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calimehtar · 12:32 PM

I did up a little itunes display / dateTime widget based on some wallpaper I've seen. See the screen-cap. It's actually just the semitransparent rectangle in the lower left-hand corner, the point being that it will look cool and be functional in front of any wallpaper you like

Anyone interested in this? Any design suggestions? Feature requests?

ender2002 · Mar 27, 2003, 11:43 AM

I like it.

I just don't like konfabulator. I think it really taxes performance.

Stuphalina · Mar 27, 2003, 11:59 AM

I like it! Might even redownload Konfabulator just for it!

calimehtar · Mar 27, 2003, 12:24 PM

Maybe it wasn't totally clear from my initial post -- the wallpaper isn't the widget. The widget is a little semi-transparent square designed to fit seamlessly (more or less) with whatever wallpaper you happen to have. It's about 300px by 100px.

Mac Guru · Mar 27, 2003, 12:25 PM

I just don't like konfabulator. I think it really taxes performance.

I'd agree with you on Konfabulator 1.0... but since I've gotten 1.0.2 he's fixed a lot of the memory leaks and optimized a lot of code. It's really a lot better.

Mac Guru

mrbiiggy2 · Mar 27, 2003, 02:21 PM

Whatever happened to that one Konfabulator widget that combined a bunch of others? It was in the desktop thread I think.

NetworkShadow · Mar 27, 2003, 03:23 PM

It's cool. If you can see it on dark backgrounds it's even better. I'm still not sure if I want to buy Konfabulator though...

TheIceMan · Mar 27, 2003, 11:59 PM

calimehtar:
Yes, I like semi-transparent. And I also REALLY like that you included the RATINGS for the song! Terrific. Let us know when it's ready. I'll use it for sure!

ShotgunEd · Mar 28, 2003, 03:00 AM

Looks really good. What would be really sweet is that when the track changes, the window becomes the topmost window for a few seconds, then fades away back to desktop level.

fireside · Mar 28, 2003, 06:14 AM

that looks like a nice widget. although it would be cool if you could add some buttons to change track, etc. although i doubt ill be able to use it cause my screen is so small

calimehtar · Apr 2, 2003, 12:05 PM

Okay, thanks for the comments. I've posted it here:
http://phoyt.macbox.com/software/Mod...%20display.dmg

I was trying to weed out a few bugs and unify the look of it. I added preferences to adjust the transparency of the background and the position of the window (always on top, always on the bottom, or normal).

fireside, I don't plan to add controls to it but feel free to customize it yourself if you like. ShotgunEd, I like the idea of making the widget jump to the foreground when the track changes, that'll be the next release if I ever get around to it.

calimehtar · Apr 3, 2003, 09:34 PM

I just updated it again. See the link in my comment above. I fixed a bug that was causing iTunes to start itself every time you quit.

Also I added a preference that will let the widget jump to the foreground and turn opaque every time the track changes. While this really handy, it looks a bit weird I think. I'd like it better if it faded in a bit...

Feedback is appreciated.