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osu! changelog & Search [Rainmeter]

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RBRat3
osu!painter
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RBRat3
I made a simple Rainmeter that displays the current changelog date along with it's top 5 entries which updates every hour.
Just wanted a better way of tracking changes instead of going to the site or being caught by surprise with osu!'s updater, figured I'd post it for those who may find it useful. It should stand the test of time as long as peppy doesn't change the changelog's html layout & formatting.

DOWNLOAD: http://puu.sh/5ot66.rmskin


Old 1.03
DOWNLOAD: http://puu.sh/5ot66.rmskin

*Note there have been changes to Rainmeters web parser so those wanting to use this please update Rainmeter to its current version as I cannot guarantee it will work on versions below 2.3.3
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Kitsunemimi
2,188 posts
Joined April 2009
Kitsunemimi
This is so cool.
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
Topic Starter
RBRat3
ADDED: A Selectable quick search meter that allows you to search the following osu! content.
osu! Beatmaps
osu! Username
osu!'s Google Search
The osu! Wiki

Note: I didnt put too much thought into stylizing the meters I just wanted to get them working so at some point I plan on doing something to make it more compact.
peppy
19,315 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
You might find this easier to use: http://osu.ppy.sh/feed/changelog/
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
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RBRat3

peppy wrote:

You might find this easier to use: http://osu.ppy.sh/feed/changelog/
Yea that would be more efficient now but there is a backstory using that page where I had problems that traced back to rainmeters web parser which now works but in the middle of finding out I wrote it out for the main changelog page.

Suppose I'll wait for it to break or when I get bored to redo it :P
peppy
19,315 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
fair enough :P.
Derekku
COOL DUDE
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Joined March 2009
Derekku
GodDAMMIT I'm already obsessive enough about checking the changelog. If I have it right in front of me on my desktop I'll be compulsively looking over at it every 10 seconds!

Good thing I've still been too lazy to actually set-up Rainmeter...
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
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RBRat3

Derekku wrote:

GodDAMMIT I'm already obsessive enough about checking the changelog. If I have it right in front of me on my desktop I'll be compulsively looking over at it every 10 seconds!

Good thing I've still been too lazy to actually set-up Rainmeter...
You could set it to update every 10sec's but that might get you blocked for doing too many requests XD
Mithos
636 posts
Joined February 2011
Mithos
Just when I went on the computer to get more rainmeter stuff, I just happen to check the forums. Ty.
Ava
621 posts
Joined April 2012
Ava
Thanks a lot :D
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
I use rainmeter and I love this.

but can't you make a simpler black window?
Bass
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Joined January 2009
Bass
This is nice, by the way bring back "Live Feed" please :(.
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
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RBRat3

theowest wrote:

I have rainmeter and I love this.

but can't you make a simpler black window?
Well I have no real motivation or desire to do anything more with it since all I wanted was just the changelog (search was just a bonus) and it does the job.
The size was chosen to best display all of the entry without getting clipped while still being readable, If all you wanted was to be just black then just edit the background since everything but text is just one whole image. Also you can always do the task of doing it your way to where you like by tinkering with the ini file.

I did think of doing another meter as an update where it shows more info and collapsible but im still sitting on the idea since osu! isnt a shining example of being a static site so I would need to keep up with it and im far too lazy for that XD. On top of that it required rainmeter beta to get rid of some html porn in the announcements which im sure a few users wouldnt be too fond of using.
But hey its the thought that counts right :P

Bass wrote:

This is nice, by the way bring back "Live Feed" please :(.
What do you mean by this?
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Bass
1,846 posts
Joined January 2009
Bass
That was rather directed to peppy, but it was place where you could track all user's actions like gotten rank on song, etc.
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
people should make skins for it
also now I really want to use rainmeter again asdfgh
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
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RBRat3
Minor update:
-Changelog URL switch
-Regex edits to accommodate new URL's HTML
-Font weight changed along with width shortened
-Small optimization by adding update dividers (negligible)
RBRat3
osu!painter
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RBRat3
Update:
-Made minimalistic
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