Be Cubed (THEME)
April 18, 2009 by Lemon · 2 Comments
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Be Cubed is a rework of my Be Squared theme. Be Cubed uses springboards to maximise your desktop space.
Be Cubed 1.0 (download)
Landscape format skinned: No
Onscreen help: No
Readme: Yes (PLEASE READ IT, CONTAINS IMPORTANT SETUP INFO)
Background: to suit
PLEASE NOTE: With Sweeter Home Preview 1 – 0.24 there’s some some buggy behaviour with springboard icons not saving in themes. Be Cubed is set up WITHOUT the spring boards active, so you’ll need to follow the instructions below IN ORDER to set up the springboards correctly (included in the readme also).
- On the centre screen, long-press Tools > Springboard > “tools (Action Tray)”
- Long-press Favs > Springboard > “favs (Action Tray)”
- On the left screen, long-press Incoming SMS > Springboard > “Recent SMS”
- Long-press Missed Calls > Springboard > Recent Calls
- On the right screen, long-press Contacts > Springboard > “Contacts”
- Long-press Friends > Springboard > “friends icons”
- Long-press Family > Springboard > “family icons”
- Long-press Work > Springboard > “work icons”
- On the top screen, long press Agenda > Springboard > “Upcoming Events”
- On the bottom screen, long-press All Applications > Springboard > “Application Grid”
- Long-press Games > Springboard > “GAMES”
- PRESS MENU BUTTON ON G1 > “Edit Layout” > Menu button again > “Save As…” > Drop down on Device Storage and select “SD Card” > SAVE
I got hold of Sweeter Home when it first showed up in the Android Market. After a day or two I quickly realised the potential this Home Replacement had, and built a couple of demo themes to demonstrate Sweeter Home's potential (you might be familiar with the Matrix theme video on YouTube). I started this blog in response to the initial popularity of those videos. Since then I've had the pleasure of lending ideas and beta testing for the developer of Sweeter Home.
I can honestly say that Sweeterhome is the BEST home replacement app for the Android platform hands down. Even my wife who hates the other (to remain un-named) home replacement apps. Honestly if I were the big G then I would have the dev/dev’s of this app on my payroll as well as Lemon aka Puny Weakling to design themes. This is what the Android platform should have come with in the first place. I have spent countless hours playing with this app and have still not designed a theme utilizing its fullest potential. While originally I thought it should be “dumbed down” for the average user I have come to realize that to do so would be a grievace mistake as all those seemingly un-needed options allow for a much better user expierence in the end if you just take the time. To the SweeterHome dev’s I say ” keep improving the experience” to Lemon I say ” keep showing the Android community what this application is capable of” and to everyone else that reads this I say “take the time to learn the functions of this app and you will be truly suprized and as satisfied with it as I am” ……MorbidRealities
I agree, all the other home replacements just replicate what the iphone has already done.
This really opens up the possibilitys to create unique setups.
You could even make it look like windows mobile if you wanted