docklet ideas/suggestions/requests

Friday, March 5, 2004 by wesr | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Here are some OD docklets that i think should be developed or ported or whatever. I think theyd be cool
Recycle Bin, like the one for Y'z dock that ejects cd rom when dragged or accepts draggged files to it and s them etc
A stickies docklet like the one in OSX
A systray one, i know i know kkmenu, but i cant pay, i have no money, nor a credit card

If anyone else has more suggestions...post em.
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uM0p apsdn
Reply #1 Friday, March 5, 2004 9:24 PM
A dishwasher docklet that wash my dishes. A laundry docklet that does the launtry when I click. Oh, a a Bill docklet that pays the bills every month.

AndreasV
Reply #2 Saturday, March 6, 2004 10:03 AM
for the RecycleBin and stickies, I can port my AveDesk desklets to Object Dock, need to release 1.1 first though

The Systray -> I tried and succeeded partially, due to lack of time, I abandoned it for a while (just wondering now where the hell did I leave the source-code ).

CerebroJD
Reply #3 Saturday, March 6, 2004 10:31 AM
I would like a Hotmail checking docklet. That would be pretty cool to see.

Also, a docklet that ties into Media Player would be cool. I know you have your AVS player, but I think one that tied into either WinAmp or Media Player would be good to have. Skinnable like the AVS one too.

I had another idea too: A web page docklet. Just one that pops up a small text box when you click on it that you can type the adress into. Skinnable, and easily configurable. Heres an image of what I mean:



What do you think of that?

Hy_Rolr
Reply #4 Saturday, March 6, 2004 10:37 AM
Heres an image of what I mean:


Hey it's invisible.

I think I could skin that

CerebroJD
Reply #5 Saturday, March 6, 2004 10:53 AM
You cant see that? Uh-oh.... Oh well. Heres a link to the image: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/cerebrojd/images/ODidea.jpg
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Hy_Rolr
Reply #6 Saturday, March 6, 2004 11:36 AM
I still can't see it Justin, but it's not your fault. I'm at work and the firewall here keeps blocking it

AndreasV
Reply #7 Saturday, March 6, 2004 12:11 PM

Also, a docklet that ties into Media Player would be cool. I know you have your AVS player, but I think one that tied into either WinAmp or Media Player would be good to have. Skinnable like the AVS one too.

The AV3 player docklet is pluginable . If someone knows how to interact with WMP or WinAmp, me a line and I will write the plugin for it.


A web page docklet.

I already have that here, not really skinable, but hey, it works

Sent me an e-mail to get it.

CerebroJD
Reply #8 Monday, March 8, 2004 9:50 AM
Andreas: I may have found out how to interact with Media Player from another program. I'm still getting details, but its showing promise.

This http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e43cbe59-678a-458a-86a7-ff1716fad02f&DisplayLang=en is the WinMedia Software Development kit, and it says in the information about the download that Media Player is accessible through C++ coding and other languages. I've downloaded it and now I'm looking through it.

AndreasV
Reply #9 Monday, March 8, 2004 11:21 AM
oooh

CerebroJD
Reply #10 Tuesday, March 9, 2004 2:12 PM
Bump.

I dont really know what I'm looking for in terms of hooking into Media Player with C++. Have you gone through the SDK, Andreas?

AndreasV
Reply #11 Tuesday, March 9, 2004 7:01 PM
Not yet, not yet, spend my whole day writing PowerPC assembler code , but I already downloaded it!

BTW, I'll get you the improved URL Docklet ASAP.
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CerebroJD
Reply #12 Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:46 AM
Thats good. Thanks in advance for your work on that docklet!

LeXus Codeforge
Reply #13 Friday, April 23, 2004 8:34 AM
if you still have request, plz post them. Nimix and I want to write some stuff, so post!!!!

LeXus

Metaxlog
Reply #14 Sunday, May 23, 2004 8:49 PM
OK here is my request. A toolbar that when clicked opens like the startmenu docklet but instead shows your desktop icons, my computer and reciclebin as menus and my documents as menus that when opened show the folders in it as menus as well a challenge right? I know you can doit LeXus, show me the skills. I think this can be done just by linking the already existing desktop toolbar that can be place in the start menu(right click, toolbars, desktop)with the docklet.

jakehale
Reply #15 Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:23 PM
for the animated icons,,, can you make them icons on the dock for the image to start a shortcut?,,,, for example, i have the MSN messenger animated icon, but i cant associate it with the msn executable......is there a way?

thanks

CerebroJD
Reply #16 Wednesday, June 2, 2004 1:32 PM
I have an idea for a docklet. It would work kind of like a menu, but more like taskbar groups than anything. This docklet would add shortcuts to the dock when you click on it, and remove them when you clicked it again. What shortcuts it displays when clicked could be configured through the docklet properties.

For example: You have an instance of this docklet called Games. When it is clicked, it creates 4 shortcuts on the dock, aimed at Minesweeper, Solitaire, Hearts, and Spider. Each shortcut works just like a normal shortcut, and opens the game when clicked. When the docklet clicked again, it deletes these icons from the dock.

In this way, its like a menu that expands or collapses the dock. Make sense?
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Watson
Reply #17 Wednesday, June 2, 2004 2:32 PM
What is the command that makes the cdrom open remotely?

I'm gonna try to mold it onto my object dock as an experiment

eieio
Reply #18 Wednesday, June 2, 2004 2:42 PM
#16 by Skinner CerebroJD - 6/2/2004 1:32:56 PM


I like that idea, CerebroJD. I had a similar one where a docklet acts like a cabinet. Click on it and it opens(slides out) perpendicular to the dock with several icons inside. The user can add or delete what is in the cabinet. There is a similar function in some of the XWindow managers.
Very functional and saves space.

CerebroJD
Reply #19 Wednesday, June 2, 2004 7:45 PM
Yeah!

Ronan H
Reply #20 Friday, June 4, 2004 8:15 AM
@ jakehale: You can use this https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=animated+shortcut&sort=updatedate&order=Descending&library=29 docklet to facilitate your animated icons opening up a .exe file or whatever...

Someone also mentioned a docklet that could chack Hotmail accounts, cant this https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=email&sort=updatedate&order=Descending&library=29&Docklets=on docklet be fiddled to do just that?

@ CenebroJD: Nice idea

Ro
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