![]() ![]() ![]() In addition I am adding playlist functionality. It now responds to standard keypresses for next/back (N,B keys), fwd and rwd (left/right keys), volume slider control (up and down keys), play and pause (spacebar), same standard shortcuts as for VLC and Youtube. My media player widget (the Yahoo version) is undergoing some revamping to give it new functionality. Mediaplayer new version on the wayThe original media player widget had simple functionality, basic stuff. ![]() Not the most graphically exciting of widgets in comparison to my own steampunk monstrosities but it shows the default set in operation. Read through the site, it is quite new and as a result it is choc-full of typos, grammar mistakes and chopped text but be positive and hope that it will all mature soon enough.Īs you can see, some quite uninspiring widgets running on an Ubuntu desktop. However, I would keep an eye out for it here at their website: / I don't expect everyone to dive in and start using it immediately, given that it is in beta too. Possibly a fitting replacement for the no-longer-supported yahoo widget engine and an alternative/complement to Xwidget?Īt the moment the documentation is sparse, there is no designer GUI (which will put off the Xwidget community) and the price is high. However on the positive side, a true multi-platform engine that allows widgeteers to create thin client apps in QML/javascript with full access to the OS via well-coded APIs all sounds very nice indeed. PlexyDesk's main competitors are Xwidget, Rainmeter and the Yahoo Widget Engine all of which are entirely free. I expect the developers to see sense here soon, as they are currently cutting off a great deal of would-be users. It makes not a lot of sense to price the software so high that very few will buy it. I would have expected Plexydesk to cost less than a fiver in order not to put off the casual purchaser, one or two dollars/pounds would make the software much more accessible and be more likely to bring the developers a steady stream of income. It is also quite expensive which is strange given that the majority of apps these days cost no more than a couple of pounds/dollars. The product is new so we can't expect much at the moment, some bugs perhaps. This bodes well for existing developers of other javascript based widget engines such as the Yahoo widget engine (and Xwidget users that may be familiar with javascript to a lesser extent) as there exists the possibility that some Yahoo/Xwidgets could be ported to run on Linux/Mac platforms. The use of QML indirectly implies that javascript will be supported to allow the logic of the program to be controlled. Supposedly there is 3rd party developer support that allows you to write your own widgets using QML and HTML but information is thin on the ground at the moment and I have not yet shelled out the required $9.99 which is required to download the beta version of the software. The current version of Plexydesk is still beta but provides multiple desktops (workspaces), background image management and a default set of widgets which includes: PlexyDesk has been around for a while on Ubuntu but has recently grown in capability so that it now provides the identical desktop/widget functionality not only on Ubuntu but now Windows and Mac OSX. PlexyDesk was originally an open source Ubuntu-based application designed to provide desktop widgets and multiple workspaces (desktops) on version 16.04 of that environment. If you're juggling a bunch of notes on your desktop, these can be extremely helpful because you can arrange them alphabetically, roll them up (so only the header shows), or choose which notes display in front and back.There is a new entry into the desktop widget/customisation world and that goes by the name of PlexyDesk. Right-clicking on any note gives you an abundance of options to work with. If you ever need to reopen the Note Configuration Window, double-click on the header of the note. When you're done configuring all the options for any given note, you can click the green arrow to save your changes or the red X to discard them. It's a good way to ensure that your notes get your attention. You can set certain notes to shake when you wake up your computer, to play a noise at a certain time, or to open a certain program at a given time. This allows you to change the color of the note, the font, font size, font color, etc. When you open a new note, the Note Configuration Window will appear beside it. Right-clicking on this icon will give you the option to open a new note.Įach note has a title and text body, as shown above. After the installation, an icon will appear in your notification tray (the area in the bottom-right corner of your desktop). ![]()
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