Widgets

Widgets are small, often useful programs that run on your desktop.

Apple Dashboard widgets

These widgets run in Apple's Dashboard, which was added to Mac OS X in version 10.4.

City of Heroes/City of Villains

Widgets useful for people playing City of Heroes, my favourite MMO.

City of Heroes Status

City of Heroes Status Displays the current server status for all of the City servers in North America.

This widget was created from scratch in Dashcode and based on the code in my Yahoo! Widget Engine widgets.

Special thanks to Liz Chesterman (@Liz; Imaginator Central) for the icons and the image in the prefs.

Downloads

Release notes

Version 1.0

Yahoo! Widget Engine widgets

These widgets all require the Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator). It's free, useful, and very nifty, so check it out.

City of Heroes/City of Villains

Widgets that players of City of Heroes and City of Villains might find useful. I love this game, it's the only MMO that has kept my interest! If you want to give it a try, contact me and I'll set you up with a trial code.

CIT Avatars

CIT Avatars Displays a City Info Tracker icon. You can switch between all of your registered characters (or right-click and choose one from the menu).

Special thanks to Terry Saunders (@Voltaic Shock) for his work on the original City Information Terminal web server, the Titan Network crew for getting the new City Info Tracker up and running, and the mighty Liz Chesterman (@Liz; Imaginator Central) for her most excellent icons (and the image in the About box).

Downloads

Release notes

Version 5

  • now (finally) works with the new Titan Network site
  • automatically puts your player status icon in the Dock

CoH All Servers

CoH All Servers Displays the current server status for all of the City servers in North America and Europe. Use the widget preferences to turn off the display for the servers you're not interested in and it'll resize itself appropriately. The horizontal display doesn't have the option of showing the server names (if you've got a suggestion for how to display the server names nicely in horizontal mode, let me know).

This widget was created due to a suggestion from someone in the City of Heroes community on LiveJournal.

Special thanks to Liz Chesterman (@Liz; Imaginator Central) for the image in the About box.

Downloads

Release notes

Version 4

  • use new XML feed for NA server status
  • fix EU XML feed URL
  • tooltips show last server status update time (NA servers only)
  • now actually shows status for different NA servers instead of just the last one (d'oh!)
  • now shows Zukunft's status, too (apparently I can never spell that server's name)

Version 3

  • more robust network error handling
  • fixed typo in the prefs (Zukunft only has one "n")
  • updated avatar bit for the new Titan Network
  • do something sensible when no servers are selected (@Shades)

CoH Servers

CoH Servers Displays the current server status for your favourite City server (pick it in the preferences). You can pick any of several icons (hero, villain, origins, archetypes) to represent the "Up", "Down" and "Unknown" server states.

Special thanks to Liz Chesterman (@Liz; Imaginator Central) for the awesome icons and spiffy image in the About box.

Downloads

Release notes

Version 8

  • use the new City of Heroes website XML feed for server status
  • use new UK XML feed for server status
  • made context menu actually work properly
  • tooltips show last server status update time (NA servers only)

Version 7

  • choose a server from the context menu
  • improved startup sequence

Version 6

  • added Operative Rache vanity icon
  • now works properly for EU servers
  • improved error handling

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