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Woof's House of Spank Logo, drawn by Anthony Grimley - an aardvark in a cup of coffee Woof's House of Spank - statement on the banner Woof's House of Spank - part of banner
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Flat Widgets (but not in a 2d sense)

Site links:

The House
widgets
crosswords
dvds


Other widgets can be found at:
Well, Mac OSX is a wonderful thing. As users of a lot of freeware out there, we decided to put a little bit back, something we could design that was not actually available (as far as we knew). This page will hold links to the widgets and other programs that we may design, starting with Jumbolaya, baby's first widget.

Enjoy.



Ant's fabulous crossword coloured fresian Elephant icon
Touch the elephant and get a prize

Jumbolaya

Version 1.0 of Jumbolaya is now available for download. This lovely little widget's purpose is to provide a way of visualising an anagram to aid you to solve it. It will not do the solving work for you and we have no intention of ever removing a need for you to use your brain. Should you choose to download, then congratulations, and we hope it gives you years of carefree use.

How do you use it?
The widget is designed to allow you to put up to 15 characters, and when you press enter, it chucks the letters into a circle. You can spin the letters round by clicking on the arrows, or mix the letters up by clicking on the 'randomise' button. You can put in a new set of letters at anytime, and clear the display by deleting the letters in the input box and press enter.

Known Issues

  1. The text does not completely centre in some fonts. The font choice is based on your safari preference settings, and some are better than others
  2. Spaces between words - if you type spaces between words, these will be represented in the display area. Just delete the space & press enter and the space will disappear

Current version: 1.0 - basic, no frills



Other widgets can be found at:

For all widgets on this page, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required. If you're using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If youÕre using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it.

If you have any thoughts, questions or comments, please email me.