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Featured Widget, Apple Style

2006 January 31 by Josh

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Don't know how long we'll be the featured widget, but for now our new ColorBurn widget is the new hotness at Apple.com. If you haven't taken the time to download our ColorBurn widget for OS X Tiger, now is the time. If the color palettes don't inspire you, the palette names will.

Also, if you downloaded the widget over the weekend, look for today's update (version 1.01) that improves some performance issues related to the daily refreshing of the palettes. If you decide to use one of the palettes in a project, let us know. We'd love to see what you cook up.

Todd Wheeler says

ColorBurn is inspirational. I don't know how you will ever sustain this, but I'm hooked. How can I get back to "Hitler's Springtime" or whatever it was called? I didn't act fast enough, and now I let it slip through my fingers!
By the way, how many people do you suppose actually knew Hitler was a gifted artist?

angelday true says

I, for one, love it.

Jim says

I can't get it to do anything, I'm afraid... It just says "Today's Colors," which are white, white, white, and white. Clicking on the drop-down doesn't make any menu appear, and the whole thing just sits there like a lump. Any ideas?

Brian says

I realize, Todd, that your comment regarding ol' Adolf's artistic abilities was entirely tongue in cheek. But for those people who might land here whose sense of humor is slightly or severely impaired, I'd like to state firmly that the ColorBurn color set named "Springtime for Hitler" served in no way whatsoever as a show of admiration for der fuhrer. It's taken from the Mel Brooks comedy The Producers ... an hilarious and entirely harmless flick! (Can't speak for the remake ... haven't seen it.)

Todd says

Thank you for your comments, Brian.

Brian says

Todd, while no one was looking I sneaked a peek into the file cabinet full o' color and dug out the mix in question: 334433 3366AA 6699AA AABBBB

Jim, sorry to hear that something lumpy is going on! The man in the white lab coat is investigating.

Josh Williams says

Hey Jim, if its still not working for you let us know. So many people downloaded the sucker yesterday that it took our database server down temporarily. If you were installing when that was down you that would explain the four white boxes. Bummer, dude.

Todd says

Thanks for the color mix, Brian,... it's cool!

Richard Hess says

this widget is AWESOME!! Any chance of expanding the popup list a bit so we could see more sets?

Janelle Wourms says

I have the same issue as Jim... "today's colors" white white white white...

I tried downloading from Mac and from you site... same problem...

Josh Williams says

Hmm... if you're seeing white, you should try refreshing the widget (command-R). If that doesn't work, be sure you have the latest version of the widget from us (1.01) from this server. Apple has not updated their mirror yet.

Janelle says

Tried it... three times... from your site....

refreshed mulitple times... same thing... :(

excited to try it out but no luck yet.

Bruce Anderson says

This widget is very usefull. Any chance of expanding the popup list and adding more colors?

Gray says

your widget said something about "ColorBurn to link to an external use of the palette on the web" well how do you do that? am absolutely curious how that could be done? a daily-changing colourscheme on a site would be absolutely killer.

theron Wallis says

I am getting 4 empty boxes when launching the widget. Refreshed several times.

Widget v 1.01
OSX 10.4.6

Any ideas?

zimmy says

It's not working! It's November 19th, and I get the four white boxes, the "white labcoats" or whatever

Lucas says

Divide and rule... Lucas

Lucas says

Divide and rule... Lucas

Margery says

What we do willingly is easy... Margery

Margery says

What we do willingly is easy... Margery

Susanna says

He that talks much lies much... Susanna

Digory says

He jests at scars that never felt a wound... Digory

Charity says

To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water... Charity

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