[archermitch]

My IMG widget isn't working. I just downloaded it and installed it, but it doesn't work. Any tips?

[Maestro]

archermitch, on February 26th 2007, 08:58 PM, said:

My IMG widget isn't working. I just downloaded it and installed it, but it doesn't work. Any tips?

It is broke

I've tried to create a new one, but I can't figure out how to make it scroll.

[archermitch]

I was really looking forward to it...

[Blackshawk]

I remember it working at one point but became broken thereafter. I thought about spending a day or two writing one that actually worked but once Leopard is released it will become moot anyways with their Widget-builder program.

Edit: I wrote a quick RSS reader widget tonight that I got working with a quickie RSS feed I created, but somehow or another it dislikes IMGs RSS....... I don't know what the problem is and haven't the time to figure it out.

[Lemon Lime]

the IMG rss news feed hasnt worked for years.

[archermitch]

what was that about leopard?

[Blackshawk]

Leopard has something along the lines of a "widget builder" that you can basically create out of web pages and the like. Of course, that's pretty much all widgets are right now, but the widget builder would make things a bit easier than writing the CSS and JS files yourself.

[teflon]

its called Dashcode... cos youre coding for dashboard...

personally, id suggest just getting an RSS feed reader such as the excellent open source Vienna..

[the Battle Cat]

archermitch, on February 26th 2007, 06:58 PM, said:

My IMG widget isn't working. I just downloaded it and installed it, but it doesn't work. Any tips?

It worked great for a short while. It had the most prominent place in my collection of widgets. When I hit my widget hot button I would say, "Speak to me IMG Widget". But it soon bellied up. Tuncer asked the authors to fix it but never got a response back. There are a bunch of topics on the subject. I'll link you then I have to move this to the feedback sub-forum.

http://www.insidemac...p;hl=IMG+Widget
http://www.insidemac...p;hl=IMG+Widget
http://www.insidemac...p;hl=IMG+Widget

and finally, the origin of asking for a widget:

http://www.insidemac...p;hl=IMG+Widget

[Tuncer (IMG)]

I've created a new IMG News widget in Dashcode. I'll upload it in a bit.

BTW, nothing is wrong with the RSS, it works and has worked for many years just fine.

[Blackshawk]

Yeah, I know that the RSS works fine, I just couldn't figure out why my widget wasn't getting the feed correctly.

Oh, and how dare you use early adopter Leopard technologies.

[Blackshawk]

Download a workable IMG RSS widget here.

IMG RSS Widget

[archermitch]

wow it works great! it's perfect! It should replace the one i downloaded before if that hasn't happened already. If there was a thing or two i would change it would be size, i would like it adjustable. But i really can't complain... I prefer the old color scheme, but I'm warming up to this one. it really fits my other widgets!

[teflon]

as Tuncer revealed, IMG is getting a make over later this year...

perhaps well see something totally next gen aqua, fused with iTunes 7 graphite and the current backgrounds...

you never know.

more themes! i want more themes!

[archermitch]

booyah! i can't wait. I was really happy to hear him say that on the podcast. Is tuncer the king of mac gaming because he works at IMG or because he works at apple or am I completely off the mark?

[Lemon Lime]

Tuncer (IMG), on February 27th 2007, 12:42 PM, said:

I've created a new IMG News widget in Dashcode. I'll upload it in a bit.

BTW, nothing is wrong with the RSS, it works and has worked for many years just fine.

huh, i seem to recall that i had problems with it pretty much my entire time in an rss reader i was using. but then again, its probably my fault.

Blackshawk, on February 27th 2007, 12:47 PM, said:

Oh, and how dare you use early adopter Leopard technologies.

there is an open public beta that you can download from apples site.

archermitch, on February 27th 2007, 04:01 PM, said:

booyah! i can't wait. I was really happy to hear him say that on the podcast. Is tuncer the king of mac gaming because he works at IMG or because he works at apple or am I completely off the mark?

Tuncer Deniz first founded the Inside Mac Games network in 1993. nice to know your back up to speed .

[archermitch]

Lemon Lime, on February 27th 2007, 04:08 PM, said:

Tuncer Deniz first founded the Inside Mac Games network in 1993. nice to know your back up to speed.

Who's Blake Buck

[Lemon Lime]

archermitch, on February 27th 2007, 04:27 PM, said:

Who's Blake Buck

THIS IS BLAKE BUCK:



blake buck is the former host of the IMG Podcast/our arch enemy and has now left to for his own podcast.

[archermitch]

oh god! What a hideous picture! His nose is all misshapen!

Thanks for bringing me up to date. One last thing. The people on the podcast obviously have screen names. What are they? I mean sometimes people tell me they'll work on something and I'm just completely shocked that they actually work on the site.

[the Battle Cat]

archermitch, on February 27th 2007, 04:47 PM, said:

oh god! What a hideous picture! His nose is all misshapen!

Thanks for bringing me up to date. One last thing. The people on the podcast obviously have screen names. What are they? I mean sometimes people tell me they'll work on something and I'm just completely shocked that they actually work on the site.

Blake Buck has the mysterious ability to make it appear as if his face is smooshed against a thick pane of glass. Apparently when he was a baby his mother dropped him, and when he got up she dropped him again, then again and again until he stayed down.

Jarrod Nettles = Blackshawk
Stefan Langford = teflon
and of course... the Beaver: Mike Yarroshindig... Yaroshinshe, shinskis, sinpees, shinsleeze... Jjarro... Yarochinspeed. Aw hell, Mike Jones = Lemon Lime