myBoard, the Mac OS X Dashboard on Vista

[johnie000]

you know i was thinking, it would be neat if this would be able to have yahoo widgets downloaded onto it

just a thought

you dont have to listen to me

though that goes without saying

[BabboNatale]

I agree with the comment of bogo.

Then,46Mb for a all-time-running app is too much for me,maybe the same memory usage with five/six gadget is right.

[fvkdi]

Are the only available magnets the post its and calender? Program rocks!!! How do u add more magnets?

[adysoft]

you know i was thinking, it would be neat if this would be able to have yahoo widgets downloaded onto it

just a thought

you dont have to listen to me

though that goes without saying

Yahoo widgets are not compatible with myBoard engine. A lot of reverse engineering would be required to make them work under myBoard, and I rather use that time adding features to myBoard.

Are the only available magnets the post its and calender? Program rocks!!! How do u add more magnets?

Yep, I've released the myBoard SDK to let developpers create magnets for myBoard, but so far I haven't received any submission ...

[fvkdi]

Thanks for the quick reply. The program works really fast and i love the look of it. I wish I was a programmer I would help out and make some magnets. Can't wait until more are available. Thanks for putting out the time to make this program.

[adysoft]

Hi,

Here are a couple of screenshots from my new magnet myGuide. It's compatible with different countries, and will be available pre alpha 0.4.

List of supported countries so far :

• France
  
• UK and Ireland
  
• Argentina
  
• Belgium and Luxemburg
  
• Switzerland
  
• Italy
  
• Spain
  

[ThomasH]

I would test it, but as it's not for XP....

[adysoft]

I would test it, but as it's not for XP....

The current build of myBoard is already compatible with XP.

It's incredibly slow on it, but it's compatible ...

[Weasel]

Can't wait for the latest release

is it difficult to add other countries to the guide magnet? (because i'm german:D)

[Geo Mandell]

So yeah, first time poster, semi-long time reader...

Just wanted to say that I've been a fan of Linux for the longest time simply because since I had a PC, I couldn't achieve any of the cool features of OSX except on a Linux PC with Compiz. I've recently discovered the seemingly wide world of Windows modding, much to my delight, and would like to congratulate you on such a freakin' awesome program. I can't wait for full release and I just wanted to give out some props. Good work.

[adysoft]

Hi,

myBoard 0.4 is finally available, I didn’t have the time to fix all reported bugs, and add all requested features but I’m working on it.

Change log:

• New Magnet myGuide, a TV Guide magnet
  
• Windows XP support (software rendering sloooooooooow !!!)
  
• myBoard is now completely fullscreen (no space at the bottom)
  
• When myBoard is activated, pressing the hotkey again brings you back to the desktop
  
• Exception Manager added to framework (it was about time !!!)
  
• Cannot start multiple instances of myBoard
  
• Magnet framework modified to make magnet creation even easier.
  
• Magnet drop in magnet explorer bug fixed
  
• Other stuffs I don’t remember
  

myGuide is using XMLTV for programs download. XMLTV is supposed to support the following countries : Australia, Belgium and Luxembourg, Brazil, Argentina, Britain and Ireland, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary and Romania, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, North America, Norway, Portugal, Reunion Island (France), South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

So far I managed to make it work with these countries: France, UK, Ireland, Argentina, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Spain. But, when I’ll try to make it work with all of them.

Have fun !

Download myBoard Pre Alpha 0.4

[adysoft]

So yeah, first time poster, semi-long time reader...

Just wanted to say that I've been a fan of Linux for the longest time simply because since I had a PC, I couldn't achieve any of the cool features of OSX except on a Linux PC with Compiz. I've recently discovered the seemingly wide world of Windows modding, much to my delight, and would like to congratulate you on such a freakin' awesome program. I can't wait for full release and I just wanted to give out some props. Good work.

Thanks for your support !!!

[Daz344]

this looks really promising adysoft!

[ziseouran]

So far I managed to make it work with these countries: France, UK, Ireland, Argentina, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Spain. But, when I’ll try to make it work with all of them.

Chinese is OK:)

[Björn]

Germany would be great - but it´s great till now like it is...

[adysoft]

Official myBoard Website : http://myboard.yannalet.com/

All news and updates will now be available from this web site only.

[ethereal]

works ok..but rather spending time xmltv it will be nice if you can rather make some additional gadgets.

PS. crashing a lot.

anyways looks promising, thanks for sharing.

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I am using it on XP, just realized title mentions it for vista.

[adysoft]

works ok..but rather spending time xmltv it will be nice if you can rather make some additional gadgets.

PS. crashing a lot.

anyways looks promising, thanks for sharing.

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I am using it on XP, just realized title mentions it for vista.

can you tell me exactly how and when myBoard crashes ?

[ethereal]

like this, when you move gadgets out of dock to desktop, leave them and after sometime try to move them, they dont..they all become stuck so I have to close.

[Dream_Team]

I just installed Vista and then I tried myBoard.

I'm still like OMG I expected it not to work that nicely (there's even the widget extending out of the dock animation, and widget flipping), the widgets only have an hard time following the mouse (there is a little latency)

But, you did a great job

Good luck for the next versions !

[adysoft]

I just installed Vista and then I tried myBoard.

I'm still like OMG I expected it not to work that nicely (there's even the widget extending out of the dock animation, and widget flipping), the widgets only have an hard time following the mouse (there is a little latency)

But, you did a great job

Good luck for the next versions !

Thanks a lot !

[Daz344]

this looks to be very good!

[jingers]

It's really good and is something that i have being looking for a while now but however it seem to take up too much memory and when use i flip, my Board.app appears even when the settings window is hidden. they are some suggestion to improve on but apart from that i say it's better than not having a dashboard for windows.

[InsomniacN14]

Works great, helluva lot better than the vista sidebar.

Only thing i regret is the lack of a CPU/RAM meter in myBoard, so I guess I'd like to see that developed? Just a suggestion.

[iranmani113]

Very VERY cool program, I have tried several other "widget tools" for windows, and this sure has the potential to beat all of them...

a suggestion/bug

i use a program called "top desk" very similar to expose.

so when my windows tile, there is big black box that says "myboard app" or something like that.

Maybe something to fix in the next version, thanks!