Who else uses these things? So far I have the NC Doppler, iTunes remote player, google calculator, Flickr interesting photos, WRAL local feed, and the NC State football schedule, and one of those CPU/mem usage things

Which ones do u use?

9/1/2006 5:20:02 PM

I have yet to find a widget that gives enough function to justify the effort and CPU/Memory overhead. All the widgets seem like unitaskers. That's my two cents anyway. It doesn't seem like anyone really taps the potental avaliable... unless you consider google desktop a widget.

9/1/2006 5:32:32 PM

the cpu overhead is nill

i am using about 80MB with all the widgets i have up now...but i think I have a few to spare with 2GB or memory

IF anyone wants to check them out:
http://widgets.yahoo.com/

9/1/2006 5:51:03 PM

get used to widgets, they're coming w/ vista.

the only widget i use is the stock ticker while i'm at work just for reference, i'm not really a trader.

i also sometimes use the woot widget when there's a woot-off

9/1/2006 10:28:25 PM

tried konfabulator and google desktop widgets earlier this year. didn't care much for either.

9/1/2006 10:37:56 PM

How is yahoo widgets different from konfabulator?

9/2/2006 12:19:54 AM

^ yahoo bought konfabulator and renamed it yahoo widgets

i liked it better when it was konfabulator

9/2/2006 12:37:12 AM

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"i liked it better when it was konfabulator "

why? cause it wasn't yahoo?

9/2/2006 2:42:16 AM

pretty much, yeah

it felt less like bloated

9/2/2006 2:45:17 AM

Yeah i've been using these since Konfabulator days and it was the best option imo for windows. Samurize was unstable and stardock didn't have enough widgets.

I currently use Subtle Tunes (it's for iTunes), Yahoo! Weather, Calendar, and iTunes Companion.

9/2/2006 4:49:15 PM

Having installed a pre Release Candidate of Windows Vista on my laptop (a MacBook Pro, no less), I'm liking what I'm seeing with Microsoft's Gadgets (what they're calling their widgets). The Gadgets sit in a "Sidebar", so they're much more organized than what you can do with either Konfabulator/Yahoo or even Apple's Dashboard. I like the fact that they're all in one organized place, just to the side of my screen. You can configure the Sidebar itself to hide or sit on top of all your other windows. If you use a widescreen display, it fits naturally.

9/2/2006 6:43:34 PM

bttt

9/4/2006 10:50:47 PM

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"Yeah i've been using these since Konfabulator days "

yea same here. i only use a cpu and memory usage display on my desktop. i used to have a bunch of things including the weather but with the weather plugin for firefox, i didnt need it anymore.

9/4/2006 10:54:57 PM

I've tried allowing Yahoo Widgets on my Windows Firewall, but I still get a "Network Connection Error" everytime I try to log in to use the widgets.

9/4/2006 11:37:53 PM

screw widgets

9/5/2006 4:07:22 PM

^^Got it to work now.

9/5/2006 8:00:32 PM