Vista Sidebar Tivo Gadget
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December 27th 2007 |
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A Tivo gadget is not something you would have expected to see one year ago but thanks to the new Tivo Configurations and Mike Swanson now you can enjoy of this great widget if you are a Tivo and Vista user.
i will not try to rewrite the feature descriptions of the widget so i will quote from the source:
- Configure Folders if you want shows from the same series to be grouped together (like Kitchen Nightmares in the screenshot).
- When the gadget notices a new recording, it will ding (if you have sound enabled).
- If you configure more than one TiVo, click the friendly name of the unit (like Downstairs in the screenshot) to switch to the next unit.
- Click the name of the show to see its description. The details flyout will contain more data in a future version…just didn’t have time to add it for the first release.
- Your settings will survive a gadget removal/add thanks to Todd Northrop’s handy Settings Manager for Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets.
- When the gadget refreshes its data, it will close any groups that are open. While not technically a bug, it is annoying, and I hope to improve this later
One last thing to note here is that the nature of this widget is of course above average and quite specific so it requires a non standard installation and instructions you need to follow and you will find in Mike Swanson site:
This is a great example on how the Vista Gadgets are getting more sophisticated even when they are not Silverlight enabled and look forward to see more of this kind of widgets next year.
via Mike Swanson
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