Rune Kenneth Meisingset - Help Information for Time and Date widget

Help Information for Time and Date widget

Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:06:50 PM

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Help Information for Time and Date widget.

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peraperaOperaopera_jp # Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:32:50 AM

This is cool and simple widget! Do you mind if I recommend your widget at my blog(http://my.opera.com/opera_jp/)?

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:29:05 AM

@opera_jp: Of course not. Recommend it as many places that you want to. The more the better

If you want to, please also vote for me in the Win a Wii with Opera Wiidgets contest.

peraperaOperaopera_jp # Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:09:57 AM

Thank you. And i voted to your widget!

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:17:28 AM

Thanks!

Anonymous # Monday, February 5, 2007 3:36:08 AM

Anonymous writes: Thanks for this widget - which I find the best of the calender so far! I'm from DK and am going to use Opera again after some years with only FF after Opera implemented several (new) features I've missed compared to FF. Though I have a problem with the '\w'-switch showing weeks in the display - do you have any idea? Thanks again - and I'll of course vote for you Greetings :-)

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Monday, February 12, 2007 1:34:54 AM

@Anonymous: I will have to rewrite the help information soon, to make things a bit clearer. But in the meantime:

If you enter f.ex. \week w in Date and time format, the widget should currently display week 7.
If you enter week w, it should display 7eek 7.
If you enter \week \w, it should display week w.

If the widget behaves differently for you, then this has to be a bug. In this case please contact me with further details, so I can try to fix the problem.

Anonymous # Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:13:49 AM

Anonymous writes: Thanks for this widget. I have notebook and I never turn off them. Is it possible to start reminder every time when I upraise cover? Greetings :-)

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:03:16 PM

@Anonymous: I don't think that would be possible. The widgets aren't allowed to retrieve information about your system, so it is no way to detect when you upraise the cover of your notebook.

Anonymous # Saturday, May 19, 2007 5:46:44 AM

Hugues writes: I'm a new user of opera. Your widget seems very usefull,but I encouter this problem : when I minimize the widget, It's no more possible to enlarge it.

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Saturday, May 26, 2007 4:34:18 PM

@Hugues: That is strange. You are clicking on where the date is displayed to restore it, right?? Are you using Windows?

AyushAyushJ # Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:00:21 AM

Rune, great widget. Simple but powerful..

I have a suggestion- Use preventDefault method on mousedown event to prevent text selection. Sometimes when clicking the hidden widget to show it again, the hotclick menu comes

Martin Pospisilmarpos # Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:01:04 PM

Rune Kenneth, finally something I long missed!!! Great! I am going to test it now. I hope it will work OK.
For now I have found little (bug) thing: The Czech is not proper. It's more like mixture of Slovak and Czech language. Just tell me how I can help you with that. I think, being Czech, I could help you with more proper Czech.

Thanks a lot for this widget!!! 5 stars

Martin Pospisilmarpos # Friday, July 20, 2007 10:12:57 AM

Rune, meanwhile I found the article: Translation of Time and Date 1.2, so I am working on the translation. It is almost done I will soon ask you just several questions about a context of certain phrases which I could not find in the widget and there could be several meanings of the English phrases/words...
For now I am also testing the widget and it works fine for me...
I found 2 minor bugs though:
1. little more serious: when loading or reloading the widget there always appears an error pop-up stating (of course only if I leave the "Check for updates on startup" checkbox in settings checked):

"An error occured when trying to retrieve data from:
http://files.myopera.com/rkm/timeanddate/version.txt?rnd=Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:49:48 GMT+0200"

2. really little thing: Whatever country/language I choose there are two buttons (so far I found those two: "Today" and "None" buttons in drop-down box with calendar when editing (new) event) that stay in language the whole Opera is configured. Or let's say those buttons do not obey the language setting of the widget (while everything else is OK) but they obey the language setting of Opera.

Regards

Martin

Anonymous # Friday, August 24, 2007 9:54:03 AM

Anonymous writes: it's a good tool, thx for it. one thing: is it possible that, when you minimize the widget, there is no entry in the taskbar. for me it is just a icon in the taskbar better. bye mss

Gediminasosamlt # Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:16:45 AM

Hello,
Great widget. I like, but i want tralstated in my language. How i can do it? Are you let me?

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:57:38 AM

@marpos: The "Today" and "None" buttons in the drop-down box with the calendar, is something that is drawn automatically by Opera. It's an example of a web forms 2.0 element, which as far as i know Opera is the only browser that has implemented yet.

@Anonymous: If I understand you correctly, it might be that my widget tab replacement is what you are lookinhg for. The widget tab replacement program will remove the entries for the widgets from the task bar, and add an icon to the system tray. Clicking the widget icon in the system tray will bring up the widgets.

@osamlt: I would be happy if you translated the widget to your language:) Just go here to translate the widget. If your language is lithuanian just click on 'Other language', then select lituanian.

Gediminasosamlt # Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:28:20 AM

O I lovely tralsate into Lithuanai language.

Ps. Traslating process is like netvibes translator. I like it.

Gediminasosamlt # Sunday, August 26, 2007 11:16:37 AM

Notes.
In Lithuania time don't have AM PM marker. IT is simple 13 (after 12 hourday) or 1 (after 24 hour night).

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Sunday, August 26, 2007 1:29:51 PM

@osamlt: It's the same in norwegian. Just leave AM/PM and A/P as it is then. The default setting is to show the time in 24-h format, so AM/PM won't show up unless the user himself changes the settings in this way.

Anonymous # Thursday, September 6, 2007 2:25:11 PM

Anonymous writes: The best calendar widget until now. Propper project. Works fine. Thx. pkh

rllorent # Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:59:11 PM

I agree. Best calendar available for Opera.
It would be possible to allow drag-and-drop operation ?
I mean, to drag an email from Opera mail client to the calendar
should open the "add event" dialog automatically.

Also, some integration inside Opera would be great (I guess this would be difficult). Integration like a menu entry like "Add to calendar" or similar.

Opera needs a calendar to have a chance to compete with Outlook or Thunderbird/Lighting. This widget is a great opportunity to
go ahead.

Thanks for the execellent work

Roberto

Anonymous # Monday, November 26, 2007 3:08:16 PM

Anonym writes: hello, I can't use sound to tell me an event occur. can you give the possibility to bring the window to the top without sound ? I'm deaf. Thanks for this great work.

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Monday, November 26, 2007 5:33:24 PM

@rllorent: Sorry. I had forgot to reply to this. No, drag and drop operations won't be possible. More integration with Opera won't be possible either unfortunately.

@anonymous: I see. In principle it should work to set the widget to display "Always on Top". Then the reminder window should pop up in front of everything. But my experience is that "Always on Top" can't always be relied on - sometimes the widget still drops behind some other windows. I have an idea for how to make a more reliable visual reminder. Look for changes in the next version...

Anonymous # Friday, December 7, 2007 12:58:22 AM

Anonymous writes: Do you have to use the widget through Opera? For example if I have an Archos 605 and I use this widget, do I have to have connection to access the calendar and to input events, or use the alarm?

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Friday, December 7, 2007 2:20:56 AM

@Anonymous: You have to use it through Opera in the sense that Opera needs to be running for the widget to work, but you don't need an internet connection.

Anonymous # Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:15:21 AM

Anonymous writes: Hi I think that there is a bug in version 1.26: when you add a "New event" the hour in field "At" must have two numbers (for hours less than 10). If not, the task list in not well formated. For example, you must input "08:00" and not "8:00" Regards Joaquin.

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:54:35 AM

@Anonymous: This is really not anything I can control. If the time isn't well formatted - if you f.ex. input "8:00" instead of "08:00", no value will be given for that input field.

Anonymous # Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:17:16 PM

Anonymous writes: An automatic synchronization between Workstation and Notebook would be great!

Joe Snowdonjoeyoga # Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:09:06 AM

I am having trouble making the import ical format work. I am trying to import my google calendar. I have tried to both paste the link and the code into the text input area of the import window. When I click OK all that happens is the pasted info goes away and my calendar is not updated. Am I missing something? BTW, I am using Opera 9.5 beta on windows XP: Version
9.50 beta
Build
9613
Platform
Win32
System
Windows XP

Thanks

Anonymous # Sunday, March 2, 2008 5:42:07 AM

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furngully # Wednesday, March 5, 2008 6:06:15 PM

Have not given it a good try yet, but the little I have used feels very nice.

I look forward to giving this a go:D

dorje1428 # Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:27:34 PM

Problem:
I go to enter, e.g., a repeating event on Sunday April 13th 2008, and set it to repeat the 2nd Su of each month, the drop-down menu offers the second Saturday or the 13th as the options; i.e., this portion of the program thinks April 13th is (Sa)the day before! I have the settings so that Su is the first day of the calendar week, changing it to Mo does not fix the problem.
Help?
Thanks
Otherwise, great widget!

Anonymous # Sunday, March 23, 2008 4:51:09 AM

Abrar writes: I live in the United States and our time went back one hour but my widget is still ahead an hour. I'd like to know if there is any way for me to correct this time and also change the 24-Hour format into a 12-Hour format. I will greatly appreciate it of you reply back to me at my e-mail address. hussain902@aol.com

Arturo Tremendoniarturotremendoni # Saturday, April 5, 2008 11:07:55 AM

I love it! One small feature request -- which i might hack myself if you give me a lil guidance -- is : Automatic repeat only for weekdays and not weekends..

This way i dont wake up too early on weekends to do things i dont have to do

regards, keep up the good work

Anonymous # Friday, April 25, 2008 3:23:17 AM

ibex52 writes: very nice! it would be better if there's an option not to display its button on the windows taskbar though.

Raster Imagespiralsan # Sunday, July 13, 2008 8:30:29 PM

i love your widget, and have come to rely on it. so i am most distressed that it has stopped working!
i open it as normal - it shows the right time - but the clock is much bigger. i click the clock, and i see just a corner of the usual calendar window, again much too big, and completely unusable.
normally i would delete it and reinstall, but i suspect if i did, then all my preferences and reminders would be lost forever. the export button, like the other functions, is non-functioning.
please help!

Raster Imagespiralsan # Monday, July 14, 2008 1:52:09 PM

never mind, ignore me, i've sussed it.
congratulations again on a truly essential bit of widget.

Anonymous # Friday, August 1, 2008 3:20:18 PM

Stefan writes: Hi, great widget. Is there a way to start it automaticly when I open opera? I am an absolutly new user and just started learning.

Anonymous # Saturday, September 6, 2008 1:58:15 PM

Boissoneau Dwayne writes: tHANKS IT REALLY HELPS I'LL RECCOMEND TO ALL MY FRIENDS

Anonymous # Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:58:41 PM

Anonymous writes: Молодец!!! Виджет отличнейший! Жаль, что так мало у тебя виджетов! Хотелось бы видеть больше!

Anonymous # Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:04:53 PM

Anonymous writes: please, can you give me a link to the documentation of Audio-Object? I cannot fint it with Google. :(

AyushAyushJ # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 12:39:54 AM

please, can you give me a link to the documentation of Audio-Object? I cannot fint it with Google.

See HTML 5 - The audio element
but note that it is not supported by Opera now

Anonymous # Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:49:16 AM

Anonymous writes: Great widget! Anyone know how to make it autostart when Opera opens?

Anonymous # Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:48:06 PM

Anonymous writes: Hi, I agree with others that this is the best date and time thingy to come along. One (hopefully) small request: is it possible to KEEP the box around the current date on the main display? Mine goes away and only seems to appear when the widget is first opened. Yes, I know the current date is on the bar as well, but it's just nice to be able to glance at the main window and see the current date "boxed". Thanks again for a very useful widget!

Anonymous # Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:51:17 PM

Anonymous writes: By the way, I had to copy and paste this and my previous comment into Internet Explorer to get posted! In Opera, the anti-spam confirmation code was repeatedly rejected as in error. Anyone else have this problem? (This has nothing to do with the widget...just asking!) Paul.

Anonymous # Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:51:34 PM

Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaJurgi # Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:21:52 PM

Simple and useful. One of the best widgets IMHO.
It would be nice to have possibility to edit font, size and color, the clock mini-window is a bit hard to read for me, especially dharma.sk skin (noce but owful colors, I'm using Windows Classic skin, as I am minimalist

). Also possibility to change position of windows would be great.

Anonymous # Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:48:05 PM

Ciro writes: Excellent widget, the best I've seen. I'm having the same problem as spiral san. I don't know what combination of keys I hit by mistake, now the size of the fonts is huge. How did spiral san resolved his problem?