Here's a skin to improve that hideous Dashboard calculator

[fivetoadsloth]

calc

Well, I made one. ill post a pciture if someone wants the files let me know and ill post em. I just realized the the picture has the + sign orange, it isnt always like that. i just have it selected

 

[Chone]

Well, I made one. ill post a pciture if someone wants the files let me know and ill post em. I just realized the the picture has the + sign orange, it isnt always like that. i just have it selected

Looks like the graphics are corrupted

But still good work.

 

[Mac'Mo]

who the hell cares about an orange calculator.....ok it looks like cingular pwned my desktop....

 

[DigitalN.]

If someone actually did a skin like the classic calculator, I would quite possibly kiss them. I loved that calculator.

 

[Sacohen]

Just Show Package Contents on the calculator widget, and drop the attached file "Calculator.png" into the "Images" folder. (And back up your widget first! Who knows what future updates might be confused by the change, so you might want to do this with a copy of the widget.)/QUOTE]


I'm not real familar with Macs yet, but I would like to use the wood skin. How do I back up mu widgets and how do I install the new skin>

Thanks;

Steve

 

[fivetoadsloth]

Just Show Package Contents on the calculator widget, and drop the attached file "Calculator.png" into the "Images" folder. (And back up your widget first! Who knows what future updates might be confused by the change, so you might want to do this with a copy of the widget.)/QUOTE]


I'm not real familar with Macs yet, but I would like to use the wood skin. How do I back up mu widgets and how do I install the new skin>

Thanks;

Steve

Ok, download the skin to your desktop and make sure it is named calculator.png

Than go tomacintosh hard drive library widgets right, or ctrl, click and show package contents go to images and than find the calculator png create a duplicate and move it say to your desktop, it will proabbly ask for your password.
Than drag the new calcualtor the wood one, and have it replace the one it in, it will again ask for the password. once that is done go to dashboard and close the calcualtor and when you reopen it should be the new wood one.

 

[solvs]

I want to see a widget that looks like the classic calculator that lived in the Apple menu for 15 years essentially unchanged.

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They made one of those:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/calculate_convert/calculator1984.html

 

[nagromme]

That's cool.

It's not QUITE the same as the old calc, though. Steve Jobs himself allegedly perfected the pixel art on that--it would be cool to see a true clone. (But it would take more than just a skin--the size/buttons are different.)

 

[majorp]

probably the best thread on macrumors......EVER!

 

[tshakey]

cool!! cheers

 

[obesecat55]

Translucent Mod

Here's my mod. It makes the widget translucent and bluish. It also requires you to replace the backlight image. You may also change the Default and Icon images. Here they are:

 

[nagromme]

Nice! I like the translucency. Makes me want to make a translucent version in the original orange color.

The icon is a nice touch too.

 

[synth3tik]

Just made another calculator skin. This is more thorougly made, even with a customized button layout to match the keyboard's numpad.

It also includes a unique icon for the dashboard dock as well.

Hope you like it!

Zeinth, this is by far one of the coolest. thanks

 

[ivnj]

This is a ll very neat. But I still don't see the point of having 2 calculators. 1 on a widget and 1 regular calculator.

Thanks,
ivnj

 

[billchase2]

wow! the transparent blue is awesome!!

i agree... a transparent orange would be VERY sweet

 

[waterskier2007]

i want to try and make some of those on my own, what are some good programs (preferably free) to edit .png

 

[PURCELL429]

I made this new background and semi-transparent button scheme. When you click on the buttons, they invert. Let me know if anyone would like me to upload the new calculator images folder, and let me know how to do that exactly. You should be able to swap out the background and lcd images and still get the transparency, as I edited each button .png file in seashore.

 

[KristieMac]

This is such a great thread!

Thanks to iindigo and all the rest of you creative-types, I now have a pretty blue fadey calc instead of a plain old orange one.

My dashboard looks better already!

 

[Macbook Matt]

Hey everyone, I'm new to MacRumors and this is my first post. It seems like a great place and I am happy to join. I just got my first Mac (a Macbook Pro) a few weeks ago and I love it! This is my first widget customization, the picture on the left below this (Default.png) is what it actually looks like, but it looks even better against the semi-dark background of Dashboard, let me know what you think! Here it is:

 

[Jack Flash]

My computer won't allow me to modify the folders' contents. How do I change that?

 

[nagromme]

You need to Get Info and change permissions to allow yourself to Write. You'll probably need an admin password.

 

[Cfour]

Here's my one I made from a pic of an iPod, its not toooo bad

Cfour

 

[Pucas]

Woaw.. This look so cool.. - But my calculator is totally gone !! ;o

Can anyone maybe give me a link, or even send me some kind of copi of your calculator? i do pretty much need one

 

[avioli]

Classic Calculator was requested

I want to see a widget that looks like the classic calculator that lived in the Apple menu for 15 years essentially unchanged.

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As requested: the revised classic calculator (based on the original Mac OS X calc). I installed Dashcode and fixed a little font issue which I was unable to do with bare hands

Ah, no M+ M- MR MC buttons

I can make it as small as it was, but based on the huge monitors we all have, I realized that it has to be revised.

so... here you go - compared to the basic MacOSX calc:

 

[Mgkwho]

This is odd...my calculator changed fonts to a smoother, helvetica-like font. The top of the characters rests at the horizontal "line" of the display window, leaving a gap at the top.

I would post pics, but I don't have flickr or anything. The weird part is, I don't do mods or anything. So how did it change? Does anyone else have the same problem?

-=|Mgkwho