extremetech.com — Mini desktop apps like Konfabulator, DesktopX, and OS X Dashboard widgets have been around for years. Vista's Sidebar will introduce them to millions of users. We tour Vista's Gadgets and the Yahoo Widget Engine.
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marioluigi123Oct 13, 2006
*cough* Jackfield for Linux *cough*<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Run_Apple_DashBoard_Widgets_on_Linux">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Run_Apple_DashBoard_Widgets_on_Linux</a>Will run Yahoo and Dashboard widgets.
Closed AccountOct 13, 2006
Microsoft never claimed that.
xlocustOct 13, 2006
yeah active desktop was the lame
schmichaelOct 13, 2006
No kidding. Does anyone actually use widgets for more than a day or two? They just seem annoying to me. If I want to know the damn weather, I'll look up the weather!
ajaxpeapodOct 13, 2006
"Imagine you want to schedule a trip with some friends. You could send a trip widget with some time metadata through email."OR you could just E-MAIL THEM. Unless you booked everything online... then you could FORWARD them the conformation e-mails you received from the booking company. Wow you never book travel online do you? Oh and by the way, if you're worried about your friends "forgetting" about your trip, you need to get new friends."Imagine that you want to get updates from a particular website. Just go to the website, and drag their widget to your desktop."We have that, it's called RSS."Hope you can hear me all the way back in the 50's!" (that's family guy, in case you missed it)
gizmogooOct 19, 2006
no difference between Vista Gadgets and Yahoo! Widgets, a place for widgets and gadgets and all platform is <a class="user" href="http://www.widgipedia.com">http://www.widgipedia.com</a>