The BBR IM Checker Widget

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This is a simple widget that checks for new unread messages on BBR. It has been developed and tested by some dedicated members of ATM.

All that is required is for you to enter your UID (not your username) on the backside. The first time it's run, the widget will flip to the backside so you can enter yours. After that, it's saved in a pref file.

If you're still looking for a reason to upgrade to Tiger, this is it. Enjoy

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File Quit
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Is there anyway this can be used to check posts as well? i know the mozilla firefox extension can, but I have no clue on how Dashboard works. Good job guys!
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said by rjackson:

This is a simple widget that checks for new unread messages on BBR. It has been developed and tested by some dedicated members of ATM.

Russ is understating the fact that he wrote this, and had pinged others on some corner cases, and set up a nice beta program.

Good job, Russ..!
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JJ
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Nice work Russ! You did a great job!

And now you have been installed in the pantheon:

»All things Macintosh »Have any of the forum members actually written programs?

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Homunculus
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Where do I get my User ID...

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File Quit
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your profile URL should have it.
edit: yours is
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Homunculus
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TY FQ... I was looking at the actual profile page and not the URL.. woopsie.

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said by File Quit:

Is there anyway this can be used to check posts as well? i know the mozilla firefox extension can, but I have no clue on how Dashboard works. Good job guys!

Apple says the dashboard philosophy is each widget should do one specialized thing, rather than risk becoming cluttered with becoming a "jack of all trades".

Oh, Apple also says I should include the following text whenever a widget is released:

"Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required. If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it."

If by "check posts" you mean check for replies to your posts, you can use this widget to do that already by simply choosing "Instant Message" for a reply notification to any of your posts.

That way you'll be updated via IM. This is how I tested the widget, by replying to myself over and over in »/dev/null. That is until a mod took my thread offline, LOL.

You can think of widgets themselves as tiny web pages. Rather than a compiled binary they're comprised of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. So basically anything you can do on a website, you can do with a widget, plus a little more thanks to some extensions to the code written by Apple.

You can actually view the source of any widget by right-clicking (or control-clicking) the widget in Finder and selecting 'Show package contents'. You can view the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files which make the widget run. Feel free to browse and see how it works...

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said by Homunculus:

Where do I get my User ID...

You can get it easily by going to »/join, it's in the green bar at the top:

It's also in the URL of your 'business card' link, e.g. rjackson

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That's pretty cool... It will replace Gomez's app for me, when I upgrade. (Sorry Gomez... )

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tmpchaos
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This is the officially sanctioned one, right?

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hyperjoe
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So cool Nice work bro!! Now to figure out what it does.

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Now that I understand more about how Dashboard works, it sounds much cooler. Does sound like it could be a security issue though if people aren't careful what they run... But it does definitely make Tiger a more attractive upgrade now!
Thanks rjackson.
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