Background refresh possible?
tsuyo Mon, 03/29/2010 - 21:34
Hey, i really like the FastDial Addon but there is one thing it would be really nice to have.
Is it possible to refresh the Background every.. 100Msecs?
I want to set my Desktop as background for Fastdial. So i have to refresh that Background everytime.
Is that possible?
Greetings
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 20:40Ah so you add the stripes...
I'm looking for a link, will post later...
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by tsuyo on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 20:45I'm happy for every link, that helps me :)
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 20:55tomorrow I think ...
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by tsuyo on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 23:22Okay, i made some steps forward.
One problem of all was, the Browser puts every picture into a cache. So even if i change the Image, it does not get shown in Fast Dial. So i made a function that counts up a textfile. My extern application reads it out, and creats images under that name in the the file. Works perfect now.
Then an another error occours, if i let change the background, the background is getting cached. That takes 0.5 - 1 second.
So 1 second long the background is just white. I fixed that by adding a div into the template of FastDial. So i overwrite 2Divs, and now its working like a charm :)
I just have to make the right image now, if its done - i'm done :)
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 23:50Sounds very complicated.
But you seem to be winning....
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by tsuyo on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 04:44Update: I can get now every Icon on the Desktop:
http://tsuyo.de/files/ver1.4.jpg
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 04:57Very smart !
Trouble is that you will be clicking on those Desktop icons all the time now and nothing will happen !!
Quite amazing
Well done !
Do you think you really need the stripes I wonder ?
It is looking very much like a Fast Dial screen now.
With the smaller logos the stripes seem rather more noticeable than when the logos were larger..
What do you think ?
if you set your fast dial to opacity zero for normal with higher opacity setting for active/mouse over, that would allow you perhaps to have larger icons than you have in this picture, as your desktop would be more visible.
Have you tried ??
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by tsuyo on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 05:20Erm, i just have to change some values in my Application.
And i like my stripes :>
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 05:21And i like my stripes :>
OK... :-)
Re: Background refresh possible?
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 05:44Is this finished now ?
Will you be able to package it all as an Extension, or will it need a windows component as you mentioned ?
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