[snovvman]

When I got the Touch Pro, I noticed that its soft HTC keyboards (Phone keypad, Compact QWERTY, Full QWERTY) in portrait mode takes less space than the ones from the Diamond.

My Diamond/TP comparison w/ pictures: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=41533

Comparing them side-by-side, I realized that the Diamond keys are taller, and there is a white strip on the bottom taking up extra space.

The quest begain to port the TP's key skins over to the Diamond. I ran into an issue where I couldn't copy a file off of the TP that I needed. Thanks to shadowmite, I was able to get the file.

So here it is cab'd. Just install it to device and reset. What you will see after are lower profile keyboards (Phone keypad, Compact QWERTY, Full QWERTY) with everything else the same. This takes less desktop area so you can see more of what is behind the keyboard. I find that I'm just as fast on the smaller keys. If you don't like it, just un-install.

I tested this on two diamonds, and it works fine. Landscape skins are untouched. Your mileage may vary, no warranty implied or expressed.

Enjoy...


EDIT: While it may take a while to get used to the difference in size and finger travel distance, I noticed that these skins will expose the "remaining character" display in SMS as you type more characters whereas the Diamond OE does not. This is a nice side benefit.

EDIT 2: Not recommended for people with fat or thick or uncoordinated fingers.

Pictures of BEFORE (OE Diamond) and AFTER (OE TouchPro). Widen your browser so the pairs pictures line up side-to-side so you can see the difference:












Notice how the Diamond skin hides the character remaining information. Also note how the Diamond skin does not allow one to see as much information.

Now that I'm used to the lower profile, the shorter travel required by my fingers actually allows me to type faster.

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EDIT: Juicy ROM 2.4 appears to use a different skin than stock and therefore this .cab will not work for you. I don't know about other Juicy ROM versions.