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rgoer · Feb 13, 2003, 02:25 PM

Post your Konfabulator screengrabs, showing off your widg-alicious new desktop environments...

MacAgent · Feb 13, 2003, 03:21 PM

Currently displaying: Calendar, To Do, News Ticker, Homeland Status, Stopwatch v0.2 (My widget, in development), and System Monitor v0.1 (Also mine, also in development).

Dace · Feb 13, 2003, 03:46 PM

I don't use Konfabulator....everything I need I already have in my menubar...as for the iTunes Remote, iTunes minimized will do. I just used Konfabulator for this screenshot.

Macanoid · Feb 13, 2003, 04:05 PM

Could you please tell me where you got that wonderful desktop picture??

Dace · Feb 13, 2003, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by Macanoid:
Could you please tell me where you got that wonderful desktop picture??

My desktop is a modification of Macalicious' "Play" desktop:

If you want my version...email me.

Macanoid · Feb 13, 2003, 04:42 PM

Thanks for the quick reply dace! I'm going for the original graphite version.

SwarmyCurve · Feb 13, 2003, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by MacAgent:

Currently displaying: Calendar, To Do, News Ticker, Homeland Status, Stopwatch v0.2 (My widget, in development), and System Monitor v0.1 (Also mine, also in development).

I can't believe someone would want to have a "Homeland Security" widget on their desktop . . .

MacAgent · Feb 13, 2003, 06:01 PM

Heh, I don't keep it there, I just had it there at the moment. Mostly downloaded it to see how it works.

fetopher · Feb 13, 2003, 06:20 PM

How do you grab a screen shot in JPG format? I can only seem to do it as a PDF. I know this is new in 10.2, but I'd rather have the JPG. Any help?

Hi I'm Mike · Feb 13, 2003, 07:23 PM

www.yibby.com/konfab.jpg

Nebagakid · Feb 13, 2003, 10:04 PM

Originally posted by Dace:
My desktop is a modification of Macalicious' "Play" desktop:

If you want my version...email me.

Oh man, I must be out of it. I thought that was a really really big KONFABULATOR iTunes remote...that would be really nifty if someone made a widget that big....

fireside · Feb 14, 2003, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by Nebagakid:
Oh man, I must be out of it. I thought that was a really really big KONFABULATOR iTunes remote...that would be really nifty if someone made a widget that big....

rofl!

SomeToast · Feb 14, 2003, 02:44 AM

I'm glad I can keep Audion and the Terminal hidden now. Space is getting cleaner!

Brooks Seymore · Feb 14, 2003, 03:57 AM

Originally posted by SomeToast:

I'm glad I can keep Audion and the Terminal hidden now. Space is getting cleaner!

The little dots underneath your Audion widget, what are those from?

Also, where did you score the desktop image?

B.

SomeToast · 05:21 AM

Originally posted by Brooks Seymore:
The little dots underneath your Audion widget, what are those from?

Also, where did you score the desktop image?

The dots show the number of people connected to the SHOUTcast server on the machine. When the widget's launched, it gets the max listener count from the server and creates instances of the graphic on the fly. Every time the track changes, it gets the current listener count from the server and lights up the appropriate number. (it's only a hobbyist server running off my cable modem, which is why the listener max is so abysmally low

)

The dot graphics themselves were made in Photoshop. The desktop is a PDF file I made in Illustrator.

sweatervest · Feb 14, 2003, 09:08 AM

Hi I'm Mike,

What theme are you using in your screen shot?

Thanks,
Liz

iamnotmad · Feb 14, 2003, 12:34 PM

why does one want a clock on thier desktop as well as in the menubar?

xyber233 · Feb 14, 2003, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by fetopher:
How do you grab a screen shot in JPG format? I can only seem to do it as a PDF. I know this is new in 10.2, but I'd rather have the JPG. Any help?

You can open up the screenshot in Preview and export it as a jpg.

starman · Feb 14, 2003, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by iamnotmad:
why does one want a clock on thier desktop as well as in the menubar?

I'm wondering that myself. Too much real estate lost for something redundant.

Mike

Hi I'm Mike · Feb 14, 2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by sweatervest:
Hi I'm Mike,

What theme are you using in your screen shot?

Thanks,
Liz

Hi Liz,
It is called Monk and I don't think I will ever finish it cause I have no ambition. but you should see the buttons wow! awesome! alrighty thanks for asking.

sweatervest · Feb 15, 2003, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by Hi I'm Mike:
Hi Liz,
It is called Monk and I don't think I will ever finish it cause I have no ambition. but you should see the buttons wow! awesome! alrighty thanks for asking.

hehe that is so not fair, you have to finish it!

Hi I'm Mike · Feb 15, 2003, 03:51 PM

it's ugly. i'm working on and off on like 3 themes right now and i just don't have the push to do them. they will sit until i feel like i would like to do them. i hate doing things that make me feel like i have to do it. i want to do them but dont.

Mac Guru · Feb 16, 2003, 01:55 AM

Mac Guru

Nebagakid · Feb 16, 2003, 01:59 AM

MGuru: What is the Mac OS X style disk widget in the bottom left corner?

Mac Guru · Feb 16, 2003, 02:11 AM

That's my Airport widget, it's brand new in the Konfab Gallery, it's called AirPort Platters.

Mac Guru

Nebagakid · Feb 16, 2003, 02:29 AM

Heh, my new widget, the Keychain one, is just out as well,

I like the silver coin platters (sorta look like watch batteries)....
I like the look, too bad I do not have an active AirPort card....

Oh yeah, check out my new widget, Keychain, at http://konfabulator.deskmod.com/?sho...&skin_id=25968"

Mac Guru · Feb 16, 2003, 02:34 AM

They're ACTUALLY the same platters used under several OS X Server icons. I redrew it to use with other stuff like this.

Mac Guru

Nebagakid · Feb 16, 2003, 02:38 AM

Originally posted by Mac Guru:
They're ACTUALLY the same platters used under several OS X Server icons. I redrew it to use with other stuff like this.

Mac Guru

well, they are spiffy... i hope to see more KONFABULATOR widgets from you, but no clocks... too many clocks already

CarbonG4 · Feb 16, 2003, 04:48 AM

my screenshot
http://www.deskmod.com/core.mod?show...&skin_id=25982

displaying a couple of my custom modifications to some existing widgets...

pending permission from Arlo my custom Memory.widget will be posted soon (permission already granted from the original creator of the Memory.widget, Jorge Salvador Caffarena).

//Carbon

mrtew · Feb 16, 2003, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by fetopher:
How do you grab a screen shot in JPG format? I can only seem to do it as a PDF. I know this is new in 10.2, but I'd rather have the JPG. Any help?

You have to covert the pdf after the grab. I drop it on 'Drop JPEG' which is always in my dock and instantly have a jpg copy of my latest grab.

Originally posted by iamnotmad:
why does one want a clock on thier desktop as well as in the menubar?

The menubar clock is for when I am working at my computer and everything on the desktop is covered up, and the Kondesktopwidgetfabulatorclock is for when I am crashing my HP at work and am just listening to iTunes on my Mac and can see the clock from 3 feet away. Basically my Mac is a $3000 iPod/Clock when I am getting paid.

eevyl · 12:56 PM

Originally posted by CarbonG4:
pending permission from Arlo my custom Memory.widget will be posted soon (permission already granted from the original creator of the Memory.widget, Jorge Salvador Caffarena).

Hey man I am Jorge Salvador Caffarena!

BTW I just posted an update to my Memory widget, go to the Konfabulator Gallery and search for it.

So, here is my Konfabulous screenshot using the following widgets:

Calendario, a personal tweaked version of the original Calendar, in Spanish
Picture Frame Plus, another personal modification, this time for selecting a subfolder inside the Pictures folder
The Weather
Uptime
Memory
OnlyFinder
MiniTunes

Nebagakid · Feb 16, 2003, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
rofl!

You laughed then, but how about now:

Cerbero · Feb 16, 2003, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by Mac Guru:

Mac Guru

Hehe, cool. Someone's using my redrawn RedHat icons

I went through a shitload of work with them, and 2 days after I was finnished, I got tired of the whole look, and haven't used them since

I'd post my screenshot here, but I don't use Kon, so..

SomeToast · Feb 16, 2003, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Nebagakid:
You laughed then, but how about now:

PNG! For the love of god, use PNG!

Nebagakid · Feb 16, 2003, 03:33 PM

why do you want a PNG? It was originally a PNG, but more people (those who use IE) can view JPGs, meh, wait!

CarbonG4 · Feb 16, 2003, 03:54 PM

eevyl -- very nice update to your Memory.widget... I've actually lost interest in my LCD mod for it as I like the Graphite RAM module now available in the skin prefs.

Sooo.... I'm thinking about just dropping the idea since other's are already working on similiar LCD-look system monitors and what not.

//Carbon

SomeToast · Feb 16, 2003, 08:05 PM

Originally posted by Nebagakid:
why do you want a PNG? It was originally a PNG, but more people (those who use IE) can view JPGs, meh, wait!

No, no... I meant PNG for the play button in the widget. Something to antialias that wicked jagged edge.

janitor · Feb 17, 2003, 04:09 AM

Mandatory image link.

tonton · Feb 17, 2003, 08:30 AM

Here's mine:

starman · Feb 17, 2003, 10:56 AM

tonton,
Link to that wallpaper, please?

Mike

dark3lf · Feb 17, 2003, 12:57 PM

codywalton · Feb 17, 2003, 01:02 PM

Jeez... maybe its just me, but i can't stand to have all that stuff on my desktop. i like it CLEAN.

to me, Konfabulator just feels like some kid who refuses to clean up his room. I like things nice and organized....

that's just me...

spiky_dog · Feb 17, 2003, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by codywalton:
Jeez... maybe its just me, but i can't stand to have all that stuff on my desktop. i like it CLEAN.

to me, Konfabulator just feels like some kid who refuses to clean up his room. I like things nice and organized....

that's just me...

how's this for clean?

(nb: i have the homeland security widget for the purpose of irony.

)

SwarmyCurve · Feb 17, 2003, 03:45 PM

My turn!

Click here for a larger view (300k).

I just read today that I need to buy a dell laptop for the college I'm going to be attending, come August. My parents aren't going to be happy,

. They though my $3k Powerbook I got in December as an Xmas gift would be fine... coming from a school with half imacs and powermacs this is rather odd. Oh well! Another toy.

fetopher · Feb 17, 2003, 05:51 PM

Here's mine:
Click Here

tonton · Feb 18, 2003, 05:20 AM

Originally posted by starman:
tonton,
Link to that wallpaper, please?
Mike

I used my 2 megpixel digital camera to reproduce part of an ad for a Lanc�me skincare product, then gave it an artistic quality with Photoshop's Median filter.

1152x768

I have a 1st gen TiBook. You'll probably need to resize the image yourself.

Silky Voice of The Gorn · Feb 18, 2003, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by SwarmyCurve:
My turn!
I just read today that I need to buy a dell laptop for the college I'm going to be attending, come August. My parents aren't going to be happy,. They though my $3k Powerbook I got in December as an Xmas gift would be fine... coming from a school with half imacs and powermacs this is rather odd. Oh well! Another toy.

A bit off topic, but I read that webpage of your college, and I call BULL$HIT. The "requirement" seems predicated on "custom software" for the college...wtf could that be? Do some research; I bet you can do 90% of what you need to with the tbook. And the penalty for not buing a Dell seems only to be that they won't support your Mac...which is a plus, in my book

blackmacx · Feb 18, 2003, 03:06 PM

I like what I see of your background image; where did you get it and could you post a link?

Cheers,

BlackMacX

[APi]TheMan · Feb 18, 2003, 03:35 PM

woot:

Click for bigger screenie. I'm not sure if I am going to keep the DiskSpace widget... eh. The weather widget is just gorgeous, though, now I wish it would snow so here so I could get that lovely snow image.

Post #1000... woohoo

codywalton · Feb 18, 2003, 03:47 PM

Originally posted by SwarmyCurve:

I just read today that I need to buy a dell laptop for the college I'm going to be attending, come August. My parents aren't going to be happy,. They though my $3k Powerbook I got in December as an Xmas gift would be fine... coming from a school with half imacs and powermacs this is rather odd. Oh well! Another toy.

Two words: Virtual PC