Comments on: Xbox Live Friends Sidebar Gadget 1.1 http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/ I <3 Programming Tue, 26 May 2009 19:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Pat Cavit http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15444 Pat Cavit Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:43:25 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15444 It can't get your friends list from xbox.com because MS never made a way to access that info. Other apps can have you login to xbox.com and then use your cookies to get that info. Gadgets can't do that very easily. It's as tall as I felt I could make it without it taking up too much space on the sidebar. You could always drag it off if you wanted it bigger. Unfortunately the way gadgets work with transparent backgrounds to make it taller you have to make a new background image. That gets annoying really fast. I contemplated a "show my offline" friends toggle in the gadget config. Next time I'm feeling programmy I can add that. It's not a feature I'd use but it would be easy enough to do. It can’t get your friends list from xbox.com because MS never made a way to access that info. Other apps can have you login to xbox.com and then use your cookies to get that info. Gadgets can’t do that very easily.

It’s as tall as I felt I could make it without it taking up too much space on the sidebar. You could always drag it off if you wanted it bigger. Unfortunately the way gadgets work with transparent backgrounds to make it taller you have to make a new background image. That gets annoying really fast.

I contemplated a “show my offline” friends toggle in the gadget config. Next time I’m feeling programmy I can add that. It’s not a feature I’d use but it would be easy enough to do.

]]> By: ShotgunGorilla http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15443 ShotgunGorilla Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:38:20 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15443 this blows, one when i add people it doesnt pu them on the list unless their online, two wtf man need to make it bigger, 3 why cant it show my friends with out me putting them in if its linked to xbox.com make it so i have to sign in and load my friends cos thsi sucks compaed to this basic one iv got its not fro the sidebar but its good, take my advice, then you will get more downloads, the style is fine this blows, one when i add people it doesnt pu them on the list unless their online, two wtf man need to make it bigger, 3 why cant it show my friends with out me putting them in if its linked to xbox.com make it so i have to sign in and load my friends cos thsi sucks compaed to this basic one iv got its not fro the sidebar but its good, take my advice, then you will get more downloads, the style is fine

]]> By: Pepper http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15406 Pepper Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:13:58 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15406 Cool, well there's a challenge for someone! I just want to be able to see who is playing online while I'm at work so I can torture myself. Cool, well there’s a challenge for someone! I just want to be able to see who is playing online while I’m at work so I can torture myself.

]]> By: Pat Cavit http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15405 Pat Cavit Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:43:21 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15405 I don't mind if someone converts it to an iGoogle gadget, I just don't use a customizable homepage and thus don't have much use for that. It'd be a neat experiment though, the code would have to change quite a bit I'd imagine. I don’t mind if someone converts it to an iGoogle gadget, I just don’t use a customizable homepage and thus don’t have much use for that. It’d be a neat experiment though, the code would have to change quite a bit I’d imagine.

]]> By: Pepper http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15403 Pepper Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:13:59 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15403 ... but I guess with them using YUI you could do it to prove a point or something.... … but I guess with them using YUI you could do it to prove a point or something….

]]> By: Pepper http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15402 Pepper Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:10:04 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15402 This is probably the best friends gadget out there. I had the adam Kiney one, but took that off with the lack of opacity and limited friends, it wasn't good enough, so i took it off. If you can hook this thing up to work with iGoogle I will love you forever! But I guess that won't happen with you being an engineer with Yahoo! lol This is probably the best friends gadget out there. I had the adam Kiney one, but took that off with the lack of opacity and limited friends, it wasn’t good enough, so i took it off.

If you can hook this thing up to work with iGoogle I will love you forever! But I guess that won’t happen with you being an engineer with Yahoo! lol

]]> By: 2wiSteD http://patcavit.com/2008/04/19/xbox-live-friends-sidebar-gadget-11/comment-page-1/#comment-15394 2wiSteD Mon, 05 May 2008 00:34:10 +0000 http://patcavit.com/?p=189#comment-15394 Got the update. Thanks again. =) Got the update. Thanks again. =)

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