Well, the iPhone home screen experiment has taken quite a bit longer than I had thought, primarily because I am finding that my life has changed so much since I first undertook reconfiguring my home screen.1
Below is what I had settled on when I was still living in Dorchester, about 20 minutes out of the city:
Now that I live in London, however, I am finding that the apps I use most often have shifted. For instance, I have lately begun to check the weather every morning to see if it’s warm enough for me to bike to work (so far, no).
So, I’m starting over. The home screen above served me well for a while, but it’s no longer representative of the apps I use most. By this time next week, I should have a much clearer picture of the most efficient home screen for me.
I’ve had a couple of requests come in for some additional icons for the Matte Nano Winterboard theme. Included in this pack are:
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Mint
- Fever°
Feel free to download them and share with your friends.
Inspired by Shawn Blanc’s post a while back about jailbreaking his iPhone, I took to the task myself today and, so far, have been very impressed with the results. I have installed the apps that Shawn suggested, including Winterboard, the theming engine for jailbroken iPhones.
While Shawn was kind enough to post some of the icons he had made to fit the Matte Nano theme, I still had a few apps that, in my opinion, could still use better icons.
I have created 12 new icons to replace icons for the following apps:
I’ve created a zip file for you to download. Simply upload these to your iPhone using SSH and you’re gold. If you have any suggestions for making these icons better, or if you have an icon you’d like recreated for the Matte Nano theme, feel free to email me.
Inspired by Patrick Rhone’s home screen experiment, I’ve decided to move all of my iPhone app icons to the second page and beyond in order to determine which apps truly deserve to be on there.
I have a suspicion that most of the apps on my previous home screen will return, but I’m not one to simply let things remain for the sake of staying the same. I want my home screen to be the most efficient means of accessing my most-used apps, and I want to know exactly what those apps actually are.
(And yes, I have Jailbroken my phone.)
