Christmas-baubles Desktop Yahoo Widget, written in Javascript and XML for the Yahoo Widget (Konfabulator) Engine. Created for XP, Vista, Win7, 8, 10+ as well as the Apple Mac.
This Christmas-baubles Desktop Widget is an attractive dieselpunk Yahoo widget for your desktop. This Konfabulator/ yahoo widget provides a simple old fashioned set of baubles that you can move anywhere around the desktop as you require. Each bauble acts a part of an advent calendar, having a number from 1 to 25 that you can click upon. When clicked a door will open, a Christmas scene will appear and some appropriately Christmassy music will be played.
All javascript widgets need an engine to function, in this case the widget uses the Yahoo Widget Konfabulator engine. The engine interprets the javascript and creates the widget according to the XML description and using the images you provide. Designed and built by myself and Harry Whitfield.
Built using:
RJTextEd Advanced Editor https://www.rj-texted.se/
Adobe Photoshop CS ver 8.0 (2003) https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/free-trial-download.html
Yahoo Widgets SDK: engine (Konfabulator), runtime, debugger & documentation
Tested on :
ReactOS 0.4.14 32bit on virtualBox
Windows 7 Professional 32bit on Intel
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on Intel
Windows 7 Professional 64bit on Intel
Windows XP SP3 32bit on Intel
Windows 10 Home 64bit on Intel
Windows 10 Home 64bit on AMD
Windows 11 64bit on Intel
Dependencies:
o A windows-alike o/s such as Windows XP, 7-11 or Apple Mac OSX 11.
o Installation of the yahoo widget SDK runtime engine
Yahoo widget engine for Windows - https://g6auc.me.uk/ywidgets_sdk_setup.exe
Yahoo widget engine for Mac - https://rickyromero.com/widgets/downloads/yahoo-widgets-4.5.2.dmg
Running the widget using a javascript engine frees javascript from running only within the captivity of a browser, you will now be able to run these widgets on your Windows desktop as long as you have the correct widget engine installed.
- Install yahoo widget SDK runtime engine
- Download the gauge from this repo.
- Unzip it
- Double-click on the resulting .KON file and it will install and run
- Install yahoo widget SDK runtime engine for Mac
- Download the gauge from this repo.
- Unzip it
- For all all recent versions of Mac OS/X including Sierra, edit the following file:
com.yahoo.widgetengine.plist which is in /Users/xxx/Library/Preferences. Look for these lines:
DockOpen
false
Change to false if it is true.
- Double-click on the widgets .KON file and it will install and run
Wit these instructions you should be able to start Yahoo! Widgets and the menubar item should appear. Widgets can then be started from the menubar or by double-clicking on the KON file in the usual way.
LICENCE AGREEMENTS:
Copyright 2023 Dean Beedell and Harry Whitfield
In addition to the GNU General Public Licence please be aware that you may use any of my own imagery in your own creations but commercially only with my permission. In all other non-commercial cases I require a credit to the original artist using my name or one of my pseudonyms and a link to my site. With regard to the commercial use of incorporated images, permission and a licence would need to be obtained from the original owner and creator, ie. me.