Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

I was wondering if the gadgets for the windows vista sidebar (which are actually just .zip files renamed .gadget) could be made to appear on the IT desktop.
I know that the CPU speed and such couldn't, but some are just radio streams or cool clocks (like the one attached)
Could they be converted into a desktop applet?
They are just html, xml, sound, and image files.
Thanx

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

At the moment, I reeeaaaally dont think this is possible. But I would love to see an adobe air or yahoo widgets-like app that doesnt take up too much ram. There'd be alot more applets available for the home screen.

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

Not those particular ones as they are "owned" by a closed source company callled Microsoft, but perhaps something similar that runs on Linux...which is what the IT runs...coould be developed.

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

If you actually opened the attached file you would see it was simple website-type stuff.
You can view the app in a browser.
http://www.systemex.net/gadgets/TwentyFourClock/

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

I think it's a window manager issue on the tablets.

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

Not really ...

You can modify some python applet to render something in a gecko gtk widget ... not really hard ... but this will eat most of the cpu ... (and ram)

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

Could an applet be made of it?
It's just simple javascript.

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

just tried viewing the gadget in my IT browser.
I could see it fine

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

where's qwerty when you need him?

Re: Vista gadgets on IT desktop?
 

If it's a home applet you're after, Khertan might be a better person to ask :)
I see that he's already replied to this thread, I would pay attention to his post... He knows what he's talking about :)

What you're asking for is an applet that displays a webpage. This is do-able with python, but you'd be much better off just programming an applet targeted at the maemo desktop rather than trying to adapt vista-bloat.

or was there a specific applet that you wanted? 'cause there's already several 24 hour clock applets for the system already...