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Lets vote for a Sticky Icons thread!

like the title says...if you feel like me...just vot for it...and i hope the moderator gona make one.
i think it would be nice if we had a Sticky thread for icons...there gona be links and preview of icons to all post with sets of icons like mine set.
so what do you think?

Definitely a good idea! Especially considering the many many useless threads that get created each day. Love your icons btw.

I'll vote for that!

+1 Vote for all icon packs to be compile into a single thread & always updated.

me too would like this, also slider tab icons.

I will create a sticky later today with a section for icon sets, a section for taskbar mods, a section for themes and a section for general screen mods. If anyone can help with ideas or links to any of the threads then post them here and I will compile them.
I will start with a simple Title and link with maybe a screenshot and see how it goes from there. I was looking into doing this anyway as its soo hard to find what you are looking for in here as soo many new threads are created every day.
Any help is welcomed
Mark.

mskip said:
I will create a sticky later today with a section for icon sets, a section for taskbar mods, a section for themes and a section for general screen mods. If anyone can help with ideas or links to any of the threads then post them here and I will compile them.
I will start with a simple Title and link with maybe a screenshot and see how it goes from there. I was looking into doing this anyway as its soo hard to find what you are looking for in here as soo many new threads are created every day.
Any help is welcomed
Mark.
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+1 It's very kind of you.

jooyyy said:
+1 It's very kind of you.
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Stickie created in Themes and Apps section to pull everything together.
I have put some of you in there already but if you have anything else you want to go in then post a link in that thread and I will add it to the relevent sections.
Hope it makes things alot more ordered and easier for everyone to find.
Thread is *HERE*
Mark.

mskip said:
Stickie created in Themes and Apps section to pull everything together.
I have put some of you in there already but if you have anything else you want to go in then post a link in that thread and I will add it to the relevent sections.
Hope it makes things alot more ordered and easier for everyone to find.
Thread is *HERE*
Mark.
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very nice

Changing layouts via CHTS

Ok so we've all heard the news about CHT2.0 and all its great new features.....
Far and away the best new thing for me is the beast that is Micheldiamond's CHTS....
(If you dont know what Im talking about then check here)
What Im so excited about is that if you kill sense through too much tweaking ( ive lost count of how many times) you can get back to where you were before the crash in a matter of minutes........ its literaly a manila safety net...
It also gives theme makers the ability to dump a whole CHT theme / layout in such a way that it can be implemented in a much easier way than installing numerous cabs and individual tweaks.......
The point of this thread is to see how dumping a layout and applying it to someone elses device works....
This is mainly aimed @ miller710 who kindly agreed to help me test this but I figured Id post it in the forum for anyone who wasnt aware of this great new feature........
Ok on to buisness........
If you'd like to test out how this works then please follow the steps below and let me know how it works for you.....
This is not a release of a theme, its more of an "experiment en mass" with this new feature........
I've attached the layout I posted in the today screen thread here
If your not yet familiar with CHTS I'd recommend that you spend some time playing around and getting used to it first........
First of all, make sure you have CHT Scheduler installed and your baseline saved.........
Save any layout your currently using and check that it all works as it should by saving it.......loading your baseline then reapplying your saved layout....
If it all comes back in all the right places then we are good to go......
Unzip the folder Ive attached and then put the whole folder thats inside into storage card/_CHTScheduler.....
You should see your saved layouts and baseline already in there......
Once its in go for a soft reset.....
then when you go back into CHTS switch gui and try to change layout you should have "black n blue rss" as an option....
Try changing to that layout and let me know what happens......
You should end up with something like the screenshots...............
It wont change your icons, if your using dinik icons you will still have dinik icons..... if your using stock they should still be stock.....
You will not get the "blue tape" digital clock (because my lua skills arent up to scratch yet )
However you should have the wallpaper, widgets and quicklinks and blue soft keys in all the right places
There shouldnt be any serious consequences to this..... if something does go wrong you can restore you baseline/old layout........ however as always you do this at your own risk.....

Worked. However there are some broken links I think this if for programs that you have that I do not. I will post some before after screens in a few minutes.

Hey Troutman! First out there with a trial layout for CHTS (how long before you and Mob release the orange street theme as a zip for this... )
It seems to work fine (once I'd realised that you had to go in one folder once unzipped to find the one names CHTS_blah blah blah and copy THAT one to the CHTScheduler folder in Storage Card!). I'm assuming it won't look exactly like your screenshots - my layout has retained my clock/weather choice on the central screen and the RSS widget is above the clock, not below like in your screenshot. Also I have lots of missing quicklinks
I agree that CHTS is just as amazing as CHT itself - there has been a massive amount of work by MD - it has already replaced Phoneweaver on my phone for automatic connection and sound profiling. I'm just waiting for your orange theme, buff and GTX to be released in this format and I'll be away!
Just been switching back to my baseline as I've been typing and I still have all your quicklinks and none of my free links - hey ho, guess there's still some work to do...
See you back at the Dev group! Love the weather wallpapers you've done for the lockscreen - where can I get the full set?

miller710 said:
Worked. However there are some broken links I think this if for programs that you have that I do not. I will post some before after screens in a few minutes.
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DOH! should have though of that......
I should have saved a version with empty quicklinks,,, except for apps that come as stock..... opera etc......
Once I figure out how to do an xml for the layout i should be able to cancel out any links that point to apps other people might not have........
So it really is as easy as that........
Good to know....... thanks man!

I also had the problem when I switched back to my baseline. I lost my free links. The wierd thing is that when I loaded your theme, I got the custome cht toggles you used on ur theme. And when I switched back I got the old standard icons. So this seems to be a transferable item as well.
Then after looking it over I noticed that the custom cht softkeys also change with the theme loadout. apparently that is also something that can be transfered.

Dunc001 said:
Hey Troutman! First out there with a trial layout for CHTS (how long before you and Mob release the orange street theme as a zip for this... )
It seems to work fine (once I'd realised that you had to go in one folder once unzipped to find the one names CHTS_blah blah blah and copy THAT one to the CHTScheduler folder in Storage Card!). I'm assuming it won't look exactly like your screenshots - my layout has retained my clock/weather choice on the central screen and the RSS widget is above the clock, not below like in your screenshot. Also I have lots of missing quicklinks
I agree that CHTS is just as amazing as CHT itself - there has been a massive amount of work by MD - it has already replaced Phoneweaver on my phone for automatic connection and sound profiling. I'm just waiting for your orange theme, buff and GTX to be released in this format and I'll be away!
Just been switching back to my baseline as I've been typing and I still have all your quicklinks and none of my free links - hey ho, guess there's still some work to do...
See you back at the Dev group! Love the weather wallpapers you've done for the lockscreen - where can I get the full set?
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Hey Dunc, wasnt really intending it as a release, more an experiment and some shameless promotion for CHTS (not that it needs it )...
I think if your swipe up you'll get the rss in the same position as the screenshot..... i didnt post every page on every level....
and the digi clock will be missing because I cant get my standalone widgets to work....... unless you want to kill sense then they're great..... lol
The quicklinks thing was a stupid error on my part, obviously any proper theme releases will come as default with empty link.... I was just rushing to post before the missus gets home........
Not long for Orangestreet..... just need to hammer out the xml... I think thats the missing link.....
Not sure why your baseline would be affected......
Mine has always been rock solid...... If I thought that peoples "safety net" would be jeopardised then I would have held off on posting this because obviously I dont wanna cause people to have to go through a whole set up process again so sorry about that
Appreciate the feedback man thanks again

miller710 said:
I also had the problem when I switched back to my baseline. I lost my free links. The wierd thing is that when I loaded your theme, I got the custome cht toggles you used on ur theme. And when I switched back I got the old standard icons. So this seems to be a transferable item as well.
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Yep, toggles will go across too.....
If I was using custom state indicators they'd show as well.....
As I said to Dunc, Sorry about your baseline....
Was it just the freelinks you were missing or did you still have the regular quicklinks too??

@Dunc001
Forgot to answer your question about the weather walls......
I cant take any credit for those, they're all mob's work...... they were in the dropbox in the chts folder...
If they're no longer there then let me or mob know and we'll post them somewhere for you.......

The glass circle softkeys are before. the Blue softkeys are after. Mind you this is after doing it for a second time so both sets of pics have your free links and quick links. When I reverted back to baseline it kept your icon layout just changed everything else back.

miller710 said:
The glass circle softkeys are before. the Blue softkeys are after. Mind you this is after doing it for a second time so both sets of pics have your free links and quick links. When I reverted back to baseline it kept your icon layout just changed everything else back.
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Once again man sorry about that.....
Can you revert to a previously saved layout to get your quicklinks back?

conantroutman said:
Once again man sorry about that.....
Can you revert to a previously saved layout to get your quicklinks back?
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No worries man. I have been playing around with it alot any ways. What I can't figure out is why CHT occationaly just moves links around. I also have problems with the icons changing randomly for no reason at all. Any idea?

miller710 said:
No worries man. I have been playing around with it alot any ways. What I can't figure out is why CHT occationaly just moves links around. I also have problems with the icons changing randomly for no reason at all. Any idea?
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Cant say Ive ever experienced that....
Maybe CHTS is set to switch profiles at certain times??
Ive linked MD( genius behind CHTS) to this thread so hopefully he can shed some light on this.....
Edit;
GRRR just realised I missed my 1000 post milestone..... lol
wanted to use it for something ridiculous in off topic........... oh well guess i'll just have to wait for 2000

Amazing!
For the quicklinks thing: I have a solution - will be in next fixed version, should be better then:
- It deletes the "old" quicklinks instead of overwriting, so there is no "mixing"
- you can disable quicklink switching with Layout switching in the settings.
Then let's have a look, if this is enough or if we need something more.
Great work, conan - I luv this style of your themes! But that you already know (Congrats to your 1000+, too *g* )
Micha

thanks md, probably best to leave out the quicklinks in the meantime...
I guess people are going too want to set their own links anyway...
is this the best way to share a theme between two devices, by placing the layout folder into the chts folder of another device? or is there a better way....
ha ha thanks for the congrats... it will soon be 2000 at this rate...

conantroutman said:
thanks md, probably best to leave out the quicklinks in the meantime...
I guess people are going too want to set their own links anyway...
is this the best way to share a theme between two devices, by placing the layout folder into the chts folder of another device? or is there a better way....
ha ha thanks for the congrats... it will soon be 2000 at this rate...
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oh, overseen your answer, but with new CHTS 2.02 all the quicklink things, which are mentioned above, are soluted.
So Quicklinks are switching now also if they have different designs.
only the randomly moving quicklinks needs also a fix in CHT itself, but meanwhile it's counteracted as good as possible with CHTS, too.
And yes,simply placing and copying the Layout-subfolder is the intended easy sharing or saving of a Layout. CHTS automatically recognizes the new CHT-Layout (indifferent if by .zip or .cab installed) and can be assigned to any profile by the user. mmh...I think that you already know but perhaps some others not.
Thanx for your inputs!
Micha

MichelDiamond said:
oh, overseen your answer, but with new CHTS 2.02 all the quicklink things, which are mentioned above, are soluted.
So Quicklinks are switching now also if they have different designs.
only the randomly moving quicklinks needs also a fix in CHT itself, but meanwhile it's counteracted as good as possible with CHTS, too.
And yes,simply placing and copying the Layout-subfolder is the intended easy sharing or saving of a Layout. CHTS automatically recognizes the new CHT-Layout (indifferent if by .zip or .cab installed) and can be assigned to any profile by the user. mmh...I think that you already know but perhaps some others not.
Thanx for your inputs!
Micha
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Thanks Michel,
I think all the issues with the quicklinks are sorted now
Any layout I post will have only have empty quicklinks by default, obviously each user is going to want different programs in different places.
I'll still be setting the location of the link and if they want to re-arrange then thats up to them..........

[Q] Why are there so few widgets for windows mobile

The past week i have been messing around a lot with my phone.
First i had Artemis with android on sd. I thought id try a nand android, but it had a less responsive screen. Also the navigation solutions are not what i am used to with igo8.
The only nice thing about android is the use of the nice widgets like Gmail, Weather, SMS, News and so on. It also has a lot off apps but most of them are useless.
I am back to win mobile but this time i am trying the energy rom
I would love to see more widgets for our Winmobile phones, so that we have best of both worlds in one package.

4stimpy said:
The past week i have been messing around a lot with my phone.
First i had Artemis with android on sd. I thought id try a nand android, but it had a less responsive screen. Also the navigation solutions are not what i am used to with igo8.
The only nice thing about android is the use of the nice widgets like Gmail, Weather, SMS, News and so on. It also has a lot off apps but most of them are useless.
I am back to win mobile but this time i am trying the energy rom
I would love to see more widgets for our Winmobile phones, so that we have best of both worlds in one package.
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Have you tried cookie's home tab 2.0 yet? We already have working widgets for all those items you mentioned.. gmail, weather, sms, news and all kinds of others as well (clocks, music players, stop watches, calc's, etc..). I'd suggest searching and doing some reading first b4 posting. I look at it as we already have the best of both worlds since we can run all those other OS's with our devices. Lets see android run windows mobile and do it well.

A have been using cht for a long time now.
Energy has it baked into his rom.
Since i registered here i have been reading a lot and normally i don't ask for things.
I like to read an be a little on the background on this forum, that is why i don't have so many post counts. I was using Artemis since ver 16, almost everyday i visit this forum. I like it very much, only thing is that i can't find what i want using the search function. Often too many hits.
I think i spent about 17 hours this weekend on searching for widgets and stuff.
Sadly could not find it, that is why i posted this.
I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.
Thanks

4stimpy said:
A have been using cht for a long time now.
Energy has it baked into his rom.
Since i registered here i have been reading a lot and normally i don't ask for things.
I like to read an be a little on the background on this forum, that is why i don't have so many post counts. I was using Artemis since ver 16, almost everyday i visit this forum. I like it very much, only thing is that i can't find what i want using the search function. Often too many hits.
I think i spent about 17 hours this weekend on searching for widgets and stuff.
Sadly could not find it, that is why i posted this.
I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.
Thanks
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Hey man my bad for the way that came across. I wasn't bad mouthing or saying anything negative, its just that alot of people start new threads asking questions that could easily be found/answered with a simple search. Believe me, I know how frustrating it could be to find what your looking for using the search here in the forums but thats because of all these new threads being started when the question could be asked/answered in one of many threads on similar topic. Please don't take it as I'm complaining and I certainly don't won't to detour you from posting..i'm just trying to help keep things less cluttered around here. Now anytime anyone else searches for "widgets" they'll have another thread added to the list. See what I mean?
Damn thats a long ass time..17 hours and you came up empty handed?
Here are links to all the CHT Widgets i could find. (just searched and came up with these..)
1 rat_2665's CHT 2.0 Clock Widgets
2 ZaxXx's CHT2.0.0 Widgets
3 DJC & BobsBBQ "Touch of Glass" Sense 2.5/Windows MP Skin
4 RESIZABLE RSSReader
5 CHT2.0 WIDGET TypoClock
6 CHT widget B&L_Group Alarm Widget
7 Oxygene Analogue Clock
8 dSign Clock v1.3 (typoclock variant)
9 Colossus MOD of Poyensa Typoclock
10 The Ultimate Geek Clock
11 MIUI Analog Clock - 3 Clockface Options
12 GregReadClock English
13 Transparency clock
14 Poyensa's Read Clock & Azarbel's DrecWordClock
15 B&L_Group Weather Widget
16 B&L_Group Birthday Widget
17 Background Set
18 TEXTBattery Widget
19 only 10 widget slot problem solution

I understand what you are trying to say.
Those are the ones i also have found.
There are lots of clock widgets and a few other things.
But the widgets i have mentioned earlier......nice widgets like Gmail, Weather, SMS, News and so on..... I still can't find them except for an weather widget(which only works with a few places in Holland, and another one is the same layout as standard) And i could use the rss widget for the news.
Id love to see less clocks and more like news, gmail and that sort of stuff.

Maybe the choice of widgets is a bit smaller because the core functions of WinMo and Sense are quite strong already.
And once CHT is in action, you can make shortcuts/quicklinks to existing apps. Why bother to make a widget for something existing, it´s like re-inventing the wheel, imho.
As an example, touching the sms or mail notification, the respective app opens immediately. That´s perfect for me...

Your right it has nice features already built in but dont like the extra steps i have to make to see a list of all the mails and mark them as read.
In android i swipe to a side and i see all my mails in a list and and check the ones i would like to mark as read. I have a lot of mail traffic that is why i would love that.
The same with news, swipe the other way and have the news right on the screen.
I know that there are more ways to do the trick, but i like the way they do it in android.

4stimpy said:
Your right it has nice features already built in but dont like the extra steps i have to make to see a list of all the mails and mark them as read.
In android i swipe to a side and i see all my mails in a list and and check the ones i would like to mark as read. I have a lot of mail traffic that is why i would love that.
The same with news, swipe the other way and have the news right on the screen.
I know that there are more ways to do the trick, but i like the way they do it in android.
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WOW dude..So than buy an android! Why complain that your windows mobile isn't more like android..I mean seriously man. I just listed close to 20 different widgets, when you said you spent 17 hrs searching to find nothing, and thats still not good enough. What did you think by starting this thread developers where going to line up here asking what you'd like? Develop them yourself if you don't like everyone else's hard work. You speak of sms and email with one swipe to the side..Those are 2 of the easiest things to set up with cht since they're default widgets.(don't have to install any additional cabs).

I thought asking would be free.
It would have been easy for you just to say that there is no such widget like i asked for.
End of discussion i'll start reading again and try not to post to much.

4stimpy said:
I thought asking would be free.
It would have been easy for you just to say that there is no such widget like i asked for.
End of discussion i'll start reading again and try not to post to much.
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hey there. these posts get my blood a tad boiling. why? because xda is free and the contributors do not get paid to post. everything here is because people want to create and share. yet these threads happen and in my opinion they just seem to spit in the face of all that work. see the thing is, you didn't ask. you complained. you want nice widgets, implying the ones made for you for free were not good enough. you want less clocks and more other widgets. and you want them for free. WM has never been built on widgets; only with maxsense roms and cht can you find widgets. but yet, you want more. if you want something and it doesn't exist; make it. but really complaining in a forum where wares are made for free that there isn't enough out there is, well, rude.
a post of mine, in a different thread, but with the same message:
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hey.
so your post irkes me. at first i was going to ignore it but here i am.
you see, not only do you lessen the work of the people providing "tweaks" (like you are disdainful at people's free work) but you ignore all the fantastic work being done here and just sweep it all under the rug as being "roll overs" and "simple upgrades." really? there are a ton of apps (widgets?) in this forum and the windows mobile general forum that are fantastic...and free.
yes, free.
and provided because people want to share. nothing more.
not enough for you? start developing.
bored of all the tweaks and changing of winmo 6.5? start making some art.
what do you expect with your post? people to run to you and ask you what specific things they can make for you? how they can appease your wants? how about next time you use someone's work, say thanks or buy them a cup of coffee if you can. but don't sit there complaining that what is provided free to you is not enough.
or even better, contribute.
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jsmccabe78 said:
hey there. these posts get my blood a tad boiling. why? because xda is free and the contributors do not get paid to post. everything here is because people want to create and share. yet these threads happen and in my opinion they just seem to spit in the face of all that work. see the thing is, you didn't ask. you complained. you want nice widgets, implying the ones made for you for free were not good enough. you want less clocks and more other widgets. and you want them for free. WM has never been built on widgets; only with maxsense roms and cht can you find widgets. but yet, you want more. if you want something and it doesn't exist; make it. but really complaining in a forum where wares are made for free that there isn't enough out there is, well, rude.
a post of mine, in a different thread, but with the same message:
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It was impossible for me to find better words. Thanks

I think i stepped on en few toe's here.
Just to get things straight, I really appreciate what all the devs are doing.
And as long as i cant do even a little of what they are doing, you wont hear me complaining about anything they make. I personally cant stand it when people keep nagging that something isn't right on a rom or app.
Believe me, i meant good by starting this post.
Goodbye for now.

Since CHT 2.0.0 was released there is an oportunity to add widgets in the home page of the Sense. [[ UPPPSSS !!! sorry forgot MaxSense ]]
CHT is free & open source, and all the members of the CHTgroups are kindly helping to anybpody who wants to edit, modify and create new CHT widgets. Its not so difficult as you could think initially, i tell you by experience. Just try and have fun
But sense is also more than home tab. Further the standar tabs you can add RSS tab, TV tab, FB tab, documents tab, weather tab, game15th tab, and some others i cannot remember right now.
Even WM is more than sense: titanium, SPB shell, wad, throttle launcher, and some others for sure i dont know!
Anyway i dont understand any competition between OS, I never use other than WM but frequently visit android-WP7 forums (even Iphone ) Anywhere is good for inspiration!
By now the CHT widgets list is limited. I hope that future verssions will bring more widgets. Up to now i have seen lot of PM movement, but I am sure is time to open a thread for widget makers and try to involve more friends in this job pleasure.
Enjoy yourselves!

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Hey man my bad for the way that came across. I wasn't bad mouthing or saying anything negative, its just that alot of people start new threads asking questions that could easily be found/answered with a simple search. Believe me, I know how frustrating it could be to find what your looking for using the search here in the forums but thats because of all these new threads being started when the question could be asked/answered in one of many threads on similar topic. Please don't take it as I'm complaining and I certainly don't won't to detour you from posting..i'm just trying to help keep things less cluttered around here. Now anytime anyone else searches for "widgets" they'll have another thread added to the list. See what I mean?
Damn thats a long ass time..17 hours and you came up empty handed?
Here are links to all the CHT Widgets i could find. (just searched and came up with these..)
1 rat_2665's CHT 2.0 Clock Widgets
2 ZaxXx's CHT2.0.0 Widgets
3 DJC & BobsBBQ "Touch of Glass" Sense 2.5/Windows MP Skin
4 RESIZABLE RSSReader
5 CHT2.0 WIDGET TypoClock
6 CHT widget B&L_Group Alarm Widget
7 Oxygene Analogue Clock
8 dSign Clock v1.3 (typoclock variant)
9 Colossus MOD of Poyensa Typoclock
10 The Ultimate Geek Clock
11 MIUI Analog Clock - 3 Clockface Options
12 GregReadClock English
13 Transparency clock
14 Poyensa's Read Clock & Azarbel's DrecWordClock
15 B&L_Group Weather Widget
16 B&L_Group Birthday Widget
17 Background Set
18 TEXTBattery Widget
19 only 10 widget slot problem solution
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thanks for the list bro......

I've used SPB Mobile Shell for years - love it:
http://spb.com/products/mobileshell/

[Q] Theme co-op thread idea...

This wasn't so much a question as an idea... but forgive me if this should be in the Q&A section.
My question, or idea, which is probably not new, is this:
Can a thread be made in the themes section for members to post their screens and then ask other members/devs/themers for their advice on what to add/remove and etc.?
Sort of a "WWXDAD" (What Would XDA Do?)
To elaborate. Let's say I switch my theme to Nex by kgill, and remove all my old widgets and icons to be left with a completely blank home screen. I would then post a screen shot (and lock screen) - blank - and ask "What would you guys do if this were your phone to theme?" With other members maybe linking, referencing, or even providing icons, widget settings, etc. for that persons set up. Maybe a brief tutorial on "how to make this look like that" (e.g. overlapping widgets and weather icons, etc.)
Idk. Just a thought I had. I still have a blank screen with just the forecast on it and have no idea what I want to do with the rest of the space. Instead of being selfish and asking for myself I figured something new could be started to help other people who have that same, um, themer's block.

[Request] Substratum theme viewer

It's a rather weird request I would say myself but wouldn't it be great if we had an way to see how themes would look before applying them. Many, I really mean many substratum themes nowdays has over 1000+ possible combination. To apply each of them manually to see how they would look is a rather lengthy process. Just if we had an easy way to see them
I don't mind a paid addon, just if we had this feature it would be much easier for people like us to apply the best combination of themes :laugh:
Sincerely,
Sounak

Would be nice. When I first installed it I was looking around for a preview. Closest I found was the play store pictures.

+1

I have no idea why this isn't a thing.
Some of the items/lines in a the be have really generic names. I am really shocked that there isn't a preview pic of what the line actually does.