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Reply to DesktopX - a dark art? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Ok lilstarfish. Do you see a DX object you'd like to play with for the first tutorial?

Reply to DesktopX - a dark art? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

... however if anybody wants to add fancy graphics to my code - go ahead, and just give me a shout if you have questions.

Reply to DesktopX - a dark art? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

My key point is that they don't need the coders, they don't need to touch the code, just amend the graphics.

DesktopX - a dark art? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

As soon as people say "scripting" people tend to run a mile if they are primarily "graphical" people rather than "technical" people. This is the reason that I personally believe that the graphical standards on DesktopX is relatively low. I can say this safely as I know that I am one of the

Hunting for DX ideas - The response in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Well, a mixed bag of comments which is what I expected. Let’s go through the general issues before getting onto any specifics. My initial feelings were one of dismay. Why did the first response just have to point to a bunch of Konfabulator widgets? Now don’t get me wrong, these widgets are great, but the fact is that there is nothing on that page that doesn’t already exist on numerous forms in the DesktopX libraries. OK, so the to-do list isn’t quite the same, but we have DX NoteIt whic

Hunting for DX ideas in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Recently there has been a marked upturn in the number of people I have noticed getting involved in DesktopX and providing feedback. This is possibly because recently there have been same excellent objects made, and widgets are making things even easier. Numerous comments come in saying how

Reply to On gratitude and rudeness in Community JoeUser Forums

I don't know what all this irrational rage is about in our country I think the fact that this occurs on all the sites to do with skinning show that it's not a "national" issue but rather a minority culture. Being British (though not Mary Poppins British) I was beginning to wonder if I was just overly se

On gratitude and rudeness in Community JoeUser Forums

I'm blessed - I'm paid to devote my life to Stardock and working to help it keep it turning out more products and skins that is humanly possible for the number of staff. Well, I'm paid for a working day - lets just call the rest love and blame timezones. However, sometime skinning just annoys the hell out of me. I tend to restrict myself almost exclusively to

Preparing for emergencies ... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The British Government has been making a lot of fuss recently about how it has spent £10million on a booklet to advise us Brits how to deal with certain events. Obviously this is NOT just due to terrorist threats because Mr Blair tells us so. Whilst I wait for this booklet to drop through

Reply to So, You Want To Be Jewish? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I just wonder where these celebraties find all the spare time to learn about and become inspired by these religions? Maybe the Church of England should try a mailshot.

Reply to French Arrogance in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Anyone entering the USA and passing through immigration would be right to comment on arrogance. Has ANYONE not been treated with utter contempt by those jumped up army rejects? I suspect (as someone in the process of obtaining a US visa currently) that anything of this "official" nature is tortuous and designed to make you ill at ease WHICHEVER country is concerned. I also think any country has arrogance inherant to some degree and th

Reply to sum 1 please help me.... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Shouldn't that be "sumfink"? Have you got DesktopX installed?

Reply to Blog: Natural Desktop, To-Do Lists in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Latin - shall I bother to show you a desktop like this that myself and someone else briefly worked on about 5 months ago? Let's not get petty - just because you shouted about it doesn't mean you had the idea first.

Reply to Things we are doing in Iraq you don't hear about... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

And don't forget it's not just the US doing these things. Consider for example how the British troops in the south are working with the community. Relations there are so positive that we can wear berets rather than helmets (though I appreciate that the Baghdad area is more volatile).

Reply to ObjectDock Plus arrives on Friday! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Look, if you don't like ObjectDock, then don't use it. If you do like ObjectDock, but only need basic functionality - use the free version If you love ObjectDock and think the extra features are worth the (rediculously low) cost then buy the plus version. Could it be any more simple?

Reply to So you're homeless? Do I look like I give a f.... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's a publication created by a homeless charity with news, current affairs, music and culture articles that homeless people are licenced to sell and retain some of the money made. I understand the point of the article and can sympathise - I would be feeling much like you if my wife suffered the same. There are genuine homeless out there on the streets and these people I do feel sorry for. The main problem that I find in England is that there are too many "professional" beggars, who are

Reply to Apple: Glass houses alert! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I think you'll find that the visuals in Object Dock Plus looks more like Tab LaunchPad than anything else!

Reply to DesktopX as an application customization tool in DesktopX JoeUser Forums

Pam, OK, take this somewhat flippant scenario. You're having a party and want people to control the music. If you load iTunes somebody could accidentally delete your entire music collection. With this, you don't have to display all the controls and as such people can control the music without deleting any. This about the browser on your kids computer. How about building a series of custom object so the can go to disney.com and stardock.com wit

DesktopX as an application customization tool in DesktopX JoeUser Forums

Recently I published a "work in progress" version of an iTunes object ( Link ) which shows how DesktopX can be used to interact with applications installed on your computer. This article is designed to introduce people into how this was achieved so that they can try to use DesktopX to do similar things. It is not designed to be an exhaustive guide to scripting, nor an exhaustive guide to interacting

Reply to Customizing the features of applications in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Tutorial is available on how to do that here: http://martin.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=18529

Customizing the features of applications in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Have you ever run an application and wishes it looked differently? Have you ever wished that you could lock down features of an application? Have you every tried DesktopX? DesktopX has the power to hook into applications and change how they work and look. Using it's access to

Reply to Creating a crack in the Desktop in Objects & Widgets JoeUser Forums

What happens if you load the source PNG in PSP7? Is PSP able to convert to equivalent filters?

Creating a crack in the Desktop in Objects & Widgets JoeUser Forums

Yesterday I was pointed to a SysMetrix skin that created a cool looking crack in the desktop and was asked if this was possible. Needless to say I said yes and then worked out how to do it. Anyway, it turned out to be fairly easy using some of the standard effects available in most graphics packages. For the purpose of this I'm using Fireworks.

Reply to A Thai Adventure! in Travel JoeUser Forums

If you need any advice Muggaz let me know. I've been to Thailand about 6 times now so know Phuket and especially Bangkok well. It's the most awesome place in the world - the nicest people and most awesome sites. Oh, and by the way, in the 7/11 type stores you can get a 500ml bottle of beer for about 35baht Beer Chang is my recommendation. If you're going to be in Bangkok I can te

Reply to Review: John Stossel, Give me a break in Non-Fiction JoeUser Forums

I'm sorry but I'd rather eat a GM boosted steak in the US than an average one in the UK. Hell, you need a Michelin Star chef to make steak edible over here! It's obvious GM food makes Americans stupid Could you please let me know what you eat so I can avoid ingesting it!