Boxely TV Episode Two: Desktop Toys

Ahhh...gadget goodness! If only Laszlo and Flex could pull these off...

Being a very lightweight renderer with a javascript engine beneath what better than desktop widgets ala Konfabulator to test the mad skillz of the Boxely fluent. Boxely comes with all the features of Yahoo's fabulousness and more....some factoids of note:

• Spin up an animation timeline and couple it with knowledge of the desktop workspace geometry accessible from the scene level, some interesting physics toys can be thrown together.
  
  
• As you can see, it's quite easy to port existing Konfab. widgets over to our engine by porting the resources and script as appropriate (the calendar and lightsaber are examples). In just these tests, we were able to replace some of the Konfab artwork with our own procedurally generated bits - color transformations, affine rotations and scales, vector fonts - all come in handy when you want to lighten the bitmap resource load.
  
  
• Sneak peak of our scriptable vector paths in the etch-a-sketch sample.
  
  
• Don't miss the slick "liquid twirl" and "bubble pop exit" transitions demonstrated by the mini media player.
  
  
• Desktop widgets are aware of their surrounding workspace geometry as well as other desktop widgets and Boxely scenes! Watch as the bot seeks out and destroys other gadgets - oh what fun for the hackers at heart.
  
  
• Special thanks to the Gadget Gurus Scott Totman, Alex Liu, Alex Weyers and to the master craftsman himself, Peter Hirschberg.