BZFlag Widget
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BZFlag Widget
It seems that Your Own Ignorance has made a BZFlag Widget for Konfabulator. Konfabulator is a javascript-powered Widget engine for Mac and Windows. It was around prior to OS X's Dashboard, but shares the same concept. Recently Konfabulator was bought over by Yahoo! and released as Freeware (it was shareware). I went through every single Widget in their repository (something like 1000) and found a lot of cool stuff. I was most surprised to see that there was not only a BZFlag Widget, but one that can pull data from the listserver without starting up the client or a webbrowser. Its available here:
http://widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=36506
Here's a screenshot:
http://tinypic.com/b9hqbn.png
I have not really tested it that much, so I don't know if it works. Nevertheless it is pretty neat.
http://widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=36506
Here's a screenshot:
http://tinypic.com/b9hqbn.png
I have not really tested it that much, so I don't know if it works. Nevertheless it is pretty neat.
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I never said this was a complex widget RPG, you asked me share it with the community. As I said above, there is no commonly known way to use php without active desktop on windows, a webbrowser, or a full app. (Can you post a way if there is one, that would be pretty cool) A large amount of people already use Konfabulator. I know you are just unhappy because you didn't figure it out from the other thread and get the gold star lol.
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Thanks
Thnaks for bringing this over, Tropican8. I hadn't thought to post about it over here. I've been thinking about a widget that pops up an alert on your desktop when your friends (or enemies!) log on to BZFlag. Would folks here be interested?
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It is indeed possible.
1) Go to http://www.konfabulator.com and get the app for Win or Mac
2) It comes with a handful of useful widgets, but there are scads more at http://www.widgetgallery.com
3) The great news is that they are really easy to make, too.
1) Go to http://www.konfabulator.com and get the app for Win or Mac
2) It comes with a handful of useful widgets, but there are scads more at http://www.widgetgallery.com
3) The great news is that they are really easy to make, too.
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Re: Thanks
Oh yes, That piques my interest!your own ignorance wrote:Thnaks for bringing this over, Tropican8. I hadn't thought to post about it over here. I've been thinking about a widget that pops up an alert on your desktop when your friends (or enemies!) log on to BZFlag. Would folks here be interested?
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Wow, a 'friend list' bzflag widget. Yes, yes, yes, there is interest. Ignorance in making this you would be helping the BZFlag community develop in a huge way. This would help on 'chat' servers like meteorites where people often come to talk to specific people, on league servers to schedule matches, and for people who just want to play with specific people. (or it can be used to avoid certain people for that matter. Like how owners really, really don't want to join a server where the guy they just revoked adminship to is on)
Question. I've seen others apps being used inside widgets. (See the Zipper widget that uses 7-zip) Would it be possible to package bzadmin into this new widget you are making? Here's an exact feature I'm thinking of that could be implemented in this 'friend list' widget:
1. Someone runs a 0-shot server with a high player limit. (Nothing to do with the widget but necessary for this to work)
2. When the widget starts it asks you for your callsign and password, and then asks if you want to launch bzadmin and log onto this 'widget server'.
3. The widget automatically uses the -stout switch in bzadmin and displays the information from there in its own interface. (I guess this isn't a necessary step but it would be real slick)
4. For those of you who haven't already figured out what this would do, people using the widget are now recursively added to it as actual players and therefore will appear as 'online' in a person's 'friend list'. Then they can go to the observer server, /msg the player, and start playing.
In a league situation it would eliminate the problem of a group of people all using the widget to find each other. (None would actually appear as online despite them all looking for one another with the widget and not the bzflag client).
It also would keep me from getting IMs that look like this:
Question. I've seen others apps being used inside widgets. (See the Zipper widget that uses 7-zip) Would it be possible to package bzadmin into this new widget you are making? Here's an exact feature I'm thinking of that could be implemented in this 'friend list' widget:
1. Someone runs a 0-shot server with a high player limit. (Nothing to do with the widget but necessary for this to work)
2. When the widget starts it asks you for your callsign and password, and then asks if you want to launch bzadmin and log onto this 'widget server'.
3. The widget automatically uses the -stout switch in bzadmin and displays the information from there in its own interface. (I guess this isn't a necessary step but it would be real slick)
4. For those of you who haven't already figured out what this would do, people using the widget are now recursively added to it as actual players and therefore will appear as 'online' in a person's 'friend list'. Then they can go to the observer server, /msg the player, and start playing.
In a league situation it would eliminate the problem of a group of people all using the widget to find each other. (None would actually appear as online despite them all looking for one another with the widget and not the bzflag client).
It also would keep me from getting IMs that look like this:
Now I don't know if the above is possible/makes sense as it is like 2:00am here right now.D00D LEt'$ Pl4y 8Zfl49 4nD 9o +0 5ilVErcA+!
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You should get it, it is for Mac and Windows.goliath0807 wrote:becuase i dont have knofabulator
P.S.: I guess you and Legolas_ are the same person because you both answered/responded...
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I downloaded knofabulator a few months ago, and ever since, it's been doing strange things to my desktop. I uninstalled it, and every time I shut down the computer, I get a message telling me that the "Proxy Desktop" service cannot be ended, and I have to force-end it myself.
I've reinstalled Windows.
I don't recommend installing knofabulator.
I've reinstalled Windows.
I don't recommend installing knofabulator.
well. we are actually brothers but i accidentaly logged in to his accountA Meteorite wrote:You should get it, it is for Mac and Windows.goliath0807 wrote:becuase i dont have knofabulator
P.S.: I guess you and Legolas_ are the same person because you both answered/responded...
konfabulator sucks, Period.
If someone can make it for macosX i will be greatful
Legolas, I think you must be confused, dashboard, konfabulator and widgets ONLY work on Mac OS X. I see no reason why you need Konfabulator to use the widget if you have Dashboard with Tiger. If you don't have Dashboard with Tiger, you need Konfabulator.
If you refuse to use both then you CANNOT use widgets. Period.
If you refuse to use both then you CANNOT use widgets. Period.
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I would not necessarily say "Konfabulator sucks." It is a nice product, but you are entitled to your opinion. FYI, since Yahoo bought them it is free, no more shareware.Legolas_ wrote:well. we are actually brothers but i accidentaly logged in to his accountA Meteorite wrote:You should get it, it is for Mac and Windows.goliath0807 wrote:becuase i dont have knofabulator
P.S.: I guess you and Legolas_ are the same person because you both answered/responded...
konfabulator sucks, Period.
If someone can make it for macosX i will be greatful
If someone makes a Dashboard version (not a Konfabulator widget) it would requre a total re-write of the widget. Dashboard widgets and Konfabulator widgets work differently and one can not use the other's widgets. Not only that it would be Mac OS X only, leaving Windows users out in the cold.
CBG, there are widgets for Konfabulator and Dashboard. Only Dashboard widgets will work with Dashboard, and vice-versa! They work in two different ways.CannonBallGuy wrote:Legolas, I think you must be confused, dashboard, konfabulator and widgets ONLY work on Mac OS X. I see no reason why you need Konfabulator to use the widget if you have Dashboard with Tiger. If you don't have Dashboard with Tiger, you need Konfabulator.
If you refuse to use both then you CANNOT use widgets. Period.
Konfabulator is not Mac OS X only. It is cross-platform and works on Windows too (but sometimes there are Mac OS X/Windows only widgets for Konfabulator)
Just had to clear that up.
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it probably put a run once key in your registry all you had to do is remove itRPG wrote:I downloaded knofabulator a few months ago, and ever since, it's been doing strange things to my desktop. I uninstalled it, and every time I shut down the computer, I get a message telling me that the "Proxy Desktop" service cannot be ended, and I have to force-end it myself.
I've reinstalled Windows.
I don't recommend installing knofabulator.
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Konfabulator works very well. It is stable on my machine, and is one of my favorite apps. If one person (yes even RPG) has a bug with it, that does not mean everyone will sufer from that same bug upon install and that the product 'sucks'. There are many bugs with Firefox, but I'm not going to say the brower sucks and switch to IE because it came with my OS.
RPG I don't have the proxy desktop service on my machine, so I don't know if konfabulator conflicts with it. Do you use the service? Try disabling it if not.
RPG I don't have the proxy desktop service on my machine, so I don't know if konfabulator conflicts with it. Do you use the service? Try disabling it if not.