Mac-Forums RSS ScreenSaver

I have started working on a Mac-Forums RSS Screensaver for Tiger. Right now I just took the apple one, and changed the URL of the rss feed. As soon as I can figure out the developer tools, I want to slow down the animation, and make it so you can have like a "Hit 1 to go to URL" feature. This is VERY MUCH a work in progress, and I really don't know what I'm doing. So, if anybody else wants to try, wip out those developer tools! I am currently trying to get my iDisk to work (I just installed Tiger and all my internet related things are acting odd), and when it does I'll upload Version .1!

Ive dabbled in a little software development I may know how to make one

Go to your developer tools, and it's called "Quartz Composer." (thats where the software Apple gives u to do it is anyways...)

Graphite, by all means make one!

I suppose this means Ill have to download xcode 2.1 ah the day in the life.

till then explore my other waste of time applications here

Graphite said:

I suppose this means Ill have to download xcode 2.1 ah the day in the life.

till then explore my other waste of time applications here

Click to expand...

Don't forget to "click the little checkbox" (universal binary). I lauged so hard when the guy from Mathematica was on stage at the WWDC.

its 700mb give me atleast 30min.

If you have Tiger it is right on the Install disk

My roomate has the disk.. besides ive got things to do for 30min

Here is my Version .1! Just unzip it and copy it into the screen saver folder in your library and it will appear in the list in prefferences!

View attachment Mac-Forums.qtz.zip

Hey nice work!
2 issues on my 1Ghz iBook (no Core Imaging):

1. The background text scrolls a little fast - superhuman android (Mr Data) reading speed required
2. The scrolling animation was a bit jerky...
3. How about a different background texture?

I know it's only version .1 though, so you might have already fixed this
Just trying to make constructive comments!


Great work!

don't press any keys but it feeds nicely.

View attachment Mac-Forums RSSaver1.1.qtz.zip

OK, best I could do on short notice.

cancle that, one second.

Here we go!

How to install. Unzip. Open Folder. Drag to the HD your OS is running on. Open Library. Scroll to "screen saver" folder. drop it in. Open System Preferences. Click on Desktop and Screen Saver. Click on screen saver tab. Scroll down to where ya see "Mac-Forums RSSaver". and your all set!

View attachment Mac-Forums RSSaver.zip

Very nice job Graphite. Pretty much what I was going for, but had no idea of how to do! lol

Thanks for the constructive comments Aptmunich. I totally agree with you, and those are the exact things I was planning to fix with my version. I'll dabble with the software later and use this as a project to learn how to do this stuff!

Official Page: Here
Title Page: Here

Hey Graphite, on my computer pushing the number by each post doesn't work. I fixed mine and it's pretty much identical in behavior to yours (Same speed, same scrolling motions, etc.), but I left the original blue background, and the number works. If you have the time, I'd love it if you could modify it for some different colors or just turn it to that red that you used (I can't figure out how to change the colors, lol)...

Thanks!

View attachment Mac-Forums RSS Screensaver.qtz.zip

Well im lazy, so I just added numbers to mine and called it 1.1

I cannot put it on MU or VT because I also put in the apple symbol and thats not legal.. but numbers work and for us it works.

View attachment Mac-Forums RSSaver 1.1.qtz.zip