Vista Orb Clock for Windows Sidebar

This gadget contains 12 skins based on the icons and logo from Windows Vista: 5 Vista Orbs, Windows Media Center, Windows Live, Windows Media Player, a CD, 2 Globes & the blue compass from Guided Help.

Changelog v1.5.5.2:
New skin based on the blue compass from Guided Help.
@ request: added smaller Globe skin.

> VistaOrbClock.zip ( 698 KB )

I´m trying to install this on my Vista Ultimate - but nothing happened.....

It asks me "Would you install it" -> I answer Yes - and that´s it. Nothing to see from this Gadget....

Any help ?!

nice! thanks!

Thanks I'm using #5 now!

Hm, seems no one have my Problems with this Gadget......

Save Gadget to hard drive, then double click on downloaded .gadget file and it will prompt you to install. , click yes too install and it will appear on your sidebar.

I'm using # 3.

I don't know try saving it to the hard drive unzip it and then try again It has worked on both PCs I've tried.

right click the sidebar to add gadgets then look for it

Thanks for ya Tips

Its not the First Gadget i try to install - and all the others work.....
This is the only one i tried and nothing happens

I downlöoaded the ZIP File a few Times now - unzipp it and try to install - nothing !

Sad, cause the Clocks look very good - not so boring as the Vista Ones !

my problem with this clocks is that the hands are not aligned correctly, they are a few degrees off

A very nice clock! Thanks for posting it.

It's amazing. Thanks!

Thanks for the thankyous!


I've repacked the gadget,.. can you install it now?


They are aligned correctly here (Vista Ultimate RTM),.. anyone else has this problem?

Thanks. Best clock gadget yet.

hi there,

i've got the same problem: it doesnt do anything after clicking ok for the security warning. there are a few gadgets that already behaved like that, but i still dont know under which scenarios. got a business system builder / rtm here...

I've got the same problem...doesn't do anything after installing. Which is a bummer, since it really looks great.
From Paketmarke's name i'm asuming he's german too. Well i'm running a german version of vist too, so maybe that's the problem. I took a peek inside the gadget-file and found an en-US folder, but nothing similar for de-DE for example.
Maybe that's the problem.

huh... i am running a german version here too, maybe you're right. i'll test if it works with renaming/copying the locale part

edit: you were right, its been the en-US folder. i copied the folder to create a folder called "de", repacked the gadget and now it works. quicknote: it must be "de" and not "de-DE" as i thought when i started testing it.

now i can use the clock too, many thanks for this nice looking gadget :-)

i just got home from work and was able to test it too.
it works for me with the de-DE folder too.
But i guess i don't care as long as it works now ;)

so thanks for the cool gadget.

So it seems I´m not an Idiot

It works fine - now i can enjoy this wonderful Gadget too - thanks !!

sorry but i don´t get it! please step by step please.

thx

download the gadget
the .gadget file is just a renamed zip archive - so open/extract it with your zip tool (winrar, 7-zip, winzip...)
there is a folder called en-US. copy it and name it by your locale iso code (en-US, de-DE, de, pl, de-AT, whatever).
zip the files again and rename it from .zip to .gadget. you have to zip alle the files with the subfolders, but not the parent folder itself. your zip file has to look like this:



NOT


after this you can install it

thx akb


edit:
works very well, easy done. thx again


something div:
can it be, that it doesnt work on all *.gadgets??? have done the same to the outlook gadget from microsoft, but than on the doubleclick it says "this is no gadget, abort"

hmmm... don't know. maybe we should take a look at this language integration anyway, because i'm wondering if there is something like a default language that can be used when the locale doesnt take place or something like that. shouldn't such an app use this as a fallback?

I've updated the gadget -> I've replaced a skin + it should be language neutral now.

hi herby,

could you please give an explanation of what you have done to fix it "globally"? did you simply have to copy the content from the locale folder to the root to make it default or what's been the trick? :-)

thats pretty ugly for a clock

Yup,.. I've copied the content from the locale folder to the root, it should work with all gadgets.

NICE JOB!!!! Love it....Using number 5

Thanks.

Wow, very nice. I would love to see the original Vista clock back in beta 1 where it had a background of the earth.

Hey what happened, why did you remove some of the clock skins?

Can you put chrono and the other skins back?

and can you add these longhorn clocks?

http://www.mytempdir.com/1287447

I've splitted it into 2 seperate gadgets, one with the orbs and one with the other skins.
I'll finish it asap and add the longhorn clocks.

New version -> v1.5.5.2.

Added: a new skin based on the blue compass from Guided Help & a smaller Globe skin.