Dashboard

I made a dashboard version of my latest skin. Thought it might be fun to try out again :)

Bug in the DeviceII skin

I found a bug in the new skin (it would switch to the default Spb Pocket Plus icons). I think I got it fixed..but if you still have problems let me know.

Ipodstudio wallpapers

I made some wallpapers for Ipodstudio. If you are into ipods then this is an excellent site to check out:

http://www.ipodstudio.com/

New skin

Time for some chrome and blue - I finished a skin I call "DeviceII". I like the shadow and reflection effect on the bars and the icons - it something I use sometimes. I think it works well on this skin. For the full effect I urge everyone to use WA (which really is an excellent program, my pocket pc would look half-skinned without it). :)

Petition

Someone started a petition for disappointed owners of HP Pocket PCs who are left out of the WM2003SE upgrade, please sign it if you own such a device:

http://www.petitiononline.com/HPWMK3SE/petition.html

PMC done

Finished the next skin. I was going to do custom Pocket Plus icons, but the XP ones sort of fit it nicely :). Also, the PocketBreeze skin I used in my last skin suits it nicely too. Perhaps I'll create a new one later on.

For this skin I wanted a "flat" look for once. The whole theme is built around the big "start" button.

Next skin continued...

Well, looks like the next skin will be...surprise, surprise: Blue! :D
It is still in early prototype stages but it might turn out quite nice. It will be one of the few skins I make with a dark background and white text. I wonder how popular those are. Should implement a download counter at my site.

Next skin?

FInally finished a new default skin for an app (hope the software company likes it) :). Time to start thinking about the next project....I get restless if I have to use the same skin more than a couple of weeks on my device :D.

I got a sneak preview at the new OSX Tiger...but I've done so many aquaesqe skins already...I bet no one would want another one. On the other hand, they usually look pretty cool. Gotta hand it to the designers at Apple - their devices and user interfaces are great. We have a Mac in the family but I have never really used it myself.

Letter to HP

If you don't agree with HP's policy of not offering an upgrade then Joe Levi has drafted this letter to be printed out and sent to HP:

Link to letter @ PPCT

Upgrading...

Apparently HP isn't going to offer a SE upgrade for the 2210 after all. This sucks big time - especially after they had promised one already. Time to vote with the wallet and switch to another brand.

VGA

Lots of people (well, lots - a few) request VGA support for my skins, but if I built this into the themes it would make the file sizes really big. I could also do separate VGA versions, but that means basicly redoing everything (since the icons should be bigger to look nice) - this would take a lot of time.

If I had a VGA device myself it would of course be different. Since I first and foremost make skins for myself I would imagine all new skins would be available first in VGA mode :).

So far there is exactly one device which supports VGA - the Toshiba e800.

Blog?

Thought it would be interesting to add a blog to sort out thoughts and ideas. I think I'll focus on skinning and Pocket PCs in general.