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Old 01-30-2009, 11:26 AM   #341
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Thats sounds a great idea. So for us who wish to keep up to date with the incremental updates, should we not use the installer version just yet then?
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Old 01-30-2009, 11:48 AM   #342
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Go ahead and use the installer version. I'll start naming the BetaBeta versions a little differently, so they don't overwrite the official version.
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Old 01-30-2009, 02:26 PM   #343
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For anyone interested, here's a version with an analog clock experiment. Press C to display the clock.

http://www.fish-byte.com/MA3Beta.zip

Note - these "BetaBeta" versions are still named "MA3Beta" so as not to be confused with the official version on SereneScreen.com (which is named MarineAquarium3). The internal name has also been changed so it won't conflict with the official version when viewed on the list of screensavers in Display Properties.
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Old 01-30-2009, 02:35 PM   #344
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Hi Jim. Just downloaded and installed the clockbeta but it looks like its the exact same file as 8k (same 'modified date of 1-25 at 12:05am') and when I push "C" nothing happens. I verified the file in the zip and its the exact same time and size as beta8k. Am I doing something wrong? :-P
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Old 01-30-2009, 02:53 PM   #345
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Yes, I messed up the upload. Try it again:

http://www.fish-byte.com/MA3Beta.zip
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Old 01-30-2009, 02:58 PM   #346
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Bingo! .... 'C' gives the clock, 'L' reverts back to default, 'L' again then gives AltLogo.

Edit: - To my eye, the clock looks a little displaced to the right, except when viewed at the farthest left position in single monitor mode. - And I think that whitish hands and numerals might look better than black, - but that's just my judgment!
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Old 01-30-2009, 02:59 PM   #347
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The clock looks really nice! I like the seconds not "bumping" once every second, but going smooth instead.
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Old 01-30-2009, 02:59 PM   #348
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Tried C, and clock with black stuff and light waves, L, L, C again. works good. Will the clock be black?

ps- 'sweep' second hand is very nice touch.
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Old 01-30-2009, 03:11 PM   #349
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works great!
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Old 01-30-2009, 03:25 PM   #350
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
For anyone interested, here's a version with an analog clock experiment. Press C to display the clock.  
Unfortunately, on the same monitor that doesn't show any movement for the gorgonia, there is no movement of the clock. Shows up as midnight with no second hand sweeping at all. Works OK on the other monitors, though I'd prefer light colored hands/markings rather than the black ones.
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Old 01-30-2009, 03:46 PM   #351
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Are C and L required in the Keyboard Shortcuts? - or will the final release be different?
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Old 01-30-2009, 04:30 PM   #352
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Being able to change the colour of the clock markings would be a great addition
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Old 01-30-2009, 04:41 PM   #353
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Looks good here. Vista 32 bit.
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Old 01-30-2009, 04:59 PM   #354
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Works great in Vista 64. Very nice with the clock. I agree with others that white or pastel markings might be nice. Also, instead of using both C and L, would not a toggle, or cycle, key work? Like L for logo, or Q for quartz, or something like that (being memory impaired as I am)
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Old 01-30-2009, 06:25 PM   #355
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I plan to have a variety of clock faces and styles available, both analog and digital. This is just a test to see if I could actually get the thing to show up on the crystal, hook into the system time and convert that info into rotational values (radians) to move the hands. Now that all that stuff is working, I can concentrate on more clock styles, a calendar, and an interface to run it all.

I'm open to suggestions regarding keyboard commands. For the moment, it seemed pretty logical to have the L key flip through the logos and the C key flip through the various clockfaces (there's currently only one).
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Old 01-30-2009, 06:52 PM   #356
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LOL. Should have known you'd have thought this all through. Given your plans looks like multiple keys is the way to go.

But I do like the clock idea; for one thing when the SS kicks in you can no longer see the clock on the desktop, so it's nice for those occasions when one is concerned about the time.

'Course I'm always asking my wife what day it is (isn't retirement great?) so maybe the actual time is inconsequential
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Old 01-30-2009, 06:59 PM   #357
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Rick - thanks for the info. Maybe there's a zone on your desk where Time Stands Still...
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Old 01-30-2009, 10:02 PM   #358
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
Rick - thanks for the info. Maybe there's a zone on your desk where Time Stands Still...  


Doesn't much matter anyway as far as I'm concerned. The leftmost monitor does triple duty in my current setup. I use KVM switches to have it switchable between being the 3rd monitor on my main XP work system, the primary monitor on a Vista file server or the primary monitor on a set of spare plugs that I can plug a customers CPU into for troubleshooting/maintenance.

About the only time I use it as a 3rd monitor is when I'm developing web sites. Comes in handy having all that screen real estate available. Anyway, I'll probably just configure MA3 to not use that monitor. With it turned off (as far as MA3 is concerned) everything on the rightmost monitor works properly.
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Old 01-30-2009, 10:16 PM   #359
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Rick - how exactly are you switching between monitors? If you're doing it on the fly, maybe the system is not updating which is the Primary, etc. The Aquarium does all the calculations for the background movement on the Primary render unit only, then copies the data to all the others. If for some reason there were more than one marked Primary, I can see how one or more might never recieve the data.
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Old 01-30-2009, 10:25 PM   #360
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Looks good, seems to shimmer a bit more than I remember than the 2.6 version but smack centre on the crystal. Nice first go around.
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