• UltraLauncher
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[B]Ultra Launcher[/B] [URL="http://abload.de/img/ultralauncherhmals.png"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4U5c0F4l.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://abload.de/img/ultralauncherlkau9.png"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XnaO2Xcl.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://imgur.com/H4dKrhG"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/H4dKrhGl.png[/IMG][/URL] I don't like the behavior off the windows 8 Start menu so I've decided to make my own. [B]Features:[/B] -Shiny OpenGl interface (OpenTK) -Customizable colors (Even the taskbar icon gets tinted) -Google Callendar integration (Requires Google Credentials) -Direct access to Windows System Configuration -Time Display -Loading cards dynamically from .dlls in /Cards [B]Launcher Cards/Panels:[/B] Start -recent applications -.lnk Files from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu and AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu Bookmarks -Chrome Bookmarks (takes ~60 secs to open on first start up) -Thumbnails Generated with Webkit Games -Recently Played Steam games (Requires Steam Vanity name or id. For Example "ultradr3mer") Weather -Local weather info and forecast by World Weather Online (requires location which returns results on [URL]http://www.worldweatheronline.com/[/URL]) -Android Weather Icons Clipboard History -All items that have been in your clipboard (starts on first content change) [B]Download:[URL="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_RlMbVhkrSkUm1HNVF6cm5jcDA/edit?usp=sharing"] [/URL][URL]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_RlMbVhkrSkdVZvSF9tcElzWkk/edit?usp=sharing[/URL][/B] [B] Card SDK: [URL]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_RlMbVhkrSkX3RKaDhDai1zdjA/edit?usp=sharing[/URL] [/B]The Cards SDK is more like an example. If your'e making new cards you should make independent dlls.
oh man that's beautiful.
I get this a few seconds after launching it. [code]Application: BookmarkGenerator.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.NullReferenceException Stack: at WebKit.WebKitBrowser.set_IsScriptingEnabled(Boolean) at WebKit.WebKitBrowser.WebKitBrowser_Load(System.Object, System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.OnLoad(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnParentVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext) at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(System.Windows.Forms.Form) at BookmarkGenerator.Program.Main()[/code]
Oh my.. that is really beautiful! Love it. [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] Just a quick request though, could you remove the taskbar icon and make it activate on a keyboard shortcut?
[QUOTE=cartman300;41616182]Oh my.. that is really beautiful! Love it. [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] Just a quick request though, could you remove the taskbar icon and make it activate on a keyboard shortcut?[/QUOTE] Couldn't agree more. Great so far though man, keep up the good work.
[QUOTE=cartman300;41616182]Oh my.. that is really beautiful! Love it. [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] Just a quick request though, could you remove the taskbar icon and make it activate on a keyboard shortcut?[/QUOTE] As this is a replacement for the Start Screen (effectively), would it not be possible to use the Start button and replace the Start Screen entirely with this? It does look pretty, but it seems a bit limited in support for the Bookmarks card, have you looked into methods of supporting browsers other than Chrome as well? I know Firefox stores the bookmarks in a sqlite database, which shouldn't be too hard to parse and generate tiles for as you do with Chrome bookmarks.
I wouldn't really want to replace start screen with this. I'd want to use it side by side with it.
Also y ou should make bookmarks optional, people have porn in bookmark sometimes :V
Add passworded folders while you're at it. I haven't been able to use passworded folders since Magic Desk. [editline]28th July 2013[/editline] [img]http://dirhyllykt.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/image6.jpg[/img]
Why the hell aren't passworded folders a thing for Windows?
[QUOTE=Quark:;41623624]Why the hell aren't passworded folders a thing for Windows?[/QUOTE] Mounting something that isn't a folder/drive as a folder is slightly non-trivial in Windows, so there are few good free solutions. [URL="http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/"]This may work[/URL], it also lets you open zip and iso files in-place.
[QUOTE=Tamschi;41623719]Mounting something that isn't a folder/drive as a folder is slightly non-trivial in Windows, so there are few good free solutions. [URL="http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/"]This may work[/URL], it also lets you open zip and iso files in-place.[/QUOTE] That seems a bit more complicated than Microsoft just adding a right-click option to folders "Password Options" which would allow the user to set a password for the folder that needs to be entered for [I]all[/I] operations on the folder. (Rename, delete, add file to, move to new drive, copy, cut) Not saying that it is something I want, just that it should have been one of the things included in Windows
[QUOTE=Quark:;41626284]That seems a bit more complicated than Microsoft just adding a right-click option to folders "Password Options" which would allow the user to set a password for the folder that needs to be entered for [I]all[/I] operations on the folder. (Rename, delete, add file to, move to new drive, copy, cut) Not saying that it is something I want, just that it should have been one of the things included in Windows[/QUOTE] NTFS doesn't really support it, unless you would be content with a "solution" that can be trivially circumvented. Imo an insecure built-in is worse than no built-in feature at all. Edit: Well, there's EFS, but that only works with one key per user and is unavailable in most versions.
[QUOTE=Dj-J3;41614471]I get this a few seconds after launching it. [code]Application: BookmarkGenerator.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.NullReferenceException Stack: at WebKit.WebKitBrowser.set_IsScriptingEnabled(Boolean) at WebKit.WebKitBrowser.WebKitBrowser_Load(System.Object, System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.OnLoad(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnParentVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnVisibleChanged(System.EventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext) at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(System.Windows.Forms.Form) at BookmarkGenerator.Program.Main()[/code][/QUOTE] Mhh I cant tell what the problem is right now. Maybe I could with some debugging. But I remember having this problem when not running inside an STA thread, but I guess the problem is something different. I think there is something wrong wit the webkit setup. since [CODE]wb.IsScriptingEnabled = false;[/CODE] is the first thing i do after creating an instance. [QUOTE=cartman300;41616182]Oh my.. that is really beautiful! Love it. [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] Just a quick request though, could you remove the taskbar icon and make it activate on a keyboard shortcut?[/QUOTE] Well i tried both, making a shortcut did work. It's now Alt+A by default and customizable. But removing the taskbar icon not. The problem is that im using a form provided by opentk so i cant simply set ShowInTaskbar = false and doing it with P/Invoke didn't work either. [QUOTE=hexpunK;41619059]As this is a replacement for the Start Screen (effectively), would it not be possible to use the Start button and replace the Start Screen entirely with this? It does look pretty, but it seems a bit limited in support for the Bookmarks card, have you looked into methods of supporting browsers other than Chrome as well? I know Firefox stores the bookmarks in a sqlite database, which shouldn't be too hard to parse and generate tiles for as you do with Chrome bookmarks.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://imgur.com/hNFn6w1"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hNFn6w1.png[/IMG][/URL] I made it save the tinted taskbar icon and generate a .lnk with it. At least it will make the application stay in place and you can start it directly from there. Firefox and Internet Explorer support might be in the next version. And Password Folders eh .. so you want encryptet files to be displayed in the Start menu? [B]Download[/B] [URL]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_RlMbVhkrSkMG9QQmp0cU5NZ1E/edit?usp=sharing[/URL]
UltraLauncher 1.2 is here new features: -static backgrounds (2 included) -improved performance (using render targets for cards) -pinned card (attach files or folders manual) -improved start card instead of running applications recently clicked items are shown when searching for "" search results sorted by use times controllable with keyboard multiple pages -search bar in bookmarks card still no Firefox support though :( [URL=http://imgur.com/Av6jNau][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Av6jNaul.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]Download [URL="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_RlMbVhkrSkdVZvSF9tcElzWkk/edit?usp=sharing"]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_RlMbVhkrSkdVZvSF9tcElzWkk/edit?usp=sharing[/URL][/B]
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