[procdrone]

http://www.gpbeta.com/en/post/develop/sao-utils/

Very fun and convenient link system, for those who watched the anime, and for those who didn't.

Not many people know of it, so I thought ill share it here.

[The E]

Errr.....

What exactly does this do? I must admit to not being able to get that from the page.

[procdrone]

Have you ever watched Sword Art Online anime?
If not...


Its a link container system, you bring it up with specified command (best intuitive is the mouse scroll and drag down)

It brings up a "menu", Where you can create categories, subcategories, and "list categories" where you set up positions individually, you connect a position to a system command, a link, or an application.

Very basicly speaking, thats all. http://scr.hu/1xi4/fdv0n.


HEADS UP, it might be bit troublesome to set up at first, but later on, I find it quite usefull to bring up applications or folders without need of searching through or even bringing up the desktop. Not to mention that you can keep your desktop clean.

[procdrone]

DELETE THIS POST

[Spoon]

hah, neat
Should I ever (which is a big if) get a device with touch, this would be one of the first things I'd install.

[procdrone]

You don't really need a touch device do operate this, but true, that would be cool as hell

[Bobboau]

ok, so it's some sort of utility to allow you to set up a computer menu system inspired by SAO?

[procdrone]

Pretty much yes.

[Scourge of Ages]

What are the chances that somebody whose only programming experience is FRED will be able to install and use this without following pages of directions? Like, can a person set it up easily and intuitively?
Because it does look really really cool.

[procdrone]

What are the chances that somebody whose only programming experience is FRED will be able to install and use this without following pages of directions? Like, can a person set it up easily and intuitively?
Because it does look really really cool.

You don't need to be a programer, you only need to get a hang and logic behind making new categories. It is pretty much explained in the FAQ section on the site some way down, along with few interesting commands.

Installation is as easy as unziping and running the app.

For your conviniece, FAQ:

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    Q: What does the LV in the HP-Bar means? & why does it reset to LV1 every time I restart the program?
    A: The LV of HP-Bar indicate the up-time of SAO Utils, so you will lose your previous LV if you close it.
    Q: How can I add a Catalog Menu or List Menu in the main menu?
    A: To add sub-menus in the main menu:
    1.Long press the first icon(others are system icons & cannot be modified);
    2.Long press agin on the ‘Modify’ itrem;
    3.Click “+”(Add) on the editing tray.
    Q: How can I add short cuts in List Menu?
    A: For the restriction of file picking dialog, we can’t pick up short cuts(*.lnk) directly. If you pick up a short cut in a file dialog, you will actually pick up the target file of the short cut, so exttra infomation such as CMD & params in the short cut will be lost. To pick up a short cut (temporary):
    1Choose ‘Command’ in the ‘Action’ label, click ‘…’ button then input the short cut path like: C:\notepad.exe.lnk;
    2.Switch ‘Command’ to ‘File’ in ‘Action’ label, Save.
    Q: How can I add system folders such as Computer, Videos and Music folder?
    A: For the restriction of folder picking dialog, we can’t pick up a vitual folder directly. To pick up a virtual or system folder:
    1.Choose ‘url’ in the ‘Action’ label, click ‘…’ button then input on of the strings:
    Computer: file://::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
    Labraries: file://::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
    Documents: file://::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms
    Music: file://::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Music.library-ms
    Pictures: file://::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Pictures.library-ms
    Videos: file://::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Videos.library-ms
    Recycle Bin: file://::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
    2.Save.
    Q: Useful commands?
    A: From the internet:
    Shut Down: shutdown.exe -s -t 0
    Reboot: shutdown.exe -r -t 0
    Lock: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
    Suspend: rundll32.exe powrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
    Command Line: cmd
    Notepad: notepad
    Calculator: calc
    Q: How can I change the display language?(Temporary)
    1. Find your system locale name:
    1.1 Open a CMD window
    1.2 Enter ‘systeminfo’
    1.3 Copy the ‘System Locale’ value
    2. Duplicate existed locale files:
    2.1 Make a copy of the locale folder you want in SAO Utils/Langs folder
    2.2 Rename it as the value(xx_YY) section 1.3 shown
    3.Restart SAO Utils
    Q: About icons?
    A: SAO Utils Full contains 200+ sets of icons in the Images folder of program, there are two types of icons in corresponding:
    Images/symbol: symbol icons for the first level menu.
    Images/icon: circle icons for both Catalog Menu & List Menu.


[jr2]

The Hound;

I think you can delete your own post.

EDIT: Apparently you can't.  Did this change?  I thought you could delete your own posts on HLP.

[procdrone]

You can delete thread before anyone posts in it, I think. Unless you are a mod.

[Droid803]

I think you can delete an individual post before anyone replies (in case of accidental double posts and whatnot?)
May be mistaken though.

And when I read the title, I was like "SAO? It can't possibly be Sword Art...must be some scriptkiddy term that happened to share the same acronym" and then it turned out to be sword art. lol.

So...it's basically like one of those mac-like "docks", but with customizable (sub)categories?

[procdrone]

Im unable to answer the question. Never seen mac-like "docks"

But you make up your categories, and subcategories according to your will.

Normally none of it is appearing on the desktop, you need to call the menu in with specified command.

EDIT

Check out that link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRgQIhwAK0

[Ghostavo]

I'm still waiting for an desktop environment inspired by Serial Experiments Lain. 

[Mongoose]

If the UI is anything as odious as the show proper was, it can go straight to hell.

[jr2]

Im unable to answer the question. Never seen mac-like "docks"

http://rocketdock.com/  (current version 1.3.5)

(You can supply your own icons, so making this SAO-themed would definitely be possible.)

As far as menus:

http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/

http://www.samurize.com/modules/myalbum/

I wonder if SAO / Samurize are aware of the other... you could probably easily customize Samurize to be SAO-themed.  Last time I used it was late Win '98 / early Win XP era though.

[procdrone]

You can customize SAO Utils too, make your own icons and plugins for it.

[jr2]

Ah, cool.