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DJ_Loao - 09 Feb. 2005 - 00:50:

My first (complete) active desktop...

See my first realy foray into the realms of active desktops Here.

Ignore the taskbar - I know a lot of users here don't like it, but currently I'm fine with it (and I don't like running lots of small programs when I've got something that works well enough anyway!

)

The weather feed uses the system Blackened mentioned, using WGet and AutoIt... And the Winamp feed comes from a plugin (which there is a small problem with

...Track titles containing < > or & cause the (Javascript /XML powered) frame to blank out and need refreshing. Any suggestions? The plugin I'm using in Winamp only outputs raw text, not URL encoded stuff....)

Currently the only thing that I want to change is the icons at the top.
I haven't yet been able to find any that fit the rest of the desktop, so suggestions are welcome!
(There are icons for the Desktop Folder, My Documents, My Computer, Recycler and Refresh. The others are drive icons)

Anyhow, thats enough babbling from me...
Leave me a comment, let me know what you all think!

Loao

09 Feb. 2005 - 00:53 DJ_Loao

...That would better say "semi-complete"... Nevermind!

09 Feb. 2005 - 04:04 TGHI

Complete or not complete, I still like it. What is the calendar (app?).

09 Feb. 2005 - 04:45 bond_bbs

I'll admit, thats really sharp, especially the interesting comic. First thing i noticed is, I am using the same icons. Hehe. I love those icons, but i do agree, they dont match your scheme.

Good Job so far!

09 Feb. 2005 - 09:57 DJ_Loao

TGHI
That calendar is Rainlendar with a partially edited standard skin on it. (I tweaked the ToDo list on the left...)

09 Feb. 2005 - 17:05 TGHI

Aha...heard about it, but never messed with it before. Yours looks nice, and (someday) I want to be able to achieve something similar with javascript/DHTML.

09 Feb. 2005 - 17:24 DJ_Loao

I'm currently finding it very useful in helping me keep my uni deadlines in mind! ...Although I'm still a long way behind... $\:|$

11 Feb. 2005 - 13:46 Blackened

Here's a short script that uses the Winamp COM object available here. It's old, but reliable. None of that messy XML.



var Winamp = new ActiveXObject("WinampCOM.Application");



function getAmped()

{



	tracktitle.innerText = Winamp.CurrentSongTitle;



	//Calculate elapsed time in minutes and seconds

	var time = parseInt(Winamp.CurrentPos/1000);

	var minutes = Math.floor(time / 60).toString();

	var seconds = Math.floor(time % 60).toString();

	if (minutes.length == 1) {minutes = '0'+minutes};

	if (seconds.length == 1) {seconds = '0'+seconds};



	timeNbitrate.innerText = minutes+":"+seconds+" @ "+Winamp.Bitrate+"kbps";





	setTimeout("getAmped()", 1000)

}

And for the HTML:



<body onload="getAmped()">

<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Winamp</span><br>

<span id="tracktitle"></span><br>

<span id="timeNbitrate"></span>

</body>

Or some semblance thereof.

12 Feb. 2005 - 13:00 Blackened

Ok, so I caught your post while the server was in the middle of falling on it's proverbial ass this morning DJ_Loao. Make sure you are using the most up to date (would January 2000 really be considered up to date?) version of the Winamp COM object. The script should work properly if you are.

12 Feb. 2005 - 13:58 DJ_Loao

I think I'm up to date... I'll get it again, just in case!

13 Feb. 2005 - 00:55 Blackened

May I suggest this set for the icons? Not sure if it's what you were looking for exactly, but it seemed like it fit.

13 Feb. 2005 - 22:01 DJ_Loao

Excellent! Thanks for the suggestion, Blackened... That's definately the sort of thing I was after. They look good.

...Think I may have down-sized them a bit much, but I can fix that later!

Cheers Blackened!

14 Feb. 2005 - 04:16 Blackened

Glad you liked em.

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