Hunting for DX ideas
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 by _Martin_ | Discussion: WinCustomize News
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 useful these things are and how great the ideas are, but some of us are running short of ideas! Now Tiggz seems to have the monopoly on combining great ideas with awesome graphics but I'm sure he like me can't keep coming up with new ideas all the time.
What do people want to see made in DesktopX? If you can't make some of these things why not come up with the ideas, and maybe we'll get a chance to make them come to life?
Looking forward to hearing ideas, now I'm off to open the floodgates!
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DJAzx
Reply #22 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:25 PM
Reply #22 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:25 PM
I don't know maybe this is a dumb idea, but what about a 3d rendered head and shoulders of a poser model or what ever model. to interact with. somewhat like an assistant. and have the eyes and head slightly tilt to follow mouse movements. i have been trying to workon something like that but i never really got around to it. 
but i mean i think it would make the pc look more intelligent and interactive 
but i mean i think it would make the pc look more intelligent and interactive 
Zoidarklane
Reply #23 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:27 PM
Reply #23 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:27 PM
i would like to see some ktek orbs which i can put shortcuts onto them and some cool looking folders keep up the good work guys 
smexx0rrr
Reply #24 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:37 PM
Reply #24 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:37 PM
Objects that visualize the system audio output would be pretty cool.
Watson
Reply #26 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:46 PM
Reply #26 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:46 PM
I would just love to see a highly interactive DesktopX theme built coinciding with Halo 2
MimeSlayer
Reply #27 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:11 PM
Reply #27 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:11 PM
The only thing I want to be able to do is place an image behind IconX icons.
MarvinMar
Reply #28 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:50 PM
Reply #28 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:50 PM
I would like to have a animated WINDOW. Like a Kitchen Window, or Living room Window that was animated to the curent weather. Not the whole desktop, just a portion.
So it looked like a real window with outside view.
Same deal with an animated Fireplace
(I used to do this stuff with Active Desktop, but that ate alot of resources.)
Also, A picture frame like the one in Harry Potter of the Harry's dancing parents would be cool. (Really just a framed video clip I guess)
So it looked like a real window with outside view.
Same deal with an animated Fireplace
(I used to do this stuff with Active Desktop, but that ate alot of resources.)
Also, A picture frame like the one in Harry Potter of the Harry's dancing parents would be cool. (Really just a framed video clip I guess)
gobzerk
Reply #29 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:51 PM
Reply #29 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:51 PM
Please ive me an invisible SCREENSAVER so i can still view my beautifal alien desktop themes and khow my screen is still protected.GOBZERK
PS is a USB projector anywhere in the making could you image it be like the x files ...................
PS is a USB projector anywhere in the making could you image it be like the x files ...................
DesignCaddy
Reply #30 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:16 PM
Reply #30 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:16 PM
expose-ish type of application that lets you manage your windows, or similar alt-tab replacement like the windows powertoy which shows thumbnails of your tasks - however that powertoy has problems with some of my apps so a desktopx varient might help. something that tiles your titlebars or icons at the LEAST would be a sure-fire legal alternative.
'sketch pad' - lets you draw either directly on the desktop, or in a whiteboard type setting to make quick doodles - MSN messanger's whiteboard is an excellent example - would love to be able to save desktop doodles as an image (transparent png!!) but saving could be accomplished by an:
'image capture' utility to let you draw a box and save the contents as an image..usefull for taking quick snapsshots of something you are working on to send out.. i think every skinner here could appreciate that.
mail checker - more functional than what we usually see in a checker.. similar to the groupwise notify that lets you see the time and subject line of an incomming message and let you launch the mail app or message, or delete it.. for outlook or hotmail addies. i havn't looked at the VAST amount of mail checkers because most don't do this so i don't know if this has been done.
'alarm clock'
'label colors' to change an icon or icon's text label to a color (yes, yes.. like osx...)
'send to' desktop items.. drag a file over it and it goes off to an email, to a disk, to a zip, or to the internet.
'magnifying glass' - similar to the powertoy but you drag IT over what you want to zoom in on, instead of just zooming up on your cursor
'desktop level mixer controls' for all of your audio devices (dunno about the rest of you but i have like..15 input/output sliders ). martin, you're a god if you can put a speaker fader on the desktop to control front and rear speakers.
smexx's idea of a desktop audio visualizor would be aweesome.
'window-in-window' - lets you bring up your desktop, for example, in a small window on top of everything else so you can a desktop icon.
fun:
grab an icon or window and throw it against the screen and it bounces all over the place. usefull for when SDC is pissing you off.
a clumsy little puppy that chases your curor and tries to jump at it, grabs your cursor and runs off with it if you arn't paying attention.
'sketch pad' - lets you draw either directly on the desktop, or in a whiteboard type setting to make quick doodles - MSN messanger's whiteboard is an excellent example - would love to be able to save desktop doodles as an image (transparent png!!) but saving could be accomplished by an:
'image capture' utility to let you draw a box and save the contents as an image..usefull for taking quick snapsshots of something you are working on to send out.. i think every skinner here could appreciate that.
mail checker - more functional than what we usually see in a checker.. similar to the groupwise notify that lets you see the time and subject line of an incomming message and let you launch the mail app or message, or delete it.. for outlook or hotmail addies. i havn't looked at the VAST amount of mail checkers because most don't do this so i don't know if this has been done.
'alarm clock'
'label colors' to change an icon or icon's text label to a color (yes, yes.. like osx...)
'send to' desktop items.. drag a file over it and it goes off to an email, to a disk, to a zip, or to the internet.
'magnifying glass' - similar to the powertoy but you drag IT over what you want to zoom in on, instead of just zooming up on your cursor
'desktop level mixer controls' for all of your audio devices (dunno about the rest of you but i have like..15 input/output sliders ). martin, you're a god if you can put a speaker fader on the desktop to control front and rear speakers.
smexx's idea of a desktop audio visualizor would be aweesome.
'window-in-window' - lets you bring up your desktop, for example, in a small window on top of everything else so you can a desktop icon.
fun:
grab an icon or window and throw it against the screen and it bounces all over the place. usefull for when SDC is pissing you off.
a clumsy little puppy that chases your curor and tries to jump at it, grabs your cursor and runs off with it if you arn't paying attention.
DesignCaddy
Reply #31 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:19 PM
Reply #31 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:19 PM
people are gonna kill me, but..:
objectdock for dekstop x.. so while running dx and only dx, you get all that functionality of being able to tree out folders.
objectdock for dekstop x.. so while running dx and only dx, you get all that functionality of being able to tree out folders.
goodmorphing
Reply #32 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:20 PM
Reply #32 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:20 PM
I would like a simple ledger, to keep track of my cash on hand without opening my whole financial application. Just be able to make a quick note what came in, what went out and a comment where. Then later on when i had more time, I could enter that into my regular application. If it had another section, kind of like a budget planning section, that would be good too.
gobzerk
Reply #33 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:29 PM
Reply #33 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:29 PM
Give me a widget that could open my web cam in an instant with zoom functions and changeable blinds . now im of to mcdonalds.
ps the pc is mightyer than the bazooka......
ps the pc is mightyer than the bazooka......
gobzerk
Reply #34 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:29 PM
Reply #34 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:29 PM
Give me a widget that could open my web cam in an instant with zoom functions and changeable blinds . now im of to mcdonalds.
ps the pc is mightyer than the bazooka......
ps the pc is mightyer than the bazooka......
ManlyMan
Reply #36 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:04 PM
Reply #36 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:04 PM
I'm glad that you came up with this idea Marin! I was thinking of something similar the other night, especially seeing in the CursorXP catagory of cursors, alot of them are the same. I'm also finding that a lot of the DesktopX Objects are very, very similar. I myself would love it if creators would include instructions on modifying scripts more often when the occasion for such applets could apply.
I would like to have an Object for watching TV through my TV card. I also like that idea of DesignCaddy of ObjectDock either built within, or as an add-on, for DesktopX. I'm getting rather tired of seeing that, "We don't support this application," type stuff for them, since I don't know if I can trust the ObjectDock or not.
One thing I would also like to see Martin, and this is for you, though it's not related to DesktopX is that "Backwards Clock" that you did for Beatnik. Perhaps a date could be included underneath like a hanging sign.
Take care, and thank you for doing this.
I was thinking of something similar the other night, especially seeing in the CursorXP catagory of cursors, alot of them are the same. I'm also finding that a lot of the DesktopX Objects are very, very similar. I myself would love it if creators would include instructions on modifying scripts more often when the occasion for such applets could apply.I would like to have an Object for watching TV through my TV card. I also like that idea of DesignCaddy of ObjectDock either built within, or as an add-on, for DesktopX.
I'm getting rather tired of seeing that, "We don't support this application," type stuff for them, since I don't know if I can trust the ObjectDock or not.One thing I would also like to see Martin, and this is for you, though it's not related to DesktopX is that "Backwards Clock" that you did for Beatnik. Perhaps a date could be included underneath like a hanging sign.
Take care, and thank you for doing this.
Hus
Reply #37 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:11 PM
Reply #37 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:11 PM
The only thing I want, that doesn't already exist, is a program launcher! An easily customizable program launcher, where I don't have to clone objects and align them, and change their properties for each program...if you can somehow automate that. It would be beneficial to each and every single DX theme in the library right now...
Corky_O
Reply #38 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:51 PM
Reply #38 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:51 PM
danilloOc, Wet Monkey, and anyone else who would like them,
My PDF documents made it through without corruption.
Would be happy to e-mail them to you (DX developer guide, DX scripting guide, and DX users guide).
Just send me an e-mail at [email protected]
My PDF documents made it through without corruption.
Would be happy to e-mail them to you (DX developer guide, DX scripting guide, and DX users guide).
Just send me an e-mail at [email protected]
sdega315
Reply #39 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:57 PM
Reply #39 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:57 PM
Things I'd love to put on my DX desktop...
* A moon phase monitor
* More diversity in search bars i.e., something like the ones I can put into firefox, where I can choose what I want to search from one search box.
* Slide show frame
* A clipboard organizer like the old mac scrapbook
* A TV viewer, better yet, how about a theme that functions like windows media center or myth TV only better. That would ROCK!!
* A moon phase monitor
* More diversity in search bars i.e., something like the ones I can put into firefox, where I can choose what I want to search from one search box.
* Slide show frame
* A clipboard organizer like the old mac scrapbook
* A TV viewer, better yet, how about a theme that functions like windows media center or myth TV only better. That would ROCK!!
Wet Monkey
Reply #40 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:16 PM
Reply #40 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:16 PM
Thanks Corky-O.. I just renamed them with a .doc extension as suggested by someone in this post and that seems to have worked. But thanks for the offer
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Reply #21 Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:19 PM
See My or mormegills old DX themes to get an Idea, they worked but were you had to make a new block and link it for each program you wanted to make a short cut to.
If interested email me and I'll try to be more specific......