yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Themes] zhuozhi211:
This is great tweak! the threaded sms look much better now. Thank you very much.

Just want to report that it (SMS_Bubles_6.5.cab from madsurfer1) is working on my HD2 default ROM (WVGA) with Manila Messaging disabled.

I did experienced some problem when I installed some theme after setting this SMS bubble - some graphic misaligned issue, not sure if it is because of the scrollbar' size. Anyway I uninstalled the theme and it works again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] awill68:
Thk - working on HD2

Thanks. Install the WM6.5 cab and it's working beautifully. Had to disabled the HTC messaging because of the stucked SMS issue. This soften the disappointment. (Maybe someone can theme it to look like HTC messaging if so inclined!)
[Windows Mobile Themes] cow138:
Good job..Now we need some one to include this into the htc sense + photo id..

Thats the best :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] mayyhem84:
on xperia X1 looks very nice :) no problems @ all!!

Thx for such a good job :) :)

I've took the andynear green 0.6.

Great mate!! :)

just one qestion - is there any way to change the main sms window as well ? :) :)

I mean the one where we choose which thread we would like to see, from which contact.. ?

Ok - there is a problem. With larg sms there is a white space on upper part of sms.

other problem is that when sms is new - not readed yet there is a red dot on the down,left side corner. after going back from sms to the main window and again to sms the dot is gone o_0
[Windows Mobile Themes] theraf90:
you're sms fix is great... though are you able to make the backgound transparent? since i have a black background instead of a white one
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cicatrize:
This is great! I made my own blue theme based off this and it's fantastic.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ca3sar:
i lost my character count, anyone else?
[Windows Mobile Themes] theraf90:
i can't get to make the images transparent with GIMP what program are you guys using?
[Windows Mobile Themes] billyJ:
this Andynear is awsome, like it a lot, thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] popdog54:
I have this problem too... :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] mccune:
Been doing some skinning myself. Currently testing it on my Cosmik Debris ROM for the Rhodium. Very nice find! Did know you good add a background to the messaging app, but this is even better!

Update 18-01-2010

Added attachment to this post
[Windows Mobile Themes] OziiX:
I couldnt make it work. I dont know what did i wrong. Can someone help me? I am using WM 6.1 and i terminated tmail.exe and copid files to /windows. Then i reopened tmail.exe and it didint work. So where is the problem?
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
nice^^

could you post your images?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
can you share your blue theme

thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] cris_rowlands:
Yup I always had all the files.

Now after copying various versions across, it shows the bubbles for sent and received but now I have white strips across each bubble where the date & time is :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] theraf90:
did you change the css file too? did you restart your phone?

ps anyone has any answers for my question?
[Windows Mobile Themes] OziiX:
Oh, i found it. When i paste the css file it says ''cant change file'' or something like that. But i terminated tmail.exe, so what should i do?
[Windows Mobile Themes] theraf90:
you have to use a program such as resco file explorer or something that lets you overwrite "system protected files" with "administrator power" :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mccune:
Needs some slight tweaking. But will post it when it's finished. I believe we owe it to the topic starter! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mayyhem84:
mccune wo;d be great to see U'r work on my screen :)

Can't wait for publishing :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] OziiX:
I'm using Resco File Explorer to overwrite but it doesn't work :(

Edit: Hmm, i work it okay. Thanks for your support.
[Windows Mobile Themes] radospol:
Luis Vuitton skin.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MaxDNet:
hey m8 i've also leo with default rom only some utils installed (resco and some others) but cant get it working.

I also used the Zenyee software to disable htc messaging, but still nothing.

Any tip\help?

thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] exSD:
nice! very nice... love the new look
[Windows Mobile Themes] djcartiel:
thanks it worked flawlessly on my htc hd2 :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
Good job !

i made small modification on your files to conserve a background on SMS/email...

looks good on my TG01...
[Windows Mobile Themes] atjee:
i cant install , i tried everything , im useing Rhodium , i cant replace iframe
[Windows Mobile Themes] theraf90:
No problem! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] eufouria:
Hi all, love what you did, however I'm using a black theme a la Omnia 2.

So I made some inverted and hue adjusted images; I'm on the Omnia 1 (wqvga) so I don't know how the images will transfer over to other resolutions.
[Windows Mobile Themes] block:
this works great but whenever I reboot I gotta re-copy the files back to windows..can someone make an auto-ran cab that runs on boot so we dont gotta do this manually
[Windows Mobile Themes] block:
sick, can u upload that bg image
[Windows Mobile Themes] seVen1O:
thanks for sharing this! i like the look!

however i cant seem to get this to work on my omnia910, im using resco explorer to copy the files to the windows folder. i stop tmail.exe then copy the files, then open SMS and the UI is the same as its always been. :confused:

any help would be apprecieted.

Nevermind! got it working using Lioryte's cab :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] donfano:
mccune - I like what you have done with the bubbles. Do you mind sharing this one and any other ones you've worked on for qvga?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mccune:
Would like to see some more skins!

Added my changes to my preview post. Get it HERE.
[Windows Mobile Themes] dwizzy130:
Did you make these images higher resolution then the default andynear ones?

dwizzy130
[Windows Mobile Themes] mccune:
Resolution is the same. So if you can use the default skin you should be able to use mine as well :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dwizzy130:
I said that because on VGA and probably WVGA the default skin looks pixelated and low res.

dwizzy130
[Windows Mobile Themes] mccune:
It looks pretty nice on my TouchPro2 :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dwizzy130:
I'll give yours a go and see how it looks.

dwizzy130
[Windows Mobile Themes] godgodgod:
cool

good job:-),downloading…
[Windows Mobile Themes] gtmethod3:
Anyone experiencing lag when loading a thread? Looks like it starts loading from the top down but takes a lil bit of time.

Anyway around this?

Great work everyone on developing these skins. WM messaging doesn't look prehistoric anymore!
[Windows Mobile Themes] onjo:
i seem to have a problem when receiving messages, it doesn't highlight the newest unread message, instead it goes to the top of the thread and i have to scroll down each time. this is particularly annoying when the thread is long.

other than that, its brilliant, definitely adds some much needed colour
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahhon83:
Work but ...

Hi, im using rom6.5, installed with SMS_Bubles_6.5.cab provided by madsurfer1, it works, but the time isn't work well in landscape mode and color different in portrait mode. Anyone facing this? I'm using OMNIA i900 now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] donfano:
Thanks mccune!
[Windows Mobile Themes] rhaley10:
wow this is stunning...thanks so much for your work.... :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] rhaley10:
this is really beautiful i love it... any chance of a black background mccune?? if not that's fine...thanks anyway
[Windows Mobile Themes] mccune:
I won't be making a black version any time soon. Just fiddle around to see how the files are created. That's the way I work all the time! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] ai6908:
This is just awesome! Thx...:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] yatman60:
line wrap

I've noticed that if the names of the persons are too long causing the name and date to wrap to the next line, a white space is created in the bubble at the top. I think a few of the folks found the issue as well in some earlier posts but it sounded like they couldn't identify the cause.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ayayangyang:
顶楼主！！！哈哈~~:d呵呵！！对了，楼主，你知道哪有中文版的马尼拉2.1下载么，我一直找不到~~
[Windows Mobile Themes] xiance78:
Cab version ?

I like this SMS chat UI ! But I don't find a CAB version for this. If it is possible for you to make into CAB version. Just my suggestion. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] popdog54:
The size of the sms_outbg.gif and sms_inbg.gif is too small. If you resize the files to 225x80 it will eliminate the space caused by names that take up two lines.
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
Tweaks or idea...

?New tweaks...

Replace all Gif => use PNG

you can add transparency...

Edit : iframe_style.css

look like that !

Thx Andynear... your work is awesome !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Astronout:
Hurray!

Thx yxyn for finding these settings!

I've been playing around with this as well and decided to change a few things.

First of all, I changed the .gif files to .png with transparency. This decreased the total file-size to only 29% of the original, which might result in a faster load.

Secondly, I deleted (hid actually) the line with the sender's / receiver's name. I find it useless, because the colours already indicate who sent the message. Moreover, it adds a few extra lines of precious space.

A zip file and a screenshot are attached below. Notice that I changed it for WM 6.5.3 only! (not sure how it works out for other builds) It has been reported that this works out well for QVGA, but not for WM 6.5 (21xxx). There is no reason to assume it doesn't work on WVGA and QWVGA.

Cheers!

Changes in iframe_style.css

(apart from a find/replace .gif >> .png)

a.in:link, a.in:visited, a.out:link, a.out:visited{
[...]
display:[B]none[/B]; // changed
[...]
}

span.spin, span.spout{
[...]
[B]padding-top: 16px; [/B]//added
[...]
}

span.spin{
[...]
background:url([URL]file://\windows\sms_inbg.png[/URL]); [B]// Removed 'bottom'[/B]
[...];
}

span.spout {
[...];
background:url([URL]file://\windows\sms_outbg.png[/URL]);[B] // Removed 'bottom'[/B]
[...];
}
[Windows Mobile Themes] hotty1177:
Hi Astronout,

First of all this is awesome tested in QVGA and its working great but one thing i ask how to add a contact picture ?

hope you can help me or us.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
span.spin, span.spout{
[...]
[B]padding-top: 16px; [/B]//added
[...]
}

this tips remove SMS Topbar on my 6.5 old UI 21xxx...

other great !

Any possibilty to integrate a picture from sender ?

Any idea ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ctinsley:
Hey, I hope someone can help, I'm not very familiar with CSS but I've been able to make a couple changes. One thing I can't figure out is how to adjust the date and time line. If you look at the pic attached you will see how the time goes to a second line. My question is which lines in the CSS file do I edit to make it stay on one line. My resolution is WQVGA.
[Windows Mobile Themes] stegg:
yxyn, my COMPLIMENTS for this trick!! :D

(just wondering why noone thought it before)
[Windows Mobile Themes] donfano:
Since it is possible to tweak the thread and I read somewhere that it is also possible to do the same with the read and compose forms, can't anyone come up with themes for thread, read, and compose forms at the same time?
[Windows Mobile Themes] stegg:
little problem

this mod works with my 6.5 ROM (sys 23016) and Sense 2.1 :D

just a glitch in long contact names:

does anyone know how to remove the white band under the contact name?

and maybe how to enlarge screen to fit WVGA size? :)

EDIT

resized to 225x80 and it's perfect now!
[Windows Mobile Themes] stegg:
thanks! now it works :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Astronout:
This is probably due to that in the original WM 6.5 (and 6.1?) the name and the date are on the same line and (thus) in the same div tag. I'm not sure whether it is possible to only hide the sender's name, but leaving the date intact. Odds are it is not.

For 6.5.3 builds, look at these css tags at the bottom of the file: span.spin and span.spout . You probably need to change the width or the wrapping.

The height dimensions of sms_outbg.gif and sms_inbg.gif are too small. Either increase the height (requires a new image) or decrease the font size. I'd recommend the latter, for I can read the text without my nerdy glasses! (or buy glasses :cool:)

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

With regard to the requested contact picture: yes this is possible, however with limitations. It simply requires editing thread_sms.htm.

1. It is not (yet) possible to include it alongside the message itself. The html file governing the threaded messages has not been found yet (if there is one).

2. The contact picture is only displayed when the last text message in the list is from the other person (so not you replying). The name remains visible though.

This is just a proof-of-concept (see attachment), as it it appears buggy. Moreover, thread_sms.htm cannot be transfered easily by simple copy-pasting. Upon changes, WM will just overwrite the new file with the one stored in the ROM. Any suggestions?

Obviously, all credits to yxyz!

Cheers

Update: it is possible to have contact-picture-name-thingy bar at the top. New screenshot attached.
[Windows Mobile Themes] stegg:
thank you, i already found a solution some page before :)

anyway, how do you suggest to reduce font size?

in the body part (font-size: 9pt) or in the font(size=etc) part?
[Windows Mobile Themes] vaelon:
I'm trying to get the date to be a simple date such as 1/19 and have the time next to it and would like to have it right next to the name of the contact instead of on another line and all the way to the right. How would this be done?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Astronout:
I noticed after posting my message. Apparently, it took me more than 20minutes to write my post :)

Anyway, to reduce the font size of the name and date in WM 6.5 and 6.1, i guess you need to edit this line (#98) in iframe_style.css :

a.in:link, a.in:visited, a.out:link, a.out:visited{
font-size:12px; /* Change*/
[...]

Changing this probably would do the trick, but I cannot test it since I have 6.5.3 (everyone should!). Also, chances are that you need to add the !important suffix.

For the message body, adding this line probably changes the font size:

div.read, div.unread{
font-size: 12pt; /* Add*/

Again, the !important suffix might be required.

Also, the system font setting (Settings > System > Screen > Text Size) affects the size.

Changing the format of the date is not possible and is only determined by your locale settings.

With regard to the date and name on the same line, are you using the latest WM builds? Then this cannot be done reliably (but it is not impossible). Aligning the date to the left can be done though.

Using earlier builds of WM 6.5, or 6.1? Then this is default.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Themes] .Zen:
Dang it, you beat me to it!

I just started working on this yesterday and found the .gif's to be too large; which I decided could be the cause of most of the lag. But, I went with PNG-8 instead of 24 with no transparency and I recreated the original images in Illustrator (vector, not rasterized) which reduced the file size by about 40-60%.

Also, if you use Photoshop (CS3 preferebly), I've noticied a weird bug that I've never seen in my nearly 3 years of using it: When I first started working on optimizing the .gifs I got to a file size half the size(say 2.5KB-3KB) of the originals(say 6.5-7KB), then I saved as optimized and bam! In file explorer the .gifs are back to the large size (6.57KB instead of 2.5KB-3KB). If you want to test this I can post the settings I was using.
[Windows Mobile Themes] acc49ers:
Is it possible to do this with the names included back in. cause sometimes i swipe side to side to go between messages and i have to scroll to the top to look at the person im talking to. or it would be even better if the name at the top could be put at the bottom like at the bottom of this post. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5404137&postcount=139
[Windows Mobile Themes] Astronout:
My images aren't perfect, though. Ideally, they should be dithered. This makes the gradients look way better. Besides, the images should be enhanced for (W)VGA somehow. But I haven't figured out yet how to implement this in the code, which is written for QVGA and doesn't allow VGA images.

Erh, you're quoting me twice, effectively answering your own question. I'm working on a bar at the top or at the bottom.

My previous post has been updated: bar at the top is possible. I'll release the source code soon, after I've eliminated some quirks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] hotty1177:
but what are the codes in adding the contact picture in CSS? im not a programmer so sorry.
[Windows Mobile Themes] block:
anyone.......
[Windows Mobile Themes] .Zen:
ya, I effectivly cut the gradients, as I didn't notice them enough to begin with when checking texts (when editing the image files, different story ;) )and they added 1-3KB to the file size.

Right now, as Astronout has said, there is no perminent way to do this. I'm assuming that when the messaging app is closed then Windows restore the original .htm file. I've been digging around all week looking for every file and registry setting for the messaging app, and with more people looking eventually one of us will find what is needed (hopefully).

See, CSS just defines a style (color, size, border, padding, margin, font, etc.), but the elements (class's, id's in the CSS file) have to be linked to an html/htm/xml file to give them structure. In order to include a link to a picture file there would need to be a structure in place before it ever got styled; but CSS could --and would-- be the best way of including a link to the picture file via the htm/html/xml file.
[Windows Mobile Themes] hotty1177:
thanks Zen for the fast reply.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Paranoix:
I might be stupid, but how do i remove the original SMS ui on HTC HD2?

is it possible to change back to the original if i installed 1 of the cab files?
[Windows Mobile Themes] popdog54:
Tried my hand at making a new look. I don't think it's bad for my first attempt. I included cabs for both versions, old and new 6.5. I haven't tried the new 6.5 version since I'm running build 21xxx, but it should look ok.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Heart1010:
Nice one popdog54!

@Astronaut

Did you upload your new version already here (with contact image included)?
[Windows Mobile Themes] hotty1177:
nice theme. could you include your image if you dont mine? thanks

Edit : please resize sms_inbg and sms_outbg to 225x50 for QVGA?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahhon83:
Time in white bar? time misaligned?

Can someone tell me why mine looks like this? I'm using i900...anyone? I'm not programmer....just engineer....haha.....

I like the background and the design....thx bro....
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahhon83:
Forget to attach pic....

I noticed that the sms i had with date and time, and the sms you guys had ,only with time.....so how can i adjust it? Kindly advise.....

Thanks all....
[Windows Mobile Themes] joemike:
Thanks to everyone on this thread for all of the suggestions. I'm having a problem in getting the bubble backgrounds to align horizontally. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to resolve this? See the red ovals on the left side of the image...

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ninja4hire:
Try moving the "in+div" and "out+div" over a bit with a "margin-left" or "margin-right"
[Windows Mobile Themes] joemike:
Thanks for the suggestion, but no go. It just moved the whole bubble. I ended up modifying the sms_inbg and sms_outbg graphics, moving the top part of the bubble 3 pixels to the left. They still don't line up perfectly, but it's only off by half a pixel now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] slopokdave:
How can I change the color of the font within the text messages? I changed one of my boxes to blue and its hard to read with black font. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] popdog54:
Here you go...
[Windows Mobile Themes] popdog54:
Which phone (screen resolution) are you using? Are you using the correct version for your WM build?
[Windows Mobile Themes] suavejones:
Great tweak, can't wait for all the different themes. Hopefully someone finds a stable workaround to allow contact pics in threads as well
[Windows Mobile Themes] hotty1177:
Thanks Popdog54.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahhon83:
Bro, i'm using i900 omnia with WQVGA...ROM shokka v23 with the button on below ....

I've installed the first of your cab instead of second(new), because second one don't work in my phone....after installed, nth change in my phone for sms.....

Any idea?
[Windows Mobile Themes] fishman1986:
Thanks

I have tried to modify the css files when i was using 577W,but it didn't work with WM6.1.
[Windows Mobile Themes] emd2009:
How do you change the color text of the actual text message?
[Windows Mobile Themes] koki1975:
Misalignment

This is a great thing, thx for it. However, I have an issue in terms of misalignment between top and bottom part of each and every post in every thread. It is a couple of pixels and even on both sides - frankly speaking the widths are equal but they are not aligned.

I am sure this is easy but anyhow please provide some help.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] beerbaronstatic:
body

{

margin-left: 5px !important;

margin-right: 5px !important;

margin-top: 0px !important;

margin-bottom: 0px !important;

font-family: Tahoma !important;

font-size: 9pt !important;

font-weight: normal !important;

color: #FFFFFF !important;

background-color: #000000 !important;

wrap-option: emergency;

}

in that tag, color is the font color, background-color is the entire background
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahhon83:
Bro popdog54, as you can see from the screenshot, the time/date is slightly to the left, i believe if i can move it abit to the right, a few px, it should be fine then, am i right?

But the landscape mode, the date/time is totally out of box, it appear on top of the screen, and if i drag down to see sms below, the chatting box will not have date/time.

Just to make my statement clear. Sorry for my bad english....

Phone: Samsung Omnia i900

ROM : Shokka v23 6.5 build 23064
[Windows Mobile Themes] anilLiAnCe:
my custom skin

i made my own skin for the text messages. don't get me wrong, all the other skins are nice and all but im just a simple man. ("i like beans and rice" -grouch) anyway, the colors for the contacts are green for incoming text and orange for outgoing. since my phone is the sprint tp2 i figured id stick with the main colors on this god forsaken device. lol. oh and i am able to easily change the colors. take a look at the screenshots...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Astronout:
I have continued my efforts and work in a separate thread: http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2098384

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Themes] ninja4hire:
Ninja's SMS Chat Bubbles

Hey Folks,

Since many of us have different versions of WinMo installed (6.1, 6.5, 6.5.x), I decided to just make the chat bubbles and let you uses your own working iframe_style.css. Of course you may have to adjust things a little, but that is up to you :)

These are all semi-transparent, and all .PNG. There are 6 different colors for both the IN and OUT chat bubble.

To install, you will first need to make sure your "iframe_style.css" sheet background links point to .PNG and not .GIF. Once that is done, pick a color and paste the 3 images in that folder into your "\windows" folder.

Hope you like :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
New background... new bubble more poilished... new title bar...

fixed title contact left right, fixed Contact name in SMSTitle...

Still in progress, need find a way to integrate contact picture...

i made this on old WM6.1 OS but i don't find my old files... damn...
[Windows Mobile Themes] koki1975:
Any ideas on this isuue?

THX
[Windows Mobile Themes] jpen:
hey ninja....like these styles but in the bubbles the text is too far to the left so they are kinda on the border line of the bubble...if you need a pic to show you what i mean let me know.