Informer widget

This Widget monitors your system resources (CPU usage, disk usage, memory usage, swap usage, system uptime, WiFi, battery life, Recycle Bin/Trash), Internet resources (RSS feeds, IMAP4/POP3 MailBoxes and Gmail Inbox), etc., and displays it on your desktop.

You can set up multiple sensors (useful for multiple Gmail accounts or RSS feeds) too!

• Fully customizable
• 31 sensors available: Time, Disk Meter, CPU Meter and Graph, Memory Meter, Swap Meter, WiFi Signal, Battery Life, Recycle Bin/Trash, System Uptime, RSS Feeds, IMAP4/POP3 Mail Checker, Yahoo!, Gmail checker and Gmail for Domains checker, Text sensor, Image sensor, Shortcut to application sensor, Internet Radio, Power control, WiFi meter, TurboFolder, TurboFolder: StartMenu/Applications, Disk, Network Graph, Eject USB, Memory Graph, Swap Graph, SpeedFan Meter (for Windows only).
• NewsStand widget (RSS reader) integration
• Asynchronous web access
• Drag-n-drop support
• Popup ballons
• Customizable background
• Notifications

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Version history

Version 2.8

New features:

• Windows Vista compatible
• Yahoo! Widgets Engine 4.5 compatibility
• Font style customizing for sensors and popups
• Multi-monitor feature rewritten
• Disable/Enable popups menu item (like Lock)
• Change workarea size option, that would Informer was always seen as Taskbar (Windows only, experimental)

Fixes:

• Mail and RSS sensors autoupdate fixed
• TurboFolder copy/move hint fixed
• Incorrect show the value of SpeedFan Meter sensor where Unit in F fixed
• Skin/Color preferences applying fixed

Version 2.7

New features:

• NewsStand rss reader widget integration

Fixes:

• Potential vulnerability workaround
• TurboFolder: Start Menu fix on Vista
• Fixed positioning at the top with the shadow skin

Version 2.6

New sensors:

• Gmail for Domains mail checker

Version 2.5

New sensors:

• TurboFolder - display list of folder's files and folders in popup
• TurboFolder: StartMenu/Applications
• Disk
• Network Graph
• Eject USB
• Memory Graph
• Swap Graph
• SpeedFan Meter (for Windows only)

New features:

• Yahoo! Widgets 4.0 compatibility
• Notifications
• Mail checker sensors: popup draw new mail headers in different color
• RSS/Atom Feed sensor improvements, now draw new headers with different color in popup
• Date's popup calendar now support week starting at monday or sunday
• Freely positioning option
• New colorizing property for all sensors

Fixes:

• Uptime and other text sensors positioning bug fixed
• Graph sensors optimized (thanks to Torsten Herz)
• Fix some MacOS X version bugs
• Mail checkers rewritten, you are not necessary any more DLL for support SSL
• Date's popup calendar rewritten, now normally display under MacOS X
• Fixed serious bug, which properties of sensors after dragging were not saved
• Popup Calendar: Speedup & fix render in MacOS X
• Fix Open Web-sites from Informer under Windows
• Shortcut sensor fixes
• IMAP4/POP3 Mail Checker: fix bug with & in password
• Uptime sensor bug fix
• Gmail sensor rewritten
• Mail checker sensors rewritted, bugs fixed, speedup
• Screen resoultion changing dock's background bug fix
• Calendar popup wakeup bug fix
• Speed up IMAP4/POP3 mail checker sensor
• Some fixes in Date sensor popup calendar
• Fix some bugs in Calendar

Version 2.0

• Mail checker sensors bug fixed. IMAP4/POP3 now work under MacOS X.
  
• Bring Informer to front by hotkey option
  
• Disk Meter sensor: show occupied/free space in bytes and %
  
• New sensor type: DualGraph. Example: CPU Graph (Dual)
  
• New sensor: CPU Graph, show CPU usage history
  
• DiskMeter/CPUMeter/MemMeter/SwapMeter: Colorize option
  
• New behavior of RSS Feed & Mail Checkers during new data coming
  
• Shortcut sensor: add 'parameters' option
  
• New sensor: Power
  
• More useful 'New sensor' dialog with grouping and descriptions
  
• Add "Use classic 'New sensor' dialog" option
  
• DiskMeter: show occupied/free space option
  
• Dock shadow option
  
• Popup shadow option
  
• RSS Sensor: open website instead of RSS Reader
  
• Default sensor font option
  
• Move to trash by drop on Recycle Bin/Trash Can sensor
  
• BatteryLife improvements
  
• Hourly chime option to the clock
  
• Alt/Option+Click in Locked mode
  
• Max Messages/Chars limit in Main Checkers
  
• German translation added
  
• Time sensor: show seconds option
  
• Improve shadows in date & time sensors
  
• RSS Feed: handling of alternative date format of atom feeds added
  
• Skins (thanks to Cris aka poly)
  
• Internet Radio sensor by Fabrice Deshayes aka Xtream
  
• Popup calendar in Date sensor
  
• Date sensor (thanks to Matthew R. Baerbock for code)
  
• Shortcut sensor bug fixes
  
• Yahoo! Mail Checker
  
• Applications, Links, and URLs drag-n-drop support
  
• Bug fixes
  

Version 1.2

• Improve error handling
  
• Replace 'checking...' to small animation for RSS & Mail Checkers
  
• Add lines & chars limit to RSS popup hint (thanx Fabrice Deshayes aka Xtream for idea)
  
• Lock mode (similar to 'Lock the Toolbars' in Windows Explorer)
  
• IMAP4/POP3 Mail Checker sensor with SSL support for IMAP4 & POP3 (now work with Gmail's POP3)
  
• Wi-Fi Signal sensor
  
• BatteryLife sensor
  
• Shortcut sensor (launch applications & opens web-links)
  
• Recycle Bin/Trash sensor
  
• Multi-monitor support (Windows version support multi-monitors, Mac OS X version only dual)
  
• Fix some bugs
  
• Sensors Inactive State Properties
  
• Fixed bug when sensors disappears after restart
  
• Fixed Swap sensor bug under Windows
  
• Time Sensor click open 'Date & Time' preferences (Windows only)
  
• Uptime sensor

Version 1.1

• Gmail Auto-Login
  
• 12-hour time option
  
• Top/Bottom position
  
• Mac OS X support
  
• Open Disk by click on Disk Meter

Version 1.0

• First Public Release

Credits

Design & Code:

• Andy Chentsov

Additional programming:

• Torsten Herz
• Farbrice Deshayes aka Xtream
• Caspar Duregger
• Alexander Gross

Thanks to:

• Matthew R. Baerbock
• Patrick Steinke
• Cris aka poly
• ...and all people in Yahoo! Widgets community

Copyright © 2006-2007 Andy Chentsov