http://212.203.14.81/virtualp/html/task_qlh.html
virtual plastic has a page about using html in the quicklaunch bar...
i read through the page.. and thought
"wait, i could make a mac finder using html"
just think how simple it could be..
well, i'm saying this here because i wanted to know what anyone thought and i might need some javascript help - if it comes down to it...
any thoughts?
-mog
I wouldn't know how to do that, but I just had to comment that Virtual-Plastic has some of the coolest mods for PC's!
agreed. 
anybody want to help?
maybe if i show you what ive got so far...
i've done the graphical part of it and the basic html
so far it used one image to represent the dialogue and one image for the background
and the background can be changed to fit your taskbar...
so i might include some extra backgrounds with it...
i need some help with the drop down menu's, i was thinking dhtml or something - but unfortunately - i dont know enough to do that on my own...
-mog
well, you saw it on the screenshot..
the
Finder File Edit View Go Window Help
bit...
its coming along well
im using dhtml drop down menus with *transparent* opacity
**forgot to type that lol, ofcourse they have opacity, heh
dynamicdrive.com has some great dhtml scripts, maybe you can find something there. They've got a menu section, try looking there. This sounds great, because I don't like object bar, cant wait till u release it.
EDIT: wrote this a little late. good job anyway
@quorey
thanks man, i'll take a look at those...
edit:
wow, thats quite good, although your idea is more of an active desktop finder, mine is incorporated onto the taskbar using the toolbars (check the link on my opening post) - i might use some of your source though, and ofcourse if i do, i'll give credit where its needed
thanks again
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i was wondering, does anybody have some screenshots of the dropdown menu's in action, and if possible the little glyphs used on them??
If you go to google images and search "finder mac x" there are a few pictures on the first page that have the drop down menu.
Keep it up Mog, I have trouble running ObjectBar (no matter what version I have it will run - then I reboot and it doesnt work again) and this would be like a saviour. Good luck 
Sounds like an awesome idea!
Keep up the good work, and please remember us foreigners. So if you could include a small documentation about where to change the entries to translate the whole thing, that would be cool.
Plus, does anyone know if there is a way get the caption of the active window so that "Finder" might be replaced by the title of the presently active window?
Have fun,
McTrinsic
@McTrinsic, I don't think that's possible with html. You can't just retrieve such information without an external program.
Too bad.
I had hoped that you could call an external java-script or SLT to perform that?
Have fun,
McTrinsic
Or an active x control
I hate to correct you, LoofyGun, but it is possible - just not with standard HTML.
If you use .Net, then you can write a class to retrieve a process' name and a load of other stuff about it... Combine this with, say, ASP.Net instead of the web page, and we could create a fully featured finder bar.
Two provisos:
I'd code this, but I'm a bit busy at the moment, what with going back to uni in a month...
Steve
wow, theres a lot of love here.. hehe
yeh, i was thinking about the windows captions too... otherwise it's just gonna say "finder" the whole time...
if anyone wants to try and write a activex module or whatever to do it, i'd be more than happy to try and include it, and give thanks where needed...
at the moment, the buttons on the bar are images
but i can chamge it to use text.. which i might do..
as for languages, i'll try and make the html as straight forward as possible, then maybe somebody can do translation for me
i'll see what i can do... - i'm doing this along side designing my new site, hehe
so what do you have so far on this "app\toolbar thingy"? Do the drop down bars work? It sounds awesome, and I cant wait for a release. Take your time though, this should be great. Keep up the good work!!! (Y) (Y) :robot:
so far:
ive got the general appearance done, basically what you saw in the screenshot
im working out the drop down menus, im not sure how to launch applications yet, i might have to check virtual plastic out, or e-mail the guy who wrote that bit about using html in the taskbar...
i can open folders, open pictures and stuff...
but theres still a lot of work to do..
i'm not gonna rush this, and it will take a while as i have other more important things to do,
but i will keep you guys updated and maybe release a tester over the next week or so...
i've decided to start the menu again, because the whole thing is html, using javascript/dhtml drop menu's, they wouldnt appear outside of the html area...
so i've changed it so that im using external html files for each menu...
screenshots soon
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