@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@dashrender said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

If only Linux can be used.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/tickr-open-source-desktop-rss-news-ticker

Did you miss the part where he didn't want an RSS feed because it might be to hard to update the XML file?

Yes, the end user says that is too complicated.

Would an RSS editor/creator be accepted?

If it was simple enough for her to use, yes.

@dustinb3403 said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@dashrender said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

If only Linux can be used.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/tickr-open-source-desktop-rss-news-ticker

Did you miss the part where he didn't want an RSS feed because it might be to hard to update the XML file?

Yes, the end user says that is too complicated.

Don't let the end user put these changes in then?

. . .

She's the boss. I work for her, not the other way around.

@dashrender said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

If only Linux can be used.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/tickr-open-source-desktop-rss-news-ticker

Did you miss the part where he didn't want an RSS feed because it might be to hard to update the XML file?

Yes, the end user says that is too complicated.

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

If only Linux can be used.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/tickr-open-source-desktop-rss-news-ticker

Windows environment.

@bnrstnr said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@bnrstnr said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

Yes, in this case no one uses the computer, it's just setup for display. No one except her uses it.
So YES.

Sounds like a post-it note on the monitor is the correct solution here

A post it doesn't scroll information on the bottom of the screen.

Correct, it doesn't scroll, but it can display static information, which is what you're describing.

Yes but she wants it to scroll several different things.

@bnrstnr said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

Yes, in this case no one uses the computer, it's just setup for display. No one except her uses it.
So YES.

Sounds like a post-it note on the monitor is the correct solution here

A post it doesn't scroll information on the bottom of the screen.

@jaredbusch Yes, in this case no one uses the computer, it's just setup for display. No one except her uses it.

So YES.

@jaredbusch Ok, a PLAIN text file.

Typing this: Remember to give 10% off of all shots

Is much easier than her doing it in XML.

@jaredbusch Actually it's MUCH easier for her to edit a text file than an XML file.

@jaredbusch said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@jaredbusch said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@scottalanmiller said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

http://www.battware.co.uk/desktopticker.htm

Not looking for RSS feeds, just custom text that she can manually input and would scroll at the bottom of the screen for employee's to see throughout the day.

RSS would be a good input method for that, though.

Yeah, he is not listening to a damned thing. the best thing to do would be to use an RSS ticker and just whip out a quick RSS formatted file someplace that can be edited.

Doing something custom on the machine is just stupid.

If you want to explain better how to do that, I'll listen, but no reason to be a dick about it.

A RSS feed is simply an XML file when delivered. Most CMS systems and such generate it on page load, but you can easily just make a file.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
  <title>Your Feed</title>
  <link>https://somelink.com</link>
  <description>Some Text</description>
  <item>
    <title>Item title you want ot see</title>
    <link>https://some.com/item/link</link>
    <description>Item Description</description>
  </item>
</channel>
</rss> 

Go stick it someplace the desktop can access it from.
That's a better explanation. Thank you.

@jaredbusch said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@scottalanmiller said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

http://www.battware.co.uk/desktopticker.htm

Not looking for RSS feeds, just custom text that she can manually input and would scroll at the bottom of the screen for employee's to see throughout the day.

RSS would be a good input method for that, though.

Yeah, he is not listening to a damned thing. the best thing to do would be to use an RSS ticker and just whip out a quick RSS formatted file someplace that can be edited.

Doing something custom on the machine is just stupid.

If you want to explain better how to do that, I'll listen, but no reason to be a dick about it.

@dashrender said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

scroll at the bottom of the screen for employee's to see throughout the day.

This implies that a central person will make changes that affect all (or at least many) other people's computers.
How does that person plan to update all the end user computers with the new information?

Just for ONE pc.

I think I may have found one: https://slashbackassociates.com/ --- Text Ticker

It's VERY basic but I think that's what they want.

Yes, the goal is to have scrolling text to remind employee's of things to do or things coming up.

"Remember to ask clients if they want..." or "Remember today is 10% off of...."

Looking for something just local, not related to an RSS feed.

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

http://www.battware.co.uk/desktopticker.htm

Not looking for RSS feeds, just custom text that she can manually input and would scroll at the bottom of the screen for employee's to see throughout the day.

User entered text.

Is there a suggested software that would be able to do a stock market like 'ticker' at the bottom of a PC's screen. (Not for a website but for the local PC) - Just needs to display on one pc.

I have seen a lot out there but some looks very shady as far as if it's adware.

I use Ninja, but I'm looking for something that will automate diagnostics on a PC as well as the ability to use AV scripts etc.

@wirestyle22 Techsuite isn't a full RMM.

It's essentially a program that will automate certain tasks like virus cleanup, PC diagnostics, etc.

It's something that is run ad-hoc vs. a managed services client.

But... What am I doing now? I'm headed to a morning meeting... YUK...