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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nuke1:
Hi guys, really appreciate all the work you're doing.

I do notice that some icons are sometimes not making full use of the canvas and so they appear tiny especially on our 2.8" screens. Just as some advice, would it be possible to keep the icons as big as possible so they are seeable to the eye. Oh, and sometimes the the numbers or smaller icons like 'x' on Tsowen's speaker icon when it's silent is bearly noticeable. Just some constructive criticism.

Thanks a lot once again.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] tsowen:
Thanks for the feedback, when working with an icon that is 32x32 it might seem kind of big on the computer screen but once shrunk down to fit on our screens you loose a lot of detail that's why sometimes just plain colors tend to stand out even more, also using like refelctions, shadows or adding numbers you loose space as well because you still only get a space the size of 32x32. Many people asked me to use the battery icon with the reflection and put the % in the middle of the battery but the end result was a lot smaller battery than looked weird when compared to the other icons. This is still a beta bar but I will see what I can do.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
Windows Mobile 6.5 Chome Taskbar[MJG]

Ok guys here is my first release of my WM 6.5 Chome Taskbar. I have used the base of tsowen so if the network icons look familiar that may be why. ;) Thanks to the guys i asked stupid questions who were willing to answer them for me.

The screenshot is a bit blurry from the program i get the screenshots from, but i assure you the icons are not.

download the .cab here:

---Windows Mobile 6.5 Chome Taskbar[MJG]---

New icons are in order of the rows from the screenshots, from top to bottom:

1. Missed Call, new more colorful globe, Volume on

2. New Voicemail,

3. Activesync connected, No signal/Plane Mode on)

4. Multiple Notifications, Vibrate on

5. New SMS

6. Found New WiFi, Sound Mute

7. Sending MMS

8. Downloading MMS

9. Send MMS Complete

10. New MMS

11. New Email
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nitroproductions:
I just installed the cab file and after reset, all the icons disappear. just the word start apperas and the htc drop menu at the end. you cant even go into start menu coz nothing happens when you click on start or near it. ne ideas?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
Very strange i tested this on my phone and it worked just fine. Perhaps i will try building the .cab again if anyone else has this problem.

EDIT: Even uninstalled and reinstalled and it worked just fine. Did you try a reinstall? Let me know.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Screenshot would be usefull here!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] deeznuts:
Wow, lookin real clean bro! One of the best ones yet! Hope it has some bluetooth icons in there as well. Downloading now, as soon as i flash a good 6.5 rom on my fuze ill be sure to try this out. Not too many great 6.5s yet so holding back until then. Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nitroproductions:
yea tried reinstall a couple of times with no luck. The attached pic shows what happens.

Can someone else please verify this so that i can know if other ppl are having this issue or its jus my screwy phone? thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nuke1:
Hi there MG,

Let me redirect you to the post below:

Some things that I notice is that firstly the G icon is possibly (you would know better) not as big as it should be, as the speaker icon seems to take more room. Another problem I notice is that the bars on the world icon denoting reception are not as visible especially on our small screens. This is even moreso the case when the reception is 1, 2 or 3 bars. Another thing is that when I change the sound profile to Vibrate, a small 'V' comes next to the speaker. This 'V' is barely legible, and is not noticeable at a quick glance especially. Another thing is the WiFi icon which I'm not sure if it could be made bigger since it is quite wide, but also, when it flashes, the green and red flickering is difficult to tell (at least for me.)

Just some things I picked up. :)

Thanks very much!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mr. Makk:
i know this error. have faced it while making my own cab but hav short term memory loss like in movie momento and ghajini;)

its i guess cause of wrong allocation of files in wrong cab or maybe wrong cab used in wrong OS. i try to figure it out again and let you guys know soon.

**EDIT:

dude are you using wm 6.5 or 6.1. cause i guess you using wm6.1 and this cab is for wm6.5..??
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
ROFL!!!

these icons are all 32x32

if you want to resize all i suggest you get to opening the dll's and re-editing all (roughly) 300 icons that go into these things and then you can stretch them out of shape as much as you want.

im sorry but if all your moaning about is the size of the icons sort it out yourself.

the icons designed by myself and the others here look sick end of story!!!!

you are the first person EVER on BOTH threads to come out with something as pathetic as that!!

i mean are you sat at home measuring the icons with a pixel ruler?

and regards to your small screen, buy a better device!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kshyhoo:
The same here! The taskbar (Start button) is dead :(

Unfortunately i needed to update the whole ROM Bsb6.5B ...so don't try this build (Windows Mobile 6.5 Chome Taskbar[MJG])!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
Its not just you nitro! I did double check with a friend and it did the same thing on his. I am working on tracking down the problem, but what is making it so difficult is that its working just fine on my phone, so i have no way to tell if these changes are fixing anything, other than waiting on a tester i have, and he wont be around much today. Anyone want to volunteer their services for a couple tests? :)

I took the link down so nobody else has to reset their phone because of me. :D I will be working on this all day, and will release Beta2 version ASAP. In the mean time I apologize to those who did have this problem!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nuke1:
Before I start, this is nothing to do with your artistry skills. Who said I'm moaning? It was simply your deranged judgement. You asked for some screenshots, so I gave it and explained what I thought was small. No moaning; just advice. You don't have to do anything and I understand that, and that's why I gave helpful advice. Keyword = advice.

I don't want you to change every icon, but I thought maybe it's something you guys (well evidently not you in particular) could bear in mind for the future since with such small icons every mm does count. Would making a customised set of icons catered to my personal style more fit your liking? Nah, didn't think so. The Windows icons, though dull, are all very clear, and that's why I don't need a new device for such a reason.

Really I don't feel like praising you for anything after your tantrum, but I'll take the higher ground, and say, yeh those icons are sick, but not all of them are entirely practical. And that's my honest opinion.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] bokechukwu1:
is this for qvga resolution or just vga
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nitroproductions:
I am on the Romeo WM6.5 (check my signature for the correct version). i had the WM7 Titanium customization installed so I uninstalled it to make sure it wasnt causing the problem and so thats why the screen shot doesnt show Chrome.

I can do some test today if you want me to. I have done multiple tests on different roms here and so Im used to dealing with errors..lol.

If anyone installed this taskbar, the easiest way to remove it is to connect to activesync/mobile device center and uninstall it through there. this way you wont have to hard reset or install a new rom. jus in case this hadn't occurred to anyone.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Have you checked your registry entries? could you cab hav messed with these? all icons have a reg value.

Maybe?

it seems funny that the TB installs but shows NO icons at all, like the reg values for the icons have been nulled!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
i stil dont understand what the problem is, if you have a diamond, you should be able to see exactly what I see.

I have no problem seeing the red x or blue v displayed in silent or vibrate!!

also the problem with designing an icon to use the full 32x32 results in bad edges, and the icons would end up touching each other.

If you want custom icons made, throw ideas in and im sure people can make u custom icons!!

currently im redoing some work for Tsowen but if you want something particular i cud do it after i finish these?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mr. Makk:
no offence to anyone but it is possible to cover 32x32. i had always stressed on doing that and my icons are full 32x32 size with no bad edges.

also about the issue with blank taskbar- as far as i remember i once downloaded all the dll files of tsowen and copied them to windows folder. on restart i got this problem. dunno what wrong i did but this is all that happened. but the question is that no1 has reported a prob wid tsowen's cab. as yet.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
I believe 12 pointed me in the right direction :)

LINK IS BACK UP HERE

Thank you!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Im using it fine!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ashwaa:
is it gsm or cdma vga or qvga as the antennae and thestart icon remains stock rom i am using o2 orbit wm 6.5 qvga gsm
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] tsowen:
most all my icons are 32x32 with little to no dead space between this is why I said I don't use refelections or things of this nature. For the speaker why have the V or the X take up a huge footprint on the image? The V is clear and visible on my Touch Pro. Your not going to get some huge looking graphics out of this and I am not going to edit one or two little things when something has not been an issue in the past.

As for the blank taskbar nobody has ever reported any problem to me about this and I have had many both CDMA and GSM users test both WM 6.1 and WM 6.5 so it might be some user error.

Lastly remember WM 6.5 is still Beta and not final it has not even been released yet, just like at the last minute M$ decided to abandon the honeycomb from what I read so things will change. This is a development thread and these bars are still in the development stage so do not expect perfection yet. Should have an updated cab out today or tommorow with the Ok and X skinned, GSM network icons fixed and also some other icons I haven't skinned yet added. Also I will be supplying two cabs one using the phcanBattery.dll file I made for those who are not going to use the HTC Dialer Skin and the other using the phcanOverbmp.dll for those who will be using.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] J0nas:
Hi there!

I don't have any phcanOverbmp.dll in my WM6.5, is it possible?! How can I change taskbar icons?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] bokechukwu1:
can someone pleae answer rather this is vga or qvga please???
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
ban

ban

ban

triple posting when you could just read the thread

ban

ban

ban

go away pest!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
hi,

we know this, the phcanOverbmp.dll is not used in WM6.5, most of the icons now reside in the shellres.dll, but when you put the phcanOverbmp.dll into WM6.5 for some reason it starts taking icons from the dll.

(if you had looked through the thread you would see that we are currently working on this to get rid of the phone canvas!!!)

hope that helps, and i nice reminder to read the last 5-6 pages of the thread.

thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] J0nas:
sorry! my fault! :o

But, my previous WM6.5 ROM, the phcanOverbmp.dll works.

Well, I will try find original shellres.dll from QVGA devices and change some icons ;)

many thanks MysticGenius and sorry for my "mystake". :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mr. Makk:
hi.

am not able to understand the funda and isuue about phcanover.dll. cause i have wm6.5 htc dialer and my own cab had phcanover.dll and i dont face any issues what so ever with the icons..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 12aon:
GSM VGA I'm sorry :o, check my signature for more info

To elaborate on this a bit phcanOverbmp.dll is not yet in WM6.5 because that dll is made by htc and the WM6.5 ROMs on the forum are plain Microsoft ROMs. In the tachi WM6.5 oems there is an wm6.5 version of the phcanOverbmp.dll, but this version works a bit different pin pad wise and doesn't add much so it's easier to keep using the old one. Hope this clarifies things a bit, 12
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Just hardreset your device, and take the DLL's you need from there!!

easiest way to get untouched dll's for your device!!

MG
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] :
Wow, really nice. Do you have a cab for just the notification icons and the battery meter?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] sejin:
I have a question. I am using sprint diamond, I cooked a rom using calk kitchen. (6.5 no manila). I want the antenna signal icon to look like the 6.5 smooth white, but I'm still getting the blocky 6.1 style antenna. (Notice the nice smooth antenna icon)

This is the icon my phone is running (Blocky, smaller antenna icon)

I tried to replace shellres.192.dll with sashimi (I have no idea how to put this into SYS or OEM and get the kitchen to run through w/o error). It doesn't change it. What do I need to do?

I already replaced the tapres.192.dll
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] tsowen:
You have the wrong shellres it looks like. Check the first page of this thread or second, 12aon posted the stock WM 6.5 dll's.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] tsowen:
To all Developers please when you use someones elses work make sure you have permission prior to using it and also if you download your icons from a website such as devianart.com please either A. Aquire the correct permission or B. give credit back to the site or original artisit. I received an email from an artist from the site that someone is using there icons and did not give credit or ask. I am not going to say who as you should know who you are and we are all big boys and girls here, the person asked me if I would have the individual give credit where it is due so please do the right thing.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mr. Makk:
hi.

i took icons from devianart and from a few more sites but even they have artists under them which i do not remember. now is it ok to give credits to the whole site?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 12aon:
Can't be any simpler just locate the shellres.192.dll using the windows search button, delete and replace. Btw it has nothing to do with the old manila :), 12
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] orkorolev:
Hi! And it is my variant RUSSIAN change assemblages taskbara.

Thanks tsowen for a basis.:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mr. Makk:
i like your X icon..

is it your or tsowen's??

can i use it in my taskbar?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] orkorolev:
It mix, partially mine, partially tsowen. Certainly use my changes for the the taskbar, I think to ask even not necessarily.:)

Sory, for my English
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
really nice work man!!

Well Done!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Hey i dnt know if someone has posted this to you yet but i just tested the BT n i got no icons.

also it is still using the HTC dialer.

Im starting the icons now, i just got ur PM so ill email them to you tonight.

MG
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mmmhhh86:
Very nice work man. Thanks alot. Theres only one problem with the volume control. I think theres supposed to be an arrow at the top to switch between system and ring but it does appear to be there.

Other than that its very nice :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] WAIKIKI728:
It´s very good ...until now the icon for the signal is not fixed but it´s a good taskbar..:).I am sad because i have omnia and although the icons work in my omnia....the dialer for writing the pin number appear moved:confused:and it´s not so nice....i have unninstaled :(and wait for one from Grigoris...

Instead of all ...Grear job...thank you...:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
SPB Mobile Shell 3 6.5 Taskbar

Sneak Peek, not done yet, but will be soon. Still needs some fine tuning.

[SKN] WM6.5 SPB MS3 Taskbar Icons (4/30) V1

Thanks:

Tsowen: Base

Misfortune: Battery

SlakerBoi: Network icons
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] davidou:
can i use it on WM 6.1?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
have you read the title of the thread? lol

[TASKBAR] Customising Windows Mobile 6.5 Taskbar

the hint is the "6.5" part
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
WM6.5 taskbar to match Mobile Shell 3. CLICK HERE for more info! :) Enjoy!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Really nice, but the icons for 3G, E etc are really nasty (IMO) you have really nice glossy colour icons but they do not fit the colour scheme at all.

you could use my network symbols from tsowens taskbar if you like, they would look much nicer.

very nice work though :D:D

MG
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Reefermattness:
Yes after putting them together i felt the same way MG, ill be working on my own network icons today that match much better.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] :
Very very nice... however I still fell that the globe behind the signal bars is making it to hard to easily see how much signal you are recieving.

I also miss the 6.5 notification icons.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] bluenote77:
Dynamic Icons in Taskbar

Hello everybody

I have read and tried a lot about modifying taskbar icons by now however, I still don't get one thing to work.

What I tried to do is to have the receptions signal displayin a specific icon depending on what data network the phone is in and the bars along with it.

Say if you're connected to 3G it would show the 3G logo as well as the reception bars, like it was in the LargeTaskBar.dll with WM 6.1

I learned that the bars are taken from the shellres as well as the icon displayed.

I tried to poit the registry back to LargeTaskBar.dll once I created and copied the file. However, without success.

Now I was wondering how I can do that, as I saw some people here have made more or less the same.

Has anybody a hint o solution for me on how to achieve that?

Thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kshyhoo:
...same here
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Use mine!! they wud fit perfect for ur style!!

do you want them?

MG
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
Sorry to sound sarcastic, but you two are the only people in this thread since it started that have said this, which makes me think that there is really no problem for everyone else.

your both have the same screensizes as everyone else, and we all have eyes. I can see my signal perfectly, may i suggest an eye test or a device with a bigger screen.

the globe has been behind the signal bars since THIS THREAD started in October 2008.

Sorry nothing is going to be done about this for you, if you want it changed do it urself!!

I suggest deconstructing one of the working WM 6.5 CABs on this thread.

best way to learn is to look at a working one and seeing what is different to yours.

MG
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] supasye:
could someone possibly post a cab for a HTC Logo start button? i have a taskbar but i prefer the htc logo..

thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mouth:
Or maybe everyone else just takes a look and decides they don't like them and moves-on elsewhere without commenting, like I was going to until I spotted your post.

The problem with being a creator/author of some design and/or content, is that you can often get lost in the overwhelming fanboi responses, and think the room for improvement feedback is in the minority. Most often though, the room for improvement comments don't come, as the people just go elsewhere - such is the world of lots of choices.

If you haven't already guessed, I agree that the globe makes them too hard to see, and am going to look elsewhere for something that appeals to me. I wouldn't have even bothered posting as such (what's the point), other than to highlight my comments above.

I think the best accolade for a skin/taskbar designer would be to work with a ROM builder and get your design included in the ROM directly.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 4D3:
I seriously doubt that because i can see how many times each file has been downloaded (well the ones i host anyway) and they are going like hot cakes!!

No, i think you will find, the good thing about being a designer is that we can use our creative talent to make sweet icons that everyone loves and uses.

we do take suggestions etc but we dont have to react to all of them. that is the nature of being the designer.

this is not a shopping channel, if you dont see something you like you have no room to complain.

you 3 are the first 3 people in nearly 1 year that have mentioned this, so on a customer basis i would rather cater to the masses because majority rules!!

It is like the situation with virus designers and MAC's, why write a virus that can only attack 4-6% of the world? for most effect you would write it for PC so you can attack everyone and get the biggest effect

(again i reitterate the point that we all have the same screen res-so we can all see the same thing) and i have to say, if i found it hard to see my signal i would re-design my icons, but since no-one (other than you 3) have a problem with them, ill be leaving the globe in, because without it there is a big black space on the taskbar which needs filled.

you seem jelouse that you cannot do this for yourself.

go buy CS4 Masters, and make your own if you like? no one is stopping you, ill even help, and we see what juicy goodness you have stored up?

unfortunately you are wrong! this is the only thread ive found on this forum which caters to WM6.5 taskbars, so your statement that people go elsewhere is complkete bull as there is nowhere else to go!

its called a Monopoly

ok bye, unfortunately im not going to cry, i think you will have a very hard time finding something for you unless you make it yourself

seems retarded to me because then the taskbar cannot be updated!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] J0nas:
Hi there!

I tried change some icons (SMS, Email, G, Sound, Activesync) in shellres96.dll, but only sound icons are changed.

I think that the G, E, H, etc... is under tapres96.dll, right? But where is the activesync icons?

Where can I find\change battery icons like these to put in my taskbar,

I use the Reshacker to view\change the *.dll's
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mouth:
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: NFI ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=511671

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3622419

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3698583