Introducing the IrishEnvy Forums Widget! - Notre Dame Football Discussion

**EnviedOne** · 07-21-2006, 02:12 PM

You know how we like to stay ahead of the technology curve here at IrishEnvy. That said, we're proud to introduce our IrishEnvy Forums Widget! Have you ever wanted to know what was going on without having to keep a browser window open? If so, our new IrishEnvy Forums widget was designed just for you!

Built on the Yahoo! Widget Engine infrastructure, the IrishEnvy Forums widget allows you to keep track of new forum discssions in your favorite IrishEnvy.com forums from your desktop! If you find something you find interesting, just click on the link and you'll be taken directly to the thread to throw in your two cents! It's that easy!

What Is the Yahoo! Widget Engine?

The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather.

Put simply, it's a cool little toy that allows you to have different programs running on your computer's desktop, from weather to streaming radio to the IrishEnvy Forums widget! It's easy to install, easy to use and a very powerful and slick toy. Oh, and it's FREE!

Sample Screenshot

Here is what the IrishEnvy Forums Widget looks like when in action. Here, the widget is running next to the Yahoo! Weather widget. You can also customize which forums you want the widget to display in the Preferences.

http://www.irishenvy.com/images/iewscreen.gif

File Download

Mirror 1: http://www.irishenvy.com/files/iewidget.zip (105KB)

**EnviedOne** · 07-21-2006, 02:26 PM

I'd love to hear some feedback on this. If you've downloaded and installed it, please drop some comments in this thread. Get to it!

**guff** · 07-22-2006, 12:41 PM

Just starting using the IE widget. I like it. As long as there are no compatibility issues (OS X/Safari user) I'll be using it all the time

**EnviedOne** · 07-22-2006, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guff

Just starting using the IE widget. I like it. As long as there are no compatibility issues (OS X/Safari user) I'll be using it all the time

The actual widget itself is developed in 100% pure XML.

That said, for the actual working of the widget, there should be no compatibility issues as it uses RSS to pull the feeds from the forums and then turns them into simple HTML hyperlinks. If there is a browswer it doesn't work on, I'd look for a new browser!

Glad you like it!

**NDAlumSon** · 07-22-2006, 10:59 PM

Svo, I dig the widget. Any way to pick multiple forums without having to pick "All Forums"?

**donjuan** · 07-23-2006, 10:51 AM

svo, my computer is asking me what program do i want to open it with. i'm not sure if i need to use windows media player or aol or realtime, quicktime...etc?

**EnviedOne** · 07-23-2006, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NDAlumSon

Svo, I dig the widget. Any way to pick multiple forums without having to pick "All Forums"?

Yep, that's available in the preferences.

07-21-2006, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
EnviedOne Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Envy HQ Posts: 24,935 Cash: 302,499.51 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 302,499.51 Donate	Introducing the IrishEnvy Forums Widget! You know how we like to stay ahead of the technology curve here at IrishEnvy. That said, we're proud to introduce our IrishEnvy Forums Widget! Have you ever wanted to know what was going on without having to keep a browser window open? If so, our new IrishEnvy Forums widget was designed just for you! Built on the Yahoo! Widget Engine infrastructure, the IrishEnvy Forums widget allows you to keep track of new forum discssions in your favorite IrishEnvy.com forums from your desktop! If you find something you find interesting, just click on the link and you'll be taken directly to the thread to throw in your two cents! It's that easy! What Is the Yahoo! Widget Engine? The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather. Put simply, it's a cool little toy that allows you to have different programs running on your computer's desktop, from weather to streaming radio to the IrishEnvy Forums widget! It's easy to install, easy to use and a very powerful and slick toy. Oh, and it's FREE! Sample Screenshot Here is what the IrishEnvy Forums Widget looks like when in action. Here, the widget is running next to the Yahoo! Weather widget. You can also customize which forums you want the widget to display in the Preferences. http://www.irishenvy.com/images/iewscreen.gif File Download Mirror 1: http://www.irishenvy.com/files/iewidget.zip (105KB) __________________ IRISHENVY - MATURE AND INTELLIGENT NOTRE DAME DISCUSSION Notre Dame Ringtones - Browse a Collection of Notre Dame Ringtones! T-Shirt Promotion - Get a Free IrishEnvy T-Shirt! Last edited by EnviedOne; 07-21-2006 at 02:32 PM.

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EnviedOne Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Envy HQ Posts: 24,935 Cash: 302,499.51 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 302,499.51 Donate	I'd love to hear some feedback on this. If you've downloaded and installed it, please drop some comments in this thread. Get to it! __________________ IRISHENVY - MATURE AND INTELLIGENT NOTRE DAME DISCUSSION Notre Dame Ringtones - Browse a Collection of Notre Dame Ringtones! T-Shirt Promotion - Get a Free IrishEnvy T-Shirt!

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guff Here for the Arcade Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 896 Cash: 2,350.50 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 2,350.50 Donate	Just starting using the IE widget. I like it. As long as there are no compatibility issues (OS X/Safari user) I'll be using it all the time

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NDAlumSon Freshman Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pyongyang, Tehran, Damascus Posts: 927 Cash: 1,865.50 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,865.50 Donate	Svo, I dig the widget. Any way to pick multiple forums without having to pick "All Forums"?

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donjuan Walk-On Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 85 Cash: 1,280.66 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,280.66 Donate	svo, my computer is asking me what program do i want to open it with. i'm not sure if i need to use windows media player or aol or realtime, quicktime...etc?

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