[Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Since Kroll is self-admittedly busy I'd hate for this gorgeous OS2008 theme to go by without getting the attention it deserves so....
Check out the Diablo5 Theme ! :)

Until this theme has been tested a bit more it is considered an ALPHA release and also kept out of even Extras-Devel.

Note: It's recommended that you use the Diablo5 theme with the Telescope Application switcher.

By Kroll:
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Check out the youtube video - it really shows off the theme nicely.


To install the theme:
http://skriblovsky.net/maemo/install.png


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UPDATES:


5/20/2010:
Diablo 5 v.0.6
— cursor
— buttons
— comboboxes menus
— a lot of tiny small but very nice fixes.


5/14/2010:
Temporary fix identified for the issue with the black text in chat windows!
For now configure the text color manually by:
Instant messaging -> Tools -> Settings (and change the color here).
Later versions of the theme will hopefully do this automatically.

5/13/2010:
Diablo 5 ver 0.5.2:
— Scrollbar made lighter to see it easier, and
— The "Home" text is on the icon at top now removed.

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Known issues / Bug Tracker (read this):

1) vkb
The menu button on vkb gets disabled (copy, paste, settings...).
This was reported when user had hebrew installed (Russian is also having the same issue), in which him-arabic replaces the nokia him (hildon input method).
Can someone test English/other to see if the same issue?

2) Chat App
Nokia standard Chat application defaults to black windows and black text. There is a manual fix for the black text though (see above) and this will hopefully be automated in later versions of the theme. Let Kroll know if you know where the chat config file is located.

3) Cursor
Cursor not visible (black) in many apps/windos (browser URL bar, text editors, etc. There are some notes identified and a solution is being worked on. Solution found.

4) New app icon in status bar
With the theme you will get a new icon to access your applications. It defaults to a blue icon with a grid of blocks.
Be sure to place this icon on the far left of your icons in the status bar as if it it on the right side the pull down menu that appears may get cut off on the screen.
(You define where the icon appears in >Control Panel>Panels).

5) Email notifications
With the removal of the side bar notification of email, etc is missing.
Temporary work-around:
To get notifications, put the home menu in the status bar, issue as root:

cp /usr/share/applications/hildon-navigator/switcher-menu.desktop /usr/share/applications/hildon-status-bar/


6) Hyper-link colors
It has been reported that hyperlinks in emails are hard to read due to the colors. Still open/awaiting more confirmations.
Closed until screenshot showing issue is submitted.

7) Not all apps covered by the Theme yet
As this is still an alpha release of the theme not all applications are fully covered by the theme. As the work progresses more apps will be covered and included.

8) Portrait-mode related bugs
a) The 'X' in upper-right corner is not closing the open app.
This is due to the length of the status bar and other functionality occupying that space.
Kroll has a solution in the works.
Solved.

b) The 'app switcher icon' in the upper-left corner is active and working in lanscape mode but becomes grey and inactive in portrait mode.


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I myself installed the theme and within a few minutes my N810 now looked like this:

Desktop:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot21.png

Vagalume:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot28.png

microB browser (and tweetgo):
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot22.png

GarnetVM:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot23.png

EmelFM2:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot24.png

DialCentral:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot25.png

Application Manager:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot26.png

And, all those applications shown in the Telescope appswitcher:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot30.png

My hat off to Kroll for creating this stunning theme. I don't think my N810 has ever looked this great before. :)

Do note,

1) that this is an alpha version
2) if you want to uninstall it - make sure the theme is not active when you do, and
3) After the install - Reboot!!

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Very nice Silva!

Al Green? I didn't know you had soul, my brotha! :D

Well shoot! I did the install earlier and it locked my tablet after I uninstalled it (the only reason was because I could no longer see the keys on the hildon keyboard).

Reboot didn't matter, all touch screen features were dead and had to do a whole reflash.

Poops.

Anyway, I'll try again on the next release of this from Kroll.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Bummer, yes one thing Kroll did mention that the virtual keyboard is not fully supported in this Alpha version yet. Lucky for me...I never use that :)

It's a good reminder though - it IS as Kroll mentions an 'Alpha release' for us that whined about getting it - so treat it as you would anything you'd install from say Extras-Devel.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Massive props for pointing this out... and for the Al Green. Good taste all around indeed.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I think the real cause was that I had been messing around with the status bar even before installing this theme and that's where the whole conflict came from.

I had my status bar on the bottom.

I did switch themes before uninstalling, but yeah, I got the fact it was only an alpha release.

I just had to check it out though! :)

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

The script tried to recover your settings after uninstallation... May be something gone wrong because of your previous settings...
I'm really sorry! I think Mitrandir will look what may cause failure touch screen.

Please, remember that Finger Virtual Keyboard works fine!


silvermountain, thanks for new thread. Now i have to answer the questions to huge quantity of people! >_<
lol, joke :) Really thanks.

I gonna check keyboard... maybe today.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I got some, not 'bug reports' really, 'odd things to report. Nothing major, the theme works great but I've seen 3-4 places/apps where it could display more proper. Will post here :)

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I just ran into a small oddity on uninstalling. I switched back to Echo, rebooted via Terminal. I didn't get my side bar icons back. Rebooted once more, this time via Advanced Power.

I had to revert to a backup I just had made before installing; the sidebar icons wouldn't come back. Restoration took only one second though.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Feature/Theme update requests:

1) Remove the text 'Home' over the 'Home' icon :),

2) If the menu icon (top of the screen, grid of squares, is on the far right - say the 8th icon - then the menu page that is brought up is too far to the right so that the 'scroll down' arrow is barely visible,

3) In DialCentral, when i go to the Message log screen - there is no clear 'line' between groups of texts from different people,

4) There is no "minimize" icon in microB (to the left of 'Close'),

5) In general scroll bars are now black with a very dark grey moving scroll-block on them - so dark that it is often hard to see where on the scroll bar you are,
Example: scrolling in contacts in Skype

6) In text editors - like Quicknote - you now write with white text on a black background - there is no flashing cursor visible so it is hard to see where you are in the text

7) The two large, round icons on fhe main screen of Skype "Call" and "Chat" have a black box behind them.

That's seriously all I've seen so far that I'd "change".
No functionality issues at all - just minor 'cosmetic' things.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Hey, did you remove the package complitelly?
You have problems only with ICONS or with missing TaskNavigator bar?
Please, do not reflash, it's not hard to turn on tasknavigatorbar, but we have to know what kind of problem do u have and how to fix it.

Will be ok soon.
Yep, but i think I have to rebuild whole theme just for it... Cause users who use menu icon on the left side will have problems like you have now :D
Screenshot please. I haven't got this app on my tablet.
Where is no minimize icon at all. O_o Only switcher icon...
But it's blue while it's active, isn't it? Anyway, it's because Skype uses a white background (And i can't fix it) and the scrollbar looks too dark... Any way, I will fix it, but not very soon.
xterm, Abiword works fine... I don't know what about Quicknote... Hey, who knows how to make the cursor white?!
Skype guys screw up with colors. It should be black, but it doesn't. The same problem with built-in chat and it's why scrollbars looks to dark on white background.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I can re-apply and go through. I didn't reflash, just took a step backwards since my backup was mere minutes before.

But to describe it, the desktop was shifted over about 50+ pixels or so to the left. The App/Contacts/Web icons that are typically far right weren't there.

I started to muck around and see what all could it have been, just decided that since it was 4am, and I should have been sleeping... why not just revert. 1 minute later, all was there.

But I'm curious enough to help out. Gimme a day to move some stuff around and I'll hop onto this.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Can you show the output of
ls -l /home/user/.osso/hildon-desktop/
cat /home/user/.osso/hildon-desktop/desktop.conf

Hey, if u still have the package on your tablet then all goes fine. You should remove package and reboot to get your settings back.


BTW, virtual keyboard fixed. check your application manager for update.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

They are 'supposed' to be gone :)
You now access the menu through the menu icon on the top status bar (see the icon with a grid of blue boxes) - this gives more desktop space.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Hiya Kroll.

I'll just throw in my one request while the topic is fresh.

Would you mind releasing a Diablo 5 lite version as well?

No color or extra icon features, just changing the layout, status bar, removing task navigator, etc. while allowing a person's current theme to remain intact.

I really was digging on the all black coloring scheme, but it would be nice to have a choice.

Oh, and I think I had a somewhat similar result like that of Gerbick. It looked like the desktop was off by 80 pixels (OMWeather went off the screen to the right).

Thanks for the early preview! :)

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I did a very quick/crude look through Quicknote source code and do not see any manipulating of theme colors. Quicknote is just using a gtk.TextView. I know very little about themeing to know why some text areas work and some don't.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

They were gone when I reverted back.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Ah gotcha.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

:D Kroll, you've got a real manager now! :)

Btw. scrollbar & visibility: I think you could use that one from the frediablo theme. Or something similar.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

How to get this update? I've got 12 repos enabled (including Mitrandir's), and I don't get it.

Edit. Nevermind, I figured that out. To everybody else who's as absentminded as me: uninstall, then install it again!:)

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

One thing: you gotta say what theme you want to see with this "light modifications" and I will create this theme.

As well as me. I know no more then you, really... I will check it... but later.

Did you remove the package or not? I'm tired to ask you this question >_<

hm. I just reflashed my tablet and installed it... Try to do "apt-get upgrade"...

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Lol, this needs to be in the FAQ. :D

Q: How to upgrade my application?
A: Just reflash your tablet, and install it again. It's that simple! :)

Btw. edited my previous post, apt-get upgrade didn't work, but see post #20. The .deb installer downloads the relevant files.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

hm. Actually it should work with apt-get upgrade...

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Oh yeah, that's right. You also have to edit the usr/share/themes/ folder.

Well, if you could do one for the NuvoClear2 theme, that would be awesome!

By the way, how did you do on your exams last week?

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Okay. I hope I will do it.

I passed a few exams, but I have 11 more... It's why I have no free time...
Thanks :)

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

11 more exams to go?

Please tell me you've been sick for 18 months and those are all make up tests.

Wow, they must really push you guys in Russia, I had no idea it was still that tough over there.

And I thought I had it bad. *lol*

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Very sweet.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

i am using the theme with no apparent problems here...followed directions and no crash.
i would like to know what some of the icons are in your youtube videos are such as the clock.

thanks Kroll...nice job

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

The clock looks like SVGClock.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

@Kroll

Love the theme...

How would I go about getting my Personal Menu back?

Thanks

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

thanks silvermountain...got it!

anyone know how to get the individual icons on the screen now?

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

You may copy:
/usr/share/applications/hildon-navigator/personal-menu.desktop
to
/usr/share/applications/hildon-status-bar/

It will appear on your statusbar. Its icon is big though to fit in entirely.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I've done a (very little) visibility quickfix for the scrollbars. Just copy the two png-s to /usr/share/themes/Diablo5/images. I'm planning to do a little more than this, but I'm busy too right now...

Edit: backup your original files if you want to get back them without reinstalling the theme.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

What does the fix do? Screenshot?

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

finally got around to installing this to have a play with.

First question - where is the fragging post (from Kroll I recall) with the links to download the wallpaper, cos I cannot find it!

ta - great theme BTW.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

Not sure if this is a theme or telescope issue, but where did LED notifications end up for new email from the internal email client? They seem to have gone away since I installed the pair (theme and telescope).

thanks,
Frank

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

It doesn't even deserves a screenshot... it's a little lighter scrollbar thumb, if you need it. The original was a strain to my eyes too. See post #9 /5.

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

I really, really like that rather subtle change:

Example: microB scrollbar before the change:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot22.png

After changing out to your two, lighter bars:
http://posterous.com/getfile/files.p...reenshot39.png

Muuuch better - in microB and all other apps for that matter :)

Re: [Announce]: Diablo5 Theme (By Kroll}
 

The 'Home' text over the icon is a bit of a bummer on the home scree. But a load of videos seem to have it fixed, is there a fix i've missed or do they know something I dont?