[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
My everyday NSTG has been updated to FW 1.2.2, running a kernel for 1.2.1 that enables multi-touch, no-refresh mode, and USB host/audio. I never found a kernel that would support BOTH no-refresh and fast mode

AND

USB, but for reading text no-refresh runs rings around fast mode, IMHO. So I took that kernel and substituted it for the one in the @pinguy1982 USB Host/Audio package so I would have the tweaked audio driver set he put together AND NoRefresh mode. Worked like a charm :)

I decided to ignore the QuickNav buttons entirely. I assigned the "n" button to "Home" (ADW Launcher) . I assigned the upper left button to "Back" and the upper right button to "Menu". Lower right is set to my "Set Cover" app.

I tried to create a really different look and feel (see images below) using a combination of Desktop VisualizeR and SiMi Folder, two amazing apps. A SiMi folder is essentially a miniature launcher which can be placed on the desktop and assigned an icon using Desktop VisualizeR. More information on the design of the home screen is here.

I also used Minimalistic Text to create the date/greeting and weather widgets (NST Weather Widget app). Any apps that didn't fit into my SiMi folder categories were typically seldom used tools of some sort (wallpaper picker, etc.), so they ended up only in the app drawer. ADW Launcher allows me to hide in the drawer "junk" apps or apps that are one-touch which have been assigned using NTMM.

I have two other NSTs I use for experiments. One runs the unofficial 1.2.2 UK ROM as described here and the other is set up just like the NSTG described above.

These three devices are registered and use the B&N Reader and Library apps.

I also have an NSTG which I have set up without B&N apps as described here. I have installed Mantano Reader and ColorDict (with the Merriam Webster Collegiate dictionary, just like B&N) to replace the missing B&N stuff. Otherwise, it is set up the same as the two NSTs. It is, however, running FW 1.2.1 which is helpful to me when developing Tasker-based apps since plugins do not work with FW 1.2.2 (that is, the Tasker routines do not call the plugins but

apps

made from the routines have no issues with the plugins).

All the devices also have dual-boot capability for CM 11.

My apps

AdAway 2.8.1

ADB Konnect 1.0

ADW Launcher EX 1.3.3.9

Amazon Kindle 3.2.0.35 (optimized for NST)

Calculator (MOD)

Desktop VisualizeR 1.4.6.6

Dictionaries 1.0

EBookDroid 1.57 MOD

ES File Explorer 1.6.2.3

GL Gesture Control (Glowlight only)

Go Contacts EX 1.0

K-9 Mail

Library (stock)

Minimalistic Text 2.6.3 (CWM zip)

AIType Keyboard

MX Player 1.7.40 9 and codec app

Nook Settings 1.5

Nook Touch Mod Manager

NoRefresh (debug2)

NST UI 1.0

NST Weather Widget 1.6

Open-in-browser settings [allows you to open local HTML files in browser]

Opera Mini 7.6.4

Opera Mobile 12.10 (resigned to also work with FW 1.2.2)

PerfectViewer 1.9.2.2 MOD

PerfectViewer PDF Plugin 1.2

PrinterShare 8.7.1 Premium

QuickPic 3.4.6

Quick Tiles 2.3

Reader (stock)

Record That Note 1.7.5 (simple voice recorder; wav, mp3)

Rotation Locker 1.4.2 MOD

Set Cover 4.0

Settings (stock)

Shortyz Crosswords 3.1.5 MOD

SiMi Folder 2.3

Superuser 2.3.6.1

Tasker 1.3.3u2m

Terminal Emulator 1.0.70

TuneIn Radio 7.4

ZipSigner2 3.4

And on the NSTG with B&N removed:

ColorDict 3.6.8

GL Gesture Control

Mantano Reader 2.2.3 MOD