HELP!
All I want is a decent size digital clock, a 30-day monthly calendar that scrolls between months, my local weather, and a small note pad on my desktop. I had all of that with Gadgets, but they're discontinued.
Just point me to a place where I can find all this stuff and put it up on my desktop. This shouldn't be that hard!!!
I've installed Rainmeter, but most of the so-called skins I've found either won't load or are just zips with no rainmeter file. I have no clue what to do and frankly, I'm getting really frustrated and angry about it.
It is currently April 26th, 2024, 2:15 pm
HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
Sorry, I promote (again) one of my works: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?p=124162#p124162klgrube wrote:All I want is a decent size digital clock, a 30-day monthly calendar that scrolls between months, my local weather, and a small note pad on my desktop.
The only missing thing is the "small note", which this package doesn't have. If you can miss it, give a try to the above suite.
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
If you like old-style Gadgets, did you look here: http://fav.me/d8n4kvx ?klgrube wrote:HELP!
All I want is a decent size digital clock, a 30-day monthly calendar that scrolls between months, my local weather, and a small note pad on my desktop. I had all of that with Gadgets, but they're discontinued.
Just point me to a place where I can find all this stuff and put it up on my desktop. This shouldn't be that hard!!!
I've installed Rainmeter, but most of the so-called skins I've found either won't load or are just zips with no rainmeter file. I have no clue what to do and frankly, I'm getting really frustrated and angry about it.
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
The gadgets link looked promising. It shows a clock, but there actually isn't one.
Look, I realize people spend time creating really gorgeous rainmeter skins, but that honestly isn't what I need or want. I desperately need a simple digital clock (AM PM with the date below), a very simple but large 30-day calendar, a nice-looking weather gadget, and a note pad. it would be nice to also have a clipper for clipboard notes. But the key here is SIMPLE!!!! Solid white on black or a background color. Nothing fancy.
I apologize if I seem a bit grouchy. It's just that I am somewhat visually impaired, so the ability to see information quickly and easily in a font and size that I can actually read is very important to me.
Is there a really simple set of skins?
Look, I realize people spend time creating really gorgeous rainmeter skins, but that honestly isn't what I need or want. I desperately need a simple digital clock (AM PM with the date below), a very simple but large 30-day calendar, a nice-looking weather gadget, and a note pad. it would be nice to also have a clipper for clipboard notes. But the key here is SIMPLE!!!! Solid white on black or a background color. Nothing fancy.
I apologize if I seem a bit grouchy. It's just that I am somewhat visually impaired, so the ability to see information quickly and easily in a font and size that I can actually read is very important to me.
Is there a really simple set of skins?
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
If you can't find everything you need by one, try to look for each needed skin, one by one. Probably will be much simpler to find one clock, then one separate calendar and so on.klgrube wrote:Is there a really simple set of skins?
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
I did find one thing, but I don't know how to turn it into a Rainmeter skin, It's a zip with a bunch of files. Any suggestions? Can you tell me how to do that?
https://rainmeter.deviantart.com/art/Alli-Afresh-1-0-356296409
https://rainmeter.deviantart.com/art/Alli-Afresh-1-0-356296409
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
I have been using Elementary 3.0 by flyinghyrax, and find it very easy on my old eyes!klgrube wrote:The gadgets link looked promising. It shows a clock, but there actually isn't one.
Look, I realize people spend time creating really gorgeous rainmeter skins, but that honestly isn't what I need or want. I desperately need a simple digital clock (AM PM with the date below), a very simple but large 30-day calendar, a nice-looking weather gadget, and a note pad. it would be nice to also have a clipper for clipboard notes. But the key here is SIMPLE!!!! Solid white on black or a background color. Nothing fancy.
I apologize if I seem a bit grouchy. It's just that I am somewhat visually impaired, so the ability to see information quickly and easily in a font and size that I can actually read is very important to me.
Is there a really simple set of skins?
It includes a very well documented ReaMe help page so you should be able to easily customize the skin settings.
It does have a large notepad skin, and easy to read weather, date and time. It includes several smaller system monitoring skins, but you said you were not interested in those.
It does not have a 30-day calendar, however if you are on Windows 10, you can create a link to launch M$ calendar app.
Add this line to the [Rainmeter] section of the 'Elementary\Date\date-wdm.ini' and 'Elementary\Date\date-wmd.ini' to launch Windows 10's calendar app:
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LeftMouseUpAction=[shell:Appsfolder\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe!microsoft.windowslive.calendar]
P.S. I have modified my version to allow scaling using the mouse; if you are interested, send me a private message and I can send you a copy of my modified package.
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
WOW! Really nice! Still working on this for now . . .
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
Yes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", so you will need to find what you like.
Find a suite or a few skins that are close to what you want and many forum members would be willing to help you customize them.
Find a suite or a few skins that are close to what you want and many forum members would be willing to help you customize them.
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Re: HELP! I can't figure any of this out at all!
Well I finally finished. This was really terribly awkward and difficult. I had to do so much searching around and customization just to get something this plain and simple. Gosh! I hope there's a way this process can be made easier.
Thank you for all of your help and encouragement.
Thank you for all of your help and encouragement.
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