Widgets are little applications that run on your computers desktop. I chose to use Yahoo's widget system because I find it very easy to use and it is cross platform for windows and mac.
I have something like that on my Windows Vista laptop; it is small gadget that displays the latest 100 threads (only 5 at a time) off the APUG RSS feed.
"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist" -- Louis Nizer
Some of the titles in the widget starts with odd code when displayed on my desktop and there is a strange shadow behind the text although it is not very cleanly visible in the attachment as on my screen. Otherwise - perfect! Thank you very much!
Some of the titles in the widget starts with odd code when displayed on my desktop and there is a strange shadow behind the text although it is not very cleanly visible in the attachment as on my screen. Otherwise - perfect! Thank you very much!
It looks like the XML isn't being parsed correctly. You and Sean might have different versions of the XML rendering engine (assuming that is how it is done on a Mac).
"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist" -- Louis Nizer
Some of the titles in the widget starts with odd code when displayed on my desktop and there is a strange shadow behind the text although it is not very cleanly visible in the attachment as on my screen. Otherwise - perfect! Thank you very much!
Yeah i noticed some weirdness on a few titles will have a look..
Sean, can you tell me what program or code the widget is written in? I installed the APUG widget and it works really great. In fact I installed a shipping widget and put in the shipping number from Badger and it brought it right up. That's great when you consider I couldn't get the UPS site to identify the number or my password! The only thing I have to figure out is why it brings the APUG thread up but not fully maximized.
Thanks,
Curt
Everytime I find a film or paper that I like, they discontinue it. - Paul Strand - Aperture monograph on Strand
mine seems to be refreshing, but keep in mind it only shows newly created threads not posts. If you want to hack into the code there is a yahoo widget that allows you to uncompress the widget and the re-save it after changes..
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Originally Posted by adonchev
