{"id":304,"date":"2005-05-11T17:10:48","date_gmt":"2005-05-11T17:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2005\/05\/2005_05_12_0110.php"},"modified":"2017-02-10T02:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T02:18:56","slug":"istickywiki-skinned-by-yours-truly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/05\/11\/istickywiki-skinned-by-yours-truly","title":{"rendered":"iStickyWiki – skinned by yours truly"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Tiger’s dashboard<\/em> feature. I mentioned in the past how useful it would be for note-taking. And I was right… if only there was a widget that did it right. Apple’s built-in Stickeys<\/em> widget (not to be confused with the actual<\/em> Stickeys application) should’ve been called “suckys.” You can’t paste long lines of code because it dynamically adjusts the font size… and it doesn’t<\/strong> scroll. Pasting long code\/text that exceeds the limit will not paste at all. And you can’t type anymore either if you’re at the said limit.<\/p>\n

Then I stumbled upon Wikity Widget<\/a>. A cool wiki-style, database-driven, auto-linking note taking widget, and winner of the Apple dashboard widget competition. Simple and extremely effective implementation – perfect for my note-taking preference. But alas,<\/em> the interface (if you visited the site) looks horrible.<\/p>\n

Since I really wanted<\/em> to use the app, me being turned-off by its aesthetics on all counts<\/strong> didn’t deter me from using it. First thing I did was check the license to make sure I wasn’t breaking any laws, then started hacking the visual aspects of the widget. I think I did enough tedious work to merit dubbing a new name for it. I decided on iStickyWiki<\/em> to hit multiple birds with one stone. One is to acknowledge Wikity Widget<\/a>‘s original concept that it is a wiki<\/strong>-type widget. Another is to emphasize that it has been somewhat “merged” with the Stickeys interface. And the “i” is both a tribute to Apple’s naming convention… plus it makes the widget very<\/em> Filipino when pronounced as ees-TEE-kee-WEE-kee<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Of course for good measure, I hacked the the scripts to insert a “readme” or “ReleaseNotes” entry to give credit where credit is due. Honestly I think I would’ve modified it regardless of the legalities, since everything was done for personal use. But since the license which governs it stated that it could<\/em> be modified and re-distributed – so I thought I might as well share it with others.Here’s a screenshot:<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>\n*iStickyWiki widget*\n<\/center>\n

You can download the file here<\/a> (v1.1, Requires OS X 10.4)<\/p>\n

To install, just drag iStickyWiki.wdgt<\/em> to \/Library\/Widgets<\/code><\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering where it stores its data, you can find it in ~\/Library\/Application Support\/inkling\/inkling.db<\/code><\/p>\n

Enjoy, and drop me a line if you like what I did with it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Tiger’s dashboard feature. I mentioned in the past how useful it would be for note-taking. And I was right… if only there was a widget that did it right. Apple’s built-in Stickeys widget (not to be confused with the actual Stickeys application) should’ve been called “suckys.” You can’t paste long lines of code because …

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