yereverluvinunclebert/earth-desktop-widget

This Earth Desktop Widget written in javascript and XML, is an attractive dieselpunk Yahoo widget for your desktop. This Konfabulator/ yahoo widget provides a simple static marble globe. Functional and gorgeous at the same time. This Widget is a moveable widget that you can move anywhere around the desktop as you require.

Earth Desktop Widget

Steampunk Earth Desktop Yahoo Widget, written in Javascript and XML for the Yahoo Widget (Konfabulator) Engine. Created for XP, Vista, Win7, 8, 10+ as well as the Apple Mac.

This Earth Desktop Widget is an attractive dieselpunk Yahoo widget for your desktop. This Konfabulator/ yahoo widget provides a simple static marble globe. Functional and gorgeous at the same time. This Widget is a moveable widget that you can move anywhere around the desktop as you require.

All javascript widgets need an engine to function, in this case the widget uses the Yahoo Widget Konfabulator engine. The engine interprets the javascript and creates the widget according to the XML description and using the images you provide. Designed and built by me.

Built using:

RJTextEd Advanced Editor  https://www.rj-texted.se/  
Adobe Photoshop CS ver 8.0 (2003)  https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/free-trial-download.html  
Yahoo Widgets SDK: engine (Konfabulator), runtime, debugger & documentation

Tested on :

ReactOS 0.4.14 32bit on virtualBox    
Windows 7 Professional 32bit on Intel    
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on Intel    
Windows 7 Professional 64bit on Intel    
Windows XP SP3 32bit on Intel    
Windows 10 Home 64bit on Intel    
Windows 10 Home 64bit on AMD    
Windows 11 64bit on Intel  

Dependencies:

o A windows-alike o/s such as Windows XP, 7-11 or Apple Mac OSX 11.

o Installation of the yahoo widget SDK runtime engine

Yahoo widget engine for Windows - http://g6auc.me.uk/ywidgets_sdk_setup.exe  
Yahoo widget engine for Mac - https://rickyromero.com/widgets/downloads/yahoo-widgets-4.5.2.dmg

Running the widget using a javascript engine frees javascript from running only within the captivity of a browser, you will now be able to run these widgets on your Windows desktop as long as you have the correct widget engine installed.

Instructions for running Yahoo widgets on Windows

1. Install yahoo widget SDK runtime engine
2. Download the gauge from this repo.
3. Unzip it
4. Double-click on the resulting .KON file and it will install and run

Instructions for running Yahoo widgets on Mac OS/X ONLY

1. Install yahoo widget SDK runtime engine for Mac
2. Download the gauge from this repo.
3. Unzip it
4. For all all recent versions of Mac OS/X including Sierra, edit the following file:

com.yahoo.widgetengine.plist which is in /Users/xxx/Library/Preferences. Look for these lines:

DockOpen
false

Change to false if it is true.

5. Double-click on the widgets .KON file and it will install and run

Wit these instructions you should be able to start Yahoo! Widgets and the menubar item should appear. Widgets can then be started from the menubar or by double-clicking on the KON file in the usual way.

LICENCE AGREEMENTS:

Copyright 2023 Dean Beedell and Harry Whitfield

In addition to the GNU General Public Licence please be aware that you may use any of my own imagery in your own creations but commercially only with my permission. In all other non-commercial cases I require a credit to the original artist using my name or one of my pseudonyms and a link to my site. With regard to the commercial use of incorporated images, permission and a licence would need to be obtained from the original owner and creator, ie. me.