helloworld

Ok, I spent some time working on a simple, yet very handy, magnet template project for you guys. It’s a very simple “Hello world” magnet , but it should help all have a nice start on how to create a magnet.

You should also take a look at the API documentation, and this video tutorial for advanced magnet creation (more video tutorial are coming by the way).

If you have any question, suggestions, feel free to ask

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As promised, here is the weather magnet

To install this magnet, just extract it in C:\Users\[your login]\AppData\Roaming\myBoard\Magnets folder, and restart myBoard.

Source code available here.

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I’m currently working on a new magnet called “Big Folders”.
Basically it shows you a top 10 of largests folders on your hard drive, very handy when you need to free some space, and you have no idea where to find this space.
Everything works fine, it’s almost completed, but I need a good looking user interface for that. So if one of you has some photoshop, illustrator, or expression design skills, please send me some visuals I can use for this [...]

… but not available yet

The weather magnet is indeed 100% completed, but I need to make sure it matches the licence agreement I have with AccuWeather. I guess they’re testing it now, and once they give me the green light, I’ll make it a public download for all of you

And in case you wonder, here is a screenshot of the magnet running.

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Yep, that’s right, I’m back in business with this new release of myBoard which, by the way, is now an Open Source project under GPL license. Full source code is available here.

So, what’s new in Pre Alpha 0.7 ?

Bouncing effect added when you drop a magnet in myBoard.
Mouse activation with “None” bug fixed.
Memory leak with portfolio fixed.
Bug causing crash when hiding myBoard for the first time is fixed.
Hour needle in the clock magnet now moves smoothly.
Message window now has a [...]

Hi everyone !

Just a fews words to say that I’m currently uploading myBoard on CodePlex under GLP licence, which means ALL source code will soon be available for all developpers which could result in more people working on myBoard. If this is the case you will probably see more updates of myBoard, and bugs being fixed much faster pretty soon
Also, .NET 3.5 SP1 being now available, I’m currently working on adding the 3D ripple effect when you drop a [...]

As you can see, I haven’t released a new version of myBoard for a while now. As you probably know, myBoard is a personnal project, and as it gets more complex, more time is required to improve it.
The other thing is that myBoard is supposed to be a platform so C# developpers could create kick ass magnets way more advanced than what you can see on Yahoo widget for instanced. And so far, I haven’t seen much from the community [...]

Once again, Tom Bishop did an amazing job with his Gmail checker, he has just released a brand new version of his magnet which can now show you a preview of emails (titles) within the magnet. For instance, on this screenshot, I have two e-mails in my mailbox :

You can also change the magnet theme :

Tom also worked on a magnets installer which takes care of installing any magnet you want a much easier way so you dont have to [...]

What can I say ? The guy is unstoppable ! Bishop, from Morrison Consulting, did it again with his brand new magnet, the Moco Dictionary.
This magnet, requested by a couple of myBoard users, gets the definition for specified word and is now available for download. You can grab it from the official web site.

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tjbishop, a new member on our forum just released his very first magnet for myBoard, and it’s a master piece
Thanks tjbishop, keep up the good work !

Moco Gmail Checker

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