Serious Samurize Thread

Mongy · 20th February 2003, 12:22 AM

Serious Samurize Beta 0.81a has been released (Link)

Try it out, find a bug, report it
Question regarding scripts, go here
Find and download a script, go here
After some graphics for background PNG files, try here
Want to see what others have been achieving with SS, peek a boo

This is for the release of Serious Samurize, not vanilla Samurize. If you have any queries regarding Samurize, take them here

Any questions/info/tips etc, share them here for others to read/help with

Hamal · 20th February 2003, 1:28 AM

Hrrrm... seems 'interesting'.

Not really suited for my purposes as I like to have a taskbar (Samurize Band) monitoring app which I use 0.63c quite nicely for.

Unfortunately this release doesn't seem to have fixed my major gripe, and that is having the ability to move text around the area nicely. As of now I have to use weird fonts (like system) in order to avoid too much 'whitespace' above the text.

This will severely limit my options as far as text choices and spacing of elements will go. Have to see how it goes.

Also, will this version implement the 'samurize band'? Will probably have to wait for version 1.0 :/

I like the new progress bars now though, a lot of hassle has been removed. But has anyone else noted the lack of borders around elements? If I've missed something please let me know.

Overlaying elements on the one bar will help me immesely however

Seeing as I use the Samurize Band I am limited to only one graphic area in 0.63c. 0.80 will allow me to overcome aggravating problems like having a CPU usage bar covering the entire graphic area :/.

Will have to wait until there are some english speaking forums and manuals/guides available before I do anything too risque.

Mongy · 20th February 2003, 1:45 AM

I'm not going to have a chance to play with the program tonight (yeah, have to work tomorrow).

But looking at it quickly, it is similiar to the last one, but easier to use and also has .PNG input for custom background pics.

Another nice feature looks like in the progress bars. You can choose a start colour and a end colour, and it blends as it goes along the bar (sort of like in windows borders where u choose two colours and they blend into each other) and also the splitting at intervals (took me ages to make one of them for 4 hdds last time)

Add Console program looks ok also. Few silly things also. A progress bar/analog bar/histogram for winamp?? Unless it can go thru and show a %age of ur playlist (50% played)

No, it doesnt appear to have borders for individual bars. The only quick fix I can think of is, edit graphics, add rectangle slightly bigger than bar, add a smaller rectangle same size as bar and place in centre of prev rectangle. Would give a border. But thats a quick fix anyway. They may add it back in to final version.

It will be good to have a play with it tomorrow evening when I get home from work

Hamal · 20th February 2003, 2:06 PM

Played with it a bit more and it does seem to offer most of what I need except for two striking inabilities.

I cannot get a Samurize Band like in the 0.63c version, and the annoying 'white space' around fonts is stopping me from doing what I really want to do.

Apart from that it seems remarkably stable so far, but then I have yet to see if the Bigpond Usage Meter script is compatible or not.

Hamal · 20th February 2003, 4:18 PM

First attempt, with tweaks still to be made:

Most annoying thing so far? Not being able to group select items... what a pain in the ass!!!!

This image was made by just dragging the client task over the taskbar. It won't permanently work on the taskbar. If you click on the taskbar it automatically hides the samurize client (even with 'always on top' selected in Samurize).

Mongy · 20th February 2003, 5:31 PM

Tried the locked position and stuff and always on top and see if that works?

pippin88 · 20th February 2003, 6:31 PM

Seems to be an improvement on Samurize (Which I thought was pretty good anyway)

Will let you know more after I've had a further play.

Mongy · 20th February 2003, 6:47 PM

Just a quick play.. Was wanting to try the PNG files and also the Alpha Blending of the progressbars.. and also to test some of my old scripts.. Yes its chuncky, but I like having Samurize on my desktop.. Suits me

Click for larger view

vellanet · 20th February 2003, 7:24 PM

Heres my "quick" (took the better part of the day!) attempt with a png background. This is my home LAN server, it runs off a small monitor next to my main one so I can see it all the time, The aim was some readability from distance. I can see the time from bed! Mind the jpg compression.

http://www4.tpg.com.au/vell/server.jpg

Just gotta work out how to properly use psp for transparancies etc now.

Also gotta work out how I'm going to implement the total in/total out. I want it to reflect my optus usage but I haven't found a way to do that yet (any ideas guys)

Btw
Mongy, How/where did you get the script to display the exchange rate atm?

pippin88 · 20th February 2003, 7:36 PM

How about the Console Program meter? It might be able to do it?

Mongy · 20th February 2003, 7:38 PM

Quote:

Mongy, How/where did you get the script to display the exchange rate atm?

CurrencyConverter

Download, do a minor bit of editing of the vbs file (I just did 2 of them, think it goes to 5 or 10 off the top of my head) and chuck into the script dir. Run an active script within SS and pick item number 1 and 2.. thats what mine is anyway

Anyone else have any phunky things that you dont think many other people know how to use/never thought of using??

I think the only 3 things I have which I havent seen much in Australia, is share prices (not shown in current SS view), The currency converter and also an Australian news headlines stream.

Will put them up at some stage if people show an interest in those scripts.

The Watcher · 21st February 2003, 2:27 AM

Ok, this is one that I've been waiting for!

Hasn't been too bad sofar, 1 crash of the application when using a Active Script, but since, these aren't supose to be portable I'm not complaining

My major grip atm, is that you can't do to group selections to move say 12 things a few pixles to one side

Very annoying, oh well

http://www.watcher-chronicles.com/Wa...Screenshot.jpgClick for larger view

Otherwise, I'm giving this a big thumbs up !!! Well worth the time to play with it.

Watcher

pippin88 · 21st February 2003, 6:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Watcher
My major grip atm, is that you can't do to group selections to move say 12 things a few pixles to one side Very annoying, oh well

That's my major gripe too.

The Watcher · 21st February 2003, 9:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pippin88
That's my major gripe too.

I think it will end up being a problem with a lot of people, Its something that is availavble in 99% of other applications and you kind of expect it to be there, and when it isn't....

it may also be the type of thing they will include in the full release?

Mongy: Thanks for that other Sumurize site, can't read a freaking word

but at least there's a decent screenshot section that lets you see what other people are doing !!!

Watcher

pippin88 · 21st February 2003, 1:46 PM

Ok, here is my briefly made one:

Not finished yet.

But what I need to work out is how to get the bar labelled T: that has my usage display on it, to reflect my usage? I've got both set to getunratedusage yet the text works but the bar doesn't

20th February 2003, 12:22 AM	#1
Mongy Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 644	Serious Samurize Thread Serious Samurize Beta 0.81a has been released (Link) Try it out, find a bug, report it Question regarding scripts, go here Find and download a script, go here After some graphics for background PNG files, try here Want to see what others have been achieving with SS, peek a boo This is for the release of Serious Samurize, not vanilla Samurize. If you have any queries regarding Samurize, take them here Any questions/info/tips etc, share them here for others to read/help with __________________ Dodgy Is A Way Of Life How to search for song based on lyrics 1)In Google-type in quotes part lyrics, followed by lyrics ie "into the distance" lyrics. 2)If returns bands you know do not sing the song, enter -band -name, ie-sting after it. 3)Continue entering non band names, ie -quaye -sting -police -enya -burn -phish -williams -confusion -anime. The more unique the lyrics, or combination of words, will usually make it easier to find. HTH Last edited by Mongy; 24th February 2003 at 12:51 AM.

20th February 2003, 1:28 AM	#2
Hamal Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North Tas Posts: 7,733	Hrrrm... seems 'interesting'. Not really suited for my purposes as I like to have a taskbar (Samurize Band) monitoring app which I use 0.63c quite nicely for. Unfortunately this release doesn't seem to have fixed my major gripe, and that is having the ability to move text around the area nicely. As of now I have to use weird fonts (like system) in order to avoid too much 'whitespace' above the text. This will severely limit my options as far as text choices and spacing of elements will go. Have to see how it goes. Also, will this version implement the 'samurize band'? Will probably have to wait for version 1.0 :/ I like the new progress bars now though, a lot of hassle has been removed. But has anyone else noted the lack of borders around elements? If I've missed something please let me know. Overlaying elements on the one bar will help me immesely however Seeing as I use the Samurize Band I am limited to only one graphic area in 0.63c. 0.80 will allow me to overcome aggravating problems like having a CPU usage bar covering the entire graphic area :/. Will have to wait until there are some english speaking forums and manuals/guides available before I do anything too risque. __________________ "as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." Benjamin Franklin “White Australians frequently say that ‘all that’ should be forgotten….. forgetfulness is a strange prescription coming from a community which reveres the fallen warrior and emblazons the phrase “Lest We Forget” on monuments throughout the land." Henry Reynolds

20th February 2003, 1:45 AM	#3
Mongy Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 644	I'm not going to have a chance to play with the program tonight (yeah, have to work tomorrow). But looking at it quickly, it is similiar to the last one, but easier to use and also has .PNG input for custom background pics. Another nice feature looks like in the progress bars. You can choose a start colour and a end colour, and it blends as it goes along the bar (sort of like in windows borders where u choose two colours and they blend into each other) and also the splitting at intervals (took me ages to make one of them for 4 hdds last time) Add Console program looks ok also. Few silly things also. A progress bar/analog bar/histogram for winamp?? Unless it can go thru and show a %age of ur playlist (50% played) No, it doesnt appear to have borders for individual bars. The only quick fix I can think of is, edit graphics, add rectangle slightly bigger than bar, add a smaller rectangle same size as bar and place in centre of prev rectangle. Would give a border. But thats a quick fix anyway. They may add it back in to final version. It will be good to have a play with it tomorrow evening when I get home from work __________________ Dodgy Is A Way Of Life How to search for song based on lyrics 1)In Google-type in quotes part lyrics, followed by lyrics ie "into the distance" lyrics. 2)If returns bands you know do not sing the song, enter -band -name, ie-sting after it. 3)Continue entering non band names, ie -quaye -sting -police -enya -burn -phish -williams -confusion -anime. The more unique the lyrics, or combination of words, will usually make it easier to find. HTH

20th February 2003, 2:06 PM	#4
Hamal Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North Tas Posts: 7,733	Played with it a bit more and it does seem to offer most of what I need except for two striking inabilities. I cannot get a Samurize Band like in the 0.63c version, and the annoying 'white space' around fonts is stopping me from doing what I really want to do. Apart from that it seems remarkably stable so far, but then I have yet to see if the Bigpond Usage Meter script is compatible or not. __________________ "as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." Benjamin Franklin “White Australians frequently say that ‘all that’ should be forgotten….. forgetfulness is a strange prescription coming from a community which reveres the fallen warrior and emblazons the phrase “Lest We Forget” on monuments throughout the land." Henry Reynolds

20th February 2003, 4:18 PM	#5
Hamal Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North Tas Posts: 7,733	First attempt, with tweaks still to be made: Most annoying thing so far? Not being able to group select items... what a pain in the ass!!!! This image was made by just dragging the client task over the taskbar. It won't permanently work on the taskbar. If you click on the taskbar it automatically hides the samurize client (even with 'always on top' selected in Samurize). __________________ "as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." Benjamin Franklin “White Australians frequently say that ‘all that’ should be forgotten….. forgetfulness is a strange prescription coming from a community which reveres the fallen warrior and emblazons the phrase “Lest We Forget” on monuments throughout the land." Henry Reynolds

20th February 2003, 5:31 PM	#6
Mongy Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 644	Tried the locked position and stuff and always on top and see if that works? __________________ Dodgy Is A Way Of Life How to search for song based on lyrics 1)In Google-type in quotes part lyrics, followed by lyrics ie "into the distance" lyrics. 2)If returns bands you know do not sing the song, enter -band -name, ie-sting after it. 3)Continue entering non band names, ie -quaye -sting -police -enya -burn -phish -williams -confusion -anime. The more unique the lyrics, or combination of words, will usually make it easier to find. HTH

20th February 2003, 6:31 PM	#7
pippin88 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Newcastle Posts: 7,188	Seems to be an improvement on Samurize (Which I thought was pretty good anyway) Will let you know more after I've had a further play. __________________ Solar Facts - all the info on solar My Photo Gallery Bunjaree Cottages - accommodation in the Blue Mountains bush

20th February 2003, 6:47 PM	#8
Mongy Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 644	Just a quick play.. Was wanting to try the PNG files and also the Alpha Blending of the progressbars.. and also to test some of my old scripts.. Yes its chuncky, but I like having Samurize on my desktop.. Suits me Click for larger view __________________ Dodgy Is A Way Of Life How to search for song based on lyrics 1)In Google-type in quotes part lyrics, followed by lyrics ie "into the distance" lyrics. 2)If returns bands you know do not sing the song, enter -band -name, ie-sting after it. 3)Continue entering non band names, ie -quaye -sting -police -enya -burn -phish -williams -confusion -anime. The more unique the lyrics, or combination of words, will usually make it easier to find. HTH Last edited by Mongy; 20th February 2003 at 6:49 PM.

20th February 2003, 7:24 PM	#9
vellanet Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Greystanes, Sydney Posts: 530	Heres my "quick" (took the better part of the day!) attempt with a png background. This is my home LAN server, it runs off a small monitor next to my main one so I can see it all the time, The aim was some readability from distance. I can see the time from bed! Mind the jpg compression. http://www4.tpg.com.au/vell/server.jpg Just gotta work out how to properly use psp for transparancies etc now. Also gotta work out how I'm going to implement the total in/total out. I want it to reflect my optus usage but I haven't found a way to do that yet (any ideas guys) Btw Mongy, How/where did you get the script to display the exchange rate atm? __________________ ╔ ═════ ╗ ...KIZZA... ╚ ═════ ╝

20th February 2003, 7:36 PM	#10
pippin88 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Newcastle Posts: 7,188	How about the Console Program meter? It might be able to do it? __________________ Solar Facts - all the info on solar My Photo Gallery Bunjaree Cottages - accommodation in the Blue Mountains bush

21st February 2003, 2:27 AM	#12
The Watcher Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 519	Ok, this is one that I've been waiting for! Hasn't been too bad sofar, 1 crash of the application when using a Active Script, but since, these aren't supose to be portable I'm not complaining My major grip atm, is that you can't do to group selections to move say 12 things a few pixles to one side Very annoying, oh well http://www.watcher-chronicles.com/Wa...Screenshot.jpgClick for larger view Otherwise, I'm giving this a big thumbs up !!! Well worth the time to play with it. Watcher __________________ Who Wants to Live Forever? All Warfare is based on Deception - Sun Tzu Last edited by The Watcher; 21st February 2003 at 2:46 AM.

21st February 2003, 1:46 PM	#15
pippin88 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Newcastle Posts: 7,188	Ok, here is my briefly made one: Not finished yet. But what I need to work out is how to get the bar labelled T: that has my usage display on it, to reflect my usage? I've got both set to getunratedusage yet the text works but the bar doesn't __________________ Solar Facts - all the info on solar My Photo Gallery Bunjaree Cottages - accommodation in the Blue Mountains bush