Quick Links in your Taskbar!
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Mranon

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok folks! I hope this makes some people's lives easier.. I know it has made mine easy!

quicklinks

This is what it will look like, and the number and letter icons are the quick links to each cam.

Download the following file (no virus, it has been triple checked) and follow the instructions below! I hope this helps some people's camming become a bit easier and quicker!


Download
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Unzip the file, and make sure you leave the directories in tact. There should be an initial bigbrother folder, and inside that folder there is another bigbrother folder and one called icons

Place it in a folder on your computer, somewhere you will remember (call it "bigbrother").

Now, Unlock your taskbar if it isn't already... (right click anywhere on the taskbar and select "lock the taskbar" if there is a checkmark on it)

right click again and go to toolbars and "new toolbar". A box will pop up, now navigate to the folder you created before (ex: C:\bigbrother\bigbrother)(important to select the second bigbrother folder, not the first!) and select "ok"

Your new toolbar should be created on the right hand side. You may need to drag it over in order to see it properly. It should just say "bigbrother" and there should be 5 icons with text.

Now all we need to do is get rid of the text, and voila.. we have quick links.

Right click on the text "bigbrother" and click on "show text" so it is now unchecked.. and then do the same for "show title".

Now you should have 5 nice icons with 1,2,3,4,q.


These links a for the highspeed cams.. if you want to change them to the lowspeed ones, go to this topic and copy each link and right click on the corresponding icon, choose properties and paste the new url into the box shown.

If the icons don't show up.. just right click on the link, click properties and click change icon. Now browse to your bigbrother folder and select the icon that matches which cam you are changing.

Now lock your taskbar again, and presto! You have nice quick links!

Remember, if you can't see all the links (maybe "q" is cut off).. just drag your newly created toolbar over a bit, until you see all 5, then lock your toolbar in place.

Hope you enjoy!

mranon

Mranon

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Added the download link, sorry I forgot to add it!

Mranon

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jeez, I hope some people are getting some use out of this. It really is quite handy to have these small buttons.

Adamblast

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 10:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I look forward to trying it out at home. My desktop's getting a bit overcrowded, and this will make it easier...

Wendo

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
delete to fix

Wendo

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Saaaawwwweeeeettttt! (Sweet!) Works great Mranon, thanks a lot. The icons didn't work initially, but I just replaced them through their properties. Fabu!

Here's how it looks:

my picture

Jan

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
does this work for BBLive or Real??

Jan

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
and here is a dumb question for you to prove how untechie I am....how do i "Place it in a folder on your computer" once it is open in winzip???

Halfunit

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
rotfl... I wouldn't have anywhere to place the icons on my taskbar (which I live from).

I think we should have a "Describe yourself through your taskbar" folder, lololol....

tb

Draheid

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek, Half - why is your Antivirus disabled on there??????

Halfunit

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 01:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heh heh Dra... I knew you would notice that...

I haven't changed the settings since my brewhaha with Real... I also have the BB reloader on there twice.

I will go fix everything now, so that you quit making sounds like you just saw a mouse. :)

Halfunit

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Better?

tb

Draheid

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 01:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah, yes, I feel much better now. Since we're comparing, here's my toolbar split into 3 lines since it would cause this thread to sprawl too wide otherwise. Note the R1, R2, R3, R4, & yellow diamond shaped smiley are the live feeds direct link shortcuts. :O
toolbar

Edit to add: Also note, I'm not very busy today otherwise the programs usually scrunch together. However, the Netscape has 14 pages open in seperate tabs.

Halfunit

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 01:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is fun... what program is the red, white and blue icon in the bottom row?

The funny thing about this is that I only have 4 desktop icons (on this laptop). Now, if you saw the pc's desktop you'd think I was a clutter freak.

Draheid

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 02:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Half, I decided to respond in your member folder to keep from pirating this thread anymore. :)

Freydnot

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 04:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry for the OT but I had to add it in...

In windows you can stretch the task bar to take up two "lines" instead of the default 1 line. Simply left drag the top edge of the taskbar up and release the button when its the size you want it.

tall menm bar

Mranon

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 08:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, I was away for a day there..

Jan, I hope you got that sorted. If not, please post again.

Jan

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 05:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
nope haven't had any answers to my questins Mranon...but I use BBLIVe if I watch feeds at all....is your program for Realone's player? If it is, then I guess it's not for me..but if it works with BBLIVE it would be helpful. If so, I don't know how to save something from Winzip (sorry to be so dumb!)

Mranon

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 08:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Not sure if it works for BBLive. I doubt it as it was meant for real, but you could try.

Anyway, to save something from winzip, choose "extract" (or something like that) and a window will open. In there, you should see the drives on your computer. If you choose the C: drive, you should be able to create a new folder. I don't have winzip, but I am sure you can just create the folder by typing in the name "bigbrother" and then choosing extract.

Actually, with that zip file, all you need to do is highlight the C drive, and it will create the folders for you! (just realized that.. lol) Hope it works out.

Jan

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Mranon..your directions were perfect and it does only work for Real..it opens Real not BBlive.

funny thing though the icons don't have names, just the picture of a page..but they work fine and I can tell they are 1 etc so that is fine.

Thanks for your help!

Mranon

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 10:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You can change the icon.

Quote from above :

If the icons don't show up.. just right click on the link, click properties and click change icon. Now browse to your bigbrother folder and select the icon that matches which cam you are changing.

Jan

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey that was easy. Thanks Mranon :)

Bastable

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 06:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Has anyone created something similar for the Mac?

Sannper

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I downloaded the file and it worked fine, I loved being able to switch and not be bumped every 30 minutes. Now since yesterday whenever I click on one of the icons, it brings up real player but then I get an error message saying "Requested file not found. The liink you followed may be outdated or inaccurate."

Any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mranon

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Quicklinks zip has been updated to include the new URL's for the cams. :)