now all we need. is a wiget. yes, a VO widget. tiger supports user made widgets, all I want now is a VO widget that tells who's on, stats duels, ect :D

[You get three 'd's in spelling, but it's a good idea nonetheless-ct]

Widget! It's Widget!

If we can convince FiReMaGe to do the Javascript, I can make the graphics.

this would be really cool!!

Possibly add in a rss feed for the forums if possible?

CtC announcements!
Cap ship announcements!

I don't even have Tiger!

Gah, now I really need to get a Mac...

Shouldn't this be in the Mac forum like all its ilk?

if you make a widget can you make it konflabulator compatable for us panther users?

also i beleve there is a version of Konflabulator for windows, so the poor backward windows users coul take advantage of it too.

konfabulator: Custom XML + JavaScript
dashboard: HTML/CSS + JavaScript

I don't wanna be the one to cross-port THAT...

ah. who said you had to? :P

yes. I spent some time yesterday filling my screen with clocks. all ticking at the same time.

"a compeny is like a enormese clock" (/me kills spelling)

This is sad. People can't even look one single thread down (what would be the very FIRST thread before they posted).
EDIT: Ah, I see, this was in a different forum. But still, you should at least look at the mac forum before posting, and the original poster should have known where to put this.

I will repeat it in this thread anyways: I don't think a widget is a teriffic idea. People just have the widget craze. A widget wouldn't be particularly suited to the buddy notification system in the first place, while a status item would be (is for that matter, for those of you who haven't been keeping up on news ;).

VOBuddy (the alternate, an icon that sits in your status bar) has these advantages:
1) Its already out
2) You can glance at it to see if a buddy is online or not
3) A complete list of buddies/other people is a click away
4) It has buddy notifications
5) It works on previous OSes (I *think* down to 10.2, but I only know for sure on 10.3 and .4 it works)

The thread is here (with source for a php indicator also): http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/5/10193

If you want me to add 6 hour notifications, i can. If you want an "RSS" feed from the forum, I can do that too (or if the admins don't want to go through the RSS trouble I can make it directly read the posts :)

jjoonathan, I know you've worked very hard on your program. But people just want a widget. It's just because they are easily accessable with the press of a button. Also, we're on a widget craze yes, and they also tend to look very pretty. Not that your program doesn't I haven't gotten to personally use it yet. In fact I think I'll go do that now and see if we really even need a widget.

Whats easier, pressing a button and shifting your eyes or just shifting your eyes?

Pressing a button.

Pressing a button. It works even if you're playing a game like Halo or Worms 3d.
-:sigma.SB

Hmm. What did you do to get dashboard to work while in full screen (and somehow I don't think the makers of Halo and Worms were too lazy to put up a shielding layer)? For me, it doesn't...

And if its not full screen VOBuddy appears in the toolbar. I think the growl notifications it sends out pop above full screen windows, but I can't be sure (I know they pop above the "lazy" fullscreen ones, just not the shielded ones), because I haven't tried. So we are even there... Oh well, I guess it is personal preference. For me, reaching up into the upper right corner of me keyboard to hit dashboard takes a lot more time than simply giving the status bar a glance... not to mention you would have to glance around anyways for the widget...

We want a widget because they're pretty looking and we are mac users that love our macs and everything about them. Therefore we want a widget. Not that your program doesn't do the job, we just want a widget.

Widgets are useful because...
1: Not there when you don't need it.
2: There when you do.
3: Doesn't take up dock space.
4: Doesn't take up menu-bar space, VERY useful for people who use programs that use up large amounts of the menu-bar, like Xcode.
5: They look cool when you drag them onto the dashboard.

1: Not there when you don't need it.
VOBuddy takes up almost nil screen space
2: There when you do.
Same with VOBuddy, except its there faster
3: Doesn't take up dock space.
Neither does VOBuddy
4: Doesn't take up menu-bar space, VERY useful for people who use programs that use up large amounts of the menu-bar, like Xcode.
VOBuddy sends out notifications, making it perfect for apps like XCode

Advantages of VOBuddy:
1: Notifications weather the dashboard is open or not
2: There at a glance, no need to push buttons
3: Already out

And if you want a widget, sure, but I just want to get my point across: It will be a waste of time. As long as its not my time, I am fine with it.

damn, O.K, who messed with my hole-filled post?

garr!