Webpage as Today Backgound

[questsin]

This is just an idea.. but I think it would be nice to be able to setup the background of the Today Screen to a web page.

possible uses are:
1) webcams image pages that are updated every minute
2) traffic pages that are updated every minute etc.
3) other type web mini dashboards
etc.

possible options are
1) reload every xmin
2) reload olny when there is a open data connection
3) reload schedule
3) green icon in bottom left if last refreshed < 1min
etc

[hotdog53]

This is just an idea.. but I think it would be nice to be able to setup the background of the Today Screen to a web page.

possible uses are:
1) webcams image pages that are updated every minute
2) traffic pages that are updated every minute etc.
3) other type web mini dashboards
etc.

possible options are
1) reload every xmin
2) reload olny when there is a open data connection
3) reload schedule
3) green icon in bottom left if last refreshed < 1min
etc

Tap/hold/save image(pop up) on the webpage, find saved image,tap on file, tap menu, tap set as today background. For the best background image should be set at "0", click OK(on top), this can also be done going to IE5 temporary internet files and following the same above procedures.

[hotdog53]

Tap/hold/save image(pop up) on the webpage, find saved image,tap on file, tap menu, tap set as today background. For the best background image should be set at "0", click OK(on top), this can also be done going to IE5 temporary internet files and following the same above procedures.
To have the whole webpage as tbg, capture the page using a screen capture utility, find the capture in file explorer, tap, menu, set as today background.

[hotdog53]

To have the whole webpage as tbg, capture the page using a screen capture utility, find the capture in file explorer, tap, menu, set as today background.

As an example, I'm using this webpage (1) as a today background. Pict. 2 is the page that comes up after "set as today background" from menu at bottom right.

[dzign-it]

I dont think he wants a screen shot of the webpage.

Im guessing he wants an active webpage as the background, much like the windows active desktop thing. Its a great idea and i would personally use this.

[shantzg001]

an active desktop kinda thingy is not present for windows mobile, but i guess there can be a "workaround'. e.g., a program can pull an image from a server every x seconds and change ur background with it.
Sometime down the line (if this has not already been done by then) I might include this in my timed wallpaper/theme cycler proggie..

[OdeeanRDeathshead]

if you follow the instructions from ms on using the compact framework to create a today item you will end up with a web page item. It would then be a more simple task to load content from the internet. I know it can work because i did it a while ago. I got as far as using html to set the window colour then went back to purely native today items.

Warning: it is a major pain in the back side to do that project. It involves a managed side and a native side that work together.

[questsin]

Id like an active webpage, but an active image from a web site refreshed on an interval would be nice :)

[hotdog53]

Id like an active webpage, but an active image from a web site refreshed on an interval would be nice :)

Try here:
www.kickingdesigns.com