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MJ4H 06-18-2005 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Emiliano
-How can I create windows (like you did with games, apps, media...) with the bbIconBox plugin? I installed it, but I only see a small window with all my desktop's icon.


Ctrl-right click in an empty space in your iconbox and you will see a menu with the options for customizing, including creating new iconboxes
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Originally Posted by Emiliano
-How can I customize the weather plugin with my city???


There should be instructions for customizing bbWeather that come with the plugin, but basically you Go to Yahoo.com and click on yahoo weather, enter your location information and when it gets to the page giving you your local weather, look at the URL in your browser. The last little part of the URL, right before the .htm extension should be copied into the bbWeather.rc file in the correct location (the last field, probably).
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Originally Posted by Emiliano
-What's alpha/beta/gamma on the top left of the bar?

Those are the default names for your virtual desktops. You can shift left-click on that spot and change the names of your desktops (called workspaces) to whatever you want. I used I, II, III, and IV for awhile. Right now I'm using more descriptive names like Main, Media, Apps, Misc
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Originally Posted by Emiliano
-How can I "show" my desktop with blackbox?

To take a screenshot just hit your print screen button on your keyboard. Then open up MS Paint and hit ctrl-v. Save the file as a JPG or PNG and upload it to some webspace (photobucket offers some free space if you dont have any)

daedalus 06-18-2005 04:09 PM

Awesome thread, MJ4H. I have looked at but never tinkered with shell replacement because we had a W98 box and my girlfriend did not want to tinker with something different. Now that we have an XP box, I think I will be giving it a try again. Woohoo! :D

MrBigglesworth 06-18-2005 05:14 PM

I am finding it impossible to change my background image with Blackbox. Even when I apply downloaded styles, it doesn't change. What do I have to do?

MJ4H 06-18-2005 05:17 PM

Downloaded styles I think have to include a certain switch or item in them to autoamatically change your background when you set the style. I've found most don't do this. I just download the wallpaper separately and set it manually when I want to change. I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I don't really know exactly what it is.

MrBigglesworth 06-18-2005 05:27 PM

Ok then, how do you do it manually? right click --> system --> Blackbox --> backgrounds doesn't work for me, is there something else?

MJ4H 06-18-2005 05:32 PM

Right click:
System - Control - Display takes you to the normal windows display properties interface. Control - System is where all the control panel functions are.

k0ruptr 06-18-2005 06:05 PM

whats the sys info and volume plugins u use?

MrBigglesworth 06-18-2005 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattJones4Heisman
Right click:
System - Control - Display takes you to the normal windows display properties interface. Control - System is where all the control panel functions are.

Awesome, that worked. Now, what exactly is the 'slit'?

MJ4H 06-18-2005 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k0ruptr
whats the sys info and volume plugins u use?


BBSysmon and BBInterface

MJ4H 06-18-2005 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBigglesworth
Awesome, that worked. Now, what exactly is the 'slit'?


The Slit is sort of like a dock for plug-ins I gather. Since I don't use it, I can't tell you much about it.

Emiliano 06-18-2005 07:51 PM

Awesome man, thanks! I'm starting to learn how this thing works...

3ric 06-19-2005 02:55 AM

Hmpf. FM2005 refuses to run in windowed mode under bblean.

DaddyTorgo 06-19-2005 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBigglesworth
Now, what exactly is the 'slit'?


Yet another reason we need the QOTM!

MikeVick7 06-19-2005 03:23 AM

I'm finding TVscraper from the Konfabulator website to be a mighty useful utility since my nights are filled with watching TV while on the puter. Thanks for the idea MattJones.

MrBigglesworth 06-19-2005 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
Yet another reason we need the QOTM!

I set it up perfectly for a, " I don't think it exists, it's a myth," response, but nobody stepped up.

MJ4H 06-19-2005 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3ric
Hmpf. FM2005 refuses to run in windowed mode under bblean.


I ran into this problem the other day. I forgot to even consider it could be bblean causing this, since I have never had a single problem with any other game. I even started a thread about it here and Marc Vaughan responded telling me what to do. But yeah, it refused to start in windowed mode for me, too. Runs full-screen just fine. That is literally the first problem I've had running any software with bblean. Everything else works flawlessly.

I have a feeling it would actually be one of the plug-ins giving it fits, though, like the one that tries to skin the title bar and stuff. I might play around with switching off plugins later today to see if it helps. If it does I can just make a shortcut with bbKeys to turn the plugin off and start FM in one stroke, I guess.

MJ4H 06-21-2005 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3ric
Hmpf. FM2005 refuses to run in windowed mode under bblean.


I haven' tried this yet, but try adding fm2005.exe to BBLeanSkin's exclusions.rc file

cougarfreak 06-21-2005 08:19 PM

Where do you download blackbox? I got to the site you mentioned, d/l'd 1.16, clicked on "blackbox.exe" and got a brown screen and it locked up.

MrBigglesworth 06-21-2005 08:26 PM

Hey MJ4H, how did you get your shortcuts in the top left to look big and colorful? Mine are tiny and black and white.

MJ4H 06-21-2005 08:33 PM

Icon size 32, Saturation 255, Hue 0

(ctrl-click to bring up the options menu to set these)

MrBigglesworth 06-21-2005 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattJones4Heisman
Icon size 32, Saturation 255, Hue 0

(ctrl-click to bring up the options menu to set these)

Nice, thanks!

MrBigglesworth 06-24-2005 10:40 PM

Is there any shortcut in bbLean to minimize all programs and show the desktop like in explorer?

MJ4H 06-24-2005 10:45 PM

You can set it up in bbKeys I think

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding 03-02-2006 11:08 AM

Small bump.

Just discovered a program called Object dock which I really like. It customizes the desktop in the mold of os X. ie. dock on the bottm with pretty icons that get big when you put an arrow over them. Reduced my desktop clutter and looks nice.

Here is the link for those interested: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Silver Owl 03-02-2006 03:51 PM

Is Blackbox still available for download? I searched the site and can't find the file to download.

DanGarion 03-02-2006 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Owl
Is Blackbox still available for download? I searched the site and can't find the file to download.

Looks like it's here

http://www.bb4win.org/e107_plugins/c....php?content.6

But it's no longer developed.

Silver Owl 03-02-2006 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dangarion
Looks like it's here

http://www.bb4win.org/e107_plugins/c....php?content.6

But it's no longer developed.


Duh !!! The comment about version 1.13 and 1.16 in a message earlier threw me off.
Thanks

DanGarion 03-02-2006 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Owl
Duh !!! The comment about version 1.13 and 1.16 in a message earlier threw me off.
Thanks

Well it does look like from that link that there are a couple different versions of it, but I didn't look much deeper other then reading it.

MJ4H 03-02-2006 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding
Small bump.

Just discovered a program called Object dock which I really like. It customizes the desktop in the mold of os X. ie. dock on the bottm with pretty icons that get big when you put an arrow over them. Reduced my desktop clutter and looks nice.

Here is the link for those interested: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

There are a couple of other alternatives out there to object dock. The easiest to find is probably Rocket Dock

http://www.punksoftware.com/projects

There is also yz dock which is harder to find I think because apple tried to shut it down (so I hear). If you like Object Dock, Rocket Dock is worth checking out. I don't remember the differences, but you might find one runs faster or offers a little something the other doesn't.

Cuckoo 03-02-2006 05:38 PM

I've been using ObjectDock since somebody (GWB maybe?) pointed it out in another thread. I like it, but it does seem to slow some things down a bit. I have a decent processor and plenty of RAM too. I'll take a look at Rocket Dock.

MJ4H 12-31-2009 07:20 PM

Bump because bblean 1.17.1 is great and plays nice with vista/7.

Lost In The Box - View topic - bbLean 1.17.1

Passacaglia 12-31-2009 08:20 PM

This thread makes me realize how much more I like dangarion compared to DanGarion.

MJ4H 12-31-2009 08:38 PM

Screenshot of my desktop with the new bblean and auto-hide turned off:


DanGarion 01-01-2010 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Passacaglia (Post 2194094)
This thread makes me realize how much more I like dangarion compared to DanGarion.


Aw man... thanks... :(

Toddzilla 01-01-2010 09:15 AM

Not having seen this thread when it began, I started to read, saw Franklinnoble and threw up in my mouth a little.

CU Tiger 01-01-2010 10:03 AM

what is babeschess?

JeeberD 01-01-2010 10:20 AM

You took 1400 pics of...Jonesboro?

MJ4H 01-01-2010 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD (Post 2194199)
You took 1400 pics of...Jonesboro?


haha no I was transferring geocaching info to my gps including web pages that have lots of icon-sized images.

MJ4H 01-01-2010 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by CU Tiger (Post 2194193)
what is babeschess?


it is babaschess

it is an interface for the free internet chess server (freechess.org)

Radii 01-01-2010 11:16 AM

mj4h, is there much overhead(running the xwindows like skin thingy that is)? if I have a semi-marginal 3 year old XP machine do you know if would I be totally fucking myself if I ran that?

MacroGuru 01-01-2010 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD (Post 2194199)
You took 1400 pics of...Jonesboro?


That's his hidden Pron folder.

whomario 01-01-2010 02:48 PM

stupid question : What in the hell is this bblean thing ? I did consult wikipedia, but i donīt speak "computer" very well and all i think i understand is that it is basically a new interface for windows, is that about right ? :confused:

DaddyTorgo 01-01-2010 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by whomario (Post 2194294)
stupid question : What in the hell is this bblean thing ? I did consult wikipedia, but i donīt speak "computer" very well and all i think i understand is that it is basically a new interface for windows, is that about right ? :confused:


it replaces the windows interface - an i guess uses a lot less system resources to do so. so "behind the scenes" it's still windows, but just with a different interface...(someone correct me if i'm wrong)

Cringer 01-02-2010 01:19 AM

Here is my current desktop on my three year old laptop. Looking at getting a laptop and I will probably dual boot that as well, as I am hooked into Linux fully now.

edit: Oh, and my recording was better then this, but I seem to have gone the cheap route with converting the video format and making it a little smaller to upload for time's sake. So any weird things (like parts of one screen staying around when I rotate) don't actually happen, that is just the video. It is all nice and smooth and pretty.


Cringer 04-15-2010 05:33 AM

Current (for tonight) desktop. Just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS beta 2 so I am messing around with it. I am sure the wallpaper will only last a few days. Top task bar hides but it's there if I need to access those menus.

ubuntu 10.04 desktop

Also threw in a picture of the new default window buttons in Ubuntu 10.04. Having them on the left side is taking some getting used to but I am adapting. Didn't realize I have been adjusting/closing windows for 20 years with buttons on the right side until I started using them on the left.

Ubuntu 10.04

rjolley 04-15-2010 09:29 AM

Cringer, what are you using to get the window switcher to function that way? I may try it out.

Cringer 04-15-2010 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rjolley (Post 2264593)
Cringer, what are you using to get the window switcher to function that way? I may try it out.


It's the default setup in Ubuntu 10.04 (so I hope you use Linux). 10.04 comes out April 27th or 29th I think, this is the Beta 2 version I have on and it's actually working for me with no problems unlike the 9.10 betas so I have kept rolling with it. If you want them on the right (normal) side you have to actually go in and change it, though I am not sure how because I haven't cared enough to look.


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