Any gadget/widget creation requests?

I'm bored...

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Does anyone want something made in DesktopX or xWidgets?

The table below lists requests which have been made in this thread and the skinners/creators who have expressed an interest in taking them on.

It does not indicate they are actually going to complete/finish any request, just that they might be doing so or be giving them a try.

Request Requestor Skinner

Full screen image on all monitors when user has not had a 'break' for a period of time. With an unlock button and time out. 90% completed.
 

 ZubaZ Skarn
Any widgets for "Optix Fire" skin
 		 neone6  
Steampunk reverse clock
 		  gevansmd 

 JuniorCrooks 
Folder icon which 'expands' into a fences style launch pad when clicked from: https://forums.wincustomize.com/459492/page/1/#3508088

  mimiest

 Skarn

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hmmmmm........

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Tons of choices.....................................http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/customization/skins/sysmonitor/xwidget/

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks Gaspershooters, but I mean to create as something new. A new idea or function or gadget thing that someone wants.

Or something current ones don't do that is wanted.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Hey Skarny!

I really need to get up off my PC and walk around once in a while.

A timer that detected input (keyboard or mouse clicks) for a user set amount of time and if it didn't stop for five minutes (time to get coffee or whatnot) throw an alert/darken the entire screen except a button in the middle of [each] monitor that won't clear for five minutes.

 

GO!

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Gaspershooters, reply 2

Tons of choices.....................................http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/customization/skins/sysmonitor/xwidget/
I wouldn't be caught dead at dA.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting ZubaZ, reply 4

I really need to get up off my PC
Would that be Posterior Cushion?  :P

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey Skarny !  ;)

If you could make anything for "Optix Fire" it would kick ass !! \o/

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting neone6, reply 7

Hey Skarny !  ;)

If you could make anything for "Optix Fire" it would kick ass !! \o/

 

(-Interested will get the PSD's on request) |-)

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz,
A timer that detected input (keyboard or mouse clicks) for a user set amount of time and if it didn't stop for five minutes (time to get coffee or whatnot) throw an alert/darken the entire screen except a button in the middle of [each] monitor that won't clear for five minutes.

On it.

Quoting neone6,
If you could make anything for "Optix Fire" it would kick ass !! \o/

I defer to the amazing RND if you want a suite of widgets to go with your theme - however - if you want something specific that isn't something done yet...

:grin:

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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Skarny, reply 9

however - if you want something specific that isn't something done yet...
hmmm....

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Skarny, reply 9

I defer to the amazing RND
  Skarny, you owe me a bigger hat.  :blush:

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I second Zu's idea...would be awesome.  But I don't have desktopx, what are xwidgets?  Do they stand alone?

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting teddybearcholla, reply 12

what are xwidgets? Do they stand alone?

No, they, like DX widgets, have to have a runtime installed. 

 

DesktopX widgets needs DesktopX installed. A gadget is standalone. It needs no runtime/software installed in order to run.

XWidget  widgets need XWidget installed.

A Yahoo widget would need Yahoo Widgets Engine to be installed.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You're welcome, Barb. XWidget is free, btw.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'd like a steampunk style clock that runs backwards, like the clock in the beginning of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", except actually place the numbers backwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECDGpYuMRDA

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting gevansmd, reply 16

Reduced 75%
Original 800 x 450

I'd like a steampunk style clock that runs backwards, like the clock in the beginning of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", except actually place the numbers backwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECDGpYuMRDA

 

If Skarny gets to busy with the other request I can do this for you no problem. I know how to make xwidgets and clocks are my favorite to do.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting JuniorCrooks, reply 17
If Skarny gets to busy with the other request I can do this for you no problem. I know how to make xwidgets and clocks are my favorite to do.

Happy for others to take on suggestions :-) If anyone gets stuck we can then collaborate on solutions/ideas :-D Just make a comment on what you plan to work on so others know you are doing so and then can save duplicate work / encourage communications.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

P.S. I have DesktopX Pro which means I can hopefully make things run standalone even if you don't have DesktopX - not everything plays nice as a gadget however.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just wanted to say that "Full screen image on all monitors when user has not had a 'break' for a period of time. With an unlock button and time out." is a fantastic solution.  I work from home (at the computer) and one of my favorite passtimes when I'm not working is...yes...playing at the computer.  It is not unlike me to sit here for 12 hours straight some days.  

Recently I noticed one of my feet was swelling up...didn't remember twisting it or anything...oh well...back to work...the next day it was like 2x the normal size and by the third day it was so swollen the skin was cracking and bleeding.  Went to the ER and discovered a blood clot in my lower leg--from sitting too long at the PC.  

I've been using just a timer to go off every 90 minutes, but it's really easy to just click it off.  I would love a PC lock like was mentioned above, that when it locks up the PC, truly locks you out for a period of time and only re-booting would get you out any earlier.

It might have saved me 2 surgeries a WHOLE lot of pain and about 12,000 in medical bills! (And climbing since I'll be on blood thinners the rest of my life now!)

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Any widgets for "Optix Fire" skin neone6

RND HUH?
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

FTR, I am currently not working on anything.....   :thumbsup:

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks!

If Skarny gets to busy with the other request I can do this for you no problem. I know how to make xwidgets and clocks are my favorite to do.[quote who="JuniorCrooks" reply="17" id="3508259"]

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 15

You're welcome, Barb. XWidget is free, btw
  ... duh, I have that!!!  o_O   This is a great post....keep going with it!!!