Tag - gadget
Continuum: An unique Messenger gadget for Windows
on Fri 04 Jul 2008 (15:19 GMT)
on Fri 04 Jul 2008 (15:19 GMT)
Continuum is a Windows sidebar gadget with a lot of character. It basically allows you to sign into MSN/ Windows Live Messenger, using a sleek, transparent interface, along with a sidebar gadget containing your favourite contacts.
Continuum is really well polished, easy to use and looks great. The sidebar idea also makes it more accessible and integrates Messenger better into Windows. Moreover you don't need to open or keep running Messenger to use it, thus the program only uses around 10MB of system memory, which is a strong contrast compared to an inactive Windows Live Messenger.
I highly recommend Continuum, its design is the main factor to draw you in, but in the end you find it practical enough to use it as an alternative to Messenger itself. The only problem with it is that it lacks the vast amount of features we have become used to within Windows Live Messenger, however this could change over the course of its development.
>> View a screenshot of Continuum in action
>> Visit the official website of Continuum
Continuum is really well polished, easy to use and looks great. The sidebar idea also makes it more accessible and integrates Messenger better into Windows. Moreover you don't need to open or keep running Messenger to use it, thus the program only uses around 10MB of system memory, which is a strong contrast compared to an inactive Windows Live Messenger.
I highly recommend Continuum, its design is the main factor to draw you in, but in the end you find it practical enough to use it as an alternative to Messenger itself. The only problem with it is that it lacks the vast amount of features we have become used to within Windows Live Messenger, however this could change over the course of its development.
>> View a screenshot of Continuum in action
>> Visit the official website of Continuum
Sit the i-Buddy on your desk and watch emoticons in motion
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 (18:50 GMT)
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 (18:50 GMT)
The i-Buddy is a fairly new invention from Hong Kong which is designed to interact with events on Windows Live Messenger. It looks similar to the Messenger buddy characters and even has wings like the old MSN Messenger logo.
Simply plug it into your computer via USB and place it on your desk or the top of your monitor then watch as it reacts to different emoticons that are sent to you or when that special contact of your choice signs in.
When the contact you specify signs in a little heart will glow on the i-Buddy's chest. It also reacts by shaking, twisting, glowing and flapping with 8 different emotions when you are sent different emoticons or receive a nudge.
It's currently available in the UK and Brazil, and its manufacturers, Union Creations, are looking to launch in the US soon.
>> View the i-Buddy in action
>> Source: Gearlog
>> Official product information (UK site, Brazil site, i-Buddy community)
Simply plug it into your computer via USB and place it on your desk or the top of your monitor then watch as it reacts to different emoticons that are sent to you or when that special contact of your choice signs in.
When the contact you specify signs in a little heart will glow on the i-Buddy's chest. It also reacts by shaking, twisting, glowing and flapping with 8 different emotions when you are sent different emoticons or receive a nudge.
It's currently available in the UK and Brazil, and its manufacturers, Union Creations, are looking to launch in the US soon.
>> View the i-Buddy in action
>> Source: Gearlog
>> Official product information (UK site, Brazil site, i-Buddy community)