Scratch

abeair · 2009-02-26 22:39:34

How would I have a dashboard widget access Scratch notifications? I could have the user type their username and password, then could it access their notifications? Can someone on the Scratch Team with a Mac and Dashcode answer this?

chalkmarrow · 2009-02-26 23:16:48

You may want to try Mozilla's Ubiquity plug-in. It allows you to make simple text commands that do certain things, such as check notifications, etc. It involves Javascript, but there are template commands that you can easily modify to do things like what you describe.

abeair · 2009-02-27 09:18:08

chalkmarrow wrote:
You may want to try Mozilla's Ubiquity plug-in. It allows you to make simple text commands that do certain things, such as check notifications, etc. It involves Javascript, but there are template commands that you can easily modify to do things like what you describe.

Ok. I'll try that, but getting it to work with Dashboard will be hard. And also my copy of Firefox won't open. But otherwise, it'll work.

jamie · 2009-02-27 11:40:40

Were you planning on releasing this widget to the public? I could use this on my iMac.

Just curious, how did you learn Dashcode? The best that I can write is a simple countdown timer.

abeair · 2009-02-28 12:46:06

jamie wrote:
Were you planning on releasing this widget to the public? I could use this on my iMac.

Just curious, how did you learn Dashcode? The best that I can write is a simple countdown timer.

Yes, I'm releasing it to the public, and I just learned a bit of Javascript, but I know what you mean. Dashcode is hard to use. big_smile

Last edited by abeair (2009-02-28 12:47:55)

techy · 2009-02-28 13:39:24

I've tried making a widget that holds a scratch project, but it wont work because the widgets are draggable in dashboard, so that means you cant interact with the applet that well, so there will be a lot of bugs to kink out if this is what you are trying to do...

abeair · 2009-03-01 10:24:31

techy wrote:
I've tried making a widget that holds a scratch project, but it wont work because the widgets are draggable in dashboard, so that means you cant interact with the applet that well, so there will be a lot of bugs to kink out if this is what you are trying to do...

Yeah, that doesn't work, but I am making it access NOTIFICATIONS, not projects.

techy · 2009-03-01 15:43:11

abeair wrote:
techy wrote:
I've tried making a widget that holds a scratch project, but it wont work because the widgets are draggable in dashboard, so that means you cant interact with the applet that well, so there will be a lot of bugs to kink out if this is what you are trying to do...
Yeah, that doesn't work, but I am making it access NOTIFICATIONS, not projects.

oh.... lol, havent tried anything like that yet, I think you would have to ask the scratch team...

golfer3 · 2009-03-01 16:05:42

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abeair · 2009-03-01 17:10:49

techy wrote:
abeair wrote:
techy wrote:
I've tried making a widget that holds a scratch project, but it wont work because the widgets are draggable in dashboard, so that means you cant interact with the applet that well, so there will be a lot of bugs to kink out if this is what you are trying to do...
Yeah, that doesn't work, but I am making it access NOTIFICATIONS, not projects.
oh.... lol, havent tried anything like that yet, I think you would have to ask the scratch team...

I did. Let's see what they say! lol

AlanProjects · 2009-03-01 22:46:05

Thats a cool project! Dashcode isn't that hard, it's just when you leave the realm of html, css, and javascript, it gets complex.

abeair · 2009-03-01 23:38:38

AlanProjects wrote:
Thats a cool project! Dashcode isn't that hard, it's just when you leave the realm of html, css, and javascript, it gets complex.

True. I have a web designer for a mom, so I learned HTML pretty quickly.
EDIT: I am going to have it access new projects too.

Last edited by abeair (2009-03-01 23:39:39)

AlanProjects · 2009-03-02 15:30:53

A helpful idea (I don't now if it will work sad ) :
This could probably done by using a directed frame. You could make the frame (No scroll bars or draggable borders) go to the login page ( And section, so it looks neat, with(Meaning that the other parts of the page would be unseeable) ), then because everybody's notifications page has the same address ( www.scratch.mit.edu/notifications ) You could have a frame with a scroll bar that goes down, and make the window wide enough to see all notifications. The idea for the projects ( My idea ) would be centered around the same thing. Good luck!

abeair · 2009-03-02 20:20:04

@AlanProjects: Yeah, that would probably be the best way. I'm on Windows XP right now ( sad ), so I'll have to do it on my Mac later.

AlanProjects · 2009-03-04 19:00:52

Any luck?

abeair · 2009-03-04 19:37:20

Yes, I'm having luck. It's looking better. I'll release an alpha when I'm ready.

AlanProjects · 2009-03-07 23:11:22

abeair wrote:
Yes, I'm having luck. It's looking better. I'll release an alpha when I'm ready.

Awesome. Make sure i see it. big_smile

abeair · 2009-03-07 23:40:22

AlanProjects wrote:
abeair wrote:
Yes, I'm having luck. It's looking better. I'll release an alpha when I'm ready.
Awesome. Make sure i see it.

Ok.

abeair · 2009-03-08 09:59:11

PLEASE help me. I started over and did AlanProjects' suggestion, and I can't get the frame to show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/o5anzc4zegz/SN.zip

abeair · 2009-03-15 20:48:44

Anyone????

AlanProjects · 2009-03-24 17:26:24

abeair wrote:
PLEASE help me. I started over and did AlanProjects' suggestion, and I can't get the frame to show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/o5anzc4zegz/SN.zip

I finally got dashcode. I'll take a look.

abeair · 2009-03-25 09:04:46

AlanProjects wrote:
abeair wrote:
PLEASE help me. I started over and did AlanProjects' suggestion, and I can't get the frame to show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/o5anzc4zegz/SN.zip
I finally got dashcode. I'll take a look.

Thanks!

jamie · 2009-03-25 09:37:36

Hows the progress so far? Do you mind also releasing the sourcecode?
Thanks

abeair · 2009-03-25 09:42:02

jamie wrote:
Hows the progress so far? Do you mind also releasing the sourcecode?
Thanks

I'll try.

abeair · 2009-03-26 19:30:15

Please help.

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