Steampunk Resource Monitor Yahoo Widget

# Resource-Monitor

The Resource-Monitor Grid-Gauges Yahoo Widget, written in Javascript and XML for the Yahoo
Widget (Konfabulator) Engine. Created for XP, Vista, Win7, 8, 10+ as well as the
Apple Mac.

The Resource-Monitor Gauges widget is an attractive Steampunk Yahoo widget for
your desktop. It is a series of gauges for displaying system metrics from your
PC. Functional and gorgeous at the same time. This Widget is a moveable widget
that you can move anywhere around the desktop as you require.

This is an old-fashioned wood, glass, steel, fabric and brass Yahoo Widget
designed to appeal to the steampunk mind, I suggest it might be a useful
addition to your desktop. The resource monitor will allow you to monitor your
system resources on a second by second basis using a human-friendly steampunk
interface.

The Resource Monitor is a Yahoo widget that runs on your desktop behind all your
applications so it does not interfere with your day to day computer
functionality. It displays cpu, memory, wireless and battery information as well
as drive usage. I hope you think it is fun as well as being very useful.

The graphics are my own. This widget was created with the serious coding skills
of Harry Whitfield. I supplied the graphics, made some ephemeral changes and
helped steered the widget toward its final goal. I also tested the widget and added
a little extra functionality. Harry built some of the core and did it far better
than I ever would have.

-oOo-

All javascript widgets need an engine to function, in this case the widget uses
the Yahoo Widget Konfabulator engine. The engine interprets the javascript and
creates the widget according to the XML description and using the images you
provide.

Built using:

RJTextEd Advanced Editor www.rj-texted.se/
Adobe Photoshop CS ver 8.0 (2003) www.adobe.com/uk/products/phot…
Yahoo Widgets SDK: engine (Konfabulator), runtime, debugger & documentation

Tested on :

ReactOS 0.4.14 32bit on virtualBox
Windows 7 Professional 32bit on Intel
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on Intel
Windows 7 Professional 64bit on Intel
Windows XP SP3 32bit on Intel
Windows 10 Home 64bit on Intel
Windows 10 Home 64bit on AMD
Windows 11 64bit on Intel

Dependencies:

o A windows-alike o/s such as Windows XP, 7-11 or Apple Mac OSX 11.

o Installation of the yahoo widget SDK runtime engine

Yahoo widget engine for Windows - g6auc.me.uk/ywidgets_sdk_setup…
Yahoo widget engine for Mac - rickyromero.com/widgets/downlo…

Running the widget using a javascript engine frees javascript from running only
within the captivity of a browser, you will now be able to run these widgets on
your Windows desktop as long as you have the correct widget engine installed.


Instructions for running Yahoo widgets on Windows
=================================================

1. Install yahoo widget SDK runtime engine
2. Download the gauge from this repo.
3. Unzip it
4. Double-click on the resulting .KON file and it will install and run

Instructions for running Yahoo widgets on Mac OS/X ONLY
========================================================

1. Install yahoo widget SDK runtime engine for Mac
2. Download the gauge from this repo.
3. Unzip it
4. For all all recent versions of Mac OS/X including Sierra, edit the following
file:

com.yahoo.widgetengine.plist which is in /Users/xxx/Library/Preferences. Look
for these lines:

<key>DockOpen</key>
<string>false</string>

Change to false if it is true.

5. Double-click on the widgets .KON file and it will install and run

Wit these instructions you should be able to start Yahoo! Widgets and the
menubar item should appear. Widgets can then be started from the menubar or by
double-clicking on the KON file in the usual way.



LICENCE AGREEMENTS:

Copyright 2023 Dean Beedell

In addition to the GNU General Public Licence please be aware that you may use
any of my own imagery in your own creations but commercially only with my
permission. In all other non-commercial cases I require a credit to the
original artist using my name or one of my pseudonyms and a link to my site.
With regard to the commercial use of incorporated images, permission and a
licence would need to be obtained from the original owner and creator, ie. me.