Ok, that works. But the volume slider in the media player settings box does nothing.

Still working on the clock. See your forums, again.

Clock I have:

Clock I want:

Ok, after rebooting, I have the clock I want.

So, if I reboot I can have the bank account I want, the woman I want..... and a whole host of other things that haven't occurred to me just yet?

Seriously, it's amazing just how many things a simple reboot will fix.  Yet so many people still take their PCs into the shop to get fixed when a simple "turning it off and turning it back on again" would have likely solved the issue.

Glad you got the clock you want, BTW.  Personally, I prefer the old analog face.  Digital clocks serve their purpose well enough, but they're too plain and many of the old 'dial' clocks are more 'dressed' and classy.

Ohhhhh, I see! It does after you press OK - the volume slider in the settings panel is not dynamic, it will only change the volume once you've pressed OK.

I actually wanted to add a volume slider to the media control bar itself, but I run out of time (if you read the 'What's next after v18.1' thread in the Winstep forums you'll see I only added the Media Player *after* the last beta, so it was a last minute inclusion).
 

Uh-oh. You're not going to like this then: those two are *automatic* formats of the *same* clock.

Modules normally only have two styles, and in the case of the clock those styles are digital and analog. The original digital style - the one you get by default - was based on the NeXT OS dock clock from all those years ago, and also features a calendar so there isn't much room for the time itself.

This means that the actual time can be difficult to read at lower icons sizes, unless you mouse over the module to magnify the icon. So, because some users complained about that and also because we already have a separate calendar module (making the calendar in the clock a bit redundant) I decided to add an alternate digital version in v18.3.

Now, remember that the goal here was to maximize the readability of the time itself at lower icon sizes, so the bigger the digits, the better - but I also wanted something that remained pleasant to the eye.

Under 24 hour format the hour always has two digits because of the leading zero, but under 12 hours format the hour only has one digit *most of the time*. With a single digit for the hour I could make the text bigger (and thus more readable) but with two digits I would have to lower the font size for the time to fit in the space available. So, for the 12 hour clock I basically decided to make two different versions of the same clock, one displayed when the hour only has 1 digit, the other displayed when the hour has two digits.

This way I achieved my goal of maximizing time readability at lower icon sizes (apparently at the price of confusing the users lol).

So, you got the clock you wanted not because of the reboot, but because the time changed.

So, you're saying that when I get back to a single digit hour, it'll revert?

Oh come on, man. You can do better.....    

LOL. I'm having a strong sense of Deja Vu.

You're using as a desktop module a clock style that was intended to be used only in the dock/Shelf, where that format switching makes sense because the goal is to maximize readability of the time. You can, but...

As I work on a new release I usually write about the features I'm adding as I add them (see the 'What's new in V<xx.xx> threads' in the Winstep Forums). THEN is the time to give feedback so things can still be changed/fine tuned before the official release.

You weren't paying attention and this is what you get ehehehe

Thing is, Jorge, reading isn't one of RND's strongest attributes. 'Enter' and 'Exit' he can handle, but anything else is a bit of a bull at a gate mentality....... bung it in and see if he can work it out as he goes. So when you say"RTFM", he looks at the front cover and throws it over his shoulder, carries on regardless

And I've yet to meet a redneck who can't fix anything with a screwdriver and/or hammer.  Yup, give him time and he'll get the clock he wants

Sorry, Jim not really, I'm just in a sassy mood.    

LOL

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Nice updates!

Thank you, Sir Gizmoid!

You mean the mouse over animations?

There's plenty of them... and you know you can combine them with the Magnify effect too, right?

My eyes !!!   

And, so far, I do have the clock I wanted.

No, I don't...lol.

Volume control in the Media Player Settings panel now (i.e.; next version) affects the volume in real time if the Media Player is currently playing audio.

I had Winstep Xtreme installed on my old, defunct, PC. Had nothing installed on this PC. So I emailed Winstep Xtreme via the contact us bit on their site. Jorge answered within a few hours with a link to get the updated version. Got it for 19.95, Now that's service!

Thank you Jorge!