location and stations are all messed up recently. I choose 14201, which is Buffalo, NY. The provider dropdown list seems to be correct. But when I choose broadcast, the station lineup is obviously somewhere in Florida. Please fix. Thanks!

I love your widget....until last night. After several attempts to reload, when I select my zip code (and others in the same metro area) it gives the right broadcast area selections, then loads east coast channels...I live in Idaho where senators may or may not be gay (eg-KNIN...not Minnesota where they catch them in stings and they may or may not be guilty (eg-WCIQ). Zip code 83706, Broadcast - Boise, ID.
Thanks

Bryce - as you can see from the previous comments your wonderful widget is still not working. I see the update is from May this year and I just updated in August and still no listings. I've deleted it and downloaded it again - still nothing - HELP!

Fantastic! Thank you for such a great app!

I LOVE this widget - when it's working! But since the latest update, it can't find my listings. I hope this will be fixed soon.

Widget busted again. =( Anyone know how to get in contact with the author?

Everything I could possibly want! Having a new laptop with the Vista program can be frustrating, but this widget works great...my favorite!!

Just an update from the last time I commented when I thought my TV Tracker widget was broken, it works again! I didn't modify any settings. Just opened it up a few days later and crossed my fingers and it worked. Good luck to all of you who still have broken widgets!

Mine stopped working today, right after I upgraded to the new version of yahoo widgets. Was wondering if it had something to do with that. Anyone else have the same experience?

I really liked this widget, but mine stopped working a few days ago. I hope it gets fixed because it's really a great widget!

Mine broke yesterday too. I hope it gets fixed soon. I LOVE THIS WIDGET!!!!!!

LOVE THIS WIDGET! It's the only reason I use widgets, haha. One problem, mine broke last night around 4AM PST. I'm not sure if AOL changed the formatting on their page and that's why it may broken. Help anybody? I need my TV guide! =)

wunnerful wunnerful widget! hope to see more as great as this. kudos!

Great widget extremly handy. Would be even better with Canadian listings (Bell) so I don't have to surf to find equivalent channels (and hope that it's actually on here)

OK, this is just about the best widget there is. The only way this could be any better is if I could use it to remotely set my DISH DVR to record the shows I check on the widget. That would be worth paying for! ;)

I can't get this to work. No matter what zip code I put in, I get a "Invalid Zip Code?" error. This seems like such a perfect widgit... please help!

Thanks, you are the greatest
Nir,

Feel free to use the source however you want

Bryce,
I want to develop a widget that works on TV channels, and since you did a great Job , and it is an open source community, I want to use your code as a baseline to my widget,
I can write the entire thing from scratch, but it will be much easier and helpfull to the community , if you will allow me to use your code,

can I do that?

thanks

There is a small bug with the resize feature, when the mose get into the area of the resize (bottom right corner) the widget resize automatically to 150/100 and you can not change it (unless you change the registry manually)
the fix is actually easy:
goto resizeWindow.js (in the widget) goto line 63 and replace the
resizeBox.onMouseMove = this.Resize;
with
resizeBox.onMouseDrag = this.Resize;

F.Y.I

It's pretty handy to have on my desktop, but it would be even better if the channels were correct. They aren't! I can figure out the correct channels (the new digital broadcast stations are the ones totally messed up), but I shouldn't have to "figure out" anything; I should just be able to quickly see what's on or coming on the RIGHT channel.... It needs work, but I like it okay.

OMG! I love this! I used to always have to go to the tvguide website or go to the individual channel website to get the listings! Not anymore! I LOVE THIS WIDGET! And for once, a widget works ingeniously! I seriously got to give props to the author! If only I could donate to you for your great work!

I love this widget. But I'm getting weird channel listings for area code 92252. Time Warner - Standard cable. Multiple channels per number. And a few missing ones =( I'd love to see this get fixed somehow

Excellent widget! Works great since I have a WinTV tuner card in my system! One suggestion, would it be possible to put a 'colored bar' over the current time block section? In other words, if it's between 11:30p and 12:00a, the 11:30p block is highlighted in a different color say yellow or green. Keep up the great work!

Very useful & customizable widget. The only negative would be that it uses ALOT of memory compared to my other widgets and more than most processes listed in the windows task manager. Sometimes it gets close to 70,000k at times. My PC is up to date enough to handle it w/o any problems, so it's not really much of an issue for me. Might just be the nature of the beast so to speak. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if you'd be able to do anything about that w/o eliminating features. There seem to be no complaints about it by users in the comments. :-)

this is one of my MOST USED Widgets! it works well and when there is a problem you always seem on top of it! Thanks for the Great Widget! KUDOS!

By far the best TV Listing Widget! The only thing I'd change would be that when adding a program to your favorites, the color changes to red no matter what category it is. Currently if I add a movie or sports program to my favorites list, it appears as bold green or yellow. It would be nice to quickly see if any favorites are on regardless of category.
Thanks again for this very useful widget!

Excellent! Even though I'm not on AOL, it accessed listings for me. Wonderful! Only thing I'd like different about it is a custom rather than default icon when it's in the dock. Thanks!

Since the update I can no longer choose my provider, it only gives ONE option: AOL, which I do not have. Also, the time scroll is messed up, and the channels do not line up with the programs correctly. I really am disappointed in this new version! HELP!!!

Since the update I can no longer choose my provider, it only gives ONE option: AOL, which I do not have. Also, the time scroll is messed up, and the channels do not line up with the programs correctly. I really am disappointed in this new version! HELP!!!

Watch out for newest release of widgets (4.01). For whatever reason this release is causing problems with the scroll function causing the channel numbers to get out of sequence with the programs.

This is exactly what I have been looking for. Shows ALL 832 cable channels from my provider and all the functions are working perfectly on this XPHome. SP2, Celeron M laptop. Resize, change font size, and or colors, with up to 3 hours of listings at once. Excellent work. Thank you!

Your fix for making changing provider work, didn't work. This is a good widget, but not if you can't change providers, you can't delete and reload to change providers that way either.

Nice and clean. I like all the customizable features. Thanks!

Hey this is great but would love some Canadian listings

Well done! Thank you! Suggestion: Have you considered allowing the window to be minimized to an icon or something small? It would be nice to have it somewhere on my desktop and not have to hunt for this in the Widget Engine menu each time I want it.

Thanks again!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was using Yahoo's scheduler but they have ruined it like everything else they have redone lately. It is now a slow spam filled piece of cr*p. Your widget is great. It is fast, to the point, and doesn't waste my time forcing me to look at pictures of cultural lowlifes.

This is awesome! Thanks!

This is a great widget, but I'm having the same problem that a lot of other users are: I want the tv listings to come up only when I'm in the heads up display, but no matter what I do it always stays on the topmost level (even above its own preference screen). I am using a mac. Is there any way to fix this, or maybe will there be another update sometime soon?

This widget is fantastic!! No more plodding through Yahoo's TV listings...thank you!!!

This is great (especially the favorite selector), but I am having the same problem as dennisandsuebobholz. I have TV tracker set at "normal" level, but when i bring up the heads up display (F8), TV tracker stays on the topmost level. I have to close the widget and reopen to bring it back to the normal level.

Great job!! I was looking to do something like this for quite a while, but I could not find a stable content feed.

Suggestions:
1. Allow a "go to" to display a specific date/time.
2. Show, somewhere, what the current date(s) are that are currently displayed (I'd be fine with a popup).
3. Show the widget version number in the "About"
4. Display a list of upcoming favorite programs.
5. Display a list of upcoming broadcasts of a selected program.
6. Display the list of programs for a specific channel.
7. Allow search of a program title or content by keywords.
8. Automatically shift the view more frequently than currently (every 1/2 hour, for example).

Anyway, I love it. I esp find the "time shift" setting useful for reasons I would have never expected and reasons that are too long to go into! ;-)

Bill...

Awesome!
I would however like to have the ability to define a Stationary time frame (say from 7pm - 11pm) as I never watch TV while I work, and those are the only times I actually turn the TV on. :)

This is my second favorite widget. Yahoo weather is my fav., just cause it's cute. I really like the convenience of not having to look up the schedule, it's right there where I want it. Thanks for making this widget.

I LOVE this widget! It's my favorite. It's really a 4-star rating, except for my 2 requests:

1.) I would like to be able to change the color of my favorite shows. (I agree with everyone else who mentioned this...)

2.) I would like to be able to move to the left/right in 1 hour in addition to 3 hours. It drives me crazy that I can't see 8pm-11pm (primetime), instead of 7pm-10pm. Or if someone konws how to do this, let me know.

This is so awesome! Thank you! This is so much faster than the old widget I was using (which broke).

Two quick feature requests for your consideration:
1. It would be nice to be able to choose a different color for my favorite shows. The bold print really doesn't stand out enough when using white text, IMO, and I'd love to make it bright yellow or green or something.

2. More Importantly: It would be really nice to be able to view different days/times without having to click the "move right three hours" button repeatedly, so that I can see what's going to be on tomorrow or the next day.

Thanks for the great widget.

The widget has been update to 0.72 which will alleviate the problems people had with changing providers.

chmedly, you need to be running the Yahoo! Widget Engine.

http://widgets.yahoo.com/download/

No ability for local Radio broadcasted channel listings? Not sure if that is possible?

Answer to installing on Mac OS X. Move the widget file to where you want to store it. Then use the widget engine from the menu bar to Open Widget... This should work.

Great widget. Only for some reason in Mac OS X it comes up ok with the Heads Up Key, but it does not disappear again when Heads Up is turned off. Works fine on a PC.

How do you install this on mac osx? It downloads with a .widget suffix which osx doesn't seem to know what to do with. If I change the suffix to .wdgt then osx says its an invalid widget.

I get SOOOOooooo tired of going to TVGuide.com to get my listings. This is perfect!! I actually hide it, and us the F8 key to bring it to the top!! Instant TV Guide!!

I like the look of the Light Glass, except that when I open a show for a description, it overlaps the upper left corner, and I can't read the show data. Switching to Dark Glass helps alot!


GOOD JOB!

Gene

Just wanted to say thanks! I thought we'd never get this back. :-)

This is a great widget idea and has been missing for a while now. Great job finding a source for listings and parsing it.

This is a great idea, in theory.

It doesn't let me change zip codes! I go back and forth from college and my home, and I'd like to be able to change the zip code.

Also, the shows kind of run into each other without dividers between them, and the show titles get cut off and the tool tip is useless (instead of giving the full name of the show, it displays the cut off title).

Otherwise, this is pretty well done.

Just had to say THANK YOU! Love it.

Only suggestion: when my internet connection goes down for an extended period of time(which it does often because my roommate and I have to trade back and forth) and I keep the widget open, it pops open like 20 alerts saying the connection is broken (luckily they are all directly on top of one another so it doesn't block my screen or anything, but I just have to close each one) So anyway, is there a way to only have one alert pop up?

To add more than one range, separate the list with semicolons (not commas).

Also, this still hasn't updated to 0.72, so look at my earlier comments for the fix to change the provider information.

Nevermind...I figured it out finally....

Is there a way to have several different channel ranges excluded, it appears to only take one range? The instructions state that you can right click and add the channel to the exclude list, but no exclude option appears. What am I missing?

Is there a way to have several different channel ranges excluded, it appears to only take one range? The instructions state that you can right click and add the channel to the exclude list, but no exclude option appears. What am I missing?

:-( sorry i was wrong... i'm stuck again and cannot change providers anymore.. so my status goes back to.. .Helppppppppp..!!!

i found out my problem myself... After i click USA(AOL) only then i can give the zip code.... Now it let me change my location. This is a great widget. I luvvv it. :)

it's a great widget. but i cannot choose any other provider than Yahoo(AOL). There are no other providers shown in my choice of providers. Helppppp..!!

sorry, I don't know why my comments repeated themselves.

I also agree with the suggestion that it would great if all Yahoo widgets could be minimized....like minicalc, for example.

Cheers!

Good but needs improvement.

1) needs ability to change zip code easily (if I move or travel for work) - currently only allows initial zip code establishment.

2) needs ability to change cable provider or service level - I accidentally selected the wrong type (standard vs digital) - now I'm stuck with channels that don't match what I have. If I, in the future, wanted to upgrade the service level (basic to expanded) then I am stuck with the lesser service.

Turning the widget on and off or turning the engine on and off does not reset your choices.

Good but needs improvement.

1) needs ability to change zip code easily (if I move or travel for work) - currently only allows initial zip code establishment.

2) needs ability to change cable provider or service level - I accidentally selected the wrong type (standard vs digital) - now I'm stuck with channels that don't match what I have. If I, in the future, wanted to upgrade the service level (basic to expanded) then I am stuck with the lesser service.

Turning the widget on and off or turning the engine on and off does not reset your choices.

is there a quick fix for Mac users? will 0.72 also correct the problem in macs? thanks! I wish they would hurry up and approve the new version!

Good but needs improvement.

1) needs ability to change zip code easily (if I move or travel for work) - currently only allows initial zip code establishment.

2) needs ability to change cable provider or service level - I accidentally selected the wrong type (standard vs digital) - now I'm stuck with channels that don't match what I have. If I, in the future, wanted to upgrade the service level (basic to expanded) then I am stuck with the lesser service.

Turning the widget on and off or turning the engine on and off does not reset your choices.

Doesn't work for me. The dropdown only gives me the US(AOL) option and when I type in my zip code, it states it's an invalid zip. I tried several different zip codes and none worked. I really wanted this to work :-(

Works great. However, the window preference doesn't work. I want it to show only in the headsup display but after I shift back to the desktop there's the widget on the desktop floating above all the windows. And the only way to get it to disappear is to close it. This is with Mac OS X version 10.4.8.

great widget, works well.

what is the format required for manually entering more than one range of channels to omit? i need to omit (as an example): 214-234, 365-500, etc. i tried it with and without a space after the comma, but it still only omits the first range. i could do it by clicking each channel, but that would take forever, since my directv listing is chock full of useless channels.

Great widget, though I'd like to see some sort of divider between shows. Sometimes they seem to run into eachother and makes it difficult to read. Also, some different themes would be a huge plus, but not necessary.

Thanks, Bryce. I was able to do the regedit you advised and to choos another Time Warner system and I believe I now have the correct channel listing for the Ithaca, NY. system although channels above channel 78 don't show and we have several hundred channels on the system. It's unfortunate that the choices for Ithaca all indicate CU (Cornell University) and Ithaca College. These 2 institutions are merely IN the city of Ithaca and do not control the cable system. The size of the window used to choose providers is not large enough and cannot be enlarged so that one can read the entire name of the system choices. Maybe there is one for just the City of Ithaca with ALL the channels but I can't find it.

This is what I have been looking for! Long wait but well worht it! Just need a way to minimize it and more themes for it.

Thanks!

Very nice - AND it works!
Wish list - a way to minimize or roll-up out of the way.
Dave

I think it must have to be approved first. In the meantime, you can go to start->run and open "regedit". Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareYahooWidgetEngineWidgets and delete the "TV Tracker" key. Then reload the widget and it should allow you to try again. That should fix it, just be careful that you don't delete anything else!

When will version 0.72 be availble?

VERY Impressed! There's a listing for the apartment complex that I live in.. I was definately amazed, Because they have seleceted channels thru Dish Network, but use their own lineup.. Definately something I wasn't expecting when I downloaded it.. 4 Stars, and 2 Thumbs up!

Thanks for the bug, I've submitted 0.72 which should fix it hopefully :-)

This widget is awesome! However, I do need to change providers but since I initially set it up the only thing that comes up to select is USA (AOL).

After choosing the wrong Time Warner system the first time, I was unable to get back to that point even after closing and re-selecting the widget. How can I get back to the point where I am able to choos the correct Timer Warner system?

YAY! A TV tracker that works again!
(although for some reason, a few channels are missing from my lineup - but I that's not because of the widget)
But YAY! It works!!!!

Yay - it works!