Vad_M

Vad_M

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Reply to WindowBlinds 7 Beta 2 bug reports in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

WindowBlinds 7 Beta 2 [e digicons]:omg:[/e] SkinStudio 7 [e digicons]:omg:[/e] Hmmm... About what you guys are talking? Where did you found these updates? I've checked Impulse right now - nothing! Only WindowBlinds Beta 1 and SkinStudio 6 ...

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Reply to IMPORTANT: DesktopX has stopped working on Windows-7 RTM build 7600 in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

More details: DesktopX can save widget or gadget but ALL OF THESE WIDGETS/GADGETS DOESN'T WORK WHEN YOU WILL TRY TO RUN THEM . [quote]I'll check after Thursday, when it's on MSDN[/quote] [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [e digicons]:grin:[/e] I see that Microsoft works very slowly... Don't worry I've already deleted this copy. However I was convinced once again that Vista compared with Windows 7 (I even couldn't imag

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IMPORTANT: DesktopX has stopped working on Windows-7 RTM build 7600 in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I tested DesktopX on two previous beta versions of Windows-7 for their compatibility and all functions worked good. However today, after installing Windows-7 RTM build 7600 I found very serious problem. The export to widgets and gadgets has stopped working! I understand that this is only one more beta version of Windows. But I want let you know where you may find a bugs which must be solved before using DesktopX with a new generation of Windows.

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote]DesktopX hasn't stopped functioning because of this problem[/quote] Yes. But it should lose a lot of its popularity for developers. At least for me... Who know what of the other rules or copyrights (which are totally unknown for me by the way) may be violated in one of my next project? Media Player may violate the copyright of Composer or Singer. Web Browser may violate the copyright of Site Owner. And even my Rainbow Clock may violate Stardock's copyright bacause it re

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote] i thought it was one of the rules conditions[/quote] You must put the LINK to wether.com but hot the TWC Copypight ! Otherwise you must be the TWC employee and they must pay money for your work. [e digicons]:erk:[/e] May be they already hired you? [quote]i've send a mail to them explaining the global situation of skinners doing weather widgets with DesktopX application and ask them who must do what and how, and if they can reconsi

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Hey friends, I think we are in a dead end with this damned problem! Nobody except a few people here could not use new scripts or edit/replace their own because the skinners could not be a coders. Besides this DesktopX lost the most of its former great popularity and the leading position on the market. And seems the speed of this falling down will be significantly accelerated if Stardock will not solve this problem in general by purchasing the TWC License for Des

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Reply to Stardock Products in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

About what do you think when you want to eat Icecream or to drink a Beer? You want to take these things for free or you ready to pay?... Your logic looks very strange for me. You want to get pleasure from customization but you do not want to spend money for this... Unbelievable! So you have only one way - go to the pirates sites and to use the stolen (hacked) software... What are you doing here in this case?

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Reply to Helping WC Community Members in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote]We have given away two WinCustomize subscriptions to two WC community members [/quote] Please take my two unnecessary subscriptions (until 2011 and until 2012). I'm even not sure that I'll be here so long. So these both subscriptions may disappear without any benefit for somebody...

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Reply to WinCustomize Poll: Do You Use a Netbook PC? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Long ago I'm working only on the IBM laptops (just because I have an allergy to the large computers...) My current PC is: IBM T-61 15,4'' widescreen (1680x1050), Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz, 4GB RAM, two HDD: 250 GB and 1 TB, Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. Now I'll be waiting for Windows 7 release. Then I'll buy IBM ThinkPad W700 with integrated digitizer: CPU: Extreme Processor QX9300 2.53GHz (or may be higher...) D

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Reply to Helping WC Community Members in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hi ID, No any problems. I have at least two redundant subscription (I even can't remember the reason, but I bought subscription until 2012)... Please, take these subscriptions and send to people who will use them at the present. (If it's possible of course).

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

You are very strange people. I've asked two simle questios: 1. Where is in the Microsoft TOS at least one line that directly forbid us to read and use weather data from their site? Why you decided that it must be only the damnet XML? I've told abuot weather data ! 2. May we use the weather data if this is not directly forbidden by Microsoft? But what

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Thus far, only wunderground and TWC. BUT it is in return for attribution among other stipulations.[/quote] Ok. I understood. Thank you! However I much want to get answer to my simple question: MAY WE USE THE WEATHER DATA PROVIDED BY MICROSOFT OR NOT? AND IF "NOT" - WHY? [quote]It's soothing to my heart just to read those words, let alone to realize there is somebody else in the world who believes them. Thanks. [/quote] [e digicons]:blush

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

We live in the Democratic World where everything is allowed if it is not directly forbidden ! I just want to understand where in the Microsoft TOS is at least one word that exactly forbid me to use their weather data (like TWC). And where is stays their Copyright in the XML file? I can't find nothing... On this reason I make a simple conclusion: WE MAY USE THE WEATHER DATA PROVIDED BY MICROSOFT </s

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Or screenscraping (also called webscraping). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping [/quote] Zubaz, [e digicons]:omg:[/e] [e digicons]8O[/e] [e digicons]o_O[/e] [e digicons]:X[/e] this exactly illustrate how I'm feeling after reading the article... NO! NO! NO! I will never use any screenscraping software!!! Only a few lines of simple VBScript code!

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

YES!!! Thanks sVis! I found it!!! Please show me where Microsoft forbid me to get weather data for my widget. Microsoft Service Agreement Last Updated: May 2009 THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MICROSOFT! 1. What the Contract Covers. This is a contract between you and the Microsoft c

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote]they don't have an option for redistribution of any kind[/quote] Who is going to redistribute their service here? [e digicons]:omg:[/e] We only wish to read a few text lines for our widgets. Nothing more! How is your work with a new widget? I'm already free and can to help if it's need.

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Would you be using thier RSS feed or some XML? ORT Screenscraping?[/quote] Sorry but I don't know what is the "ORT Screenscraping" [e digicons]:pout:[/e] Besides I can't find any links to get the XML-file expect: http://weather.msn.com/RSS.aspx?wealocations=wc:UPXX0016 but it has no any details like forecast for 10 days or 36/48 hours. So I think it will be need to work directly with HTML.

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

PLEASE! Can anyone look on this page: http://weather.msn.com/ I didn't find any prohibitions (i.e. any TOS or TOU ) to use their weather data. If so - the problem with TWC is solved. The MSN Weather Service is even better and more user friendly than provided by TWC!

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Vadim, I'm not sure I understand what your point is.[/quote] Ohhh... Excuse me! This happened because of the language barrier! Seems I didn't understood you too. I just thought that you found a link to get some weather data that you can't parse. Excuse me again. The second thing is a big surprise for me. I visited this site a few times before and never seen any TWC logo on any its pages. And now I've found it!... Unbelievable! Is they

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Fixes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Hi Zu, The first door is here: http://wiki.wunderground.com/index.php/API_-_XML The second - retrieving the web page as HTML for parsing in the widget. Then you may go here: http://weather.a.ua/?countryw=USMI0617 and look how some people uses not only the TWC feeds but full content of their site without

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Reply to DesktopX Weather Widget Issues - Read This in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote]why stop and leave because of this issue with a weather widget that I'm confident will be corrected in short time?[/quote] Dear ID, There was many reason for this. Just a situation around Weather Widgets was the last straw which "overflowed the cup of my patience"...

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