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aleksanteri 作 , # 2006/10/22 8:26:13

zomg 作 , # 2006/10/22 0:39:40

I'm fully aware of that and there is little I can do for it as there seems to be something wrong in this site; Opera doesn't upload the widget onto the site.

I wish this would be fixed soon.

EDIT: Fixed now

aleksanteri 作 , # 2006/10/20 17:34:50

hanspflugshaupt 作 , # 2006/10/20 10:51:55

What's it with this site again?

aleksanteri 作 , # 2006/10/18 20:10:41

I'm getting file not found

GreyWyvern 作 , # 2006/10/18 19:36:42

Haha, I've been hardly working on this... first the spin.gif issue (i've got a very cool one) and then some bugs to be fixed. But don't worry, I'll get it as soon as I can. Order my blog's RSS feed (or widgetize) to know when it's out as I recently got the habit of blogging my releases.

Sometimes you lose the control of the output port, you can't use the scroll bar or click an internal link... research it and it should work.

Also some internal links don't work.

But it will be soon

EDIT: Perhaps even tomorrow, at wednesday.

aleksanteri 作 , # 2006/10/17 19:24:45

GreyWyvern 作 , # 2006/10/17 17:04:05

Version tracker - DONE
Alternate skin - DONE
Used johnnysaucepn's icon generator to make new control icons - DONE
Search - A link is given to the search page in the window

More nice features:
Added some nice up->down and down->up sliding of the viewport using the Opera Animation Library. Also the background is thrown away and the minimize link is now inside the viewport.

Added a name 'banner' between the search and the other controls

Added internal function links (at last )

aleksanteri 作 , # 2006/10/13 22:26:41

Looking forward to the updated version!

GreyWyvern 作 , # 2006/10/12 23:11:07

Well these things have been bonging my head currently:

1. (form elements not inline) This is hard as the widget relys on a table which has a tbody element not shown in it's 'normal' state. As it's maximized the table is expanded. If I made them inline the viewport element would push the icons so left they wouldn't be reachable. Looks like a mistake in the colspans. -DONE (fixed with relative values)

2. (text input bg) This I think I'll fix as it is just changing one CSS file. -DONE

3. (buttons) I spent some time on those buttons but if they are making it too long perhaps I should replace them. -DONE

4. (logo) OK I'll use that image. I had no idea of the logo being so big! -DONE

5. (capturing) Perhaps I should use the Screen Ruler for this case. -DONE

6. (viewport) Yeah I really should use padding and borders for this one, you're right. It is again just changing one CSS file. -DONE

7. (minimize button) I thought if the minimize button would be below it would be easy to find. This I need to consider. -CHANGED (it's now a button next to the search button)

8. (buttons to the top right corner) This one I'll definately do as this widget was originally made for the style guide 'challenge'. -DONE

9. (search) This is hard, I've been weeks trying to do it but AJAX is far still. I'm getting "can't convert undefined or null to object" for getElementsByTagName()[]. I quess without any help this can't be in, I'm afraid. If I reimplement in-widget search the name won't change however as one name change is enough.

I might also add some style (bg color and such) to the viewport to make it look cooler. Also an alternate skin is under progress.

Check this comment out as I'm implementing them I'll mark them.

aleksanteri 作 , # 2006/10/12 19:39:22

This is a great widget idea since php.net is one site I visit a LOT! However, when I downloaded the widget I found it didn't look nice at all.

First up, the form elements are all out of line when it first appears (WinXP / Opera 9.02):
http://files.myopera.com/GreyWyvern/files/phpwidget01.png

Second, the input element background is black text on a dark purple background, which makes it quite hard to read, especially if one has bad eyesight. This should be changed to a lighter background colour, like the search input field on the actual php.net site.

Next, to conserve horizontal space, you should really be using thinner close and options buttons. The circular ones offered by Opera on the templates page would be ideal, IMHO.

The PHP logo is definitely not compressed very well. It is all pixelated, as it if were compressed in a 256 colour-space. I quickly made a replacement image for you which is a 24bit PNG resized to 34 pixels high, the same height as the logo in your widget:
http://files.myopera.com/GreyWyvern/files/phpwidgetlogo.png

Finally, when you actually open a page, the viewport does not fill all the horizontal space, making the widget look lopsided:
http://files.myopera.com/GreyWyvern/files/phpwidget02.png

Some other things here:
- The screenshot above is an ALT+Print Screen, meaning the OS captures the window size specified by your config.xml. You can see that it has captured far more than necessary. Consider adjusting your config.xml to accurately represent the size of your widget when maximised.

- Use some padding and borders on the viewport to make it look more natural. Right now it appears out of place.

- Consider placing the "minimise" button up at the top along with the other buttons. Have it visible all the time, but "ghost" it when the widget is minimised. Appearing and disappearing interface options usually confuse users.

- The interface buttons (close, options, minimise) should always be in the top right corner whether the widget is minimised or maximised, and not stuck to the right side of the input fields. This is to conform with the widget style guide.

I would also recommend adding an option to choose which PHP mirror we would like to use.

Well... that was a little more than I intended to type, but a really slick widget interface to php.net would be something I would definitely use! Good job so far!

EDIT: another idea:
Right now you can't search without unticking the box in the options, however, you should be able to account for typos with the nice "suggestion" page php.net pops up if no valid function is found. You can just select the first option in the list and display that, or better yet, popup the list itself and let the user choose right in the widget!

GreyWyvern 作 , # 2006/10/10 23:28:07