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Settings dialog is a modal window which opens on top of your gadget. To save comments feed URL and refresh frequency, we only need two fields and couple of labels. So in the window. Dead easy. Now we have to attach settings. This is done by adding the following javascript code to main. What we also need to do is to make our main. Basically, I just did the following:. And startLoop function has been rewritten to allow only one main loop but that's pretty irrelevant to Gadgets platform :.
Save it as rss-comments. In the next posts of this series I will cover flyouts, make the gadget look really slick with UI enhancements Gadget platform provides, show how debugging gadgets can be really effective and dive into more details of the Gadgets platform.
Stay tuned for more interesting stuff! Really great! But unfortunately, tomatoi. Or you can inspect the code if you want to — gadget is just a zip file with html, css and js inside.
Ah, and I have to warn you — when a period of time is over, it starts playing Alert. Exploring Windows Desktop Gadgets. They don't take much space and easy to install. Try our search gadgets for Windows 7 and see how easy and effective in use they are! Search with one click through browsers straight from the desktop. Check fresh and interesting information about everything just with one click! News and RSS gadgets - is what you need for that. Easy to install Rainmeter skins, themes, suits and more.
Upgrade up your Windows desktop in few clicks. Windows Gadgets. Clock Gadgets Choose cute clocks with original design for your Windows 7 desktop. Weather Gadgets There is no bad weather for you anymore with our Windows 7 weather gadgets.
Calendar Gadgets Convenient calendars for your Windows 7 desktop will remind you about important events in your life. Microsoft used to provide Windows Desktop Gadgets on their official website. I can no more find those gadgets there, but only a limited number of them. Microsoft's explanation about the gadgets is as follows:. Because we want to focus on the exciting possibilities of the newest version of Windows, Microsoft no longer supports uploading new gadgets.
But that doesn't mean you can't still get gadgets. The most popular and highest-rated gadgets are still available on this page. What does this mean? There are only 30 gadgets on that page. Are the full list of downloadable gadgets gone for good?
If so, where can I find Windows Gadgets outside microsoft. With the upcoming release of Windows 8 it seems Microsoft are shifting their focus on writing Apps or gadgets for Windows 8 rather than Windows 7.
I did find this article which lists a few more gadgets for Windows 7 that are still about elsewhere on the internet. Incidently, a quick look at that Microsoft page on the Wayback Machine displays a list of previously available gadgets. Unfortunately, the links are broken and all point to the current gadget page. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft quietly pulls the plug on all Windows 7 gadgets once Windows 8 has been fully released.
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