05 October 2008

Carbide.ui Gets an Update and Brings
Full support for 5th edition of the S60 Platform

Nokia rolled out a new version of their theme editing and creating softwhare with an improved functionality and ability to customize the 5th edition UI.

I’m a huge fan of the Carbide.ui Theme Edition and I’m glad to see it gets an update and that it’s possible now to change the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic lookout according on our preference.

So the biggest news in the just released version of the Carbide.ui Theme Edition is the support for S60 5th Edition graphics, as well as the ability to create custom icons for the files and folders associated with third-party applications.

These new platform features provide developers and creative professionals with new opportunities to create innovative and compelling experiences for the end user of the S60 5th edition.

Once you've created a new theme, you can use tools included in Carbide.ui Theme Edition to package and, in the case of an S60 theme, sign your theme. With Nokia PC Suite, Carbide.ui Theme Edition can automatically deploy a new theme package to a device for testing.

Carbide.ui Theme Edition is an integrated tool for theme development. The tool includes all the features needed to create, edit, package, and deploy a theme. Carbide.ui Theme Edition also provides comprehensive online and context-sensitive help, as well as tutorials and example themes.

Carbide.ui 3.3 Theme Edition adds support for the identification of S60 5th Edition theme graphics and features for editing 3- and 11-piece components. In addition, updated third-party-icon capabilities provide for the creation of custom icons for the files and folders associated with third-party applications and services. The tool has also been updated to use the latest version of the Eclipse platform.

In addition, Carbide.ui can be integrated with a wide range of creative graphic and audio packages, allowing designers to work with their favorite tools.

Carbide.ui S60 Theme Edition for Symbian OS creates S60 themes that alter the appearance of the S60 UI and S60 Music Player. Themes can be created, edited, and viewed easily. Full WYSIWYG features allow the appearance of wallpaper, application icons, color schemes, or any other UI component to be evaluated accurately.

The Carbide.ui 3.3 brings the following improvements:

• Support for the S60 5th Edition components.
  
• Support for S60 5th Edition 3-piece components.
  
• Support for S60 5th Edition 11-piece components, including switching between 11-piece and single-piece components.
  
• Updated support for third-party-application icons to include the creation of custom icons for their associated files and folders.
  
• Third-party icons can also be defined as specific to a theme or available to all themes.
  
• Support for optionally packaging the default colors is provided.