ok so here are the new screen shots and what i have changed. still working on icons and which apks to include as i do not want to suffer the same fate as some of those that are being reminded that warez is not aloud. i will pick those that suit it best for everyone. when ready to upload which i hope will not be too much longer. i hope that you guys enjoy it as much as i do. trying to mod all png images for apks that i can is being a little difficult so i will upload screenshots of those when i get them ready.
also if im not able to share at least you have an idea of what im running;-)
to all of you that have stopped in to comment and give feedback i much appreciate it and in hopes when this is ready and i am able to upload, you let me know what you think. Thanks again
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Maybe white text color in the notofications drop down menu. Its a bit hard to see when black.
Other than that it looks really good
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Hey!!
I m not being rude just saying my words...
First,ur colour choice its seems that its gonna be all blue, which is not so cool.
Second, status bar shade looks ugly to me....
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Hey!!
I m not being rude just saying my words...
First,ur colour choice its seems that its gonna be all blue, which is not so cool.
Second, status bar shade looks ugly to me....
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Thanks for stopping and taking the time to comment. As i said its a work in progress. second its personal preference and nothing is in stone yet. so color choice really hasn't been decided. and i know alot of people that dig blue and would be happy to have it. thanks again for stopping in to comment though. i appreciate it and will do what mods i can.
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Maybe white text color in the notofications drop down menu. Its a bit hard to see when black.
Other than that it looks really good
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Thank you for your feedback, white is exactly what i am thinking to put in the status bar and in the drop down. however, with the cyanogen mod settings installed, this can be done through there.
yet i dont want this to be just for a cyanogen settings phone. im looking into making it an available option for all 2.2 versions.
Black and purple just don't match up on the first SS.
Secondly the status bar is rarely ugly, all people will rather prefer just a colour (Black,white,blue etc)
Third the icon with all blue is not nice.
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Black and purple just don't match up on the first SS.
Secondly the status bar is rarely ugly, all people will rather prefer just a colour (Black,white,blue etc)
Third the icon with all blue is not nice.
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work in progress..... nothing set in stone yet, feedback is always appreciated. blue icons look great i think. if people hadnt already went ds with their themes already i would have a chance at one. however im workin with a variety but still trying to keep simple. work in progress. new screen shots coming soon to show the changes.
Way to go mate, it's a guttsy color scheme not my thing though. Purple and blacks like green on red, hard to read. I suggest keeping it simple, gentle but sharp.. I'll be way watching
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Way to go mate, it's a guttsy color scheme not my thing though. Purple and blacks like green on red, hard to read. I suggest keeping it simple, gentle but sharp.. I'll be way watching
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appreciate your feedback. most polite one besides second post. i have modified it a little more and have gotten rid of the colors and went mor simple as people have suggested. status bar is now blue and drop down bar is no black and blue. and drop down bacground is a lot easier to read. new screen shots coming soon.
keep on going!!
suggestion u should try making light color....looks more pure...just a suggestion......keep up a good work!
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keep on going!!
suggestion u should try making light color....looks more pure...just a suggestion......keep up a good work!
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new screen shots have been posted. hope its a little more to everyones liking as for what i have done. still modding pngs and what not. still have a little work to do on status bar icons. should have more done this weekend and ready to post on monday.
emm i think u should try lighter blue....like the color of the sea...sky or something like that if u want to go with blue...but i think is great....soon u will make a fine theme....also for the notification bar normally people would like white as a font because it is easy to read because of the background color....so if u stick with blue try make a light one...because it easy to contrast between the font and the background...anyway good luck dude....will follow ur progress...keep it up!!later u can make a theme with ur eyes close....haha....joking...
android 2.3?
how did u manage to get so many points in quadrant?)
btw - really unfortunate colors u've choses 4 ur theme (sry for my eng)
Need to say, Didn't like the theme at all, it's very simple with not good color scheme, but that score is AMAZING.
All themes should be unique, if the blue was slightly muted then it would be more appealing. But changing the density to 190 would make it aesthetically pleasing too... To be honest, the whole point of android os is the ability to create something unique, so well done
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emm i think u should try lighter blue....like the color of the sea...sky or something like that if u want to go with blue...but i think is great....soon u will make a fine theme....also for the notification bar normally people would like white as a font because it is easy to read because of the background color....so if u stick with blue try make a light one...because it easy to contrast between the font and the background...anyway good luck dude....will follow ur progress...keep it up!!later u can make a theme with ur eyes close....haha....joking...
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thanks for your comments. actually i did have a lighter blue at one time but didnt think that it really looked all that good, and really didnt go with the colors of the bee in wallpaper image. as im sure most users want there own wallpaper or background compared to using the one that is included with the package.
however, at the same time, there are those of us users who want everything we need and nothing we dont. meaning why add something or take something away if you really dont need to? i personally dont care for a large display of colors so keeping at least one color and having the rest black is suitable. so if all icons are black and blue. or black and green or black and yellow( yes pun intended if your heard this song). also the lesser value of bright colors means you dont have alot of bright screen when you dont need it.
my thoughts anyway
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android 2.3?
how did u manage to get so many points in quadrant?)
btw - really unfortunate colors u've choses 4 ur theme (sry for my eng)
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android 2.2 scores like this come from a multitude of things. the greatness of zdzihu for his 2.2b4, data2sd, xrecovery.
Sysctl
as for the color scheme. i notice there are alot of you out there that really dont care for it. and as i find this really hard to believe, wow! i like most themes that ive seen out there and am really impressed with all the work that was done to them. even though i dont care to use some of theme. as i didnt care for the status bar icons or in which color it was set. mainly the 2.2 white task bar. that drives me nuts!
feedback is always appreciated and am happy that you are one of the few people to stop in and read and comment shows that something might have caught your eye and you wanted to see where it goes. so that is appreciated as well.
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All themes should be unique, if the blue was slightly muted then it would be more appealing. But changing the density to 190 would make it aesthetically pleasing too... To be honest, the whole point of android os is the ability to create something unique, so well done
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i appreciate your view on "unique". to which if everyone wanted to really personalize their phone. they wouldnt want to try out what everyone, or anyone else has.
my first creation was black, purple and blue in some artistic paint splash decor for the statur bar and dropdown. it was nice for me other than not seeing the clock.
as changing the blue ill look into the density and take your suggestion into consideration.
for those that really dont like the clock, i like minium color as i use my device more at night and really dont care to put off a glow when using it. i like to see my device and not let everyone else see it.
especially when driving. i dont like a bright screen poopping in my face. i like something that just lights up with the perfect ambient light needed so im not too distracted.
Mods, please delete. as i have stopped working on this theme for now. this Thread is no longer needed. Thank you;-)
2720 in quadrant ? Respect
I would change the colour in the statusbar. Maybe a bit transparency would be nice And the pink text should be white or sth like that But all in all a good start
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ok guys here is a theme i have been currently working on and just wanted to know if you guys had any interest in it. it doesn't have a proper name but its code name is Zen. feel free to suggest names and i will choose whichever i think suits it best. The theme is in a alpha stage at the moment as there are still lots of areas i plan on themeing. im also not 100% sure on the dock yet and currently testing ideas for a new one. i hope at least some of you guys are interested .
Edit: A beta of this theme has now been released. It is still a work in progress so expect there to be a few bugs. Get the download from here: http://themes.piratemedia.tv/2010-07-20-zen-theme-for-cm6-rc1-beta/
It's looking nice is saw it in the screenshot section.
you also gonna change the looks of some widgets?
It's looking good so far, why the line across the wallpaper with darker section underneath?
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It's looking nice is saw it in the screenshot section.
you also gonna change the looks of some widgets?
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yeah just finished desiging them and going to add them to theme later this week.
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IIt's looking good so far, why the line across the wallpaper with darker section underneath?
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no reason its just the style of the wallpaper im using which was created by daaxix from twitter. i asked someone to provide me with a simple wallpaper i could use with my theme and he responded with this.
It's fine, I just thought it would look cleaner and more natural if it wasn't there
it looks really good, but whats with the giant pokeball? You have to be rooted to install these right?
I like the status bar very much.
Good work, thanks for sharing!!
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it looks really good, but whats with the giant pokeball?
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Lol, looks more like a monochrome Simple Simon
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it looks really good, but whats with the giant pokeball? You have to be rooted to install these right?
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lol i dont know i just preferred it to the grid of squares on stock. if people dont like it i can try find a replacmenet yeah you have to be rooted.
@everyone updated the OP with another screen
It`s beautiful... I like the status bar very much. It`s posible to make this theme
for Froyo users?.
P.S. Very good work, It`s amazing!. Thanks for share.
P.S.2. What widget are you using for the time and weather?, It`s Beautiful Widgets?. Thanks in advance. (The "Zen" name is a good name, so keep it).
Any chance we can get the status bar in an update.zip or metamorph theme compatible with CM builds? Love the status bar man....great work.
Great work
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I like the status bar very much.
Good work, thanks for sharing!!
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Yeah...Love it. Finally something different!
Is this going to be for Froyo?
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This is the best theme I have seen since gChrome!
I converted this wallpaper from a Gnome (Ubuntu) wallpaper because I liked it. I set the line up so that the bottom row of icons on the phone lie in the dark region. This allows for a dark and light region, I use the upper light region for a google calendar widget, which makes the text easy to read.
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Yeah...Love it. Finally something different!
Is this going to be for Froyo?
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yeah im hoping to get it on froyo once its finished.
@daixx thanks again for the great wallpaper
Very nice. Love the status bar and white battery icon.
very simple and clean, I'd use it. Keep the name Zen.
Dude, that is an awesome look! You should definitely keep working on it and release it as soon as humanly possible. Great stuff!
I also like the statusbar... looks awesome the way you designed it.
Me likeeeey
Heres a little something I whipped up quickly as I'm learning how to theme through Metamorph. Basically this morph will turn your standard battery icon into a block style car battery one, and give you a new low battery message image.
As this is my very first attempt at any sort of theming, BE SURE TO DO A NANDROID BACKUP. I dont want to screw up your phone, and cant be held responsible for any damage done. If you apply this, you take a risk that it could break things.
That being said I have this running currently on CM 6 with a Nexus with no issues. Let me know how it goes for you guys.
*These versions meant for white/light colored notification bars*
If you like this Donate here to help an unemployed designer!
Here are the "terminal-less" versions, same basic thing, just no nubs on top and larger.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7502052#post7502052
is there anyway that this can be made in blue? That would be really sick!
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is there anyway that this can be made in blue? That would be really sick!
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you talking like a cyan type blue or regular? Let me know and i'll have it up tomorrow.
Really nice looking, great concept!
But, i think it woould look cooler if you kept the square idea, but didnt make it a battery (no prongs). That would be awesome
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Really nice looking, great concept!
But, i think it woould look cooler if you kept the square idea, but didnt make it a battery (no prongs). That would be awesome
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right on. i think i could do one of those tomorrow too...
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you talking like a cyan type blue or regular? Let me know and i'll have it up tomorrow.
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Cyan Blue would be awesome!
OP updated with v2.0, and blue v2.0. Second post has link to new "terminal-less" battery icons.
Modded your battery a little.....
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I'm looking for the Dock Icons in this picture, I had them on CM6 but now I can't find them anywhere....been searching forever!
Also, if anyone has any kind of LP icons they would like to share, please do!
Thanks guys
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I'm looking for the Dock Icons in this picture, I had them on CM6 but now I can't find them anywhere....been searching forever!
Also, if anyone has any kind of LP icons they would like to share, please do!
Thanks guys
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No clue where they are at, but with text icons I usually make them myself if I can't find them. If you have photoshop, just play with some fonts until you find one you like, find the proper size for an icon (think its 72 x 72 pixels), save them as png's and put them on your memory card. Makes for some awesome icons. Hope that helps a little.
Looks a little like 28 Days Later font...
http://www.dafont.com/28-days-later.font
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Looks a little like 28 Days Later font...
http://www.dafont.com/28-days-later.font
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It does look like that, the ones I had looks like some of the letters are slightly offset... I like it because It kind of made the bubbles on my dock look like it was distorting them a bit.
Thanks for the tips, unfortunately I don't have the knowledge/software to make them myself! lol
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It does look like that, the ones I had looks like some of the letters are slightly offset... I like it because It kind of made the bubbles on my dock look like it was distorting them a bit.
Thanks for the tips, unfortunately I don't have the knowledge/software to make them myself! lol
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Find the font you want, the words you want (please keep it to a minimum) and I'll put some together for you. Or at least do my best.
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Find the font you want, the words you want (please keep it to a minimum) and I'll put some together for you. Or at least do my best.
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The font that guy linked in here will work fine.
I would like each icon to have 2 words if possible, kinda like PHONE with DIALER underneath it in smaller print. If not, then just the word Phone. Then MRKT with market underneath, TEXT with handcent underneath and WEB with browser underneath.
If the 2 word icons aren't possible then just the first word will work! Maybe in White or light gray if you can!
This would be greatly greatly appreciated
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No clue where they are at, but with text icons I usually make them myself if I can't find them. If you have photoshop, just play with some fonts until you find one you like, find the proper size for an icon (think its 72 x 72 pixels), save them as png's and put them on your memory card. Makes for some awesome icons. Hope that helps a little.
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Alright. Try this. I tried them out on my own screen. Both sets have no background so they'll be hard to see until you place them on a dark dock background or dark wallpaper. If they don't work, holler at me. It only took about 10 minutes to do so any changes are pretty easy. You'll obviously have to unzip first before you put them on the sdcard. Good luck. Cheers.
Sweet!
Looks awesome man, I really appreciate you doing that for me!
Actually yea they are really hard to see on my bubble dock but not sure you can do anything about that...I'll try to find a different dock cause they are some kickass icons!
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Sweet!
Looks awesome man, I really appreciate you doing that for me!
Actually yea they are really hard to see on my bubble dock but not sure you can do anything about that...I'll try to find a different dock cause they are some kickass icons!
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Yea I thought about that and wondered how it would look. I could have put a solid background on them but it would have hid the bubbles. Let me know if it works out. And no worries, my pleasure...that's what the forum is here for. Plenty of people have stepped up to help me out. Have a good one.
Is it just Verizon that sees the need to theme their Samsung devices in terrible colors? The Droid Charge poop brown is ugly, especially with the new buttons that don't match. Not to mention TW3.0 just really isn't good looking overall. Now I've just seen a bunch of screenshots of the Stratosphere in the Engadget review, and the theme is a hideous olive/throw up green. Why? I sold a GS4G on T-Mobile the other day, loaded with 2.3 from the factory and it was a perfectly nice gray/blue theme. Why does Verizon have to punish their Samsung/LTE followers?
I would suggest that they devote few resources to theming, and that themes are generally chosen that are usable with decent contrast so that text is readable.
I just flashed the red Charged theme on stock/deodexed EP4D.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382949
If you like red, its badass.
Check the Themes and Apps forum for more goodness.
The major problem is that most users don't care as much about the theming and rooting as people on forums like this do. Usability is what they are after most of all. The brown works. Whether you like it or not, its bearable. But, if you really hate it: change it.
As another suggestion: There is an awesome Black and Blue theme on here that is amazing, and probably is the closest to the blue and grey theme you mentioned.
CoreDroid and "Black and Blue" are probably the two best third-party themes for the Droid Charge. Both of them are not gaudy, not over the top, etc. They do just enough changes to the interface to make it look good without changing too many things about the UI.
I used CoreDroid for some time and recently switched to "Black and Blue".
I've considered changing to the black and blue theme, I love the screenshots. However while I'm not a total noob, I have no idea how to deodex a rom, or even what that actually does.
I also beg to differ about the brown being easy to read. After the update, if you pull down the notification menu you'll notice that at least text messages are previewed in a nice shade of grey that you can barely read on top of the brown. Literally can barely see it.
I'm glad Verizon tried to change the theme, but really they didn't do any good at all. At least the brown and orange buttons matched the whole rest of the theme and you could read the notifications.
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I've considered changing to the black and blue theme, I love the screenshots. However while I'm not a total noob, I have no idea how to deodex a rom, or even what that actually does.
I also beg to differ about the brown being easy to read. After the update, if you pull down the notification menu you'll notice that at least text messages are previewed in a nice shade of grey that you can barely read on top of the brown. Literally can barely see it.
I'm glad Verizon tried to change the theme, but really they didn't do any good at all. At least the brown and orange buttons matched the whole rest of the theme and you could read the notifications.
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Just back up your phone with CWM 4.0.1.4 or prepare for reloading your phone. I used to be afraid of flashing frequently because I didn't have a quick way to get up and running with the large number of apps. Now I use the batch restore on Titanium Backup. Contacts are backed up on Google.
I would flash a ROM according to the instructions in its Original Post, then just flash a theme. I like Charged (red theme) quite a bit. You should know fairly quickly if it worked properly. Then just sign into Google, restore some apps, and you should good to go.
I've successfully restored from CWM backups, which is definitely nice if you just want to try a ROM or theme out and something gets borked. Its nice as well when you normally change a bunch of stuff with your phone's setup (animations and sound at bootup and shutdown are the first to go on my phone!)
They have poo fetishes. Nuff said.
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Well, darker colors use less power so I guess that's a reason for their poor theme choices... but whatever. It never really bothered me as much as it seemed to bother everyone else on these forums.
Honestly, the biggest complaint i hear about this phone nowadays is the color... really? thats what you feel the need to complain about?
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Well, darker colors use less power so I guess that's a reason for their poor theme choices... but whatever. It never really bothered me as much as it seemed to bother everyone else on these forums.
Honestly, the biggest complaint i hear about this phone nowadays is the color... really? thats what you feel the need to complain about?
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It's easily remedied with a theme, but still. The stock colors are pretty unacceptable.
But the poo colors are far from our biggest problems...
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Well, darker colors use less power so I guess that's a reason for their poor theme choices... but whatever. It never really bothered me as much as it seemed to bother everyone else on these forums.
Honestly, the biggest complaint i hear about this phone nowadays is the color... really? thats what you feel the need to complain about?
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I CAN SWITCH TO COMPLAINING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN
lololol j/k I kid... I do have a few complaints about the Charge but keep them to myself as we don't need more of that here, though I agree with kvswim that most are easily remedied (except for RIL source for CM7/CM9/ICS )
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really not digging the new website design unless im going crazy and its still the same for everyone else
Not liking it either. But I guess I don't like to drastic of change to much . I'd like it better if it was a dark theme
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Not liking it either. But I guess I don't like to drastic of change to much . I'd like it better if it was a dark theme
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yea i just changed it back to the 2013 version
There is a dark theme. Check the dropdown in the bottom left corner.
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There is a dark theme. Check the dropdown in the bottom left corner.
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yea i didnt like the dark theme 2013 is just right for me
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There is a dark theme. Check the dropdown in the bottom left corner.
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Never would have noticed the dropdown - dark theme is perfect for me! :good:
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There is a dark theme. Check the dropdown in the bottom left corner.
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Ugh.. Thank you!! I never would have thought to check!~
Only thing for me is the yellow is too bright, other than that the site is so minimal looking that its great
I like the 2013 glad were able to change back as I really hate the new one. 2013 one is much better, most of us guys dont like change its the women that try to change everything around its nice to be able to have some things stay the same.
I don't mind the design, but I wish more sites would stop stretching to fit the whole screen. A little margin on each side wouldn't hurt.
2010 version works for me!
I'd leave XDA if I couldn't change themes it's that bad...
Why are so many "improvements" just the opposite?
I wish people who have control of stuff would ASK first before screwing up our computers!
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2010 version works for me!
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Just changed to 2010 mode, much better!
thanks everyone!!
This thread taught me how to change to the older version!!
I hated the new look, even tried to get used to it.
I didn't know about the dark theme. Appreciate that!
To the person who said they're messing up your computer, they are doing no such thing. It's their site, they're free to do with it what they want. Fortunately they give you choices. Most sites don't. Others have third-party fixes, like Reddit has Reddit Enhancement Suite and Facebook has Social Fixer. Or you can get Greasemonkey and apply fixes individually, or write your own if you know how (I don't).