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Here's a skin to improve that hideous Dashboard calculator

iindigo said:
Here's my calc skin contribution. It's a bit more advanced, you have to change the LCD backlight image as well. Hope you like it, there are more to come :)

I've included screenshots, visible below.
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that one is awesome!
 
would anyone like to post the default calculator.png. I forgot to back it up when applying a new skin:confused:
 
I know this is an older thread, but I just found it stickied, and I must say I adore what you guys have done! Awesome work! :) It'd be cool if we could somehow hack the widget to have a bunch of different skins installed and then hit a sort of "i" button like on many widgets and change the skin. But anyway, again, love what you guys have done here. Thanks for all these downloads!

EDIT: You know what would be nice. Maybe an alternative to the ugly black Tiger clock widget. Anyone? :)
 
In either the system or the user Library folder

Daveway said:
I have an emergency. I accidentally moved the widget folder to another place and now the widgets won't load.

Where does the widgets folder have to be?!?! HELP.
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Cross said:
Well I guess I will find out if this works with Tiger lol
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It does work with Tiger as widgets first appeared on Tiger (Apple's Widgets anyway... forget Konfabulator or Desk Accessories). :)
 
I want to see a widget that looks like the classic calculator that lived in the Apple menu for 15 years essentially unchanged.

NewCalc.GIF
 
BAH! You know when someone says backup up your widget before doing this, and you ignore them anyways, and now your calendar doesn't work.....right.


can anyone send me the default "calendar" widget that comes with osx, or its package contents? Thanks,



Stitches


Battebury@cox.net
 
There's an app called Pacifist (see versiontracker.com) that can pull any file out of an installer--including the Tiger DVD itself. Might help when widgets get damaged.
 
dogbone said:
Here's my contribution to the thread. I't's basically the standard orange one but it's purple and blue. (still has the orange icon though)
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Nice, I like that a whole lot better than the orange one.
 
What are the chances of this thread becoming unsticked? I get it, some people don't like the calculator ... but there are surely more important items to be discussed that deserve the top spot?
 
As the thread starter, I will chime in and say un-stickying sounds reasonable to me :)

It was oddly popular at one time when Tiger was new, but not these days.

But I do like everything people have come up with!
 
I don't know how I missed this thread until very recently, but I put together a little color scheme of my own using iindigo's lcd-backlight and Zenith's black calculator widget. I have no idea what this looks like on the default calc widget. Just a little something for those of us who like pink. :)
 

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illitrate23 said:
dunno if anyones interested, but i put together a load skins from various pictures i've got lying around my drives
credit where credits due - i should say thanks to nagromme for having the idea in the first place, also to iindigo, whose brushed aluminium and blue skins i've used as the base for nearly all of these, and also to thedoc1111 who give me the idea of using the PackageMaker, and i've subsequently spent all today fighting with it to get it to do what i wanted. the results a compromise

anyway, here's the link to download them if you want:
http://www.illitrate.co.uk/osx/CalcWidgetSkins.dmg

the installer also includes a set of buttons that are slightly transparent so that the skin is a little bit visible through them - plus it contains the original files so you can restore the default scheme if you wish to

here's a preview of what they look like:
calc-bkgnds2.jpg
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does anyone have this guys skin set?? im basically looking for some transparent buttons...
 
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