Tres Finocchiaro

Kludget is a widget framework that's compatible with the OS X dashboard widget format. This is a widget I wrote called " WirelessSignal " and is designed to represent a WiFi card's signal strength in bars. The "rings" idea was adopted from Justin Pulsipher 's " System Dashboard - Wireless Meter ". WirelessSignal - Preview The widget is tested on Windows XP, Window 7, Ubuntu 10.04 (should work on Mac with some small changes). How is WirelessSignal percentage determined? The signal on XP is determined by a vbscript "signal_xp.vbs", which returns the -dBm signal of the first detected wireless card.  Then the -dBm is run through a linear conversion to determine percentage. The signal on Windows 7 is determined by the command "netsh wlan show interfaces", which calculates and returns its own percentage. The signal on Ubuntu is determined by calling the command "/sbin/iwconfig", then using the same linear

Click the image to download the SVG Inkscape file containing some wireless signal strength art.  This artwork is released  Creative Commons CC0 license . (Looking for image hosting, will post SVG shortly). Steps to use and modify this graphic: Download the above graphic to your computer. Download and install Inkscape Click File --> Open and select the SVG Click the Mouse tool in the upper left corner Click on a colored bar Right click --> Fill and Stroke At bottom, change Opacity to 100%. Under linear gradient, select the desired color for the bar File --> Save As --> Optimized SVG for use on the web or in your applications. -Tres

Update 8/31/2010:  I've written my own GPL version of this widget here: http://fatbuttlarry.blogspot.com/2010/08/kludget-framework-wirelesssignal-widget.html I've had a hard time hunting down the license for Yahoo! Widgets to use in my organization.  The best license I could find for Yahoo! Widgets is the Konfabulator license, which is what Yahoo! Widgets was called originally . The widget we would like to use is systemDashboard - Wireless meter .  This has a nice transparent wireless signal reading in the form of circles, or rings that looks very polished. The point of this post is to have a place you can copy and paste verbatim the systemDashboard - Wireless meter license for version 1.6.6. Attached is a screenshot and the typed version of the license from within the software: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOS