
- six new variants (the deep -serie and basic yellow one)
- tuned transitions to be just a bit longer in some situations (like opening the application launcher)
- skinned the calendar application to be more "Black Plastic"
- deep -serie has now also custom lock screens

Let me know what you think :)

Great work :)

I have been using this theme since original black plastic was in devel.

Using extra coffee these days but switched to deep purple to test new update and now switched back to coffee but app manager still flashes purple when selecting download, uninstall or update option from main screen. Have rebooted twice.

This isn't a complaint. I know the theme is in testing for a reason and just wanted to feedback to help development progress in anyway.

Thanks.

[d-iivil]

Great work :)

I have been using this theme since original black plastic was in devel.

Using extra coffee these days but switched to deep purple to test new update and now switched back to coffee but app manager still flashes purple when selecting download, uninstall or update option from main screen. Have rebooted twice.

This isn't a complaint. I know the theme is in testing for a reason and just wanted to feedback to help development progress in anyway.

Thanks.

Aaah, thanks for catching that! Will be fixed asap. :)

[hassan_badredin]

i noticed that when in camera app if you open any menu there is a bug on the buttons
its like they have a line of little holes in them and you can see through them what the camera sees underneath them so to speak...
i hope i explained correctly... anyway the in-camera-app-menus, thats the place!
thought it would help
i use deep purple

edit:
i just updated to 2.104
holes are still there
i had the previous ver. when i first posted

[blwthompson]

Is it possible to remove the automatically apply theme after updating it. It's rather annoying! As i dont always use the theme however i always update my themes, and every time i update this theme it automatically applies and then i have to reapply the other theme, and then reapply my wallpapers, and then redo the xTerm commands to resize my icons!

[d-iivil]

i noticed that when in camera app if you open any menu there is a bug on the buttons
its like they have a line of little holes in them and you can see through them what the camera sees underneath them so to speak...
i hope i explained correctly... anyway the in-camera-app-menus, thats the place!
thought it would help
i use deep purple

edit:
i just updated to 2.104
holes are still there
i had the previous ver. when i first posted

That sounds strange. I cannot reproduce the problem, can someone else?
(seems like taking screenshot does not include the camera footage, but I can't see any holes)

[d-iivil]

Is it possible to remove the automatically apply theme after updating it. It's rather annoying! As i dont always use the theme however i always update my themes, and every time i update this theme it automatically applies and then i have to reapply the other theme, and then reapply my wallpapers, and then redo the xTerm commands to resize my icons!

Oops, sorry :) Will remove the automaticly applying in case user is using some other theme (my intend was to re-apply the theme automaticly if user was using Black Plastic before upgrading).

[blwthompson]

Oops, sorry :) Will remove the automaticly applying in case user is using some other theme (my intend was to re-apply the theme automaticly if user was using Black Plastic before upgrading).

hehehe thanks mate, Love the theme but i just like to switch between it and Blue-sky every few days. I wish i could combine both together and make a super theme :p get so sick of blue sometimes, and i HATE the icons in Blue-sky.

[hassan_badredin]

That sounds strange. I cannot reproduce the problem, can someone else?
(seems like taking screenshot does not include the camera footage, but I can't see any holes)

try pointing the camera at something like a light or bright something

[hassan_badredin]

Oops, sorry :) Will remove the automaticly applying in case user is using some other theme (my intend was to re-apply the theme automaticly if user was using Black Plastic before upgrading).

nooooooo dont do that!!!!
maybe a new dialog to choose apply now? yes/no

[d-iivil]

nooooooo dont do that!!!!
maybe a new dialog to choose apply now? yes/no

I was thinking I'd do it like this:
- user has some other theme currently active:
* setup asks in final dialog if user wants to set black plastic active or not

- user has black plastic active
* setup will automaticly keep black plastic as active theme

[blwthompson]

That also sounds like a good option :) i dont mind as long as the decision isnt forced on me :)

[d-iivil]

That also sounds like a good option :) i dont mind as long as the decision isnt forced on me :)

Yeah, I know. Forcing sucks big time and it was pure unintended mistake from my side :)

Maybe I won't add another dialog since that's annoying also. I'll make the setup just not to change user's theme from what it's currently set. Simple and effective :)

[blwthompson]

Indeed it is. Dialogs are rather annoying, but the ones currently implemented are neccessary

[d-iivil]

but the ones currently implemented are neccessary
Yes they are, but only until I find time and motivation to learn how to make this as native application where everythings is in one "page".

[gabby131]

@d-livil

this is awesome! i cant say anything but awesome!!!

deep red currently set-up......

EDIT: the "Now Rebooting. Fasten your seat belts" Banner is back!!! :D

[blwthompson]

Yes they are, but only until I find time and motivation to learn how to make this as native application where everythings is in one "page".

no what you need to do is learn how to code telepathic links into the program that way the user can just think it! :p I am rather enjoying your theme, one thing i dont like is the circle for opening the window manager.

[d-iivil]

no what you need to do is learn how to code telepathic links into the program that way the user can just think it! :p
Too bad I didn't pass the course one in my sygic lessons :-(


I am rather enjoying your theme, one thing i dont like is the circle for opening the window manager.
Bad news for you; the circle is going to stay there, I like it more than the default squares :)

[d-iivil]

I uploaded a new version which does not make Black Plastic automaticly as active theme if user is having another theme active when running the setup or he is upgrading the theme. Instead it asks you if you want to active it or not.

I think I'll promote this to testing rightaway so be prepared to vote (once again, I know).

[F2thaK]

all I can say about this latest version is

wow



loving the dark* colours.!!!
go D-Iivil !

[Digicom]

Much apprciated for update D-Iivil this is excellent this style never ceases to amaze me:p

Voted also http://talk.maemo.org/images/icons/icon14.gif

[puiradu]

This is the link! Please vote! http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/black-plastic-theme/2.105/

[F2thaK]

voted......

[DJRedline]

This theme/package simply just gets better and better.

Ever since i have installed it, i have never gone back to anything else.

[F2thaK]

This theme/package simply just gets better and better.

Ever since i have installed it, i have never gone back to anything else.

Ditto !!!!!!!!!!!!

[d-iivil]

Thanks for everyone who is voting. I know it's a pain in the *** to go vote over and over again :/ Hopefully this will be someday finished and you guys can have a break from voting marathon :D

[F2thaK]

this new ver include custom font ??

oh, and I hope its never "finished" :D

[d-iivil]

this new ver include custom font ??

oh, and I hope its never "finished" :D

Heh, you were the first to notice :P

Yes, I'm playing around with the font. Actually that Droid-font looks better to my eyes than Nokia Sans. Might keep it :)

[blwthompson]

hahahah it's fine with staying there :) it's different was merely conveying my thoughts and im VERY disappointed that you didnt pass ur sygic lesson as i want to be able to comunicate with my phone via telepathy!!! :p Guess ill just just have to use The Force

[F2thaK]

I like it.


****

[d-iivil]

hahahah it's fine with staying there :) it's different was merely conveying my thoughts and im VERY disappointed that you didnt pass ur sygic lesson as i want to be able to comunicate with my phone via telepathy!!! :p Guess ill just just have to use The Force

Yes! Use the force!

And btw Luke, I am your father.

[shepo73]

Just want to say thanks for all the hard work on this theme it's excellent.Nice one D-livil.

[blwthompson]

I will, you just need to incorporate some force methods etc!

[amebes]

Never felt compelled to comment on the theme pack, but after this latest update I really do want to say thanks! My vote is in.

And to all who have been involved - loving your work!

[Death Scythe]

Heh, you were the first to notice :P

Yes, I'm playing around with the font. Actually that Droid-font looks better to my eyes than Nokia Sans. Might keep it :)

Does the new font over-write the stock ones?

Keep up the awesome work. This is the only theme I've installed on my N900 aside from the stock ones.

[d-iivil]

Does the new font over-write the stock ones?

Keep up the awesome work. This is the only theme I've installed on my N900 aside from the stock ones.

No, it does not overwrite and it only affects on Black Plastic theme.

[junionwoon]

can we have the lock screen customed to basic colors too? please?

Edit: i mean to have the green slider with still the black background?:)

[puiradu]

The latest version looks great with the fonts changed! Now what remains is to add more fonts and an opption in the setup to change font!... And of course after all this, a way to make an single installer package!

[puiradu]

There is an issue still. Look at the FMTX Desktop widget:

[d-iivil]

There is an issue still. Look at the FMTX Desktop widget:

Sorry.. can't help if some 3rd party widget isn't liking the Droid -font :)

I still haven't decided if I shall keep the changed font or not. Just testing how it would work.

[D4rKlar]

Heh, you were the first to notice :P

Yes, I'm playing around with the font. Actually that Droid-font looks better to my eyes than Nokia Sans. Might keep it :)

Your eyes are not mistaken...

...ANYTHING is better than Nokia Sans!!!! :D

[d-iivil]

can we have the lock screen customed to basic colors too? please?

Edit: i mean to have the green slider with still the black background?:)

Yeah, sure. Will update those in next version :)

[D4rKlar]

There is an issue still. Look at the FMTX Desktop widget:

Mate there is a fix for that:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=734597&postcount=1488

Kind Regards,
D4rKlar

[puiradu]

SOLVED! Please don't remove the font!

[Digicom]

Has it just been updated again to 2.106 ?
Or did i miss update earlier?

[d-iivil]

Has it just been updated again to 2.106 ?
Or did i miss update earlier?

extras-testing is 2.105. extras-devel has 2.106 for those who do not fear the most evil repository in history of evil repositories :)

[fahadj2003]

me likes new fronts :D

[dbrodie]

Thanks for the great theme!
Is it possible to not have the configurator not run after each update?
Right now I am not using your theme because I am testing a few others but everytime I update I resets the theme and the background, and requires rebooting the phone.
Or maybe just save the settings instead of needing to reset them duing each update?

Thanks!

[gabby131]

new fonts......nice....i thought im just having an illusion...

[todor_tsankov]

I uploaded a new version which does not make Black Plastic automaticly as active theme if user is having another theme active when running the setup or he is upgrading the theme. Instead it asks you if you want to active it or not.

I think I'll promote this to testing rightaway so be prepared to vote (once again, I know).

Hi,
I've just installed the latest version and could not miss the fact that now the default system fonts are changed. While this may not be such a bad idea, please bare in mind that you need to make this change at least optional, because this directly affects the usabillity of the device. What I'm talking about is the fact that when dealing with a device with display constraints like the N900, a lot of user interface strings are carefully crafted to fit on the screen into the desired available space and changing the system font, may or may not affect this. In this particular case the new font is slightly wider and thus some strings do not fit.

Besides that the theme is really great! :-) and I have a feeling that this slowly becomes much more than a theme and rather starts to be a way of customizing the UI in general - transitions, fonts and why not icons ...

[zaedej]

Amazing theme man!! Now that it is updated with fonts.....THANKS ALOT!!

[shazosbourne]

Thanks for your dedication to themes for the n900 D-Iivil.
I have to edit the gtkrc file after each update as I up the font sizes a little as my eye sight isn't what it was. I push the small size from 13 to 16, but that is a small price to pay for a cool theme package like this.

I voted. Well done.

[d-iivil]

Thanks for the great theme!
Is it possible to not have the configurator not run after each update?
Right now I am not using your theme because I am testing a few others but everytime I update I resets the theme and the background, and requires rebooting the phone.
Or maybe just save the settings instead of needing to reset them duing each update?

Thanks!

Hi there. The latest extras-testing version (2.105) will not anymore automaticly make black plastic as your current active theme.

[zvogt]

Love the theme; haven't been following the thread closely, so please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I'm having an issue with the display no longer timing out. My screen stays active and lit all the time. It never falls asleep, so I have to remember to manually turn off the display. I had installed FlipClock, and initially assumed that was the culprit. But I have since uninstalled FlipClock, and played around with the timeout settings. I confirmed it was behaving normally again. But the symptom is back, and the only thing I've installed in the meantime was an update to this theme. It could be coincidence; I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this.

[hassan_badredin]

extras-testing is 2.105. extras-devel has 2.106 for those who do not fear the most evil repository in history of evil repositories :)

I AM NOT AFRAID! :)
just got 2.106
had the font surprise aswell
i'm in love with deep-purple
i dont think im ever gonna change it
not even to see the other ones :D
kidding
great stuff with the fonts
will try to vode if login works
BIG THANKS!!!


*JUST VOTED!

[s33]

Hello everybody!

http://www.firenote.com/D-Iivil/plastic/shots/plasticshot.jpg

I've spent last few days on creating some better way to distribute my themes and specially their variations and this is what I've come up to: Color scheme selector bundled with the theme.

[b][
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/fremantle/free/b/black-plastic-theme/

Dude this is awesome....thanks a lot for creating this:) cheers

i just voted....will vote it a 100 times if i'm allowed:D

[d-iivil]

Love the theme; haven't been following the thread closely, so please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I'm having an issue with the display no longer timing out. My screen stays active and lit all the time. It never falls asleep, so I have to remember to manually turn off the display. I had installed FlipClock, and initially assumed that was the culprit. But I have since uninstalled FlipClock, and played around with the timeout settings. I confirmed it was behaving normally again. But the symptom is back, and the only thing I've installed in the meantime was an update to this theme. It could be coincidence; I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this.

I bet it has nothing to do with theme or themes. Re-flash would be a first to try (make a backup first using in-built backup), then make sure the issue is away and start to restore installed programs one by one (there's a function for that in app manager if you included apps in backup) and see if the issue comes back.

[d-iivil]

Version 2.107 bumbed to extras-devel. It has now experimental font family selector also at the setup wizard.

[d-iivil]

Small progress:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=753661&postcount=4

If someone who actually knows something about coding with QT is reading this thread; I could use a hand here ;-)

[dbrodie]

Hi there. The latest extras-testing version (2.105) will not anymore automaticly make black plastic as your current active theme.


Sorry, my fault, should of seen he earlier message....

[gabby131]

i got an "unable to update" error

retrying..........

EDIT: retry successful!

[DonPIZI]

Hi, I really like this theme package but can you change the icon for instant messaging? Because it's the default icon an it looks not really nice:
http://risingdreams.com/other/im.png

[d-iivil]

Hi, I really like this theme package but can you change the icon for instant messaging? Because it's the default icon an it looks not really nice:
http://risingdreams.com/other/im.png

Sure, will include those in next update. I never have used IM's on my device so didn't ever noticed they were missing :P

[Bratag]

Small progress:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=753661&postcount=4

If someone who actually knows something about coding with QT is reading this thread; I could use a hand here ;-)

I know some about Qt code - what seems to be the issue - feel free to PM me.

[shazzy84]

This THEME is A-MAZING! :)
From the art on the background to the transitions and speed and the fact that everything works like a dream, is has to be the BEST theme out there!
I see everyones talking about voting- and i wanna know where can i post my vote.

When i first saw this thread, i'll be honest, i wasnt thinking to highly because I tried other themes and they would be sluggish and they wouldnt look good. I liked a few of D-livil themes but none hit home except this one. I am speechless. Lovely theme and beautiful work!
Thank you!!!

[hassan_badredin]

just installed latest 2.107 i think
the font selecting thingy looks weird ant takes alot of time and i think the last three versions mess with the accelerometer or i dunno im having problems with autorotated apps like phone, web etc
but i think the setup menu got a little bigger and seems easier to click on the icons
great job!!!

[fahadj2003]

just installed latest 2.107 i think
the font selecting thingy looks weird ant takes alot of time and i think the last three versions mess with the accelerometer or i dunno im having problems with autorotated apps like phone, web etc
but i think the setup menu got a little bigger and seems easier to click on the icons
great job!!!

thats not the theme
i start up the phone and that happens to me alot too
its a firmware bug..
never really figured the pattern though :S

[zaedej]

just installed latest 2.107 i think
the font selecting thingy looks weird ant takes alot of time and i think the last three versions mess with the accelerometer or i dunno im having problems with autorotated apps like phone, web etc
but i think the setup menu got a little bigger and seems easier to click on the icons
great job!!!

Nope.. no problem like that till now, I like the Font selection part. :D

[d-iivil]

Font selection is very alpha stage on 2.107. It will be a lot faster with new Setup interface :)

New setup is already working, but I think I'll upload first version of it to repos at monday. But here's a couple of screenshots for teaser ;)

[gabby131]

Font selection is very alpha stage on 2.107. It will be a lot faster with new Setup interface :)

New setup is already working, but I think I'll upload first version of it to repos at monday. But here's a couple of screenshots for teaser ;)

Cant wait :)

[puiradu]

the new setup is simply outstanding! could you include after the job is done more fonts? something like comic sans, lucida black letter?

[shazosbourne]

For those who change the font sizes by editing gtkrc:

It appears that the location of the active (for want of the correct term) gtkrc file controlling fonts is in a different location since this update.

Copying my adjusted gtkrc file to the /opt/usr/share/themes/blackplastictheme-themedir/gtk-2.0 had no effect on the font sizes.

I found that replacing the gtkrc in this folder /opt/usr/share/themes/blackplastictheme-themedir/variations/blue/gtk-2.0 worked. (note that I chose the blue theme hence the blue variations folder)

[blwthompson]

Yo D-Livil are there going to be anymore custom icons for hildon apps. As mine are still on stock even with your theme. Makes me a cry a little. Like some light coloured ones the same as the SMS icons.

[erniadeldesktop]

a - ma - zing! you've made my day sir. your theme is so much win!

[andy82i]

Gotta say a BIIIIIIIIIIG thanks for this theme! Extra Coffee theme looks & feels slick!
One request, would it be possible to remove the icon shadow for shortcut icons on the home screen? I keep having to delete ApplicationShortcutAplet.png & ApplicationShortcutApletPressed.png every time I install an updated version of the theme.

[TNiga]

Gotta say a BIIIIIIIIIIG thanks for this theme! Extra Coffee theme looks & feels slick!
One request, would it be possible to remove the icon shadow for shortcut icons on the home screen? I keep having to delete ApplicationShortcutAplet.png & ApplicationShortcutApletPressed.png every time I install an updated version of the theme.

Maybe that could be one more thing to choose in the configuration? I think some people (myself at least) prefer to have the background for the icons.

[Mr. Incredible]

2.107 is stopping when choosing "Droid fonts"

Updating fonts...please wait
running

but nothing happens.

Edit:
Its working now. Took a while. My Nokia is running @ 1.1Ghz, so I expected to complete faster.

Edit2:
Nice theme!

[andy82i]

Maybe that could be one more thing to choose in the configuration? I think some people (myself at least) prefer to have the background for the icons.

A config option would be a great idea - this is already the easiest theme to config to your liking thanks to the setup wizard, any other options would be a bonus.

[Changegames]

i love the theme i must say one of the best... i have a small request because i notice it right away... you've changed the battery color and when its low its red is there a way you can change it so we will know instantly how many bars do we have left? and yeah more fonts like the above user said (segoe print) Thanks for the theme...:D

[d-iivil]

2.107 is stopping when choosing "Droid fonts"

Updating fonts...please wait
running

but nothing happens.

Edit:
Its working now. Took a while. My Nokia is running @ 1.1Ghz, so I expected to complete faster.

Edit2:
Nice theme!

Yeah, as said before the font selector on that version is_very_slow. With new setup it will be 100x faster. Just have two minor visual tweaks to do and then I'm ready to upload it to devel.

[pursueky]

i tried to intall it but the App.Manager says "incompatible package":confused:

you should do this :
root
cd /the folder you put the zenity.deb/
dpkg -i zenity.deb

I just do this and succeed!
After all its a good theme and thx for sharing.

[aikon800]

Let me first say to you that you have made the best theme out there.
Many many thanks.

I have a small suggestion, we have got a lot of color selections which is awesome :D But how about 2-3 more custom transitions, which have unique effects, like the first one you hit the menu button, but can we see more ?? THANKS ALOT !!

[ToJa92]

@D-Livil: If you change theme color will it change gtkrc? I use a custom font and so I don't want to redo it every time I decide to switch color ;)

[pursueky]

I guess there could be a framework for themes advanced settings - i.e. one applet in Settings which provides a UI which multiple themes can plug into.

that sounds really fine to users, I hope its coming soon

[d-iivil]

i love the theme i must say one of the best... i have a small request because i notice it right away... you've changed the battery color and when its low its red is there a way you can change it so we will know instantly how many bars do we have left? and yeah more fonts like the above user said (segoe print) Thanks for the theme...:D

I didn't understand the question. The battery icon does show white bars instead of original solid green area. And when it's red with zero bars in it, it means you have zero bars left on your battery. So what did you mean I should change?

[d-iivil]

@D-Livil: If you change theme color will it change gtkrc? I use a custom font and so I don't want to redo it every time I decide to switch color ;)

Yep, it overwrites the gtkrc file every time you run the setup. If you guys have some freeware fonts you would like to be included with the theme, drop me a link for downloading here and I'll see if I add it to the pool :)

[kennibal]

Nice theme! Well maintained...

BTW, what is zenity for?

[ToJa92]

Yep, it overwrites the gtkrc file every time you run the setup. If you guys have some freeware fonts you would like to be included with the theme, drop me a link for downloading here and I'll see if I add it to the pool :)

What about adding a generic font changer that lists all available fonts(like in Notes)? I'm using Lucida Grande which isn't a freeware font...

EDIT: Or even a button "Manually insert font name" and "Manually insert bold font name" (since some entries in gtkrc uses a bold font)

[puiradu]

More fonts please!