Topic: Vista SideShow

Hey, I got a great idea for the Chumby. I'm not a programmer though, so can't make it happen, but some of you out there probably have the skills. The windows vista sideshow function would be a perfect application for the Chumby.

Re: Vista SideShow

ive not seen it, but do you just mean like a slideshow? cos i could try a flash widget for that.

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Re: Vista SideShow

Windows Vista SideShow is a technology where a second, small screen in put onto a computer, typically on the cover of a laptop, that can show some status information or do some simple operations like looking up a phone number, while the computer is otherwise asleep.

Re: Vista SideShow

oh right. thats an auxilary display. a slideshow could be a good idea for chumby though. cos not only would it be an alarm clock, it could be a photo frame. granted the pictures are only 320x240, but if you had bluetooth support, thats more than enough for most mobile phones. mine takes pics at 640x480, so they wouldnt downscale too bad.

my offer still stands for the bluetooth hubs, just to let you guys know. it might go into my case mod, as a test platform.

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Re: Vista SideShow

I would like this too; this new API probably makes it easier to construct a service that would talk to chumby over wireless / convert to flash widget...

http://blogs.msdn.com/sideshow/archive/ … eplex.aspx

This coupled with the media center sideshow gadgets would make chumby a great media center remote control http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail. … 8&pl=7