WinterViewer - Preview WinterBoard Themes On Your PC

**nickhesson** · 11-24-2009, 03:39 PM

NOTE: There is an application similar to this for the PC that is in BETA and is already available called iDesigner. More geared for designers than the avid iPhone user though. Read more [ame="http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245104"]here[/ame]

UPDATE: using Mono (Main Page - Mono) you can run iDesigner on linux and even Mac

I caught wind today of an Windows Application that is in development by a the folks over at BeYourIPhone and a user by the name of AleBiT, that is designed to let you preview WinterBoard themes on your PC before installing them to your iPhone.

Don't get your hopes up just yet. Although the application is still in development (it looks like it still needs MAJOR development work, and it's not even in english, let alone its not exactly the most stable over at beyouriphone), this will be a more than useful tool for those of us with Jailbroken iPhones and a large amount of WinterBoard Themes. I can spend an hour just browsing themes and trying them out, so this could save a lot of time from respringing my iPhone a gazillion times.

This is also good news for Theme creators. I've personally been working a theme in development called Elemental, and when I test out a new set of icons I can end up respringing my phone enough times to want to bash my head into the wall.

Keep your eyes peeled for this one and possibly some others, hopefully one for us Mac users. It's too bad the iPhone simulator didn't sync with the iPhone. Would be PERFECT for theme testing.

Not sure how often this will be updated but you can check out the developers blog here: AleBiT Dev Blog

**xwinger** · 11-24-2009, 03:54 PM

That's Cool

**CaptainChaos** · 11-24-2009, 03:57 PM

Please don't bash my head into a wall!!

Looking forward to seeing this completed.

**Melech518** · 11-24-2009, 04:00 PM

Sounds great for Theme Devs. Would need a mac version, but that goes without saying

**PhanaticD** · 11-24-2009, 04:13 PM

looks like could be useful when donee

**agentfubu** · 11-24-2009, 04:15 PM

Not to advertise or anything, but I've had a theme creator that does previews for a while now. And it fully works. ([ame=http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245104]iDesigner: Windows Winterboard Theme Designer - iPod touch Fans forum[/ame])

**Melech518** · 11-24-2009, 04:30 PM

I love how you are raping my theme in your demo...and without permission I might add....

**kasmas** · 11-24-2009, 04:43 PM

jusr use 91 PC Suite for iPhone and forget everything.100% perfect.

**ifonemaniac** · 11-24-2009, 04:43 PM

You get this nice lil prog along with an app arranger and you're gonna be deadly!! Giant leaps in modding the iphone guys. Keep it up.

**ecd5000** · 11-24-2009, 04:45 PM

sounds awesome cant wait until its good to go, this will save lots of time browsing ans creating themes!!

**spazturtle** · 11-24-2009, 04:56 PM

Um there have been programs that do this out for about a year now, nufin new.

**rhekt** · 11-24-2009, 04:58 PM

seems interesting enough

**nickhesson** · 11-24-2009, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by spazturtle

Um there have been programs that do this out for about a year now, nufin new.

thanks for replying. Feel like sharing some of those app your referring? I'd love to provide a more concrete article here for options on testing out winterboard themes.

**spider_romeo** · 11-24-2009, 06:23 PM

I like this app, will save a lot of my time.....

**Boker** · 11-24-2009, 07:34 PM

that's cool

**awesomeSlayer** · 11-24-2009, 07:34 PM

The great tool for theme creators!

**agentfubu** · 11-24-2009, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by Melech518

I love how you are raping my theme in your demo...and without permission I might add....:

Really? Sorry, I had someone take those screenshots for me... I'll have it changed

**Melech518** · 11-24-2009, 10:58 PM

No need to change, just give credit where credit is needed

**blazingangel1986** · 11-25-2009, 02:54 AM

thats pretty cool

**SpenserJ** · 11-25-2009, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by nickhesson

Keep your eyes peeled for this one and possibly some others, hopefully one for us Mac users.

So I definitely took that as a challenge and am now working on my own app for Mac users :P After about 6 hours of work, it has a nice interface, dynamically loads the themes from a folder, and can display a basic iphone interface. Not bad for a first attempt with Cocoa and Obj-c. If WinterViewer and iDesigner work out pretty well (as there are probably quite a few bugs still), and I can get my app finished and released, this would turn what is currently a tedious task (if you are checking out quite a few themes) into a walk in the park.

Looking forward to the updates on these two!
Spenser

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