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Add to DeliciousTo celebrate the one-year anniversary of Highlight HEALTH, I’m pleased to announce the release of the Highlight HEALTH Network RSS Dashboard Widget, which provides one-click access to the latest posts on the Highlight HEALTH Network. The widget is designed for use on the Apple Dashboard.
Highlight HEALTH Network RSS widget screenshots
The front of the widget, showing the latest articles on Highlight HEALTH and the newest additions to the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory:
The search bar at the top of the widget allows you to search the Highlight HEALTH Network. Search results open in your browser. The scalebar at the bottom of the widget allows you to show the full feed, a reduced amount of content or titles only.
The back of the widget, showing additional information on the feeds currently aggregated on the Highlight HEALTH Network:
Widget installation
To install the Highlight HEALTH Network RSS widget, download the zip file. If you’re using the Safari browser, it should automatically unzip it and start the installation. A small window will open, asking “Do you want to install the widget ‘HighlightHEALTH’ and open it in the Dashboard?”. Simply click install and you’re done.
If you’ve downloaded the zip file and nothing’s happened, double-click the file “HighlightHEALTH.zip” to unzip, then double-click the widget to install.
The Highlight HEALTH Network uses a full-text feed, formatted in RSS 2.0. While developing the widget, I was surprised to find that Apple Dashboard widgets displaying RSS 2.0-formated feeds don’t allow you to drag the scrollbar or scalebar. You have to click on the scrollbar or scalebar in order to scroll or scale the content. In my tests, scrolling also worked using the scroll ball of an Apple Mighty Mouse or the trackpad of a MacBook Pro laptop (tested on Mac OS X 10.4.11 “Tiger” and 10.5 “Leopard”).
UPDATE: April 20th, 2008
Version 2.0 of the widget now aggregates content from Highlight HEALTH 2.0. The download links above have been updated. Enjoy!
UPDATE: April 16th, 2009
Version 2.1 of the widget is now available. The download links above have been updated.
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How clever! And it’s a Mac OS favoured widget, for once we Mac users can say “Yay”! I will have a fiddle with this later in the day. I take it that you are into Mac systems then? Have you looked at other OS such as Linux and Ubuntu? Just curious - if you had, was wondering what you thought of them.
All the best and looking forward for more bloggery,
Rademisto Sis
Hi Rademisto: yes, I’m into Mac systems. I’ve used Windows and Linux extensively as well. Each has their unique features (and issues). Personally, I prefer a Mac above all the other operating systems available - everything just works, elegantly.
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