brewno Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I am using this RSS reader widget to read our RSS, but I know that with Leopard you can build Widgets easily. I think this widget I'm using is very ugly (compared to the others I use), and I can't find anything good to replace it. My suggestion is, if you know how to build widgets (if you're using Leopard), could you make us a InsanelyMac RSS reader widget? With the theme, and all. That would be awesome. What do you guys think? Forgive me if we already have one, I tried searching and I didnt find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 We have our own RSS reader in development by Colonels you can get the 1st public beta from his blog: here! Its obviously not finished yet but it is comming along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1976 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I don't quite remember who made this one but I downloaded it from here. It's not precisely a RSS reader but it gives you the latest headlines about Insanely Mac. Thanks to whoever made it! InsanelyMac.wdgt.zip Edit: Oops, they beat me to it...Thanks colonels! Just spreading the gospel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewno Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 That's pretty awesome, but it's for the site's news. I'd like one of the "latest forum posts". I installed this one, btw. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 My to do list: 1. Finish News widget 2. Release recent posts widget beta 3. Release News gadget beta Widgets, Gadgets, completely different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewno Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 My to do list: 1. Finish News widget 2. Release recent posts widget beta 3. Release News gadget beta Widgets, Gadgets, completely different... Fantastic!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewno Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Heh, I was a little impatient so I learned how to make a widget and here's what I came up with: PS: Icon based on jonz14's avatar, based on InsanelyMac's logo. I didn't have the font for the title, so I used Apple's Garamond. Oh, and I'm waiting for yours too, Colonel. I just couldn't wait... hehe. I hope you enjoy. InsanelyMac_RSS.wdgt.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1976 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Good beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Nice. Good healthy competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewno Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Colonels, do you know what's the font's name, used in the title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Luca Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 This isn't a widget but IMHO is something more cool.... do what follows... Add InsanelyMac's RSS to Safari RSS. Go to your ScreenSaver settings, select the RSS visualizer and in Options select the Insanelymac feed. Now open your Terminal. type what follows: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background Now you have real time RSS of InsanelyMac as your desktop background! Enjoy it! Here's a screenshot: http://www.geocities.com/l1up9pe8n6/rss.jpg P.S.: leave the Terminal open or you'll get the standard Background back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 That looks quite cool I'll try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 After trying all three widgets on this thread it seems that the ultumate RSS widget has to be a combination of all three. It must have the looks of the widget other posted on post 2 - the InsanelyMac look was class and it's not too strong either. It must show News and Forum information and the information ideally should have a summery as does widget brewno posted in post 1. There should be a tab to switch from News to Forum. But the font size should be that of widget brewno posted in post 27. -Others are too big and would require too much scrolling. All in all we're making good progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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