Introducing the Desktop Gadgets Gallery

Newest addition to WinCustomize!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News

It’s been a while since we added a new gallery to WinCustomize, and today I’m happy to announce the addition of the Desktop Gadgets gallery!  The Desktop Gadgets gallery are for stand-alone gadgets that are created with DesktopX Pro

The advantage to these gadgets over widgets, is that they do not require DesktopX to be installed, and can run on virtually any Windows XP or Vista desktop.  The ability to export gadgets like these are well worth upgrade to DesktopX Pro.

So go check out the new gallery, and thanks goes to RomanDA for helping to get the gallery stocked for launch.

Link: Desktop Gadgets gallery

*Note* – If you already have gadgets in the DX Widget category, and would like them moved to this gallery, just drop me a PM.

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sViz
Reply #1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:33 PM

Nice.   You've got a PM.

PS: Your second link goes to the DX product page, not the gallery.

angus1949
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:35 PM
Thanks ID and Roman. It's nice to have the separation.
Tailsgirl
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:46 PM

Awesome!! great news ID

Thuglifejunior
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:19 PM
Very exciting and awesome news, but how do we get there, the second link doesn't take you to the pot of gold Ha Ha Ha Ha please redirect us ID
ZubaZ
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:26 PM

Link fixed.

werewolf
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:41 PM
what ever happened to the gadget website? There were a lot of free and 'master' type gadgets there.
ZubaZ
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:45 PM

Thst server crashed hard last year and never recovered.  I don't remember more than 15 or so gadgets though.

RomanDA
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:20 PM
I plan on going thru all my "older" widgets and remaking them into Gadgets. I also plan on making sure they all work in Vista (since thats what im using now). I want to re-do HC Pro to work in Vista and to see if i can clean up some of its 3000+ lines of code. (Dont wait on that one.. it will take some time) I love that we have this Gallery, thanks to all those who helped get it in place.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #9 Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:06 AM
Hi Roman...too cool man.
Tailsgirl
Reply #10 Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:30 AM

I've converted nearly 20 thing's so far hehe

c242
Reply #11 Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:32 AM
Now if we only had a DX software update, that would make my day.
ArileenDesign
Reply #12 Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:42 AM

sViz
Reply #13 Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:54 AM

Will there be other categories in this gallery besides General?

Tailsgirl
Reply #14 Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:04 AM

I was wondering that myself sViz

ArileenDesign
Reply #15 Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:13 AM

Will there be other categories in this gallery besides General?

as far as it'll grow up i guess

RomanDA
Reply #16 Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:55 AM

can we PLEASE keep this gallery with specific gadgets, and not a thousand clocks/weather gadgets.. it would be so nice to make this just things that are unique.. and not just another widget

RomanDA
Reply #17 Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:56 AM

too late..

bk13GarbageMan
Reply #18 Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:14 AM
Cool!
Tailsgirl
Reply #19 Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:28 AM

My fault, though I have made a few unique thing's.

I'm certainly contributing.

RomanDA
Reply #20 Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:53 AM
its ok, its just one of my biggest problem with DX's galleries, they are full of the exact same clock/cal/weather widget just skinned different over and over and over, and the truly unique things get lost in all the rest. Its the MAIN reason i have been pushing SD to work on Skin Studio to have a way to skin a clock/cal/weather gadget that the skinner could include in their skin and it would automatically change the gadget when it loads, but skin studio would need a way to add this to the wb. As of right now there is no way to do that. Its just something that bugs me because some of the things i have made have upwards of 3000 lines of code, and months of work involved, and i upload it, and within a day its on page 6 because someone uploaded 12 versions of the same clock. I have no problems with the clock, but make it a SKIN pack, where you could have all those individual skins in one clock with just a simple way to change it. There are NUMEROUS ways to do this, and there are a bunch of these in the gallery, as well as the tutorial that i made. Anyway..

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