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I don't have a screen shot from one I've done with this exact method.
Attached will give you an idea of about what WeatherEye looks like, but this was done using svg.
The effect should be similar, depending on what you choose for underlays, etc.
Actually, attached is a simple svg (zipped) for the Bold that will give you 2 banner icons (based on your first two application icons). The first icon has been resized a bit smaller. It's been my experience that push applications don't work well here because of the resizing. So WeatherBug, WeatherEye, and anything else where the icon is updated periodically should not be placed as the first icon.
You should be able to modify the file for other screen sizes.
I recommend using this svg on the lock screen, too.
Last edited by VeryBold; 02-22-09 at 08:14 PM.
02-22-09 08:05 PM - Yeah, I deleted the rest of it with the hidden docks. (It took me way too long to create to want to give it all away. lol)
Anyway... if I understand correctly, the top 2 icons are repeating the first 2 icons of your bottom icons.
It's an easy fix. You can edit the svg file using notepad if you want to use it with a row of zen icons at the bottom.
Do a search on the word "slot" in the svg file. Slot0 is the first App. Slot1 is the second. Slot2 is the 3rd. Etc.
So if you have 6 icons at the bottom, you might want the svg to call apps 7 and 8. Change the slot0 to slot6 and the slot1 to slot7.
Last edited by VeryBold; 02-23-09 at 10:00 PM.
02-23-09 09:52 PM - I searched for this and can't find it. Since you have been giving such amazing advice, I was hoping you had one more nugget of gold for me
Is there a way to show the text using the svg method? In WeatherBug they give you the current/high/low temps so I'd like to be able to display that. I've gotten this to work fine in the theme based solution but I want to be able to shrink the icon so need to be able to do it in the svg.
-Greg02-24-09 11:48 AM - Nope. I went back to using the full sized Zen icon in the header as was described in Karen's first post. Works like a charm! I also switched from WeatherBug to BBWeather due to smaller footprint and nicer reports. I had wanted to put a little BerryMeter icon at the top but it never changed color when my memory went low so I bailed and am just sticking to full sized weather. My wife thinks I'm nuts for spending so much time trying to figure this out. Can't really argue with her either
Here is my end result:
Last edited by Greg G; 02-27-09 at 09:49 AM.
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