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decksnap
May 29, 2005, 01:55 PM
OK- so I was interested in having a Macrumors widget on my desktop for personal use, but I am by no means a javascript guy. So I thought the easiest way to do it would be to pick apart someone else's widget and switch the RSS feed to Macrumors. Basically this is a rip of someone elses widget, so I can't say they'd be happy with someone distributing a widget based on their code. However, I am posting a link to it here simply for people should they choose to take the graphics and such and recode it from the ground up. It's fully functional, with my own graphics, just not exactly original code.

Stuffed File (http://users.gobigwest.com/bbeaulieu/filedrop/Macrumors.sit)


diddy
May 29, 2005, 04:18 PM
beautiful. thank you. but i think i might just use it=) please?
iGary
May 29, 2005, 04:32 PM
Thank you.

I've been asking for one of these for a while now.

I normally just browse the forums for "New Posts," and rarely go to the front page, so I've been missing out on some of the news. Since I use Dashboard a lot for the Dictionary and Thesaurus, this will be a welcome addition.

Thanks again.
redeye be
May 29, 2005, 04:54 PM
Very nice!

I use the site a bit like iGary, 'new-posts' style :cool: ;).
This widget does what it needs to, and does a good job.
Handy widget, nice restyle from the original (good you give them credit - you could ask them wether they mind).
I do have some trouble reading the info on the bottom, maybe make the background a bit darker down below. If i'm the only one with this problem, ignore this, i should probably go see an optician ;). Or i should do it myself 'personal use style' :D.

Very nice!
dmw007
May 29, 2005, 05:22 PM
A macrumors widget, excellent idea!
TreeHugger
May 29, 2005, 10:19 PM
sweet! ty :D
slooksterPSV
May 29, 2005, 11:03 PM
This is the best widget I have on this computer. I'll have to bundle it when I make the new image for my school :D. I come here about 3 times a day.
zap2
May 29, 2005, 11:10 PM
nice, is it based off of the cnn wiget
decksnap
May 29, 2005, 11:39 PM
nice, is it based off of the cnn wiget

No... as noted in the widget, it's based off the Different District's RSS widget. I suppose it could have just as easily been...
Abstract
May 30, 2005, 08:00 AM
Maybe CNN ripped off Different Districts, or vice versa. ;)

And how does the MacRumours widget work? I don't understand RSS, really. Doesn't the site have to give off an RSS signal for the widget to get the info, or can you make a widget for every news site? All I'm asking is whether MR has to be set up to send news via RSS, or is setup not necessary (ie: you can make a widget like this for any news website)? :confused:
mad jew
May 30, 2005, 08:06 AM
Thanks decksnap, just downloaded it and it's working well. :D

By the way, have you got a 'tar because of the widget?
Wes
May 30, 2005, 08:13 AM
I don't know anything about coding widgets but for consistency's sake shouldn't the scroll bar be in the dashboard look?
irmongoose
May 30, 2005, 08:28 AM
Do not use.

?? :D




irmongoose
abrooks
May 30, 2005, 02:23 PM
Maybe CNN ripped off Different Districts, or vice versa. ;)

And how does the MacRumours widget work? I don't understand RSS, really. Doesn't the site have to give off an RSS signal for the widget to get the info, or can you make a widget for every news site? All I'm asking is whether MR has to be set up to send news via RSS, or is setup not necessary (ie: you can make a widget like this for any news website)? :confused:

Macrumors does have an RSS Feed, when an article is written the RSS page is updated, all this widget does is load the RSS code (which is XML) into its interface.
decksnap
May 30, 2005, 02:38 PM
Thanks decksnap, just downloaded it and it's working well. :D

By the way, have you got a 'tar because of the widget?

I have an avatar because I won the avatar contest a while back - it's not this 'tar though- it was in the animated avatar category.

Regarding the scrollbar, since widgets are basically html pages, it uses the system scrollbar by default. I think the other one is written in javascript, and like I said, I'm no javascript guru.
Abstract
May 30, 2005, 09:23 PM
Well cheers, and I don't get the "do not use it" comment either. ;)
Eniregnat
Jul 1, 2005, 04:14 PM
Fantastic. Thank you for the effort.

[Edit] I understand, not for use. Cool. Thank you for your recodeing effort and for the efforts of the original coders and thoes that supported them.
acedickson
Jul 2, 2005, 02:52 AM
Great widget! Thanks for linking it.
rye9
Dec 26, 2005, 09:50 AM
Why won't the widget download for me? I click on stuffed file, it asks me if I want to download, I click yes, but then it doesnt download.
Linam
Dec 26, 2005, 10:11 AM
Great try posting it on apple.com's widget pages.
p0intblank
Dec 26, 2005, 01:49 PM
Why won't the widget download for me? I click on stuffed file, it asks me if I want to download, I click yes, but then it doesnt download.

It's a .sit file. Did you extract it? If not, just do it your desktop and then install it from there.

Anyway, great Widget. I'll be sure to use it. Thanks! :D
pknz
Dec 26, 2005, 02:01 PM
I'd been wondering whether there was a MR widget, I didn't want to post a topic incase there was and I had mysteriously never seen it and felt like a noob. Well, i guess until now there wasn't, great job decksnap.

Now if only someone would do a MR Podcast:D
rye9
Dec 26, 2005, 03:48 PM
It's a .sit file. Did you extract it? If not, just do it your desktop and then install it from there.

Anyway, great Widget. I'll be sure to use it. Thanks! :D

It is a piece of paper on the desktop that says Macrumors.sit. I click on it, and it says to choose an application. I am lost.
maya
Dec 26, 2005, 04:13 PM
Thanks You, decksnap. With the installation of this widget I no longer has to use my web browser to connect to MR for the latest news topics of no interest. :eek: :(

Though this will come in handy also for other RSS sites. ;) :)
katie ta achoo
Dec 26, 2005, 04:16 PM
Ooo.. this is nifty. I like!

Thanks for making it, decksnap!
rye9
Dec 26, 2005, 09:03 PM
It is a piece of paper on the desktop that says Macrumors.sit. I click on it, and it says to choose an application. I am lost.

Can someone please assist me? I would love this widget!
iMeowbot
Dec 26, 2005, 09:23 PM
It is a piece of paper on the desktop that says Macrumors.sit. I click on it, and it says to choose an application. I am lost.
You'll need Stuffit Expander (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/stuffitexpander.html) then.
rye9
Dec 26, 2005, 10:02 PM
You'll need Stuffit Expander (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/stuffitexpander.html) then.

Thx... iMeowbot, you've been a great help all day! You helped me fix Mail too, thx a bunch!
jMini
May 3, 2006, 08:13 PM
awsome widget. I made a to go on my windows desktop cus i dont use a mac often enough. dunno have anywhere to put it online but if you want it just ask. :D
CoMpX
May 3, 2006, 08:15 PM
Did you really have to bring this old thread back up?
someguy
May 3, 2006, 08:22 PM
Did you really have to bring this old thread back up?
Does it really matter? :confused:
oober_freak
May 4, 2006, 02:56 AM
I missed this thread back then.

Thank you for the widget. I might just use it :)
motulist
Jan 31, 2008, 10:34 AM
To update an old thread again...

Now you don't need a specialized rss widget for macrumors, just use the webclip feature in leopard!



Make a web clipping of this page:
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/

Check it out!

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zblaxberg
Jan 31, 2008, 10:48 AM
very nice, thanks for the widget!
snverhallen
Feb 17, 2008, 08:42 PM
The link doesn't work anymore. I'd love to have this widget, could someone repost please?

snverhallen
motulist
Feb 17, 2008, 08:56 PM
The link doesn't work anymore. I'd love to have this widget, could someone repost please?

snverhallen

You don't need a widget anymore, just use the webclip feature in the way I described above.

However, my webclip seems to be acting funny, it doesn't seem to keep the correct region of the page in the widget window like it's supposed to. Anyone else encountering the same problem with webclip widgets?
snverhallen
Feb 17, 2008, 09:09 PM
I know I can use a web clip, but I prefer to use a widget. I find them more reliable. Do you mind if you just repost it?

snverhallen
iTeen
Feb 17, 2008, 09:19 PM
yes please^^^...
could somebody PRETTY PLEASE repost???
thanks,


Jake
snverhallen
Feb 24, 2008, 01:50 PM
Come on, there must be someone here with these widget. And motulist, what about all the people still running Tiger? They do not have Webclips.

snverhallen
karenflower
Apr 16, 2008, 04:26 AM
I too would like to see the widget come back. :) Anyone out there have it?

. .Anyone? :apple:
xUKHCx
Apr 16, 2008, 06:56 AM
I don't know which widget people want but I have two, (not the original one from this thread unfortunately)

I have no idea where I got these from but you may find a use for them

MacRumors - Front page article
Forum Spy - Widget version of Forum spy
karenflower
Apr 16, 2008, 07:26 AM
I don't know which widget people want but I have two, (not the original one from this thread unfortunately)

I have no idea where I got these from but you may find a use for them

MacRumors - Front page article
Forum Spy - Widget version of Forum spy

Thanks xUKHCx! They're both nice widgets - my Dashboard is now complete. :D
decksnap
Apr 16, 2008, 08:47 AM
I don't know which widget people want but I have two, (not the original one from this thread unfortunately)

I have no idea where I got these from but you may find a use for them

MacRumors - Front page article
Forum Spy - Widget version of Forum spy

I have the original one somewhere... I suppose I could put it back up.

A note about the ForumSpy widget: technically it pulls the same amount of RAM as Safari, so like Safari, the longer you leave ForumSpy open, the more RAM it chews up. It's a good widget to have on your desktop or whatever but every once in a while you want to close it and relaunch it.
twoodcc
Apr 16, 2008, 11:20 AM
I don't know which widget people want but I have two, (not the original one from this thread unfortunately)

I have no idea where I got these from but you may find a use for them

MacRumors - Front page article
Forum Spy - Widget version of Forum spy

thanks, i'll try these out
rhett7660
Apr 21, 2008, 11:31 AM
Thank you for the widget upload!

Did you really have to bring this old thread back up?

I would think one would like the fact a thread was brought back, usually means the person did a search, found what they were looking for instead of creating another thread and pissing everyone off, you know "this question has been asked a million times" type response.
lofight
Apr 26, 2008, 09:27 AM
very nice! I used to have dashcode beta on tiger, and I really had lots of pleasure with it!
FadeToBlack
May 2, 2008, 05:22 AM
I don't know which widget people want but I have two, (not the original one from this thread unfortunately)

I have no idea where I got these from but you may find a use for them

MacRumors - Front page article
Forum Spy - Widget version of Forum spy

Man, thanks so much for posting these!!!

I had a different widget that displayed the front page articles and it didn't work right in Leopard. It would work, but when you'd click the links, nothing happened. It's nice to have a functioning widget again. Awesome! :)
Tom B.
May 5, 2008, 08:53 AM
I still use this version because I think it looks the best:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj112/tom_b_53/macrumorswidget.png?t=1209991854

The most recent version is still available to download from post 56 of this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=191458).
FadeToBlack
May 5, 2008, 09:52 PM
I still use this version because I think it looks the best:

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The most recent version is still available to download from post 56 of this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=191458).

That's the one I was referring to that isn't working right in Leopard. I really wish it was. Great widget.