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Reply to WB5 sound cool, did it handle Macromedia Program well in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I noticed with WB5 Beta version g that FWMX2k4 started skinning the entire app, it seems. The previous "problem" (never bothered me, although I noticed it) of all the panel-title-backgrounds being black and the tab area being reddish appear to have been addressed.

Reply to Addicted. What the ? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

yeh, BoXXi, do you build up a tolerance, or is it the same each time? Checking every hour (or more often) to know the number of downloads. A taste in your throat as you load the page with a new comment? Silent discouragement from a low rating turning into resolve to "show them" with the next upload? Does all that go away after a few dozen dozen uploads?

Reply to Addicted. What the ? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hi, my name is rabidrobot. CHOURUS: Hi, rabidrobot! At first I started out with the kid stuff, you know, experimenting. Beatnik, rainlender..kid stuff. It wasn't long, though, before I moved on to the harder stuff. Now, it seems, there is never enough. I check galleries everyday for new stuff--some galleries more than once. I check the forum front page and read the threads with subject lines that look interesting. Then I'll

Reply to DX Requests in DesktopX Wishlist WinCustomize Forums

Script edit windows should have as their title (on the top bar) the name of the Object they are associated with.

Reply to Widget.About in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Right on. I never know if it's something that needs to be fixed or if I'm doing/using it wrong!

Reply to Firefox Extensions in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

I'm so used to gestures that when I'm on another computer I often do them without thinking. I also like the Web Developer extension, AdBlock, FlashBlock, and some Tab and Bookmark management extensions.

Reply to do you use them in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I use keyboard shortcuts a lot in Fireworks. I find them very handy. Things like rotate / flip object, paste attributes, vector manips (punch, union...), save as, export... Things I use a lot, but that aren't on toolbars--you'd have to navigate a drop down to get them without a hotkey.

Reply to DX Requests in DesktopX Wishlist WinCustomize Forums

believe this one is already there - look at Enumerators in the docs. Whoa! Missed that. Thanks! Very handy

Reply to DX Requests in DesktopX Wishlist WinCustomize Forums

>Easier quick-export. At least change final box to leave some room for a new name >Have some kind of Object.Saturation attribute >Only ActiveX controls that won't crash DesktopX show up in select list >Rename Child ="Yes/No" to Contained ="Yes/No" >Make attributes of groups accessible. Like DesktopX.Group("My_Group").Opacity = 50

Reply to Your favourite web browser? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

ooh. I forgot to mention that I really like Thunderbird's trainable spam filtering.

Reply to Your favourite web browser? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I use FireFox and Thunderbird. I haven't really given Opera a chance, but I just love how customizable FF is, via themes, extensions and so on. I've got pop-ups, ads and flash blocked, my tabs open and order in a way that makes searching and surfing easy...I have a great WebDeveloper extension that lets me check out code, and download tools that sort my files or grab everything of a given type off a page. And more! As for Thunde

Reply to Critical Windows patch may wreak PC havoc in Microsoft WinCustomize Forums

Need a patch for the patch. Reminds me of some blue jeans a friend of mine once had. Been patched so many times, all that remained of the original pair were the seams holding together a network of mismatched patches.

Reply to Subscription Drive: Status report in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I've been following this thread pretty closely, and there have been a lot of great comments, ideas, and opinions. I particularly liked DigitalDanes' comment (#105). It is obvious that both the most visible members of this community along with the lurkers care about it and want to see it not only survive but thrive. I also think Frogboy has made a strong argument, with little dissent, that changes do have to be made. Normally I w

Reply to Skinning can be scary!!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Heh, I wish I could take credit for that, but it is just a very slight rewording of the intro to The Twilight Zone's competition The Outer Limits.

Reply to Skinning can be scary!!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

There is nothing wrong with your monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We can reduce the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. Sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience t

Reply to please remove in Search Engines WinCustomize Forums

This is the result of one of the earliest attempts at "Google Bombing" and was actually a bit of a big deal about a year ago. Micheal Moore being number two represents the right's attempt to stack things in their favor, but they could never catch up with the original network of "miserable failure" links to the white house page. http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0510/02/A23-333865.htm http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/chi-050

Reply to BoXXi hits another milestone in Community WinCustomize Forums

Wow! Way to go!

Reply to Subscription Drive: Status report in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It boggles the mind to think that of about 1.5 million UNIQUE visits in the past couple weeks, only 345 subscriptions have resulted. I completely understand the need to increase revenue from the site, especially in the light of how much bandwidth unregistered users consume. I think a combination of reducing the number of things non-subscribers / ODNT users can do while increasing the benefits of subscribing is the only logical thing to do.<

Reply to Icon annoyances in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

Icon Developer can also extract an icon from an *.icl. You can then save it as a *.png or individual *.ico.

Reply to Remove Tab Names in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Do you want labels with no text? Not sure how to do that, but you should try milksama's suggestion. I like using a tabbed dock with only one tab. When I do this I don't need a label. One thing I do is use a zoomer dock as the style--a dock that has no labels defined. You can also use a tabbed dock config, but go into the folder and delete the images for the tabs (or better yet edit the background.ini to point to non-existant images).</fo

Reply to skinning - an art (as far as i'm concerned) in Beginners WinCustomize Forums

This is a neat article. I'm kind of in between myself-I enjoy working on somewhat smaller projects, such as ObjectDock backgrounds, AveDesk desklet skins, and DesktopX widgets and gadgets. But I have never yet tried such large projects as a full WindowBlind or DesktopX theme. So I know where you are coming from in both the fun of just exploring the work of others as well as the celebrity of favorite artists. One thing I might add, althoug

Reply to Object property referencing from another object in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Also, whew, there is the Group attribute to consider. Objects in the same group will move as a group when dragged (you can usually Ctrl-Click to drag an individual). The Parent-Child (Contained Yes/No) relationships can mimic this but they also establish Z-Order (what is on top of what) so I generally use P-C myself, and only use groups for reference and orginization.

Reply to Object property referencing from another object in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

There are a couple things I didn't mention about Parent-Child. Not only must you define the parent object as you did, but you must also set Child to "Yes" (also on Summary tab)for relative positioning to work. But, when Child is set to "Yes", the child object will be contained within the parent--any graphic that would extend beyond the parent's edge will not show (be clipped). Also, you sometimes have to set the values twice, as DX goe

Widget.About in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I'd like to put a button on my gadget-to-be that will bring up the about box. I thought Widget.About was the way to do this, but it does not seem to work. Widget.Close and Widget.Minimize both work as one would expect, but not Widget.About. When a button is set to Widget.About on LButtonUp it will return an error when clicked if running as an object in builder. When running as a widget, it does nothing. Widget.Close and Widget.

Reply to Object property referencing from another object in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Not sure I understand your question. If you want to place an object relative to another object, the easiest, but inflexible, way is to assign one object to be a child of another. When you do this, the X and Y numbers will be relative to the top left corner of the parent object. And this can be done from the Summary tab of the objects' properties--no script needed. If you want a bit more dynamic control, you could use script. Th