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Formed in early June 2005, iSlayer is a small team of focused widget and web developers. Our mission is to deliver the best possible widgets for OS X's Dashboard, and Yahoo! Widget Engine (available for Windows and OS X). We've developed a number of our own widgets as well as widgets for other companies, like Yahoo, SonyBMG and IceTV. We've been fortunate to have some very successful widgets. Here are some of the statistics: Over 1 million widget downloads (passed on February 15, 2006). Over 2 million widget downloads (passed on May 28, 2006). Over 3 million widget downloads... soon! We've also been featured in these publications: MacPeople, Japan MacWorld, Australia MacWorld, Italy Univers Mac, France (2 articles and 2 cover discs) MACup, Germany The Age, Australia (3 articles) The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia (3 articles) iStat pro - Highest place of #1 on Apple.com's widget download chart, Apple "staff favourite" and over 620,000 downloads. iStat nano - #1 on Apple.com, featured widget on Apple.com, Apple "staff favourite" and over 660,000 downloads. I Love Lamp - #1 on Apple.com, featured widget on Apple.com, Apple "staff favourite" and over 325,000 downloads. IceTV (formerly WorldTV) - Several press articles including MacWorld, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and over 100,000 downloads. Please note that these statistics change at a rapid rate. For a total widget downloads figure, please cast your eyes on the sidebar "now slaying" section. We aim to keep developing as many well crafted, useful, free widgets as possible. We're also working on some full OS X applications. Watch this space. Thanks for the support! Cheers, The iSlayer team.

Real Name:Marc Edwards

Homepage:http://www.islayer.com

Last Login:31 Jan 2007 23:03

Posts:21

Reviews:2

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User Reviews

I Love Lamp	Feb 1 2007	MARC EDWARDS if you'd like to know the history of this widget, and why it wasn't available for quite a few months, then please read our blog entry: http://islayer.com/blog/?p=99 We hope you like it! (Version 2.0)		0
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I Love Lamp	Feb 1 2007	MARC EDWARDS Hi, we did remove it due to copyright issues, but now we're back, working together and with full permission. For the full story, please read our blog: http://islayer.com/blog/?p=99 (Version 2.0)		0
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I Love Lamp	Jan 31 2007	MARC EDWARDS Please try version 2.0. We're using a completely different Quartz plugin now. (Version 2.0)		0
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R-Name	Oct 15 2006	MARC EDWARDS Even though OS X 10.4's Automator handles some batch file renaming, it falls short in a few places (removing a specific number of chars from the start of a file name etc)... I used R-Name prior to 10.4, and I'll continue to use it for a while by the look of it. Well done. A simple app that works. (Version 3.0)		0
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SpeedIt	Sep 25 2006	MARC EDWARDS It can also be used to add functionality to the iStat suite of widgets and applications. (more info at islayer.com) (Version 0.5)		0
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	Aug 10 2006	MARC EDWARDS Version 2.0 is on the way. It's basically rebuilt from the ground up. If you're familiar with iStat pro, then you already have an idea of how this will look. (Version 1.0)		0
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EyeTV	Jul 27 2006	MARC EDWARDS Love it. I can't wait to see how far Elgato take the full screen mode, as I don't think they're finished with it yet. It'd also be nice to see support for 3 or 4 tuners. That's pretty much a requirement for a serious media centre. (Version 2.3)		0
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iStat Pro	Jul 21 2006	MARC EDWARDS External IP will be in the final release. We're just running out of space to put it! It might even be in Beta 2, due very soon. (Version 3.0b1)		0
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iStat nano	Jul 20 2006	MARC EDWARDS If you're using a MacBook Pro, then please install the Speedit kernal extension to enable temps. http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/21620 We'll support as many systems as we can, but there's quite a lot of work in getting fans and temps read on all models that have sensors! Cheers, Marc iSlayer (Version 1.51)		0
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iStat Pro	Jul 19 2006	MARC EDWARDS Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, this is very much a beta... looking at the widget it's hard to gauge how much change has gone on under the hood. Pretty much everything has been remade. There will be a beta 2 soon that will fix all known bugs, then we'll almost be ready for prime time. Due to the amount of users using iStat, we want to make the release as clean as possible. Cheers, Marc @ islayer. (Version 3.0b1)		0
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iStat Pro	Jul 17 2006	MARC EDWARDS This has been a massive rewrite. Please bare with us! If you have time then please clear your console (Applications/Utilities/Console), run the widget, then after it crashes send the console output to us via email with your computer model and OS version. Cheers. (Version 3.0b1)		0
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iStat Pro	Jul 17 2006	MARC EDWARDS Cheers! Sorry for not linking to the page here. (Version 3.0b1)		0
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iStat Pro	Jul 17 2006	MARC EDWARDS JCRAIG :: To view temps on your MacBook Pro, please install the speedit kernal extension (not developed by iSlayer). http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=190 GOK :: Noted and changed :) Thanks. We'll fix it in nano with the next update if we can. BRENDANM :: All in there. We even have processes now. (Version 3.0b1)		0
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iStat Pro

Jul 17 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN The Speedit kernel extension is available here at MacUpdate
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iStat Pro

Jul 17 2006

MARC EDWARDS Cheers! Sorry for not linking to the page here.
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iStat nano	Jun 20 2006	MARC EDWARDS Right you are. We'll be renaming the skin in the next big release. After a big of research it seems like it should be called "leopard". That's convenient! (Version 1.51)		0
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iStat Pro	Feb 20 2006	MARC EDWARDS It shouldn't be. Nothing has changed with the code that should affect performance. Please check again. (Version 1.4)		0
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iStat Pro	Feb 16 2006	MARC EDWARDS They both use the same plugin we've developed, so that makes sense. (Version 1.3)		0
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iStat Pro	Feb 14 2006	MARC EDWARDS We don't have one of those machines handy for testing, but we'll look into that. Thanks. (Version 1.3)		0
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I Love Lamp	Feb 8 2006	MARC EDWARDS We think we have this bug squashed. 1.6 will be out soon and hopefully fix it for good :) (Version 1.5)		0
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I Love Lamp	Jan 30 2006	MARC EDWARDS Sorry, that last post was in response to the colour popup on the back. We already have a skin menu on the back... you can choose the skin colour from there. Regarding "phoning home" : The widget checks daily to see if there's a newer version available. Nothing more. TOMEM :: We will continue to update the way this works. I assure you that I'd make it work the way you want if I could! Metaballs are the ultimate solution, and would look like you (and I) want. We're investigating, but it'd be a fair effort to get them to work. I'm confident that if we do, it won't take up any more CPU. Regarding "although, why does my Lamp have a different shape to the MU pic? Mine's a rocket!" : Please check the options on the back of the widget! There's 7 different skins. (Version 1.5)		0
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I Love Lamp	Jan 30 2006	MARC EDWARDS I'm not sure what you mean by this? (Version 1.5)		0
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I Love Lamp	Jan 30 2006	MARC EDWARDS The widget calls home for the update checker. There's noting suss about any of our widgets :) (Version 1.5)		0
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